Short day
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 75-80 - food ID; counting by 10s; grammar; animal ID; consonant sounds; simple multiplication; geography; time; rhyming; literature; maps; spelling; Greek lit
History: J & P
PB - Andrew Johnson
Math: J
Time & Money Workbook pgs 20-21 - Identifying time on a clock to exact minute and drawing hands on clock with time given - HARD!!! We won't do more of this this year as the workbook is for 2nd and 3rd graders.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 50 of 100EL - halfway there!
Monday, February 23, 2009
February 19, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Science Day
Owls - talked about owls and their habits and how they hunt and function. J was very interested and responded positively when I suggested getting more books about owls from the library.
Bird Calls - very briefly discussed bird calls and how to do them.
Studying nature - talked about needing to be patient to study nature. Suggested in the spring we will go for walks after the baby is born and take lots of breaks so that we can study certain areas and maybe draw pictures or take notes about what we see.
Moon - Talked about the moon landing and about the phases of the moon. Once again, I had no idea what makes the moon look what way, if the earth is in front, behind, etc... *sigh*. I'll check wikipedia. Also talked a little about solar system and orbit paths.
Woodland Habitat - talked about what can be found in the woods at what seasons.
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 72-74 - vegetables; math, ones column; ABC order, maps, sports, consonant sounds; adding; grammar; animal kingdom; spelling; history; nursery rhymes
Finished deck 1!!! Onto deck 2.
History: J & P
PB - Abraham Lincoln - 3 pages about him, lots to learn!
Math: J
Did some graphs - had to figure out what person went with what fact according to the clues given. J loved it. He loves graphs and puzzles a LOT.
Reading: J
Read chs 31 & 32 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 49 of 100EL
Science Day
Owls - talked about owls and their habits and how they hunt and function. J was very interested and responded positively when I suggested getting more books about owls from the library.
Bird Calls - very briefly discussed bird calls and how to do them.
Studying nature - talked about needing to be patient to study nature. Suggested in the spring we will go for walks after the baby is born and take lots of breaks so that we can study certain areas and maybe draw pictures or take notes about what we see.
Moon - Talked about the moon landing and about the phases of the moon. Once again, I had no idea what makes the moon look what way, if the earth is in front, behind, etc... *sigh*. I'll check wikipedia. Also talked a little about solar system and orbit paths.
Woodland Habitat - talked about what can be found in the woods at what seasons.
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 72-74 - vegetables; math, ones column; ABC order, maps, sports, consonant sounds; adding; grammar; animal kingdom; spelling; history; nursery rhymes
Finished deck 1!!! Onto deck 2.
History: J & P
PB - Abraham Lincoln - 3 pages about him, lots to learn!
Math: J
Did some graphs - had to figure out what person went with what fact according to the clues given. J loved it. He loves graphs and puzzles a LOT.
Reading: J
Read chs 31 & 32 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 49 of 100EL
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February 18, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Art and Math day
Not much to do in the math and art departments, but the stuff we did do was fun.
Art - Appreciation for detail. It was revealed in the FIAR book that there were many hidden animals in Owl Moon that we had not discovered. Went through the book to see if we could find them all. Also J pointed out similies and metaphors as we read. He's getting way into that. =)
Math - Concept of time. Got out a stopwatch and in turn J, P and I all raised our hands for however long we thought a minute was. P got 29.94 seconds, I got 1:11 seconds and J got 57.24 seconds!! Way to go J! Just like Daddy.
Time altering - talked about the "1 min, 3 min, 100 min" description in book about looking at the owl. I would call this more of a literary device than a math concept. Other examples that could be used, "time stood"; "time went on forever", etc.
DST - Discussed shorter and longer days according to what time of year it is and why that happens...
History: J & P
PB - James Buchanan
Math: J
SSMW - traced numbers - DONE WITH SSMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 48 of 100EL
Art and Math day
Not much to do in the math and art departments, but the stuff we did do was fun.
Art - Appreciation for detail. It was revealed in the FIAR book that there were many hidden animals in Owl Moon that we had not discovered. Went through the book to see if we could find them all. Also J pointed out similies and metaphors as we read. He's getting way into that. =)
Math - Concept of time. Got out a stopwatch and in turn J, P and I all raised our hands for however long we thought a minute was. P got 29.94 seconds, I got 1:11 seconds and J got 57.24 seconds!! Way to go J! Just like Daddy.
Time altering - talked about the "1 min, 3 min, 100 min" description in book about looking at the owl. I would call this more of a literary device than a math concept. Other examples that could be used, "time stood"; "time went on forever", etc.
DST - Discussed shorter and longer days according to what time of year it is and why that happens...
