A Little Rebellion Every Now & Then

Language Arts
     Phonics: Completed Lessons 161 through 167 in The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading.
     Spelling:Completed pages 113 through 120 in Spelling Workout A.
     Grammar: Completed Lessons 27, 28, and 29 in First Language Lessons.
     Reading Practice: Read through Amelia Bedelia and Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia, in addition to lots of reading outside school.
     Handwriting: Practiced capital formation, magic c lowercase letters, words in lower-case letters, and writing her name on the double-lined paper; learned the formation of lower-case b.

Read-Alouds

• Carousel, Brian Wildsmith
• What Mary Jo Shared, Janice Udry
• The Legend of the Sand Dollar, Chris Auer
• “The Sleeping Beauty” in The Barefoot Book of Princesses
• “The Market Square Dog” in James Herriot’s Treasury for Children, James Herriot
• Birds, Brian Wildsmith
• Dawn, Uri Shulevitz
• Hide and Seek Fog, Alvin Tresselt
• Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, Charlotte Zolotow
• Sing of the Earth and Sky, Aileen Lucia Fisher

Mathematics
     Miquon Red: Completed pages I-6 & I-7, as well as J-4 through J-8.
     Developmental Math Level 3: Completed page 52.

Science
     Human Body: Finished the formal study of the human body by reading pages 56-59 in The Kingfisher First Human Body Encyclopedia.
     Animals: Read about Deer, Elk, Hedgehog, and Mole in The Kingfisher First Animal Encyclopedia; read Deer and Elk, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Animals Under the Ground, Allan Fowler.

Geography
We reviewed the states and capitals, sang The Star-Spangled Banner, and recited the continents.

Jacob
Jacob had Zoo Animals (Brian Wildsmith) read to him, and he also gnawed on it independently.