Thursday, September 25, 2008

4H & Extension Services Presentation



4H & Extension Services Presentation
October 27th 1:00PM
It will be about 20 minutes and we encourage you to make time to be there. They will review programs available to us! Please attend. Child care will be provided for those few minutes for you to attend.


Come listen to a few minutes that might give

you and our child years of enrichment.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Homework for Sept 22nd, 2008

Due to copier issues at school--there were not many hand outs. The following things were assigned in class:

History & Science for 4th-12th grade--Life Cycle of a tree--review what they drew and be familiar with it. Worksheets from this past week will be passed out in class this coming week.

Sign Language for 4th-12th grade--Learn the following signs:
1. Like
2. What
3. Why
4. Have
5. Where
6. Animal
7. Name
8. My
9. Is
10. Live
11. I
12. Your

Along with that are 6 sentences to learn:

1. Hi, my name is __________.
2. What is your name?
3. Where do you live?
4. Do you like _________?
5. Do you have animals?
6. I have _______________.

Creative Writing Homework:

Use the graphic organzier we created in class to organize your idea on the the topic: "If I Could Have Any Superpower in the World, I Would Have...." When you have planned out your ideas, write an essay on the subject in a five paragraph format like we practiced in class. DUE Monday Sept 29th.

If you have specific questions--please feel free to e-mail us with the links to the left, or contact us by phone. Thanks!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Homework for Sept 15th, 2008

History & Science 4th-12th grades--
History--Handouts in class on Civil War review-- 2 worksheets with crossword puzzles were assigned, time given in class, some students completed both in class, many still had one handout on Frederick Douglass to complete.
Science--Handout on Forestry--1 page with 5 "thoughts" on Forestry to complete (time given in class to complete) and a fun word scramble on Forest Neighborhoods that was passed out at the end of class that is due next week.

Writing 4th-12th grades--Write one well-developed paragraph describing the personality of someone you know. Be sure to have a clear topic sentence and at least three details and examples to support it. Use the story web (given in class) to organize your ideas before you begin. You may want to look at our example from class to help you. Please turn in both the web and the paragraph to Dana G next week.

Sign Language 4-12th grades--homework for sign is to practice fingerspelling their spelling list from home. If they don't have a spelling list, they can choose 15-20 words to practice spelling. For those who don't know the manual alphabet, they are to work on memorizing it

SAFEWAY ESCRIP PROGRAM

Put those SAFEWAY receipts to work!

Anytime you have escrip on your receipt--you can do one of two things....
1.) go to https://secure.backtoschools.escrip.com/school.jsp?mode=noid and put the code in yourself. Our School ID is 5000018514 and our name is Brownsville Homeschool Association.
2.) turn in your receipt to Shawnna in school, or email the code to bsrichards@centurytel.net

Thanks for your support!! These funds help defray our out of pocket costs of teachers for school supplies, books, and incidentals in class.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Free Swimming Lessons

Sweet Home High School Pool is offering free swimming lessons. They are accepting beginners to intermediate and swimmers of all ages that can be in the water with an instructor alone.

The session begins September 8th-September 19th 9:20-10:00 or 10:40-11:20 Mon-Fri

If you can not make each day, please come the days you are able.

These lessons are free of charge. Please contact Sweet Home Pool to sign up and let them know how many days you can attend. This is a great opportunity for! Spread the word! 367-7169