3-7 April: Week’s Summary
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.
