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Legislators are finally considering how to change the state's tax code. After many task force meetings and consultation between the governor and legislators, a final tax reform package has finally been unveiled.
You probably want to know what this could mean for you. I'm not a tax expert, so I won't be telling you. But I can point you to a source that will help you shed some light on what the proposed changes mean for Arkansas taxpayers: the Tax Foundation.
In an informative blog post, Nicole Kaeding of the Tax Foundation and Jeremy Horpedahl of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics explain how taxpayers in various situations would fare under the proposal before legislators now. I urge anyone who wants firm, factual details about how he or she could be affected by this tax legislation to read that post.
…these cuts are the third phase of the individual income tax cuts in Arkansas. Looking only at the 2019 proposal misses much of the work done by the General Assembly in previous sessions. First, in 2015, it passed tax cuts for individuals with incomes between $21,000 and $75,000. Second, in 2017, it passed tax cuts for individuals with incomes below $21,000. (Single individuals with income below $11,969 have no income tax liability due to Arkansas's low-income tax credit first adopted in 1991 and expanded in 2007.) So, this final plan brings those with incomes above $75,000 closer to the cuts already passed in 2015 and 2017.
…the reduction of the top rate from 6.9 percent to 5.9 percent makes Arkansas more competitive among its neighbors and in the South generally. Currently, the 6.9 percent rate is the highest among Arkansas's neighboring states, and the second highest in the South (just below South Carolina's 7.0 percent). This reduction brings Arkansas roughly in line with neighboring Missouri (5.9 percent) and Louisiana (6.0 percent), as well as Georgia and Kentucky (both at 6.0 percent). Neighboring Oklahoma and Mississippi are still slightly lower at 5.0 percent, and Texas and Tennessee have no income tax on wages and salaries, so there is still work to be done in the future. Ideally, future legislatures will work to further simplify the rate schedules, but this is a big step in the right direction.
This looks like good news for Arkansas taxpayers as well as Arkansas as a whole. Will legislators adopt this proposal as is? Will they tinker with it? Legislators have a prime opportunity to enact positive tax reform. It will be interesting to see what is finally presented to Gov. Asa Hutchinson for his signature.


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A revocable trust does not always end at the death of the original owner. However, just how long it may last, depends upon your needs and the laws of your state.
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Records the reminiscences of Evidell Cave, who was born and raised in Dark Hollow, Virginia, prior to the establishment of Shenandoah National Park in 1934. Describes her early home and family life, schooling, marriage, holidays and community events. Among the topics discussed are farming and food preservation, livestock, local wildlife, and the bark peeling industry. Includes references to local families, moonshine, herbal remedies, Camp Hoover and the effects of the chestnut tree blight on the local economy.
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Director Glass names Iowa students to new state advisory group
DES MOINES, IA – Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass today announced 15 Iowa students who will serve on the Learning Council, a new state advisory group.
Members of the Learning Council will meet with Glass and other Department leaders to discuss key issues that impact Iowa students and schools.
The council will complement efforts by the Branstad-Reynolds administration to get input from various stakeholders across the state on transforming Iowa's education system.
"This group of talented young Iowans will bring a refreshing perspective and thoughtful insight about improving education," Glass said. "Students deserve a voice in the future of their schools."
Students in grades 8-12 from public and nonpublic schools across Iowa were invited in January to apply for a seat on the Learning Council.
Selections took into account the applicants' school experiences, sense of leadership, communication of ideas, and the size and geographic region of their schools.
The Learning Council will be a 10-month commitment that includes meetings in March, May, September and December. Council members also will communicate virtually.
Members of the Learning Council are:
Hannah Ritchey, eighth grade, Shenandoah Middle School
EmmaKate Wichman, eighth grade, Pleasant Valley Junior High School in LeClaire
Grant Gordon, ninth grade, Van Meter High School
Jack Hostager, 10th grade, Hempstead High School in Dubuque
Apple Jackson Amos, 10th grade, East High School in Des Moines
Sophia Babcock, 10th grade, PCM High School in Monroe
Geoffrey Bruder, 10th grade, Humboldt High School
Lillian Nellans, 11th grade, Roosevelt High School in Des Moines
Mohad Aziz Azmat Awan, 11th grade, Waukee High School
Tom Bowman, 11th grade, Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines
Tessa Horn, 11th grade, Manson Northwest Webster High School in Manson
Monica Figueroa, 12th grade, Storm Lake High School
Sara Gabriele, 12th grade, Cedar Falls High School
Andrew Patience, 12th grade, Thomas Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids
Whitney Leming-Salisbury, 12th grade, Central High School in Davenport


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Open Letters to Suzanne Lacy, Nato Thompson, Catherine J. Morris, Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time
tags: Brooklyn Museum, Catherine J. Morris, Creative Time, Leina Bocar, Nato Thompson, Open Letter, political activism, Suzanne Lacy, volunteerism, Women's rights
Dear Suzanne Lacy, Nato Thompson, Catherine J. Morris and volunteers and staff of Brooklyn Museum and Creative Time,
We are artists, scholars, activists, feminists, wage laborers and mothers performing in Between the Door and the Street. While there are many merits to this piece, and we are hopeful about the public conversations we will engage in, we raise issue with the lack of payment for performers and the lack of childcare options for participating mothers.