History: J & P
PB - James Buchanan
Math: J
SSMW - traced numbers - DONE WITH SSMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 48 of 100EL
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
February 17, 2009
Happy Birthday Andy!
FIAR: J & P
All the kids love this book - C is back into sitting with us and reading again =)
Language Day
Metaphors and Similies - explained that similies don't only have to do with what words are used in a sentence, but with the specific way they are compared. To my great 31 year old shame, I was unclear on this fact until now. J liked this lesson a lot, he loved the part where I would say a simile and he would try to turn it into a metaphor. Sometimes not so easy!
Hyperbole - reviewed definition of hyperbole and then picked out examples in the book. Discussed why someone might use this literary device.
POV - Asked J if this story was 1st or 3rd person. He not only got the answer correct but was able to cite specific examples that showed it was 1st person. GENIUS!
History: J & P
PB - Franklin Pierce - J was able to list through the former presidents easily today. I paged through the 1st 13 presidents and stated 1 fact and asked J to tell me who the president was. Got it right every time but once. Then as I was about to state a fact on the one remaining president, he said, "John Quincy Adams, cos that's the only one you haven't said yet." And he was right.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 127-129 - column adding and subtracting; figuring out x; counting by 1s, 5s, 10s; ordinal numbers; geometric shapes; fractions; clocks; money; converting and solving word problems; coloring. Finished SSMW!!!! HOORAY!!!!!! But when we looked back, we saw that he had skipped tracing numbers back on the first 4 pages. I told him he could skip it but he insists on finishing the whole book. Adorable.
Reading: J
Read chs 29-30 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 47 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
All the kids love this book - C is back into sitting with us and reading again =)
Language Day
Metaphors and Similies - explained that similies don't only have to do with what words are used in a sentence, but with the specific way they are compared. To my great 31 year old shame, I was unclear on this fact until now. J liked this lesson a lot, he loved the part where I would say a simile and he would try to turn it into a metaphor. Sometimes not so easy!
Hyperbole - reviewed definition of hyperbole and then picked out examples in the book. Discussed why someone might use this literary device.
POV - Asked J if this story was 1st or 3rd person. He not only got the answer correct but was able to cite specific examples that showed it was 1st person. GENIUS!
History: J & P
PB - Franklin Pierce - J was able to list through the former presidents easily today. I paged through the 1st 13 presidents and stated 1 fact and asked J to tell me who the president was. Got it right every time but once. Then as I was about to state a fact on the one remaining president, he said, "John Quincy Adams, cos that's the only one you haven't said yet." And he was right.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 127-129 - column adding and subtracting; figuring out x; counting by 1s, 5s, 10s; ordinal numbers; geometric shapes; fractions; clocks; money; converting and solving word problems; coloring. Finished SSMW!!!! HOORAY!!!!!! But when we looked back, we saw that he had skipped tracing numbers back on the first 4 pages. I told him he could skip it but he insists on finishing the whole book. Adorable.
Reading: J
Read chs 29-30 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 47 of 100EL
Monday, February 16, 2009
February 16, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Social Studies Day
Relationship between father and child - talked about special times spent with adults. What made the time special? How did it make you feel?
Rules - talked about rules and reasons for rules. Discussed what happens if rules get broken/consequences. Asked if there were any rules we have that they didn't know a reason for and that got a good discussion going. Good way to build trust!
Maturity, self-control, bravery - defined each term and then read certain qsentences out of the book and asked J which of the 3 was the sentence describing about that girl.
Setting - When/where did the story take place
First-time experiences - Asked if there were any FTE's they remembered and how they felt looking forward to them. Also asked if there is anything they are looking forward to doing for the first time now - some responses: riding a horse, driving, seeing a football game)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 68-71 - colors; ordinal numbers; punctuation marks; flags; fairy-tale literature; spelling; greater than/less than; grammar; calendar (needs work!); animal ID; science; Spanish words; clocks; sports
History: J & P
PB - Millard Fillmore - didn't do well with review of past presidents (forgot Tyler and Taylor), my fault for taking a week off with no review, though!
Math: J
SSMW pgs 125-126 - bar graph; double column addition and subtraction; greater than/less than; tally marks
Reading: P
Completed lesson 46 of 100EL
Coloring: J, P & C
Asked kids to draw a picture of a special time they have spent with an adult. They all chose to draw a time when they had taken a walk with Boy Pa and things they saw while they were on the walk. J saw trees and houses. P & C apparently both saw tornadoes.
Read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Social Studies Day
Relationship between father and child - talked about special times spent with adults. What made the time special? How did it make you feel?
Rules - talked about rules and reasons for rules. Discussed what happens if rules get broken/consequences. Asked if there were any rules we have that they didn't know a reason for and that got a good discussion going. Good way to build trust!
