Term Exams

Hard to argue with that!

Last week, we had our first try at Term Exams.  Ambleside Online had put up potential exam questions, and I felt like it was time to give it a try.  Students of the Charlotte Mason method generally enjoy exams as a time to show what they know.  I think Delta and Echo did pretty good for our first time.

Echo  (Year 1, Term 1)

Bible (These are examples; adapt to what you read this term.)
1. What do you remember about Joseph and his dreams? OR In your own words, tell about your favorite character that you read in your Bible reading this term.

2. Tell the story of what happened to Jericho. OR In your own words, tell about your favorite event that you read in your Bible reading this term.

[1 - changed to Nephi and his boat]

[2 - changed to Samuel the Lamanite]

1. I remember that when the boat was done, that they would travel to the promised land.  He got Laman and Lemuel to help him. 

2. I remember that he said that Jesus would be born in 5 years and in that night it would not get dark.

Writing/Penmanship
Copy "How the leopard got his spots."

[worked on copywork instead]

Tales
1. Tell a fairy tale you remember from this term.
2. Tell how the Leopard got his spots, or Moses the Kitten.

1. There were 2 children.  One was named Hansel, the other one was named Gretel.  And Hansel and Gretel and the family had almost nothing to eat.  They only got a little slice of bread every day.  One time their father and mother took them out into the woods. The night before that, Hansel went out and grabbed some pebbles.  And he put them in his pocket.  Then, when they were walking on the trail, Hansel put some pebbles on the ground so he would remember their way home.  When night came, they followed the trail, and then they found their way home.  And also, then, the next day they got a little piece of bread, and their mother said not to eat it so quick.  As that was the only piece they got a day.  Later that day, they went out in to the woods again, but they went deeper into the woods.  The adults went to their house without the children.  But Hansel had not gotten more rocks because the door was locked, so he couldn't get out.  So, they were lost.  They walked around until they found a house made out of gingerbread and goodies.  Then they started to eat the house!  It was a witches house.  Then the witch made a comfortable bed for them.  She wanted to eat Hansel.  She wanted to cook him up for supper.  She said, "Even I could fit in that oven".  So she climbed in the oven, and Hansel and Gretel shut the door!  And the witch couldn't get out.  And the witch got killed. And also, they found their way home.  The End.

2. Moses the Kitten got put in a house to make it warm. 

History
1. Tell about Boadicea, or, about St. Alban.

2. Tell the story of William Tell.

1. The bad queen and the 2 children died.  [Boadicea]

2.  There was a person that could shoot bows and arrows really well.  His name was William Tell.  He had a son.  His son had an apple over his head and William Tell had to shoot the apple - but if he missed his son would have to die because his son had the apple on his head.  And the son knew his father was really, really good at shooting arrows. And William Tell shot the apple and not his son. 

Geography

1. Find Italy and Switzerland on the globe.

2. Find Lake Superior on a map.

1. found ok

2. couldn't find

Natural History and General Science
1. Describe your favorite nature walk this term. What did you find?
2. Tell about "the bully in the old orchard."
3. Choose one question matched to your term's Nature Study theme from here

[1 and 3 - skipped]

1. we saw some deer!   (then started singing "trees and rocks" song....)

2. can't remember.  [I mentioned that the fact that her narrations from the BBB tends to be "Peter rabbit talked to some birds" was why she couldn't remember at all...]

Reading Skill
Father or friend should select a passage for student to read aloud.

1. Randomly picked McGuffy 1st Reader, Lesson 42.  Read it well.

Arithmetic (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. 8 + 5 = ___
2. Skip count by 5's.

[did math test from program]

Foreign Language
1. Recite or sing something you have learned in your foreign language.
2. Introduce yourself in your foreign language.

1. Sang "Grun, Grun, Grun" in German (3 verses)

2. did it in ASL.

Picture Study
1. Describe your favorite picture from this term's picture study.

2 girls at the piano.  There are 2 young girls.  One is playing the piano, and the other is looking.  There is a little stand to light a fire to see the books. 