As feminists, we believe not paying the 350 women participants perpetuates labor inequality, devalues women's time and assumes that all women in this piece are financially able to volunteer time, energy, emotional and political content for free. We believe that assuming and relying on free/unpaid contributions of our time for your project continues to perpetuate a standard of capitalist economy that systematically underpays and disenfranchises us, and devalues our time, our bodies, our energies, our histories and our intellects through tactics such as "professionalization." "volunteerism" and more. This is a mainstream standard that has never worked for us, and does not serve us now. A culture of "volunteerism" assumes that all participants have the means to volunteer and perpetuates the very real reality of poverty and scarcity for many artists and activists. Compensating us would address, in a small but important way, the material realities and economic oppressions impacting many of our lives.
As women who come from different socio-economic and racial backgrounds, we understand that not all activism can or should be paid. However, we do think that the arts community has an imperative to try harder to set a better standard of compensating women for their labor, and for practicing solidarity economies that support women's participation instead of exploiting them. Additionally, we feel that poor public framing of the unpaid "volunteerism" and time commitments required for Between the Door and the Street create a high barrier to entry. Most of the women participating are non-profit professionals, or women attached to high-visibility non-profits discussing the prompt questions of: "who will take care of the nannies children?" but can the "nanny" bring her own children to this event and participate in an equitable manner, given that she will not be paid, and there will be no childcare? We think not.
We are familiar with, and respectful of Suzanne Lacy's art, and it is in the spirit of compassionate solidarity and loving community engagement,that we are bringing up these issues. We believe that art and artists benefit from honest critique and that a piece such as Between the Door and the Street that aims to open up space to talk about feminism and women's work must take on these issues.
Leina Bocar ( performer )
artist, activist, member of Occupy Sunset Park and Arts and Labor
Anonymous performer 1
Anonymous participant 2
* We are in no way attempting to speak on behalf of the other women performers or for their organizations. We are respectfully signing as individuals.
Supporters, signing in solidarity,
1. W.A.G.E. (Working Artists in the Greater Economy)
2. Laurel Ptak, curator, member of Arts and Labor
3. Marisa Holmes, activist, filmmaker, Occupy Wall Street
4. Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
5. Julieta Salgado, activist, sociologist, Brooklyn College
6. Saar Shemesh, artist, activist, Free Cooper Union
7. Sarah Quinter, artist, activist, Occupy Sandy
8. Zoltan Gluck, Doctoral student, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center
9. Kressent Pottenger, activist, Murphy Institute for Labor studies, CUNY, member of Arts and Labor
10. Mike Andrews, Occupy Wall Street, Strike Debt, Copy Editor e-flux
11. Katherine Ramos, activist, mother
12. Noah Fischer, artist, activist
13. Samantha Demby, social justice activist
14. Matthew Tinker, activist, All in the Red
15. George Caffentzis, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine
16. Peter Walsh, Intern Labor Rights, member of Arts and Labor
17. Hector Agredano, CCNY Instructor
18. Elena Schowlsky-Fitch, Public health educator, community activist, Occupy Sunset Park, mother
19. Rachel Higgins, artist, activist, member of Arts and Labor
20. Steve McFarland, Doctoral Candidate, CUNY Graduate Center
21. Sarah Newgaard, CUNY Hunter College alumni
22. Darrah Martin, Free University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
23. Lauren Suchman
24. Igor Rodriguez Calderon, Doctoral Candidate, Cultural Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center
25. Jerry Goralnick, activist, actor, War Resisters League, The Living Theatre, Strike Debt
26. Emily Baierl
27. Rob Robinson, housing justice activist, Take Back the Land, NESRI
28. Helen Panagiotopoulous, CUNY Graduate Center
29. Brad Young, Doctoral student, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
30. Amy Starecheski, Columbia University
31. Susan Jahod, professor at UMASS Amherst , Rethinking Marxism Collective
Creative Time Statement
Creative Time and the Brooklyn Museum appreciate the concerns voiced in the open letter. In fact, Suzanne Lacy's Between the Door and the Street deals with issues of gender justice, including labor, head on. The participants are social activists who were invited to use the project as a platform to advance their work and strengthen their networks through conversations that give voice to restaurant workers, nannies, reproductive-rights proponents, and numerous others. Like much political activism, this project is built upon volunteerism. And as with so much of Lacy's work, its goal is to promote the cause of social justice.
