VACATION!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008
FIAR: J & P
Mixed day
Art - Contrast - talked about complementary colors. We went over this some last year, but J didn't remember. Made a color wheel from construction paper and discussed complementary colors, primary/secondary colors and warm/cool colors.
Math - Geometry - found page in book that had a patchwork quilt and identified the geometrical shapes in it.
Science - Safety - Talked about what items would be necessary for a kit if the power ever went out from a storm. Made a list and made a plan to buy them all on our next shopping trip and find a good easy place to store it when it's all ready.
Five senses - Made a list of all 5 senses and when they were talked about in the story (if at all). Tried closing our eyes to see if we could hear better and it worked. J & P love it.
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 92-93 - Writing down addition and subtraction sentences derived from word problems and solving. Working with bar graphs.
Coloring: J
Finished December calendar!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 29 of 100EL - doing great! A real reader now...
Mixed day
Art - Contrast - talked about complementary colors. We went over this some last year, but J didn't remember. Made a color wheel from construction paper and discussed complementary colors, primary/secondary colors and warm/cool colors.
Math - Geometry - found page in book that had a patchwork quilt and identified the geometrical shapes in it.
Science - Safety - Talked about what items would be necessary for a kit if the power ever went out from a storm. Made a list and made a plan to buy them all on our next shopping trip and find a good easy place to store it when it's all ready.
Five senses - Made a list of all 5 senses and when they were talked about in the story (if at all). Tried closing our eyes to see if we could hear better and it worked. J & P love it.
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 92-93 - Writing down addition and subtraction sentences derived from word problems and solving. Working with bar graphs.
Coloring: J
Finished December calendar!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 29 of 100EL - doing great! A real reader now...
December 18, 2008
Happy Birthday Sue!
Short day today
FIAR: J
Language Day
Discussed contrasting phrases - In the beginning of the story, the thunder was like mountains blowing up, at the end, only mutterings of thunder. Gave him some other examples and then asked him to try to come up with some on his own.
Punctuation - Italics, Quotation marks, Exclamation points
Discussed that the author's use of italics means that he is putting stress on that word, that it is important to the sentence. We went through the book and found all the words in italics and made sure we said the sentences the right way. J thought this was really fun.
Showed him that when the characters are speaking, we can tell where it starts and stops by looking at the placement of the quotation marks.
Showed him the difference in how you would say a sentence if it ended with either: ?, !, or . J had fun saying different sentences all different ways. Good stuff.
Personification - Asked him where personification was used in this story. At first he said the cat, but I told him the cat didn't do anything a cat wasn't supposed to do. Then he came up with it... the storm! And came up with examples of how it was personified. Nice work, J.
Vocabulary - defined and discussed: mandarin (color), bough and errand
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 90-91 - Adding and subtracting to 16, working with number families
Coloring: J
Colored more of December page
Reading: P
Completed lesson 28 of 100EL
Short day today
FIAR: J
Language Day
Discussed contrasting phrases - In the beginning of the story, the thunder was like mountains blowing up, at the end, only mutterings of thunder. Gave him some other examples and then asked him to try to come up with some on his own.
Punctuation - Italics, Quotation marks, Exclamation points
Discussed that the author's use of italics means that he is putting stress on that word, that it is important to the sentence. We went through the book and found all the words in italics and made sure we said the sentences the right way. J thought this was really fun.
Showed him that when the characters are speaking, we can tell where it starts and stops by looking at the placement of the quotation marks.
Showed him the difference in how you would say a sentence if it ended with either: ?, !, or . J had fun saying different sentences all different ways. Good stuff.
Personification - Asked him where personification was used in this story. At first he said the cat, but I told him the cat didn't do anything a cat wasn't supposed to do. Then he came up with it... the storm! And came up with examples of how it was personified. Nice work, J.