Recitation
Father should choose a poem, and two Bible verses learned this term for student to recite.

[we need to be more regular about working on these!]

Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.

sang "The Crusader"

sang "Nephi's Courage"

Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.

Delta [Year 2, Term 1]

Bible
1. In your own words, tell about your favorite character that you read in your Bible reading this term.
2. In your own words, tell about your favorite event that you read in your Bible reading this term.

1. Moses parted the sea to free the Isrealites.

2. Joshua takes Jericho.  There was a group of people and they were blowing horns, they didn't make any sound at all until the men were carrying the thing that had the 10 commandments in it.  They did it for 6 days, and on the 7th day, they went around it 7 times, and they stomped and shouted and blew their horns, and the walls came tumbling down.

Writing/Penmanship
Copy "She took a book out of her desk."

[did our own copywork instead]

History
1. Tell about William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.
2. Tell the story of the White Ship.

1.  William the Conqueror conquered the whole of Normandy, and then he died by just falling off of a horse.  [note - he wasn't sure about the Battle of Hastings, so I told him to tell me what he remembered of William the Conqueror.]

2. There was a king named Henry I, and he had a son, and his son - he didn't want his father, the king, to come with him.  But they came, and they went on a white ship called "The White Ship", but then the ship sunk.  There were 2 people on top of the mast.  One was a butcher, the other was - I don't remember - maybe a baker or candlestick maker - Then a fishing boat came and saved them.  Then they told them about the ship.  And then a little boy was supposed to tell the king about this.  Then when the king heard this he stood still for the rest of the whole day.  Then later, he died.

Tales
1. Tell about little 'Lias.
2. Tell about two things Christian saw in the House of the Interpreter, or about Mr. Worldly Wiseman.

1.  There was a boy named 'Lias, and he was poor, and he had ragged clothes, and Betsy wanted to make some clothes for him.  Later they did make him some clothes.  And then they gave it to him.

2. Christian, when he was going, he found an old man, and his name was Mr. Worldly Wiseman - a wierd name - he is probably wise.  He is kind of like an alien.  He told him that he should not go to the place that he is trying to get to.

Geography
1. What is a butte? Can you describe one?
2. Tell everything you know about the plains.

1. [no idea]

2. The plains are like a flat lands, and they have tall grass, and that's where the Indians lived.

Natural History and General Science
1. Tell what you know about a squirrel or a beaver.
2. Describe a favorite nature walk, and tell about something you found.
3. Choose one question matched to your term's Nature Study theme from here

1.Squirrel - They jump from tree to tree.  If it is a flying squirrel, they can climb to the tallest tree and just jump down and it is kind of like they have wings, and they just glide.  They like to eat nuts.  They kind of look like mouses [sic] with long tails.  LIke a beaver but not flat - poofed up.

2. We saw lots of (started singing) "Trees and Rocks...."

3. [we didn't do this this term]

Reading Skill

Father or friend should select a passage for student to read aloud.

[Read from McGuffy 2nd Reader, Lesson 50 (picked randomly) - did ok]

Arithmetic (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
[Did test from math program]

Foreign Language
1. Recite or sing something you have learned in your foreign language.
2. In your foreign language name the members of your family, using full sentences.

ASL

1.  [not at this point yet]

2. [did, faultering... started to call his sisters as cousins.]

German

1.  sang "Grun, Grun, Grun"

2.  [couldn't (but neither can I... sigh)]

Picture Study
1. Describe your favorite picture from this term's picture study.

Favourite is the Self Portrait (earlier one).   The man is kind of in a park.  He has fancy clothes on. 

Recitation
Father should choose a poem, and two Bible verses learned this term for student to recite.

[haven't memorized a poem yet]

D&C 59:7 - good

AofF #1 - good (after given the first couple of words)

Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.

Hymn: "Love is Spoken Here" (boys part)

Folksong:  [he has been singing "The Crusader" and "MacDonnell on the Heights" for weeks on his own accord - but didn't want to today.]  With some suggestions of songs from me - he sang "Jack was Every Inch a Sailor", with the music

Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.