Creative Time and the Museum have long histories of supporting artists and providing forums for open dialogue around these and other issues. We look forward to continuing the conversation.
Creative Time and Brooklyn Museum Respond to Open Letter
Creative Time and the Brooklyn Museum take seriously the issue of paying artists for their labor. Click here to see Creative Time and the Brooklyn Museum's response to the open letter, and click here to go to Nato Thompson's Facebook page, where the issue is being actively discussed.
Sue Yellin: My thoughts on "between the Door and the Street" and volunteerism
I volunteered for this project initially because someone in our theater group had been hired to produce it.. sound idea, bringing all these people together, letting the public in to interact ,why not give a few hours to the cause…after a flurry of instruction emails and reminders of the briefing taking place the week before the event, I thought about all the work which had already gone on. Last Saturday at our briefing I thought "wow what a lot of staff, papers, instructions" but I was still in the game. I reacted when one of the organizers said that they had no money for day-care for the women who were participating(gee maybe if they took the money which was being spent on stuff, paper, badges, etc they could hire some day care people..) On Sunday I was told by the producer that she was told they'd run out of money and could she volunteer her time, which she rightly turned down..
Now to the big day.. a lot of down time, where we sat or stood around doing nothing, getting the same briefings, listening to the same staff which included volunteer coordinators, AD's, asst AD's, stoop directors, stoop guardians, way-finders … WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE! my stoop had 4 participants instead of the 10 which was mentioned in our paperwork.. they started a conversation which was aided by a talking talisman,so I really had nothing to do but stand there and every 10 minutes or so tell the directors and AD's that all was well. When the street was opened up that's when the problems came up. the people from the street could not hear what the stoop people were saying, the people from the street did not know what group they were listening to. they wandered around looking very lost.(At least a hundred people lifted my badge to see what group I was guarding).there were signs up when we first arrived but they were taken down for the sake of " spontaneity"..
I left as soon as the socializing began. I'd been on my feet for 6 hours and frankly was feeling very used…I remember wondering who got paid for this and who didn't by the article above and my comments I think we can say who didn't..
In my defense I will say that I'm retired and having been an activist all my life want to keep my foot in, however, we are sometimes too quick to jump into things without seeing the bigger picture.. How many care-givers could have been hired with the money which went to buy the hundreds of YELLOW SCARVES???
My business card reads "professional volunteer" and I try to work at things where I can make a difference. Having said that, I realize that being a volunteer at the Brooklyn Visitors Center two days a week helps visitors to Brooklyn navigate around and would not exist without the group of volunteers who man it. We must learn to distinguish from helping for the greater good and helping a few to make money on the backs of others..
My helping serve food at a theater production or taking signatures for a political candidate I am supporting is one thing. Being exploited in any way, shape, form is another.I'd love to know how others feel about this.
I am sincerely; sue yelling (professional volunteer,stoop guardian )
sueyellin@yahoo.com
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a real-time dialogue as parallel background to the project INVISIBLE LABOR: A REAL-TIME ARCHIVE FOR ATHENS BIENNALE 2013 http://laborinvisible.blogspot.gr/
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While the issues being raised are important and in need of discussion the timing of this petition near the 11th hour of an 8 month project is incredibly problematic.
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Is apple cider vinegar a miracle?
What is it about some health and wellness supplements that suddenly make them a trending topic or a viral challenge, sparking everyone's imagination with the promise of a quick fix or cure all?
It's so easy to get seduced by the idea of miraculously losing weight by simply adding a supplement or elixir to your grocery list. Whether it's kale or turmeric that's the newest snake oil — snake oil is an actual thing, BTW, a predecessor to the Omega 3 acids on all of our health trends lists — it's always a good idea to wonder whether something like apple cider vinegar is too good to be true.
What do your personal trainer SF friends at Ascend actually know about whether a serving of apple cider vinegar a day will keep the belly fat away?
The alleged benefits of incorporating apple cider vinegar into your nutritional regimen are as numerous as the athleisure looks paraded around on social media. Fortunately, you can count on your small group fitness leaders at Ascend to deconstruct the hype and filter out some rational recommendations.
Go with your gut – literally!
As with everything related to fitness and nutrition, common sense is the first and best approach. And Ascend always has you covered when it comes to mindfulness and intention, which will help you take care of the rest.
Then there's the science: Apple cider vinegar (or "ACV" as it's called on the Internets) certainly has potential to live up to its miraculous reputation, but whether it's proven to aid with weight loss is still very much an open question, with limited medical research pointing to legit answers.
Good thing your Ascend team cares about more than whether instant gratification goes along with the latest diet fad.