Maturity, self-control, bravery - defined each term and then read certain qsentences out of the book and asked J which of the 3 was the sentence describing about that girl.
Setting - When/where did the story take place
First-time experiences - Asked if there were any FTE's they remembered and how they felt looking forward to them. Also asked if there is anything they are looking forward to doing for the first time now - some responses: riding a horse, driving, seeing a football game)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 68-71 - colors; ordinal numbers; punctuation marks; flags; fairy-tale literature; spelling; greater than/less than; grammar; calendar (needs work!); animal ID; science; Spanish words; clocks; sports
History: J & P
PB - Millard Fillmore - didn't do well with review of past presidents (forgot Tyler and Taylor), my fault for taking a week off with no review, though!
Math: J
SSMW pgs 125-126 - bar graph; double column addition and subtraction; greater than/less than; tally marks
Reading: P
Completed lesson 46 of 100EL
Coloring: J, P & C
Asked kids to draw a picture of a special time they have spent with an adult. They all chose to draw a time when they had taken a walk with Boy Pa and things they saw while they were on the walk. J saw trees and houses. P & C apparently both saw tornadoes.
February 6, 2009
Happy Birthday Tanya!
FIAR: J & P
Science Day
Discussed wind and weather and all different types of wind - gale, breeze, gust, draft, etc.
Twins - identical and fraternal - what's the difference physically? What's the difference biologically? Also discussed triplets, quadruplets, etc.
Wells and well water - J & P knew what a well was from a VeggieTales video so it was easy for me to explain what one was and why they were used in earlier times. Also talked about cellars and ways people kept foods fresh before refrigeration.
History: J & P
PB - Zachary Taylor
Math: J
SSMW pgs 123-124 - measuring w. ruler in inches and centimeters; clocks
Coloring: J
Colored p7 of SBSP coloring book.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 45 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
Science Day
Discussed wind and weather and all different types of wind - gale, breeze, gust, draft, etc.
Twins - identical and fraternal - what's the difference physically? What's the difference biologically? Also discussed triplets, quadruplets, etc.
Wells and well water - J & P knew what a well was from a VeggieTales video so it was easy for me to explain what one was and why they were used in earlier times. Also talked about cellars and ways people kept foods fresh before refrigeration.
History: J & P
PB - Zachary Taylor
Math: J
SSMW pgs 123-124 - measuring w. ruler in inches and centimeters; clocks
Coloring: J
Colored p7 of SBSP coloring book.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 45 of 100EL
Thursday, February 5, 2009
February 5, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Art and Math Day
Played 'shadow chasers' - Looked at all the pictures in the book and picked out the ones with shadows and tried to best figure out where the light source was coming from.
Vanishing point - talked about why the road on pg 16 looks big in the front but tiny in the back of the drawing. Pointed out examples around the room of how things look much smaller than they really are from far away.
Distance - talked about how many feet make up certain things, and then how many feet were in a mile. How would we figure out how many feet are in 3 miles, etc.
Ordinal numbers - wrote out the alphabet and had J & P tell me what spot certain letters were in. First, tenth, twenty-third, etc.
History: J & P
PB - James K. Polk
Math: J
SSMW pgs 121-122 - fractions, geometric shapes; converting word problems into double column number problems and solving
Reading: P
Completed lesson 44 of 100EL
Art and Math Day
Played 'shadow chasers' - Looked at all the pictures in the book and picked out the ones with shadows and tried to best figure out where the light source was coming from.
Vanishing point - talked about why the road on pg 16 looks big in the front but tiny in the back of the drawing. Pointed out examples around the room of how things look much smaller than they really are from far away.
Distance - talked about how many feet make up certain things, and then how many feet were in a mile. How would we figure out how many feet are in 3 miles, etc.
Ordinal numbers - wrote out the alphabet and had J & P tell me what spot certain letters were in. First, tenth, twenty-third, etc.
History: J & P
PB - James K. Polk
Math: J
SSMW pgs 121-122 - fractions, geometric shapes; converting word problems into double column number problems and solving
Reading: P
Completed lesson 44 of 100EL
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
February 3, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Language Day
Interesting Title - talked about the benefits of coming up with a really interesting title for your book. Three Names is a very curious name, makes you want to find out why it's called that. No one would probably read it if it were just called Dog.
Vocabulary words - slough (J already knew this one from LPP, nice!); aggie; graduation; tethered (and knew this from SBSP, hahaha).
Simile - Talked about the various similes in the story and how they help work your imagination
Hyperbole - exaggeration - described and discussed.
