This week we are rowing the book Andy and the Lion. This kid Andy is reading and reading about lions, then one day he runs into one. The story is very sweet. I happen to love lions, so reading this book is no problem!
Geography: New York Public Library
Language Arts: vocabulary words
Science & Art: lions
This is Club week, it started with Club Sunday, the kids and all the Club leaders wore their Club shirt on Sunday morning. We had a small presentation of what we've been doing this year with Clubs and the kids got to sing our Club song Jesus is our Superhero!
Tonight as part of Club week we are having build your own Sundae and Saturday is the Shape N Race or as it's commonly known, the Pinewood Derby.
Next Sunday evening we are going roller skating at Cosmic Skate, should be fun!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Andy and the Lion
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Three Names
This week we are rowing the book Three Names. It is about a Great Grandfather and his dog Three Names! The great grandfather is telling his great grandson stories about his childhood "a hundred years ago". The kids really like this book, it is a little long but A7 has been reading along with me and that makes it even more fun to read!
Social Studies: prairie land, then & now
Language arts: hyperbole, simile; what are three names' three names?
Science: wildlife on the prairie
This week we start our COOP once again. We'll be doing eight weeks which takes us to the first week in May, that day we will be having a Field day for all the kids!! I will be teaching this time around, something called Lentils, it is science and math for groups 2 & 1. It looks really fun although setup time is a little long.
It's been a busy couple of weeks, haven't had time to post much. We had a great Valentine's Day!
My Hubby made me this wonderful gift. I don't usually post about Valentine gifts because they are personal (when it comes to valentine's gifts I prefer the home made kind rather than chocolates, flowers or jewelry) and I don't always want to share that stuff but I have to post about his gift this year!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Warm as Wool
This week we are rowing the book Warm as Wool. This story is set in 1803 Ohio, a pioneer mother has a plan to keep her children warm: it starts with sheep purchased with coins she'd been saving from her former days in Connecticut.
Geography: Ohio & Conneticut, Pioneer life
Language Arts: Sequence of events
Art: drawing sheep & log cabin
Math: math cards
Science: sheep, animal groups
Lapbook will be posted later...
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Piano Recital
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear
This week we are rowing the book Another Celebrated Dancing Bear. It is the story of two bear friends who happen to live in Russia. They also like to drink a lot of tea! One of them is a dancer, the other an animal doctor, but he dreams of being a dancer like his friend!
I really enjoyed this book, it is a wonderful story, the kids were not as moved by it as I was.
It's a good thing we are only doing this book for half the week. The lapbook was pretty simple and we were able to finish it today. On Thursday and Friday we'll be reading Valentine day books and doing valentine day activities.
Geography: Russia, Russia is known for...
Language Arts: drama cards
Science: boiling point, freezing point of water.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sick Days
I've been sick since Saturday and getting worse by the day, I can't breathe, my throat burns every time I swallow anything and sinus pressure every time I try to breathe through my nose.
I did enjoy the Super Bowl!! Go Steelers, but I was not able to sleep at all that night.
I canceled school on Monday, was going to cancel it today but then decided to just have A7 do her phonics, copy work and her math, no story time this week because talking hurts too much.
The only reason we went to piano lessons today was because last week it was canceled because of snow and ice and I didn't want to miss it for two weeks in a row.
I've been having lots of soupy stuff and hot chocolate, they feel so good on my throat! I may not go to Clubs tomorrow if I don't start feeling better...Please pray for me!!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Super Bowl lapbook
Since we were done with our lapbook on Thursday, I decided to do a fun lapbook for the upcoming Super Bowl. We are Steeler fans and are looking forward to Super Bowl 43.
It's not too in depth but it has things the kids can understand...I know there are a lot more positions on a football team but I chose the ones that are easier to explain.
The kids really got a kick out of this one! We'll be finishing the lapbook on Sunday, since we need to know who won and what each team scored. I hope we'll be happy with the results!
Go Steelers!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car
This week we are rowing Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car. The story is really simple, it's almost the same story as Mr. Gumpy's Outing. The only difference is they are riding a car instead of a boat.
The lapbook for this one doesn't have much, I'll post a pic as soon as we're done with it.
Geography: England
Language Arts: onomatopoeia {words that imitate the sound it is describing like "oink" or "meow"}
Science: the water cycle
Arts/Craft: rainy day mobile
We are getting lots of snow now and we may be getting lots of ice as well. Piano lessons were canceled today and we may have to cancel Clubs tomorrow. It's a good thing we have plenty of bread and milk!
Here is the completed lapbook, it was a very simple one. We were done with on Thursday.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Padawan!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day
We watched the Inauguration this morning as part of school and that's pretty much all we did. I purchased an Inauguration Day Fold and Learn from FIAR digital.
These fold and learns are pretty interesting. They are different than regular lapbooks. They contains lots of info and pics but is not set up the same as a lapbook. I went ahead and did my own thing with it and made it into a foldnlearn/lapbook. It came out pretty good.
I wasn't sure how I was going to explain this all to the kids but interestingly enough they were able to follow everything I was telling them. I gave them so much information about presidents, vice presidents, slavery, Lincoln, but they stayed with me! That was a pleasant surprise!
I was also surprised to see just how excited they got when Obama finally made it to the platform. X4 was jumping around saying "There he is, there he is!" They seemed to be very happy that Obama was now our President!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Very Last First Time
This week we are rowing the book Very Last First Time. It is the story of a girl named Eva, and the adventure she has under the sea.
Geography: Northern Canada
Culture: Inuit culture
Language Arts: vocabulary words
Science: dress for the season, temperature, who lives in the tide pool.
Here is a pic of the lapbook we made.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Ocean Unit Study & lapbook Part II
This was our second week doing the ocean unit study. This week we got more into, God creating the land and the ocean and what they mean to us and all the creatures that live in it.
They learned what a continent is and how many and their names. We also learned their location and the oceans names and location.
We also read the book Arabella, about a grandfather his grandson and the sea. The book is out of print but somebody from the Five in a Row message boards knows Wendy Orr and contacted her. She sold us the book, shipped it from Australia and signed it!! Thank you Wendy! It is a wonderful story and my kids enjoyed it very much!
I have a world puzzle that has the continents and oceans, they played with that everyday. We finished the second lapbook, oceans and continents:
Then on Friday we watched Planet Earth The Complete Series dvd. We watched Shallow seas and Ocean deep. They got to see all the ocean creatures we learned about last week plus we got to see which ones live on which ocean and how they travel from one ocean to another for different reasons. The Great White footage was incredible!
Amazon.com has the complete series dvd for under $20 if you buy it used, which is what I did. If you buy it new, you're looking at $50+. This dvd is going to come in handy when we do our Zoology unit study at the end of the school year.
Next week we're going back to doing a book a week.
