Busy Week

I am having a busy week this week!! First it was the wedding on Sunday then the kids have their final exams for the 3rd quarter this week which has been keeping me extra busy. Add to that the fact that I am preparing for my hubby's homecoming this weekend and I feel a little burnt out!

The kids have a lot of material to test over and since Monday I have been studying and reviewing with them at least 7 hours every day. I know that seems like a lot but I actually alternate my time between Leon & Leanna. Both of them have exams and the material is just as tough for each. The kids get home around 12 noon and we start studying around 1 p.m. after eating lunch and playing a little bit, then it's hitting the books until 8 p.m. when they have to go to bed. I'm glad that I am able to spend this much time with them though. There's nothing like being able to study with them and watch them grow and learn new things. The kids have 11 subjects believe it or not and here is just a sample of what they had to study for the 3rd quarter:

Leon - 3rd Grade

• Language: Sequencing events, adverbs (place, manner & time), prepositions (prepositional phrases & conjunctions) & kinds of sentences.
• Christian Living: My faith will make me a better person, fair at home, school & everywhere & 4 memory verses.
• Science: Plants (comparing them, monocots & dicots, & uses of plants and plant parts), matter & energy (states of matter, useful & harmful substances, & changes in the state of matter), energy (sources of light, how light travels, path of light, other sources of light, & behavior of light).
• Computer: Windows (desktop, icons, & start button), Microsoft Word (basic screen elements, formatting & editing text, closing, opening, renaming, & saving document).
• Math: Numeration (skip counting by 2's to 10's), multiplication (1-2 digit multiplicand & multiplier, & properties of multiplication), & static division.
• Sibika at Kultura (Philippine Culture): Mamamayang Nagkakaisa at Nagtutulungan, Pamayanang Urban, & Pamayanang Rural.
• Filipino: Pang-abay, Pang-angkop, Pangatnig & Pangungusap.
• Reading: Sequencing of events, characterization, & following directions.
• Mape (Music, Arts & PE): Musical phrase, musical instruments, string instruments, woodwind instruments, folk art, making cards, ethnic designs, track & field & lead-up games.
• Spelling: spelling words in all subjects.

Leon's school books

Leanna

• Language: Adjectives (limiting & descriptive), comparison (positive, comparative, & superlative).
• Christian Living: signs & notices, Jesus helped many people, & 3 memory verses.
• Science: Matter (characteristics of objects, basic feel of objects, states of matter, & 2-3 dimensional shaped objects), energy (sound, light, heat, motion, push & pull, other forces - magnet, wind & electricity).
• Computer: the monitor, the printer, computer lab rules, & windows.
• Math: place value, comparing numbers, reading & writing 3 digit numbers, multiplication, days of the week, & months of the year.
• Sibika at Kultura: Mag-anak, Pangangailangan ng mag-anak, & mga katulong sa pamayanan.
• Filipino: Pang uri, & Kaantasang ng Pang-uri.
• Reading: community helpers, parts of the house, mother and young animals, sequencing events, & sentence construction.
• MAPE: movements & rhythm, musical beat, rhythmic pattern, folk arts, paper craft, ethnic designs, individual games, group games & native games.
• Spelling: spelling words in all subjects.

Leanna's school books

It's a lot I know, but now you know how I feel. Wish me luck:)