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 63-67 - money; animal ID; ABC order; continents; rhyming; grammar; history; spelling; subtraction; geology; nursery rhymes; directions; patterns
History: J & P
PB - John Tyler
Math: J
SSMW pgs 119-120 - addition; subtraction; ordinal #s; matching; counting by 2s, 5s
Coloring: J
Colored p6 of SBSP CB
Reading: P
Completed lesson 43 of 100EL
Language Day
Interesting Title - talked about the benefits of coming up with a really interesting title for your book. Three Names is a very curious name, makes you want to find out why it's called that. No one would probably read it if it were just called Dog.
Vocabulary words - slough (J already knew this one from LPP, nice!); aggie; graduation; tethered (and knew this from SBSP, hahaha).
Simile - Talked about the various similes in the story and how they help work your imagination
Hyperbole - exaggeration - described and discussed.
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 63-67 - money; animal ID; ABC order; continents; rhyming; grammar; history; spelling; subtraction; geology; nursery rhymes; directions; patterns
History: J & P
PB - John Tyler
Math: J
SSMW pgs 119-120 - addition; subtraction; ordinal #s; matching; counting by 2s, 5s
Coloring: J
Colored p6 of SBSP CB
Reading: P
Completed lesson 43 of 100EL
Monday, February 2, 2009
February 2, 2009
Happy Birthday Mike L. and Colin =)
FIAR: J & P
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Social Studies Day
Talked about relationships with pets and the benefits of such. Talked about what are the fun things about having pets.
Prairie life - tried to describe a prairie but not sure if he very much understood. Will have to get a picture book or a video to really let him see it. Talked about some of the animals you can find there.
One Room Schoolhouse - Described reasons why they had these a long time ago (fewer students, less money, less need, etc.) Talked about what things are different about school now and what things are still the same. J said he's love to have a wood stove in our classroom =)
History: J & P
PB - William Henry Harrison
Math: J
SSMW pgs 117-118 - converting word problems and solving; column addition with x factor.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 42 of 100EL
Writing: J
Wrote a letter! =) Mailed it today.
FIAR: J & P
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Social Studies Day
Talked about relationships with pets and the benefits of such. Talked about what are the fun things about having pets.
Prairie life - tried to describe a prairie but not sure if he very much understood. Will have to get a picture book or a video to really let him see it. Talked about some of the animals you can find there.
One Room Schoolhouse - Described reasons why they had these a long time ago (fewer students, less money, less need, etc.) Talked about what things are different about school now and what things are still the same. J said he's love to have a wood stove in our classroom =)
History: J & P
PB - William Henry Harrison
Math: J
SSMW pgs 117-118 - converting word problems and solving; column addition with x factor.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 42 of 100EL
Writing: J
Wrote a letter! =) Mailed it today.
Friday, January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009
Happy Birthday Rick!
Review Week:
Reviewed some of the notes that were hanging around from stories we had read. Counting notes in music, color schemes, art skills, geometric shapes and went over various aspects of color wheel.
Also, finally started American flag. Have the stripes and the field, just need to do the starts. Ugh.
History: J & P
PB - Martin Van Buren
We also review previous presidents at every lesson - I am astounded by how much they remember!!
Math: J
SSMW pgs 113-114 - adding and subtracting; adding money
Reading: P
Completed lesson 41 of 100EL
Review Week:
Reviewed some of the notes that were hanging around from stories we had read. Counting notes in music, color schemes, art skills, geometric shapes and went over various aspects of color wheel.
Also, finally started American flag. Have the stripes and the field, just need to do the starts. Ugh.
History: J & P
PB - Martin Van Buren
We also review previous presidents at every lesson - I am astounded by how much they remember!!
Math: J
SSMW pgs 113-114 - adding and subtracting; adding money
Reading: P
Completed lesson 41 of 100EL
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
January 28, 2009
Review week:
Looked at story disks and tried to remember which story each was from. Got them all!
Also went over vocabulary words. J remembered: exquisite; dart; wilt; starch; plantation; coax or persuade; superb; ingredients; cellar; canal; continue; patient; three alarm fire; emergency; water main; steam roller; bulldozer; errand; magnificent; serious; famous, juggle
Did not remember: native; elegant; locate; wander; metaphor; simile; squint
History: J & P
PB Andrew Jackson
Math: J
SSMW pgs 113-114 - writing number words; adding tens and ones; column adding and subtracting; fractions (pie graphs); clocks
Reading: J
chs 27-28 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 40 of 100EL
Looked at story disks and tried to remember which story each was from. Got them all!