Vocabulary - defined and discussed: mandarin (color), bough and errand
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 90-91 - Adding and subtracting to 16, working with number families
Coloring: J
Colored more of December page
Reading: P
Completed lesson 28 of 100EL
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
December 16, 2008
FIAR: J & P
Read The Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz
J & P liked it, didn't love it. I thought it was kinda long and boring, but nice pictures =)
Social Studies Day
Relationships - Grandfather/grandchild relationship - Discussed how we can tell that Thomas and his grandfather are close. Talked about relationships with our own grandparents.
I personally think that FIAR is a great curriculum, but I do with they would tone down on the grandparent stories... I feel like it's more than half the stories and it's only December... enough already!
Emotions - Fear - Talked about fears and what might create them and how they can be overcome. But also that it's ok to be afraid sometimes. Just remember to put your trust in God.
Math: J
SSM Workbook - pgs 88-89 - greater than, less than, adding, tally, adding columns with 3 numbers, number word recognition.
Coloring: J
2nd page of SpongeBob coloring book
Reading: P
Completed lesson 27of 100EL. Did SOOOOOOO much better today! P told me that J had been helping him remember the 'u' sound. Awwwwwwwwww.
Read The Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz
J & P liked it, didn't love it. I thought it was kinda long and boring, but nice pictures =)
Social Studies Day
Relationships - Grandfather/grandchild relationship - Discussed how we can tell that Thomas and his grandfather are close. Talked about relationships with our own grandparents.
I personally think that FIAR is a great curriculum, but I do with they would tone down on the grandparent stories... I feel like it's more than half the stories and it's only December... enough already!
Emotions - Fear - Talked about fears and what might create them and how they can be overcome. But also that it's ok to be afraid sometimes. Just remember to put your trust in God.
Math: J
SSM Workbook - pgs 88-89 - greater than, less than, adding, tally, adding columns with 3 numbers, number word recognition.
Coloring: J
2nd page of SpongeBob coloring book
Reading: P
Completed lesson 27of 100EL. Did SOOOOOOO much better today! P told me that J had been helping him remember the 'u' sound. Awwwwwwwwww.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
December 11, 2008
Happy Birthday Suzie and Alex!
FIAR: J & P
Math and Science day
Counting - counted total number of balls in story, Giovannis in story, clubs in story and vegetables/fruits in the story.
Grouping & Pre-multiplication - Got out blocks and did 7 groups of 3 - J counted to 21 and I told him that sometime next year we would be doing a new thing called multiplication or times. We did lots of different problems with the blocks, 6x3, 7x6, etc... Also told him how, just like multiplication, you can reverse the problem, and while the groups will change, the answer will be the same. He LOVEd this lesson, wanted to keep doing it even after I was ready to stop =)
Mixtures - Explained how putting different things together physically, as long as they don't change chemically, is called a mixture. Asked J to come up with examples - he came up with soup! Nice job, J
Aging - talked about how people's senses can break down as they get older - used the example of Isaac in the bible when he is tricked by Jacob and Rachel because Isaac had gone blind in old age. But told him as you get older, you may lose your physical senses, you gain wisdom and knowledge. Discussed how you help and respect the elderly.
BrainQuest: J
pgs 46-47 - calendar; tens & ones; grammar; nature; adding; sports
Math: J
Time & Money workbook pgs 28-29 - adding coin groups and coming up with total amount.
Reading: P
New sound introduced today: short u
Told him sound repeatedly (throughout lesson, no lie, probably 50-60 times) but he could not grasp it. Felt like he wasn't trying! Did not complete lesson 27. Told him if he is not going to work, I will not work either. Trying again tomorrow.
FIAR: J & P
Math and Science day
Counting - counted total number of balls in story, Giovannis in story, clubs in story and vegetables/fruits in the story.
Grouping & Pre-multiplication - Got out blocks and did 7 groups of 3 - J counted to 21 and I told him that sometime next year we would be doing a new thing called multiplication or times. We did lots of different problems with the blocks, 6x3, 7x6, etc... Also told him how, just like multiplication, you can reverse the problem, and while the groups will change, the answer will be the same. He LOVEd this lesson, wanted to keep doing it even after I was ready to stop =)
Mixtures - Explained how putting different things together physically, as long as they don't change chemically, is called a mixture. Asked J to come up with examples - he came up with soup! Nice job, J
Aging - talked about how people's senses can break down as they get older - used the example of Isaac in the bible when he is tricked by Jacob and Rachel because Isaac had gone blind in old age. But told him as you get older, you may lose your physical senses, you gain wisdom and knowledge. Discussed how you help and respect the elderly.