Here's what we know for sure: We want you to feel good on the inside, AND look good on the outside, and our interest in ACV is whether it "moves the dial" on those primary goals.
Fact: ACV is made when bacteria and yeast are added to apple cider. The sugars in the apples turn into alcohol, which ferments it, and the alcohol turns into acetic acid. Acetic acid is often used for medical purposes.
Well, not so fast. Acetic acid is still acid, and not everyone tolerates a sudden jolt in acid intake, even if it's served with the best of intentions. ACV must always be diluted with water before ingesting, and while there's no harm in sipping a reasonable amount before each meal, don't expect drastic results that — while maybe dramatic — aren't healthy or sustainable.
As always, achievements come from hard work, like discipline and practice. Instead of obsession, instead aim for progression, and stay focused on what we know to be true: the most effective way to lose weight and stay in shape has always been and will always be a combination of eating healthy and exercising regularly.
The best way to get where you want to be is to do it mindfully and with positivity. Even better is to approach all your fitness questions with the help of a coach that can guide you toward inner and outer strength, and who can offer support instead of hype whenever you're tempted to jump on a diet bandwagon.
Why not jump for joy instead, as part of your regular fitness studio Mission SF Ascend workout?!


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Welcome to Sin City, Mr. President!
With an unprecedented 30-mile radius air traffic prohibition in place (usually it's half that) during his trip to Las Vegas, costing commercial air tour travel operators thousands of dollars of lost revenue, President Barack Obama remains undaunted, planning to land his Air Force One gas guzzling hog later tonight, marking his second presidential visit to Sin City– you know, the little hideaway berg that encourages corporations to blow their government bailout funds or simply have students waste their college savings on gambling forays.
Despite having such a notorious moniker, Las Vegas tourism officials have weathered the multiple gaffes and predict a million more visitors in 2010. Thank you, Mr. President.
He'll probably need to bring a strong suit of armor and sharp swords when he speaks Friday for select invitees at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, where his prior barbs were specifically aimed.
His olive branch offering, if you will, will be his quest to seek congressional approval of the Travel Promotions Act- an overseas $4 billion promotion program that could bring more moneyed foreign tourists to Las Vegas. Morevover, the bill promises it could bring 40,000 new American jobs and $320 million in new federal tax revenue, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
If that doesn't stick when the Prez throws it against the wall, his backup plan (or an add-on, depending on crowd rancor) could be to announce the Department of Transportation's $30 million project for a new Sahara Avenue – one of the most traveled byways in Las Vegas – bus project as part of the multibillion stimulus package.
But outspoken ex-mob lawyer turned Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman will not being rolling the red carpet out. Goodman remains upset at President Obama. Goodman said he needs to be true to his conscience and, therefore, won't accept invitations to greet the president of attend any town hall meeting unless he personally gets "some kind of retraction."
If you like to be part of this surely politically entertaining event, you can line up for tickets now at Green Valley High School in Henderson for Friday's 10 a.m. town hall meeting.
Mr. President, please be sure to enjoy yourself when you're in the home of sin. It's a devilishly fun town.
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Las Vegas' New City Hall Project Continues to Chug Along
Project plans for a new Las Vegas City Hall appear to be moving forward, despite higher than expected interest rates. To provide a mechanism for more effective interest rates, Las Vegas is seriously looking now at using "Build America" bonds to finance their new city hall.
By using these bonds to finance the project it will cost Las Vegas as much as $267 million, but save the city $82 million over 30 years, based on current estimates of competitive funding methods.
Las Vegas has already awarded a $107,800 engineering contract to design a 650-space parking garage adjacent to the proposed six-story, 303,000-sq-ft building City Hall complex at First Street and Clark Avenue.
The complex, if and when it is finished, is planned to have a 250,000-sq-ft of office space, a 500-seat city council chamber and a public exhibition space, as well as an outdoor plaza with solar panel trees that serve as shade structures.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said recently that prospects for the project were bleak because the interest rates on one possible funding mechanism were as much as 8 percent too high.
But Goodman says the Build America bonds are improving the viability of the project.
The Build America bond program is part of President Barack Obama's stimulus package which lets state and local governments issue taxable bonds for capital projects and get a direct federal subsidy payment from the Treasury Department for a portion of their borrowing costs.
The Las Vegas City Council will be meeting today to further discuss the issue, but the final vote on whether to continue to move forward on the city hall plan won't occur until November or December.
If approved, the Las Vegas City Hall project is expected to finish by mid-2011– and create 13,000 new jobs.
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GhPage News Ghana police speaks on the death of the Takoradi Missing Girls
Ghana police speaks on the death of the Takoradi Missing Girls
Takoradi Missing Girls
Ghana Police Service has released a statement on the alleged death of the 3 missing Takoradi Girls. The police have confirmed they retrieved human remains from a septic tank on a property previously occupied by the key suspect in the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls, Samuel Udoetuk-Wills.