Also went over vocabulary words. J remembered: exquisite; dart; wilt; starch; plantation; coax or persuade; superb; ingredients; cellar; canal; continue; patient; three alarm fire; emergency; water main; steam roller; bulldozer; errand; magnificent; serious; famous, juggle
Did not remember: native; elegant; locate; wander; metaphor; simile; squint
History: J & P
PB Andrew Jackson
Math: J
SSMW pgs 113-114 - writing number words; adding tens and ones; column adding and subtracting; fractions (pie graphs); clocks
Reading: J
chs 27-28 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 40 of 100EL
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
January 27, 2009
FIAR: J
Art & Math Day
Art - Color - Discussed why the author may have chosen to make all the woods and animals black and white, while the people and villages were colorful.
Viewpoint - discussed the viewpoint used for most of the pictures from the book and how you can do drawings of the same thing from all different viewpoints.
Mood - The illustrator does a terrific job of setting the mood of the poem with the illustrations shown. Talked about how she did that.
Just for fun, talked about the song Jingle Bells because the illustrations had a one-horse open sleigh. =)
Math - Counted various animals - lots of the illustrations had animals well hidden in the woods, so that was fun.
Also talked about memorizing poetry but told J he didn't have to do that yet cos he was kinda young. I memorized this poem when I was a kid, but not until 4th grade.
History: J & P
PB - John Quincy Adams
Math: J
SSMW pg 112 - adding and subtracting 2 columns - 20 of them - did very well =)
Reading: P
Completed lesson 39 of 100EL
Reading: J
chs 25-26 of LPP
Art & Math Day
Art - Color - Discussed why the author may have chosen to make all the woods and animals black and white, while the people and villages were colorful.
Viewpoint - discussed the viewpoint used for most of the pictures from the book and how you can do drawings of the same thing from all different viewpoints.
Mood - The illustrator does a terrific job of setting the mood of the poem with the illustrations shown. Talked about how she did that.
Just for fun, talked about the song Jingle Bells because the illustrations had a one-horse open sleigh. =)
Math - Counted various animals - lots of the illustrations had animals well hidden in the woods, so that was fun.
Also talked about memorizing poetry but told J he didn't have to do that yet cos he was kinda young. I memorized this poem when I was a kid, but not until 4th grade.
History: J & P
PB - John Quincy Adams
Math: J
SSMW pg 112 - adding and subtracting 2 columns - 20 of them - did very well =)
Reading: P
Completed lesson 39 of 100EL
Reading: J
chs 25-26 of LPP
January 26, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Short week for poem - end of week for mid-year review
Language - Poetry
Talked about some qualities of a poem may have and what they mean: repetition; rhyme; rhythm; personification; alliteration; onomatopoeia
Found examples of alliteration in poem
Rhyme Scheme - Rhyme scheme for this poem is AABA. Looked at some A.A. Milne poems and figured out rhyme schemes, ex. ABAB, ABBA and one crazy one AAAAAABBA - funny one!
Discussed how poets usually use sound as the strongest quality of the poem and what sounds pleasing to themselves and the reader. Content is very important as well, but should be secondary. Without that, it's just a bunch of words, not a poem.
History: J & P
PB - James Monroe
Math: J
SSMW pgs 110-111 - fractions; adding coins; greater than less than
Reading: J
chs 23-24 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 38 of 100EL
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Short week for poem - end of week for mid-year review
Language - Poetry
Talked about some qualities of a poem may have and what they mean: repetition; rhyme; rhythm; personification; alliteration; onomatopoeia
Found examples of alliteration in poem
Rhyme Scheme - Rhyme scheme for this poem is AABA. Looked at some A.A. Milne poems and figured out rhyme schemes, ex. ABAB, ABBA and one crazy one AAAAAABBA - funny one!
Discussed how poets usually use sound as the strongest quality of the poem and what sounds pleasing to themselves and the reader. Content is very important as well, but should be secondary. Without that, it's just a bunch of words, not a poem.
History: J & P
PB - James Monroe
Math: J
SSMW pgs 110-111 - fractions; adding coins; greater than less than
Reading: J
chs 23-24 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed lesson 38 of 100EL
January 22, 2009
No FIAR for rest of week as we spread out NotM over 2 short weeks.
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 60-62 - spelling; subtraction; grammar; directions; literature; rhyming; fractions; opposites
History: J & P
PB - Madison
Math: J
SSMW pgs 108-109 - adding to 18; matching analog and digital clocks
Reading: P
Completed lesson 37 of 100EL
Geography/Social Studies: J & P
Flags - made flags of Italy, Jamaica and Sri Lanka - still need to get USA done!
Brain Quest: J & P
pgs 60-62 - spelling; subtraction; grammar; directions; literature; rhyming; fractions; opposites
History: J & P
PB - Madison
Math: J
SSMW pgs 108-109 - adding to 18; matching analog and digital clocks
Reading: P
Completed lesson 37 of 100EL
Geography/Social Studies: J & P
Flags - made flags of Italy, Jamaica and Sri Lanka - still need to get USA done!