BrainQuest: J
pgs 46-47 - calendar; tens & ones; grammar; nature; adding; sports
Math: J
Time & Money workbook pgs 28-29 - adding coin groups and coming up with total amount.
Reading: P
New sound introduced today: short u
Told him sound repeatedly (throughout lesson, no lie, probably 50-60 times) but he could not grasp it. Felt like he wasn't trying! Did not complete lesson 27. Told him if he is not going to work, I will not work either. Trying again tomorrow.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
December 10, 2008
FIAR: J & P
Language Day
Vocabulary - defined and discussed the words: juggle, eggplant, zucchini, famous, companionship, torch, amazement, serious, magnificent
Reading Comprehension - asked various questions about the story to make sure J is understanding and not just listening.
Writing skills - writing a well balanced story - in the beginning of the story Giovanni juggles, begs for food, sleeps in doorways and meets monks - this same thing happens when he is an old man at the end of the story.
Contrast - In the beginning of the story, Giovanni is happy because he can juggle - at the end when he is old he is very sad because he feels he has lost this skill. Discussed with J other things you could write about where people go from one emotion or skill to another - J came up with: Charlie was sad because he didn't know how to stack blocks, but now he is happy because he's great at it. He had another good one, too, that I can't remember now! *sigh*
Story Endings - Discussed what keeps the ending of the story from being too sad. Talked about other good story endings. Told J that sometimes stories or movies do end sadly, but told him I have when stuff ends that way. I love a happy ending! But he can like whatever kind of story he wants. Told him that at the end of the year, in June sometime, we will use all the things he has learned about writing and illustrating good stories to make a story of his own =)
Math: J
Money - Worked with paper coins to make certain amounts and to use as few coins as possible.
SSM Workbook pgs 86-87 - subtraction, coloring, counting by 5's, connect the dots (counting by 5's)
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 42-45 - spelling; addition; subtraction; grammar; geography; wildlife; rhyming; counting
Coloring: J & P
J colored more of his December page, P colored in his puppy coloring book
Reading: P
Completed lesson 26 of 100EL - One quarter of the way done!
Language Day
Vocabulary - defined and discussed the words: juggle, eggplant, zucchini, famous, companionship, torch, amazement, serious, magnificent
Reading Comprehension - asked various questions about the story to make sure J is understanding and not just listening.
Writing skills - writing a well balanced story - in the beginning of the story Giovanni juggles, begs for food, sleeps in doorways and meets monks - this same thing happens when he is an old man at the end of the story.
Contrast - In the beginning of the story, Giovanni is happy because he can juggle - at the end when he is old he is very sad because he feels he has lost this skill. Discussed with J other things you could write about where people go from one emotion or skill to another - J came up with: Charlie was sad because he didn't know how to stack blocks, but now he is happy because he's great at it. He had another good one, too, that I can't remember now! *sigh*
Story Endings - Discussed what keeps the ending of the story from being too sad. Talked about other good story endings. Told J that sometimes stories or movies do end sadly, but told him I have when stuff ends that way. I love a happy ending! But he can like whatever kind of story he wants. Told him that at the end of the year, in June sometime, we will use all the things he has learned about writing and illustrating good stories to make a story of his own =)
Math: J
Money - Worked with paper coins to make certain amounts and to use as few coins as possible.
SSM Workbook pgs 86-87 - subtraction, coloring, counting by 5's, connect the dots (counting by 5's)
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 42-45 - spelling; addition; subtraction; grammar; geography; wildlife; rhyming; counting
Coloring: J & P
J colored more of his December page, P colored in his puppy coloring book
Reading: P
Completed lesson 26 of 100EL - One quarter of the way done!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
December 9, 2008
FIAR: J
Read The Clown of God retold by Tomie DePaola. I think this book on one hand is a little disturbing... J thought so, too. But on the last page he said, "ohhhh... well that's nice." So I guess you could say it ends well... but still really weird.