The skulls were retrieved Friday night from a septic tank at Kasaworodo a suburb of Takoradi. This followed a search in the premises by the Police with the aid of sniffer dogs.
SEE HERE: Breaking News: Dead bodies of Takoradi missing girls discovered in a manhole [Details]
According to the reports, the suspect allegedly led the police to the area located near the hostel of the Methodist Girls Senior High School.
The police through their investigations got the information that the girls were dead and were buried in the septic tank behind the accused person's house, the sources said.
Subsequently, the police stormed the Kasaworodo house of the accused person, cordoned off the area at about 5:30 pm on Friday and with the help of the Prisons Service, they started emptying the septic tank.
SEE ALSO: Blame NDC's Ofosu Ampofo-Owusu Bempah tells 3 missing girls families
In the statement released a few moments ago, the police revealed the remains retrieved will be sent to the forensic science laboratory of the Ghana Police for analysis and further investigations.
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Police statement on the human remains retrieved
Ghpage.com will keep you updated on any new development
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at Lily Allen Spring 2009
Find out more about La Roux here
Posted: Sun Mar 22 22:00:26 2009 by Andrew Reilly
Electro girl.
A look at the merchandise stall highlighted that La Roux appeared to focus on her hairstyle and its always a worry when the most interesting or saleable asset of an artist is their hair. Sure the Beatles had lovable moptops and the punk mohawk is iconic but what about Sigue Sigue Sputnik? Hopefully you just answered "who?" to that question so it remains to be seen what La Roux has in her locker to make her a better bet than the so called saviours of 80s pop.
The sound was a very 1980s sound but not in a retro fashion, La Roux and her two synth players managed to deliver a very authentic representation of the sound of all those years ago. As for the vocals themselves, La Roux easily had power and range and was capable of powering her way through the scales. This can sometimes be all about technique as opposed to genuinely holding a melody and delivering a good song but there was at least a balance between overblown theatrics and singing with the intent of driving the song. The synth sound was very good and unsurprisingly, extremely prominent, with the only backing for La Roux coming from the synth players flanking.
For all the cold and studied lack of moves that were being offered on stage, there was a matching from the audience as there was barely a flicker of recognition for the singer, apart from a small band of dedicated fans down the front. The performance deserved a better response than the one La Roux received but such is the hardship of acting as a warm up act for a pop star, the fans aren't really music fans in the usual mould, there needs to be harder work done beforehand (and usually by PR companies) to really make an impact in this position.
The last song of the set was easily the best track with the catchiest melody of the entire show. There was a good break section and by the time the song came to a halt, La Roux finally got some recognition and love from the audience and its likely there will be a few people adding themselves to the social networking sites of La Roux.


We're finally back after taking almost all of December off homeschooling. As you might remember, we worked through the summer so that we could take an extended winter break because of our planned vacation. We had logged in over 600 hours out of the required 900 hours, so we decided to take the rest of the month off as a reward for the kids working so hard this school year. 🙂 The kids enjoyed their month off, but it was good to get back in the schoolroom.
As you might expect, getting a child with autism to get back into the school routine was not an easy task. The first couple days were really rough–a lot of frustration and tears on his part for various reasons. He thought the math and spelling were too hard, the watercolor paints mixed on his paper (he really really hates when paint mixes colors), etc. But, by the middle of the week, he was back into his routine and doing well again. Today, we were finishing up a science project and he kept repeating how he was really loving the science stuff and that homeschooling is great because he gets to do so much science.
Here are the pictures of Jedi's week in review.
Meet George--Jedi's new betta. We needed a fish for one of the science lessons, and so George was purchased.
Jedi measuring the difference between body temperature in a cold blooded animal and a warm blooded animal (the fish vs himself). He also weighed George by weighing him in a cup of water, and then weighing the cup of water without a fish. Now that George's role as a science project is over, he currently happily resides on the school shelves by Jedi's fire bellied toads.
Finishing his unit on fish, Jedi learned how fish float and swim. He put an empty glass eye dropper into a plastic bottle of water (it floated). The second time, he filled the eye dropper completely with water and put it in the bottle (it sank). The third time, he filled it halfway with water--it only sank a little. Then if you squeeze the bottle, increasing the water pressure inside the dropper, the dropper sinks. This experiment helped simulate the fish's air bladder.
This week, we began our two week unit on the United States for World Geography. I filled the top of the shelves with various objects that represent America--some art, postcards and flash cards of monuments, Native American figurines, pioneer figurines, cowboy/western figurines, a bowl of American animals, a flag, and a deck of US animals.