January 21, 2009
Happy Birthday Libby!
Searched ALLLLL morning for a maternity dress. Went to a wake that night.
Searched ALLLLL morning for a maternity dress. Went to a wake that night.
January 20, 2009
FIAR - J & P
Science and Bible Day
Talked about Moonjellies and all the other different kinds of jellyfish. Defined biomes and talked about and described different ones.
Transitioned to all the marvels of the sea and talked about the awesome things that God has put in the sea and how thousands of years later, people are still fascinated by them.
History: J & P
PB - Thomas Jefferson
Brain Quest: J
pgs 57-59 - spelling; synonyms; geography; fairy tales; counting; sentence structure; subtraction; general info
Math: J
SSMW pgs 106-107 - converting word problems to number problems and solving (did AWESOME!); measuring
Reading: P
Completed lesson 36 of 100EL
Science and Bible Day
Talked about Moonjellies and all the other different kinds of jellyfish. Defined biomes and talked about and described different ones.
Transitioned to all the marvels of the sea and talked about the awesome things that God has put in the sea and how thousands of years later, people are still fascinated by them.
History: J & P
PB - Thomas Jefferson
Brain Quest: J
pgs 57-59 - spelling; synonyms; geography; fairy tales; counting; sentence structure; subtraction; general info
Math: J
SSMW pgs 106-107 - converting word problems to number problems and solving (did AWESOME!); measuring
Reading: P
Completed lesson 36 of 100EL
January 19, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Continuing with Night of the Moonjellies since last week was short.
Art and Math Day
Art - Adding detail - Went through book slowly and looked at all the pictures that show things that the story didn't tell us and talked about how it makes the story fun and informative.
Math - Stopped on page with prices of food and then worked with money - how much would it be if someone ordered 2 hot dogs, fries and a soda, etc.
(oh man, now I want a hot dog.)
History: J & P
PB - John Adams
Math: J
SSMW pgs 104-105 - geometric shapes (sphere, cube, cone); addition and subtraction to 18
Reading: P
Completed lesson 35 of 100EL
Continuing with Night of the Moonjellies since last week was short.
Art and Math Day
Art - Adding detail - Went through book slowly and looked at all the pictures that show things that the story didn't tell us and talked about how it makes the story fun and informative.
Math - Stopped on page with prices of food and then worked with money - how much would it be if someone ordered 2 hot dogs, fries and a soda, etc.
(oh man, now I want a hot dog.)
History: J & P
PB - John Adams
Math: J
SSMW pgs 104-105 - geometric shapes (sphere, cube, cone); addition and subtraction to 18
Reading: P
Completed lesson 35 of 100EL
Monday, January 26, 2009
January 14-16, 2009
Rest of the week off
Took Wednesday to do some shopping to prepare for Nana coming to stay with the kiddoes while Mr. P and I went off to Hershey, PA for the marriage retreat.
Good times!
Took Wednesday to do some shopping to prepare for Nana coming to stay with the kiddoes while Mr. P and I went off to Hershey, PA for the marriage retreat.
Good times!
January 13, 2009
Happy Baby Day to Dana & Jim!!! Baby James born today, awwwwwww!!!!
FIAR: J & P
Language Day
Contrast - hustle and bustle of work vs. calm times - what do you like better and why?
First Person POV - Book is written from Mark's POV - discussed what 2nd and 3rd POV are also.
Vocabulary words - pier; moonjellies
Brain Quest: J
pgs 54-56 - identifying same sounds; adding; verbs; calendar; spelling; money; seasons; wildlife; measuring; food identification
History: J & P
PB - George Washington
Math: J
SSMW pg 103 - adding and subtractiong big numbers - did way better than usual!! - measuring
Reading: J
ch 19-20 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed Lesson 34 of 100EL
FIAR: J & P
Language Day
Contrast - hustle and bustle of work vs. calm times - what do you like better and why?
First Person POV - Book is written from Mark's POV - discussed what 2nd and 3rd POV are also.
Vocabulary words - pier; moonjellies
Brain Quest: J
pgs 54-56 - identifying same sounds; adding; verbs; calendar; spelling; money; seasons; wildlife; measuring; food identification
History: J & P
PB - George Washington
Math: J
SSMW pg 103 - adding and subtractiong big numbers - did way better than usual!! - measuring
Reading: J
ch 19-20 of LPP
Reading: P
Completed Lesson 34 of 100EL
January 12, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Read Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
Social Studies Day
Geography - Story takes place ocean side New England. (I'm thinking the creator of FIAR must have been brought up in New England and been close with her grandparents, cos that's what about 70% of the stories deal with!).