Social Studies Day
Geography - found and marked Italy on world map.
Language - talked about some of the Italian words that were used in the story and what they mean. (Arrivederci, Grazie, Signor, Fine). Jo noticed that a lot of them sounded like Spanish words from Dora. What a smartie!
Orphans - talked about what an orphan is. J did not seem interested in going into this at all.
Elderly - talked about how sometimes elderly people aren't shown respect by younger generations. Talked about how elderly people are to be respected and we should always do what we can to help and encourage them to show them they still have worth. Talked about ways we could do that.
Thankfulness - talked about how in the beginning of the story and at the end of the story, Giovanni had nowhere to sleep and had to beg for his food and his clothes were rags. Talked about always being thankful for the things we have and listed some of what these things were.
Difficult people - Discussed the part of the book where Giovanni is attacked by the crowd for not putting on a good performance because some people only care about their own entertainment. Noted that we always need to not only care about the performance, but the performER, and J said he would have encouraged him to not give up and to keep trying =)
Occupations - J loved this discussion. Talked about occupations people have and how they can help other people. I listed a few and talked about how they help people (cooks, paperboys, doctors), and then J ran with that and named about 100 more and they were all very good! Told him to keep these things in mind when he gets older and chooses an occupation for himself.
Brain Quest: J
pgs 38-41 - spelling; numerical order; grouping; history; food; math (tens and ones); nouns and verbs; opposites; money; nature; fairy tale identification
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 84-85 - addition; subtraction; completing and reading a graph - did AWESOME! As usual. =)
Reading: P
Completed lesson 25 of 100EL -had great difficulty today with answering questions about the story after it was read. I got a little heated because I though he should be doing better and the poor kid started crying. What a bad Mommy =( I apologized and asked if we could start over. He still had difficulty but we were both able to keep our cool and get through it. Onto 26 tomorrow.
Read The Clown of God retold by Tomie DePaola. I think this book on one hand is a little disturbing... J thought so, too. But on the last page he said, "ohhhh... well that's nice." So I guess you could say it ends well... but still really weird.
Social Studies Day
Geography - found and marked Italy on world map.
Language - talked about some of the Italian words that were used in the story and what they mean. (Arrivederci, Grazie, Signor, Fine). Jo noticed that a lot of them sounded like Spanish words from Dora. What a smartie!
Orphans - talked about what an orphan is. J did not seem interested in going into this at all.
Elderly - talked about how sometimes elderly people aren't shown respect by younger generations. Talked about how elderly people are to be respected and we should always do what we can to help and encourage them to show them they still have worth. Talked about ways we could do that.
Thankfulness - talked about how in the beginning of the story and at the end of the story, Giovanni had nowhere to sleep and had to beg for his food and his clothes were rags. Talked about always being thankful for the things we have and listed some of what these things were.
Difficult people - Discussed the part of the book where Giovanni is attacked by the crowd for not putting on a good performance because some people only care about their own entertainment. Noted that we always need to not only care about the performance, but the performER, and J said he would have encouraged him to not give up and to keep trying =)
Occupations - J loved this discussion. Talked about occupations people have and how they can help other people. I listed a few and talked about how they help people (cooks, paperboys, doctors), and then J ran with that and named about 100 more and they were all very good! Told him to keep these things in mind when he gets older and chooses an occupation for himself.
Brain Quest: J
pgs 38-41 - spelling; numerical order; grouping; history; food; math (tens and ones); nouns and verbs; opposites; money; nature; fairy tale identification
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 84-85 - addition; subtraction; completing and reading a graph - did AWESOME! As usual. =)
Reading: P
Completed lesson 25 of 100EL -had great difficulty today with answering questions about the story after it was read. I got a little heated because I though he should be doing better and the poor kid started crying. What a bad Mommy =( I apologized and asked if we could start over. He still had difficulty but we were both able to keep our cool and get through it. Onto 26 tomorrow.