Jedi doing a watercolor portrait of his sister. He was studying Van Gogh, although after his meltdown over mixed paint, we had to do an impromptu lesson on Picasso.
In math, Jedi learned to tell time on a clock to the minute. He did really well with this!
Reading about Mount Rushmore. He also watched a short documentary on how Mount Rushmore was made. Surprisingly, he loved the documentary!
Jedi also learned about Old Faithful. After reading about it, he watched the live webcam. He was thrilled that 30 minutes into it, the eruption happened!
Close-up of his work. Keep in mind that this was the same kid who was testing *2 years* behind in math at the beginning of the school year! Look how far he's come in just a few months of homeschooling!
In Earth Science, Jedi learned about the layers of the Earth. To reinforce the parts, he made us a "cross-section of the Earth" pizza--crust (the pizza crust), mantle (the white area), outer core (yellow area), and inner core (tomatoes).
Art: This week, Jedi continued his unit on where art can be found….this time we learned about the art on the walls of pyramids and the floors of palaces. The pyramid unit worked very well because we also were talking about pyramids for history! Since we don't have pyramids, we had to use long paper. Jedi learned that in Egypt, those commissioned to paint the murals first created a grid out of red paint in order to be able to properly proportion the work. So first, Jedi and I made a red grid on his paper. Then he painted a mural…he chose to create a mural that depicts hiking.
The second artform was paintings on the floors of palaces. I don't have a palace here, nor do I want him painting on my floor ( 😉 ), so we choose a darker colored piece of construction paper and some soft pastels. These palace floor paintings were usually of flowers or water, so Jedi chose to draw the lake he went camping and swimming at this summer.
A closeup of his mural. He did a mural on hiking.
Doing his "floor painting" using dark construction paper and soft pastels.
Math: In math, Jedi learned about adding 8 to a number. He also began to learn about graphing by graphing the daily temperature. This was also an exercise in estimation since the graph only had the 10's labeled…Jedi had to learn to estimate the numbers in between that weren't written on the graph.
History: This week, we finished our unit on Ancient Egypt. Jedi learned how pyramids were made, and wanted to make one of his own. Jedi used legos in order to create his own mini-pyramid.
Science: We moved from cnidaria last week to worms this week. The weather was absolutely awful for going out and having an earthworm hunt, so we had to use our composting red worms from our indoor vermicomposter for most of our work this week. Jedi created his own worm environment in a jar to see how long it would take for the worms to create soil. The first layer in our jar was sand, followed by dirt, followed by oatmeal, followed by some scraps of fruit & veggies, followed by more sand, another layer of dirt, and another layer of oatmeal. On top of that, we put some compost from our bin that had worm castings, red worms, and some red worm eggs. Jedi got to see some very very tiny newly born worms, and the shiny eggs. As of this morning (4 days after creating the habitat), the red worms have completely transformed the top two layers into castings!
Setting up his composting jar.
Worms on top of the composting jar.
English/Spelling: This week, we worked on the endings 'ck', 'sk', 'k', and double letters like 'ss'. Jedi also did daily journal writing. We also started working on more non-fiction reading comprehension because that is an area Jedi is having some trouble in. To go along with the 9/11 theme we were working on this week, I found a passage in our reading comprehension workbook that talked about the Statue of Liberty.
Jedi working on some non-fiction reading comprehension. This passage was on the Statue of Liberty.
Misc.: Also this week, all three kids started their homeschool co-op classes. The kids go once a week to a co-op with a bunch of other area homeschooling families. Jedi got to pick his classes from the list of available classes…he chose gym, Flat Stanley (a geography & literature class), Art Around The World (an art & geography class), and Picture Books (literature, art, and creative writing). Bug and Monkey are doing a Geography & Culture class as well as a "mommy and me" music class. Monkey is also doing a "seasonal fun preschool play" class. All three were excited for their first day…especially since they all got to carry backpacks. Apparently that's a big deal when you're homeschooled. LOL!
Bug, Jedi, & Monkey ready for the first day of homeschool co-op.
Art: In art, we are continuing our unit on places where art can be found. This week, the first lesson was on finding art in pottery and dishes. Jedi made a bowl out of clay by using an ancient technique–in ancient times, clay used to be pressed into baskets or dishes and molded to that shape. Jedi used a small bowl as his mold for his clay bowl.
In the second lesson, we learned about art in palaces. Jedi made a piece of art using the fresco techniques to reflect what he learned about fresco paintings in palaces.
Life Science: In life science, Jedi learned about the Cnidaria phylum of animals. First, we learned about the different types of Cnidaria, and then we focused on the sea jelly in order to study the life cycle (egg/sperm to larvae to polyp to medusa). Jedi then created the cnidaria page in his animal kingdom book.