Discussed why the region is called New England and asked what states make up New England.
Running a Small Business/Responsibilities -
Asked what qualities do you think you need to run a small business? What kind of people should you hire? What are the responsibilities of an owner? - J said, you should be like SpongeBob, not like Squidward. And you know, he's right. So SpongeBob isn't all mush. =)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 51-53 - odds/evens; verbs; wildlife; mythology; food groups; spelling; rhyming; measuring
History: J & P
President book - pgs 6-7 - General Qs and As about the presidency, responsibilities, elections, etc.
Math: J
SSMW - pg 102 - adding; subtracting; clocks; estimating; counting by 2s, 5s, 10s; money; word problems; adding and subtracting columns
Reading: J
chs 17-18 of LPP
Reading: P
Did not complete lesson 34 of 100EL. Had serious trouble sounding out words. Needed a break. Told him we could try again tomorrow. Gave him some coloring instead. =)
Read Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
Social Studies Day
Geography - Story takes place ocean side New England. (I'm thinking the creator of FIAR must have been brought up in New England and been close with her grandparents, cos that's what about 70% of the stories deal with!).
Discussed why the region is called New England and asked what states make up New England.
Running a Small Business/Responsibilities -
Asked what qualities do you think you need to run a small business? What kind of people should you hire? What are the responsibilities of an owner? - J said, you should be like SpongeBob, not like Squidward. And you know, he's right. So SpongeBob isn't all mush. =)
Brain Quest: J
pgs 51-53 - odds/evens; verbs; wildlife; mythology; food groups; spelling; rhyming; measuring
History: J & P
President book - pgs 6-7 - General Qs and As about the presidency, responsibilities, elections, etc.
Math: J
SSMW - pg 102 - adding; subtracting; clocks; estimating; counting by 2s, 5s, 10s; money; word problems; adding and subtracting columns
Reading: J
chs 17-18 of LPP
Reading: P
Did not complete lesson 34 of 100EL. Had serious trouble sounding out words. Needed a break. Told him we could try again tomorrow. Gave him some coloring instead. =)
January 9, 2009
FIAR: J & P
J remembered ALL Katy's traits! Nice job!
Math Day
Counting - had J count various things in book - cars, telephone poles, horses, etc.
Got out blocks & worked with groups of 5 (horsepower) and changed the variant to see what the answer would be. J was awesome at this, he loves multiplying, he is seeing how doing it by 5s and 10s is pretty easy.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 100-101 - counting by 2s; subtracting & adding to 18. Trouble with subtraction, but getting it.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 33 of 100EL
J remembered ALL Katy's traits! Nice job!
Math Day
Counting - had J count various things in book - cars, telephone poles, horses, etc.
Got out blocks & worked with groups of 5 (horsepower) and changed the variant to see what the answer would be. J was awesome at this, he loves multiplying, he is seeing how doing it by 5s and 10s is pretty easy.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 100-101 - counting by 2s; subtracting & adding to 18. Trouble with subtraction, but getting it.
Reading: P
Completed lesson 33 of 100EL
January 7, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Art & Science Day
Art - Colors - use of colors causes Katy to pop out of the page.
Detailed Action - Burton shows action in the trucks and people of Geoppolis - looked through book for examples. Before Katy even comes by, you see the little stick figure townspeople digging themselves out. Then after she plows, you see the various vehicles she has dug out going to the places they need to go.
Detailed Descriptions - Discussed the "extra story" in the little pics around the big ones - fun little details around the main story make the book even better. There's so much more to learn than what is mainly going on.
Science - Weather - weather changes from year to year - snow storms only come every so often around here - some years are flood years, some drought. Explained what a drought is. Talked about possibly making a weather chart.
Brain Quest (Reading): J
Story about Titanic - Q's included: memory; comprehension; spelling; forms of transportation
Brain Quest: J
pgs 48-50 - math; environment; ABC order; noun recognition; spelling; ordinal numbers; wildlife; misc.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 98-99 - converting word problems to # problems and solving; estimating; counting by 5s; counting by 10s
Coloring: J
pgs 5 of SBSP CB - solved letter puzzle activity
Reading: P
Completed lesson 32 of 100EL
Art & Science Day
Art - Colors - use of colors causes Katy to pop out of the page.
Detailed Action - Burton shows action in the trucks and people of Geoppolis - looked through book for examples. Before Katy even comes by, you see the little stick figure townspeople digging themselves out. Then after she plows, you see the various vehicles she has dug out going to the places they need to go.
Detailed Descriptions - Discussed the "extra story" in the little pics around the big ones - fun little details around the main story make the book even better. There's so much more to learn than what is mainly going on.
