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	<title>A Little Rebellion Every Now &#038; Then</title>
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	<description>...is a good thing</description>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 3/16/09 &#8211; 3/20/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 29!
Gillian
Gillian read The Toothpaste Millionaire and Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West. We spent more time talking about how the author of the latter had written Misty of Chincoteague and how neat it would be to visit during the Pony Round-Up than we did about the actual book she read.   She and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/03/20/weekly-summary-31609-32009/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 3/9/09 &#8211; 3/13/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gillian
Language Arts: Gillian completed lessons 5.3 &#8211; 5.6 in Growing With Grammar, plus a page each in her Critical Thinking Co. workbooks, and each day&#8217;s Daily Paragraph Editing. She did fifteen minutes of typing practice each day Tu-Fri. In spelling, she completed steps 20, 21, and 22! At this rate, we&#8217;ll be starting Level Four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/03/13/weekly-summary-3909-31309/</link>
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		<title>Writing Tales, or How We&#8217;re Using It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am impressed with the ease of use of Writing Tales. We&#8217;re using Level 1, since we&#8217;ve not done a formal writing curriculum until this point. What is less clear to me is how much time it&#8217;s intended to take. 
To clarify, I would consider Gillian &#8220;below grade level&#8221; in terms of handwriting and spelling. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/03/03/writing-tales-or-how-were-using-it/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 2/22/09 &#8211; 2/27/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A delayed weekly report for a somewhat delayed end of the week, week twenty-six, days 126 through 130. Gillian woke up feeling absolutely awful on Friday, so it&#8217;s only been today (Sunday) that saw most of her work accomplished. She&#8217;s out delivering Girl Scout cookies right now, and when she returns we&#8217;ll do spelling, finishing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/03/01/weekly-summary-22209-22709/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 2/16/09 &#8211; 2/20/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was week twenty-five for us, days 120 to 125.
Gillian accomplished a lot this week. She read All Night, All Day, &#8220;The Man with the Twisted Lip&#8221; (pronouncing it rather boring), and The Whale Rider. She and Sam are still reading The String In The Harp. She also read Mill, A River Ran Wild, Thomas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/02/21/weekly-summary-21609-22009/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 2/9/09- 2/13/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another week&#8230; week twenty-four! With one exception, she&#8217;s zooming through her schoolwork. This is good, since we need to add writing in the next week or two, and chemistry soon after that. Weekly report a bit early because she&#8217;s at her grandparents&#8217; house tonight through Saturday, and she finished her work early so that she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/02/12/weekly-summary-2909-21309/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 2/2/09- 2/6/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week Twenty-Three!
I finally tried an idea I&#8217;d had a while ago &#8211; making a quiche on Monday morning and warming up slices of it for breakfast most of the week. Thursday we had scrambled eggs with biscuits instead (as my mom was visiting). The added protein made a huge difference in Gillian&#8217;s mood and overall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/02/06/weekly-summary-2209-2609/</link>
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		<title>Tentative Plans for Jacob, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jacob is chomping at the bit to do schoolwork, and I think it would benefit him. He would benefit from the endorsement of being a &#8220;big boy,&#8221; and it&#8217;s not too much to expect him to concentrate for 10 to 15 minutes two to three times a day. 
The biggest thing is of course continuing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/01/21/tentative-plans-for-jacob-2009/</link>
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		<title>Books, Science, &amp; Priorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have, at last, deciphered a system for reading and history that works for us. No more relying on the library or checking out mounds of books. We&#8217;ll still utilize the library for the occasional book, but the bulk of our reading will be purchased. With at least two kids coming behind Gillian, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/01/21/books-science-priorities/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Summary, 1/5/09 &#8211; 1/9/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s 2009 already. This is week 19 for us, days 91-95. 
Grammar: Gillian finished 2.6 through 2.9 in Growing With Grammar Grade 4, and a page each in Editor in Chief: Beginning, Punctuation Puzzler: Run-Ons A1, and Punctuation Puzzler: Commas &#38; More A1.
Handwriting: Gillian is nearly done with Printing Power; this week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://patchfire.homeschooljournal.net/2009/01/09/weekly-summary-1509-1909/</link>
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