Brownsville Homeschool Association: September 2008

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 8^th-September 19^th 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

Supply List for Home School Classes

Supplies for Home School Classes--Each Student should have:

K-3rd Grade Supplies

Pencil box or similar filled with:

Crayons or colored pencils (no markers please)

Pencils (6-8)

3-4 Glue Sticks

Scissors

Please mark box, and all items inside,

in case they get misplaced.

4th-7th Grade Supplies Three Ring Binder with dividers for different subjects

Spiral Notebook

Pencils (at least 6-8)

Dictionary

Colored Pencils (crayons are fine too)

8th-12th Grade Supplies

Three Ring Binder with dividers for different subjects

Pencils and/or pens

Colored Pencils

Spiral Notebook

Dictionary

**All students need tennis shoes, gym shoes or the like for PE. These can be worn each week, brought extra to change into or kept in class. For safety reasons, flip flops, slip-on’s, boots or sandals should not be worn to PE.

Enrichment Classes

Brownsville Homeschool Association offers Enrichment classes on Monday's at the Central Linn District Office in a classroom setting. We have three classes; K-3rd Grade, 4th-7th Grade and 8th-12th Grade. We begin at 8:45AM and finish at 1PM.

We offer:
Science (All grades)
History (All grades)
Sign Language (All grades)
Physical Eduction (All grades)
Creative Writing (4th-12th grades)

Please check below for an explanation of each class

Enrichment Class Explanation

Science--Science is broken into three groups K-3rd Grade, 4th-7th Grade and 8th-12th Grade--all of which study the same subject, just on different learning levels. There are hands on experiments and a great opportunity for kids to do what you don't do in your home school program! We are planning to continue the microscope unit and move into Marine Biology. Science for K-3rd & 4th -7th is taught by Felicia Molahan and 8th-12th is taught by Dana Morehead.

History--History is broken into three groups K-3rd Grade and 4th-7th Grade and 8th-12th Grade. All classes study the same subject, just on different learning levels. We use many resources for history, including books, videos, visuals, speakers, and stories. We will continue with Native American History and then work in the early 1900's. History for K-3rd & 4th -7th is taught by Felicia Molohan and 8th-12th is taught by Shawn Garrett.
Sign Language--We are fortunate to have Dana Morehead who is very fluent in Sign Language to teach our kids. She has done a lot of interpreting, and what a great way for your kids to get a 2nd language.

PE--Physical Education is offered for all age groups, and split into three groups, K-3rd, 4th-7th and 8th-12th. A great way for your home schooled student to join in group activities

PE is taught by Shawn Garrett and Dana Morehead

Creative Writing-Creative Writing is broken into two groups. The High School Class and the advanced Middle School class are both taught by Shawn Garrett. Jennifer Ewing teaches more of the fundamentals to the new writers in 4-7th grade. Attention is given to creative writing, techniques and reports.

Meet Our Teachers

Dana Morehead--Dana has been with the program for 8 years...and teaching for 7. She is fluent in sign language which makes her a great asset to our program and to the kids. She will be teaching High School Science, and K-3 PE.

Shawn Garrett--Shawn has been with the program since January of 2009. He is a great asset to our High School Class and teaches History, Creative Writing, and teaches PE to 4th-12th grades.

Jennifer Ewing--Jennifer joined us October 2009, and brings Language Arts as her specialty. She is working with the 4-7th grade Creative/Fundamentals Writing Class and also heads up many of our online programs and home school opportunities through the district. She's a great source of home school help!

Registration forms for Home School Group

--Registration Form (either Elementary K-6 or Jr High/High School 7-12)
--Household Verification
--Emergency Card (To be filled out the first day of class--available in the classroom)

A district transfer form is required at the end of the 2nd week you preview classes if you are not currently in the Central Linn School District. We do not turn in registration forms for two weeks...but do require them to be turned in when you preview classes. The district transfer form has to be renewed each year.

Forms will be given to you after the first class, providing you have decided to return. An emergency card is required the first day of class, regardless if you plan to stay in the program or not. We need to know allergies, emergency contacts, etc.

State Testing Requirements

Students in home schooling need to be tested by August 15th following the completion of 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th Grades. Results are due to LBL ESD by September 30th of the indicated test year.

Our own Dana Giles is a state certified Home School Tester and although she has moved, she is still willing to test our kids in her home in Eugene, or if a group is ready to test, she can schedule a date & time in Brownsville!

She can be reached for you testing needs

Rates are as follows for basic testing:

Individuals $50.00

*Basic Testing includes tests required by ESD: Vocabulary, Comprehension, Language Mechanics, Language Expression, Math Computation, Math Concepts and Math Applications.

Additional testing categories of Spelling, Study Skills, Science & Social Studies can be added for a fee of $20.00. The ESD does not require test scores in these categories but some families find it helpful for monitoring their children's progress.

Any questions? Please contact Dana Giles at danddgiles@hotmail.com or call her at home at 541-343-3446

Brownsville Homeschool Association