Monday, December 8, 2008
December 8, 2008
For yesterday, Happy Birthday to Heidi, Sean, Sherri, Mike and Milford (mslf)!
For today, Happy Birthday to Aunt Diane
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 82-83 - reading a calendar; ordinal numbers; writing numbers
Reading: P
Completed Lesson 24 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
Read The Glorious Flight one final time and are now making flags of most of the countries we have read stories from.
Made France, England (hard!), Japan and China. Will do America another day, it'll take a while to do all those stars! Also still need to do Italy, Sri Lanka and Jamaica.
FUN DAY!
For today, Happy Birthday to Aunt Diane
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 82-83 - reading a calendar; ordinal numbers; writing numbers
Reading: P
Completed Lesson 24 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
Read The Glorious Flight one final time and are now making flags of most of the countries we have read stories from.
Made France, England (hard!), Japan and China. Will do America another day, it'll take a while to do all those stars! Also still need to do Italy, Sri Lanka and Jamaica.
FUN DAY!
December 4, 2008
Happy Birthday Isaac!
FIAR: J & P
Math Day (and a little Science)
Discussed ordinal numbers and counted all the flights of Bleriot in the book before he could actually fly.
Also talked about Roman Numerals. Showed J: I (1), V (5), X (10), C (100), M (1000). Didn't show D or L because I couldn't remember their values offhand. I know one of them is 50... and the other probably doesn't exist...I think it's L that's 50.... ANYWAY.
J was very into this lesson. Talked to him about ancient Rome and what a long time ago those people used numbers this way. Since he showed an interest I started to show him how you do addition and subtraction with RN and he caught on instantly, almost no problems. Fun stuff!
Invention - Papa Bleriot got an idea and never gave up. He worked hard for years and years but persevered through many failures, but then, i success, he finally got to exclaim, "I DID IT!!". J was very much into this lesson, too, as he loves to accomplish things. It was good to tell him about all the failures because he is prone to giving up early. Told him about Thomas Edison (and out family ties =) and how he made hundred of light bulbs before one ever actually functioned properly. Asked him if he would like to learn more about inventing/inventors and he said "Yes!"
Writing: J
5 spelling words for week
Brain Quest: J
pgs 34-37 - spelling; addition; grammar; geography; money; job identification; wildlife; time; geology; calendar; common phrases
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 80-81 - word problems; subtraction; number families
Reading: P
Completed lesson 23 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
Math Day (and a little Science)
Discussed ordinal numbers and counted all the flights of Bleriot in the book before he could actually fly.
Also talked about Roman Numerals. Showed J: I (1), V (5), X (10), C (100), M (1000). Didn't show D or L because I couldn't remember their values offhand. I know one of them is 50... and the other probably doesn't exist...I think it's L that's 50.... ANYWAY.
J was very into this lesson. Talked to him about ancient Rome and what a long time ago those people used numbers this way. Since he showed an interest I started to show him how you do addition and subtraction with RN and he caught on instantly, almost no problems. Fun stuff!
Invention - Papa Bleriot got an idea and never gave up. He worked hard for years and years but persevered through many failures, but then, i success, he finally got to exclaim, "I DID IT!!". J was very much into this lesson, too, as he loves to accomplish things. It was good to tell him about all the failures because he is prone to giving up early. Told him about Thomas Edison (and out family ties =) and how he made hundred of light bulbs before one ever actually functioned properly. Asked him if he would like to learn more about inventing/inventors and he said "Yes!"
Writing: J
5 spelling words for week
Brain Quest: J
pgs 34-37 - spelling; addition; grammar; geography; money; job identification; wildlife; time; geology; calendar; common phrases
Math: J
SSM Workbook pgs 80-81 - word problems; subtraction; number families
Reading: P
Completed lesson 23 of 100EL
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
December 3, 2008
Happy Birthday to Jenn, one of my very favorites!