Chemistry: In chemistry, we continued our study on the parts of an atom with studying electrons. In order to study electrons, we used a balloon to find out what happens when you create friction on the balloon (by rubbing it on the carpet), and then putting the balloon on the wall…or his sister's head. He learned that the electrons from the atoms in the carpet transferred to the balloon, creating a charge.
Monkey helping us out since she was the only kid with enough hair to make this work.
Apparently you can make a balloon stick to a dog as well!
Spelling/Handwriting: In spelling, we continued working on beginning & ending blends, and added in double letters as endings (such as ending in LL). We also worked on when you use a 'c' and when you use a 'k'. In journaling, he continued to do daily journal prompt exercises in order to work on handwriting and free writing.
Math: In math, we worked on adding 3 to a number, and adding 9 to a number. Jedi also did a lot of practice with doing math facts that add up to 10. He still needs to work a big more on these, as he's really struggling to do the math facts without having to count out each number, but he's making progress on it!
Life Science: This week in life science, we began our unit on animal classification. For the first lesson, he worked on classifying fictional creatures (called Blobonians in the REAL Science Odyssey curriculum). First he classified them based on his own ideas of which creatures belonged together, and then he classified them according to the provided classification chart. The goal was to find the male and female of each 'species'.
Working through the classification chart in order to pair the animals.
Chemistry: In Chemistry, we worked on the parts of an atom. He learned about protons, electrons, and neutrons, as well as the nucleus and the space between the electrons and the nucleus.
Coloring his "Parts of an Atom" poster.
Math: In Math, we continued our work on multiples of 5. We played a game called "Go to the Dump", which is Rightstart Math's version of Go Fish. A match consisted of 2 cards where the values added up to 10. We also began work on the addition board, completing the math facts from 1-10 of +1, +2, +5, and then all facts that add up to 10.
Working on his addition board.
English/Spelling/Phonics : This week, Jedi continued working on beginning & ending blends in words 4-5 letters long. He also worked on adding suffixes to the ends of words (ed, ing, er). Jedi's having a lot of trouble remembering the rules for adding suffixes, so we are taking extra time working on this.
Jedi wrapping his clay body.
Art: In the first art lesson of the week, Jedi worked with water color crayons in order to create a picture using red, yellow, and brown. The goal was to make new colors by blending. In the second lesson, Jedi started his unit on places art can be found. This week's lesson was on cave painting. First, we took a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave (http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml). Then, Jedi created his own cave painting out of brown paper and black/red/brown/yellow soft pastels.
Jedi working on his color blending, with Bug wanting to color along with him.
Misc.: Jedi finally completed his puppet show writing project and performed it for the family this week!
Performing his puppet show, Silly St@r W@rs.
We were camping this weekend, so I have a lot of posts to catch up on. The first post is Jedi's week in review for last week.
Art–In art last week, we built upon the lesson on shapes & forms, and began sketching without looking at the paper (and instead, looking at the object you are sketching). This was a good exercise for Jedi…he is usually very perfectionist with his artwork, and this was a good exercise in letting go of that and just following what your eyes see.
Life Science—in life science, we talked about genes. The first lesson of the week was on dominant & recessive traits, and which traits he got from each of his parents. Jedi learned that even though he looks like his daddy, he actually shares a lot of the individual traits with me! In the second lesson, he learned that everyone has different fingerprints. He played forensic detective and investigated fingerprints of family members to see who had the "mystery fingerprint" that was printed on his science paper.
Chemistry—in Chemistry, we continued our work with atoms, this time determining whether temperature influences the speed an atom will move. We dropped food coloring in each of three dishes of water (1 boiling hot, 1 room temperature, and 1 ice cold). Jedi learned that food coloring atoms travel much faster through boiling hot water, dispersing evenly in under 2 minutes.
Math–in math, we continued our work on multiples of 5, 10, and 15. This week, we used coins to see how many ways we could make 10 cents, 15 cents, and 20 cents. We finished the Rightstart transition book (that transitions between 1st grade and 2nd grade), and now we are beginning our actual year's lessons.
Spelling/English/Handwriting–in Spelling, Jedi finished all of his short vowel sounds and CVC words, and began working in initial and final blends. This was where Jedi finally started having some pretty big difficulties, as he has trouble hearing blends in words. He did just fine with most of the CVC words, but beyond that, he is still having a lot of problems. So, at least now, we know where to start with him (we know he's at least a year behind in spelling…now we know where the dividing line was between what he knew and what he had fallen behind in). Jedi also continued his journaling every day. In English, he worked a lot on reading comprehension. We've learned that he can read very very well, but he often loses the comprehension aspect. He does seem to comprehend fiction far more than non-fiction. Giving him the list of questions ahead of his reading the paragraph seemed to help a lot since it gave him something to focus on.