Science - Weather - weather changes from year to year - snow storms only come every so often around here - some years are flood years, some drought. Explained what a drought is. Talked about possibly making a weather chart.
Brain Quest (Reading): J
Story about Titanic - Q's included: memory; comprehension; spelling; forms of transportation
Brain Quest: J
pgs 48-50 - math; environment; ABC order; noun recognition; spelling; ordinal numbers; wildlife; misc.
Math: J
SSMW pgs 98-99 - converting word problems to # problems and solving; estimating; counting by 5s; counting by 10s
Coloring: J
pgs 5 of SBSP CB - solved letter puzzle activity
Reading: P
Completed lesson 32 of 100EL
January 6, 2009
FIAR: J & P
Language Day
Character - Katy - Burton uses pictures off to the side of the story to tell us more about Katy than can be learned in the story. After book was done, asked J & P what they remembered from those things. Did well! But asked if we could try again and do even better tomorrow.
Personification - Discussed what human qualities Burton gave to Katy.
Vocabulary words - bulldozer, steam roller, drizzle, water main, emergency, three alarm fire, patient. J knew and was able to explain all but water main and three alarm fire. Described patient as in the human trait rather than doctor/patient. Told him one word can mean more than one thing. He said that was weird, why not use another word? I said, "Cos English is weird. A lot of the time, it just doesn't make sense."
Math: J
SSMW pgs 96-97 - adding coins, addition and subtraction 2 column #s
Coloring: J
SBSP CB pg 4 - getting better and better!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 31 of 100EL
Language Day
Character - Katy - Burton uses pictures off to the side of the story to tell us more about Katy than can be learned in the story. After book was done, asked J & P what they remembered from those things. Did well! But asked if we could try again and do even better tomorrow.
Personification - Discussed what human qualities Burton gave to Katy.
Vocabulary words - bulldozer, steam roller, drizzle, water main, emergency, three alarm fire, patient. J knew and was able to explain all but water main and three alarm fire. Described patient as in the human trait rather than doctor/patient. Told him one word can mean more than one thing. He said that was weird, why not use another word? I said, "Cos English is weird. A lot of the time, it just doesn't make sense."
Math: J
SSMW pgs 96-97 - adding coins, addition and subtraction 2 column #s
Coloring: J
SBSP CB pg 4 - getting better and better!
Reading: P
Completed lesson 31 of 100EL
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
January 5, 2009
Anna's email is down at home so I am just putting some stuff up here for her to keep track.
FAIR-J&P
Read Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
J recognized that this book was written by the same person as Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by the illustrations in the book.
Social Studies
Discussed that Burton names the town Geoppolis. J recognized that there is also a town in Backyardigans called Geoppolis. Discussed what Geo means world and ppolis means city and how parts of words mean different things.
Responsibilities:
Talked about how if Katy hadn't dug people out how they wouldnt be able to do their responsibilities e.g. Fireman. What if the water company couldnt get to the broken water main. Each place in the town had a certain responsibility. Asked if Jesse had any responsibilities that would effect other people. He came up with silverware and how we wouldnt be able to eat.
Street Signs:
Page 5 of book shows various street signs. Talked about that the next time we go driving we will discuss some of the street signs in the book and what they mean.
Math Skills:
Talked about compass and directions and getting places. Talked about getting a compass to walk around. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west and using that to determine direction.
Math:
J-SSM workbook pages 94-95. Adding and subtracting, ordinal numbers, identifying times on analog clock.
Coloring:
J-page 3 of spongebob coloring book.
Reading
P-Completed lesson 30 of 100 EL. Did great!
FAIR-J&P
Read Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
J recognized that this book was written by the same person as Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by the illustrations in the book.
Social Studies
Discussed that Burton names the town Geoppolis. J recognized that there is also a town in Backyardigans called Geoppolis. Discussed what Geo means world and ppolis means city and how parts of words mean different things.
Responsibilities:
Talked about how if Katy hadn't dug people out how they wouldnt be able to do their responsibilities e.g. Fireman. What if the water company couldnt get to the broken water main. Each place in the town had a certain responsibility. Asked if Jesse had any responsibilities that would effect other people. He came up with silverware and how we wouldnt be able to eat.
Street Signs:
Page 5 of book shows various street signs. Talked about that the next time we go driving we will discuss some of the street signs in the book and what they mean.
Math Skills:
Talked about compass and directions and getting places. Talked about getting a compass to walk around. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west and using that to determine direction.
Math:
J-SSM workbook pages 94-95. Adding and subtracting, ordinal numbers, identifying times on analog clock.
Coloring:
J-page 3 of spongebob coloring book.
Reading
P-Completed lesson 30 of 100 EL. Did great!
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