FIAR - J
Language Day
Choosing a Title - explained that people don't just choose titles for stories, books, pictures, etc. carelessly. They want to use a title that will capture someone into reading. Just like J was very excited before ever having even read The Glorious Flight because it sounded exciting without even knowing what it was about. Asked J to come up with some other good interesting titles for the book. Came up with some good creative stuff!
Descriptive Writing - In the book, the author describes the English Channel in great detail so the reader can almost know what it looks like without ever having seen it. Asked J to describe a strawberry in the same way, and then to describe Spongebob Squarepants. Guess which one he did with very extreme detail???? ; )
Poetic Device - Onomatopoeia - asked J if he remembered this term from Cranberry Thanksgiving. He remembered the word for sure, but couldn't remember what it meant until I started giving him examples. Knew what words in the new story were the words in question =)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 31-33 - spelling sounds; math; weather; opposites; literature; spelling; time; seasons; nature; myth; geometry; ABC order; vegetables
My favorite part of the day was when I asked the question: "When might the tooth fairy pay a visit?" and J said, "Never. The tooth fairy isn't real." hahahahah
Coloring and drawing: J
Colored more of December page in calendar; asked for paper to draw because he wanted to draw fans... ? =)
Writing: J
Wrote out 5 spelling words for week - penmanship is greatly improving!
Math: J
SSM Workbook pg 79 - column addition (3 numbers); finding number words in a puzzle
Reading: P
Completed lesson 22 of 100EL
Architecture: C
Has been stacking blocks and books ALL DAY!
FIAR - J
Language Day
Choosing a Title - explained that people don't just choose titles for stories, books, pictures, etc. carelessly. They want to use a title that will capture someone into reading. Just like J was very excited before ever having even read The Glorious Flight because it sounded exciting without even knowing what it was about. Asked J to come up with some other good interesting titles for the book. Came up with some good creative stuff!
Descriptive Writing - In the book, the author describes the English Channel in great detail so the reader can almost know what it looks like without ever having seen it. Asked J to describe a strawberry in the same way, and then to describe Spongebob Squarepants. Guess which one he did with very extreme detail???? ; )
Poetic Device - Onomatopoeia - asked J if he remembered this term from Cranberry Thanksgiving. He remembered the word for sure, but couldn't remember what it meant until I started giving him examples. Knew what words in the new story were the words in question =)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 31-33 - spelling sounds; math; weather; opposites; literature; spelling; time; seasons; nature; myth; geometry; ABC order; vegetables
My favorite part of the day was when I asked the question: "When might the tooth fairy pay a visit?" and J said, "Never. The tooth fairy isn't real." hahahahah
Coloring and drawing: J
Colored more of December page in calendar; asked for paper to draw because he wanted to draw fans... ? =)
Writing: J
Wrote out 5 spelling words for week - penmanship is greatly improving!
Math: J
SSM Workbook pg 79 - column addition (3 numbers); finding number words in a puzzle
Reading: P
Completed lesson 22 of 100EL
Architecture: C
Has been stacking blocks and books ALL DAY!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December 1, 2008
FIAR: J & P
Stuck with Cranberry Thanksgiving so we could do the bible study as it had a LOT of good stuff in it.
Giving Thanks - Psalm 92:1-2 Giving thanks to the Lord and singing His praises; Genesis 8 When Noah finally landed the ark, his first action was t9o build an altar and thank the Lord; Luke 7:38-50 Woman cleans Jesus feet with her tears and hair - showing that Jesus has paid the ultimate price for us, we should give him thanks in all things at all times for we have been forgiven much!
Stealing - Exodus: 15, 17 You shall not steal; you shall not covet. Explained how important the 10 commandments are and defined covet. J and P got way into this lesson and gave lots of examples of coveting. Jeremiah 2:26 speaks about the shame a thief feels when caught. Ephesians 4:28 not only tells you not to steal or covet, but to work for things =)
Forgiveness - Matthew 18:21-35 - J loved this lesson because he remembered it from another lesson. He remembered the story very well and I compared it to our own lives, God forgiving us for the ultimate sin of crucifying Christ and how awful it would be for us not to forgive someone for an offense of far less magnitude.