Typing–This is one of Jedi's favorite activities. He has now learned all of the asdf row, and is working on the row of letters right above it. Almost all week, Jedi asked for extra typing time because he really enjoys the program he's using!
History–In Ancient History, we continued our work on Ancient Egypt. Jedi learned about pharaohs and mummies, and began learning about Egyptian Mythology. He really enjoyed the myth on why the Nile River floods yearly! He also mapped Ancient Egypt, including the Nile River, Nile River Delta, & Upper/Lower Egypt.
Ohio History–This week's Ohio History lesson was more like "Ohio Geography". Since the other neighboring midwest states play a big role in Ohio's history, Jedi worked on mapping all of the midwest states.
Geography –In Geography, we completed our unit on South Africa. Jedi learned to play mancala, a game played almost everywhere in Africa. He also learned about South African animals. At the end of the week, all of the kids helped to prepare a South African meal for dinner–bobotie, yellow rice, & mealiebrood!
Doing a little extra work this week... He was practicing his woodworking skills to build a car.
Life Science: This week's life science theme was the 5 senses. The first lab, Jedi studied touch and sight, while trying to determine if you can train your senses to respond more quickly to a stimulus. To do this, I held a ruler about an inch above his hand. As I dropped it, we recorded the number of inches the ruler fell before Jedi caught it. Now, this was a bit tough for him because autism keeps him from having the quickest reflexes and a high level of eye hand coordination. But after about 10 trials, he was able to improve slightly, from allowing the ruler to fall 10 cm to allowing the ruler to fall only 6 cm.
For the second lab, I set up a station for touch, smell, sight, taste, and hear. With the exception of sight, all of the stations were closed in a container that couldn't be peaked at, while Jedi was blindfolded. At each station, he had to try to guess the object using only the sense being isolated. The point of the lab was for Jedi to determine which sense he trusted the most, and which one was most reliable…for him, sight won on both accords.
Jedi testing out his five senses to find out which one was most accurate.
Earth Science: This week in earth science, we learned about the water cycle (how the water that is on the earth today is the same water that has been on the earth since the dinosaurs, and how the water goes from ground to air to cloud and back to the ground). We also learned about the states of water (solid–ice, liquid–water, and gas–vapor or humidity). To do this, Jedi observed ice, room temperature water, and then the steam that rose from boiling water. To create condensation, he then cooled the steam (by putting a cookie sheet of ice on top of the boiling pot of water, and then again by filling a glass with ice water).
Jedi learning about the water cycle and solid/liquid/gas/condensation/evaporation by using ice cubes, water, and the stove.
Math: In math, Jedi was learning how add numbers to equal multiples of 5. He was supposed to add mentally, but he had a lot of difficulty with that. Using the abacus, he was able to do it a little more easily, but still needs to practice some more on that concept.
Using the corner cards (cards with 1 number on each side). He had to put cards together so that any numbers that touched equaled 5, 10, or 15.
What it looked like after Jedi finished his pile of cards.
Handwriting: This week, I pulled out two books on journal prompts for Jedi. Since he has so much trouble with handwriting and spelling, I want him to have short bursts of writing to practice with so that he at least can practice getting ideas on paper, without having to worry about making it "publishing quality". One book he works with daily and each day gives two choices for journaling–I have him pick whichever one sounds most interesting to him. The other book has a short sketch that he can do on a particular fantasy/fiction topic, and then a space for him to write one or two sentences describing his sketch.
Working on his journal prompt about a funny dream.
Art: This week in art, Jedi continued his lessons on an object's shape and form. With a charcoal pencil, he sketched the contours of his toy snake, filling in accents using only straight lines. He also worked on color blending. Using red, yellow, and blue watercolor crayons, I had him draw whatever he wanted to…the only rules were he could only use those three crayons, and for every other color, he needed to create it through blending two or more of the three crayons he had.
Using watercolor crayons to work on color blending. He was only allowed to use red, blue, or yellow crayons for this.
Using charcoal pencils to sketch the contours of his snake.
History: In history, we worked on Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and learned about the first writings from Ancient Sumer and Ancient Egypt. He learned about papyrus (and then we were able to observe it's relative, the nutsedge, in our own yard!). He then learned to write and decode messages in hieroglyphics.
Geography: In Geography, we started on our 2 week unit on South Africa. We learned about life in South Africa, including the form of government, main languages & religions, how to say 'hello' in one of the South African dialects, and what type of currency is common there. We also started learning about the animals & musical instruments used in South Africa, and listened to a South African children's nursery rhyme.
English & Spelling: In spelling, Jedi finished up learning about the short vowel sounds, and also started learning about 'consonant teams' (two consonants that are together and form a sound, such as ch, sh, and th). In English, we learned about nouns & verbs, as well as putting the events of a story in order.