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