Judging - 1 Samuel 16:7 - Great verse! "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as a man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
Then moved onto:
FIAR: J & P
The Glorious Flight by Alica and Martin Provensen
J & P and I all loved this book. Very well written, fun, creative and imaginative drawings and a true story!
Social Studies day
Talked about the relationship between the Bleriot family
Geography - Looked on world map to find Cambrai France, the English Channel and the White Cliffs of Dover in England
Culture and History - Talked about all the weird French names of all the people in the story. I was glad it was brought up because J kept commenting on the weird names all throughout the book.
Geography - Flags - supposed to do this today but did not have construction paper. Will pick it up on Wednesday for a fun project
Writing: J
5 spelling words for week - here, bake, rope, cute, bite
Gave him these words to show the use of putting an e on the end of a word; changing vowel sounds to make new words.
Coloring: J
Started December page of calendar
Math: J
SSM Workbook pg 78 - addition and subtraction to 14; coloring; matching
Reading: P
Completed lesson 21 of 100EL (with ease!)
Stuck with Cranberry Thanksgiving so we could do the bible study as it had a LOT of good stuff in it.
Giving Thanks - Psalm 92:1-2 Giving thanks to the Lord and singing His praises; Genesis 8 When Noah finally landed the ark, his first action was t9o build an altar and thank the Lord; Luke 7:38-50 Woman cleans Jesus feet with her tears and hair - showing that Jesus has paid the ultimate price for us, we should give him thanks in all things at all times for we have been forgiven much!
Stealing - Exodus: 15, 17 You shall not steal; you shall not covet. Explained how important the 10 commandments are and defined covet. J and P got way into this lesson and gave lots of examples of coveting. Jeremiah 2:26 speaks about the shame a thief feels when caught. Ephesians 4:28 not only tells you not to steal or covet, but to work for things =)
Forgiveness - Matthew 18:21-35 - J loved this lesson because he remembered it from another lesson. He remembered the story very well and I compared it to our own lives, God forgiving us for the ultimate sin of crucifying Christ and how awful it would be for us not to forgive someone for an offense of far less magnitude.
Judging - 1 Samuel 16:7 - Great verse! "But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as a man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
Then moved onto:
FIAR: J & P
The Glorious Flight by Alica and Martin Provensen
J & P and I all loved this book. Very well written, fun, creative and imaginative drawings and a true story!
Social Studies day
Talked about the relationship between the Bleriot family
Geography - Looked on world map to find Cambrai France, the English Channel and the White Cliffs of Dover in England
Culture and History - Talked about all the weird French names of all the people in the story. I was glad it was brought up because J kept commenting on the weird names all throughout the book.
Geography - Flags - supposed to do this today but did not have construction paper. Will pick it up on Wednesday for a fun project
Writing: J
5 spelling words for week - here, bake, rope, cute, bite
Gave him these words to show the use of putting an e on the end of a word; changing vowel sounds to make new words.
Coloring: J
Started December page of calendar
Math: J
SSM Workbook pg 78 - addition and subtraction to 14; coloring; matching
Reading: P
Completed lesson 21 of 100EL (with ease!)
November 28, 2008
Black Friday!
Was much too tired to do any school after shopping today. Will make up for it on Monday =)
Was much too tired to do any school after shopping today. Will make up for it on Monday =)
November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
FIAR: J & P & C
Science day
Made lots of good foods and talked about measurements. J made Grandmother's Famous Cranberry bread almost all by himself! And J, P & C all helped make CC Cookies.
But the rest of the day was for giving thanks and eating. woo-hoo!
FIAR: J & P & C
Science day
Made lots of good foods and talked about measurements. J made Grandmother's Famous Cranberry bread almost all by himself! And J, P & C all helped make CC Cookies.
But the rest of the day was for giving thanks and eating. woo-hoo!
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