The kids are REALLY enjoying reading from their readers aloud (go figure!), and we finished the book "Fun with Pets" in class. You can skip today's AM reading lesson and pick up with the PM reading of pages 2-3 in "TipToes".
Corresponding workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
If you are following the Abeka spelling lessons, you will be
assessing the list today. You can do check their spelling verbally or
in writing. Introduce list #4. Each Wednesday, we will be reviewing
their spelling list in class. If it is the first time they have seen
the list, they will most likely have trouble with the review game. Most of them did great with the list 3 review yesterday!
Handwriting
Turn to page 41 in your workbook and complete Day 1.
Now that we have completed the alphabet letter by letter, we will be moving on to weekly handwriting lessons. For each lesson, you will be doing Day 1 on Thursdays, Day 2 on Fridays, Day 3 on Mondays, and then you will be writing the Bible verse for Day 4 onto a border sheet from the back of the book on Tuesdays. These border sheets are like "quizzes". Take your time and do your best-- make them look great! Bring them in on Wednesdays to display them!
Grammar
Lesson 26 with parents.
They are doing much better with common and proper nouns! There is still confusion on brand names, such as Oreo, Lego, etc.
Spanish
Do pages 12-13 in your workbook.
Math
Extra Practice Book page 29-34
Science
For next Wednesday, you will need to find two substances at home that are non-soluble. Either bring it in, take a picture of it, or draw a picture!
History
Read pages 59-61 in Story of the World and discuss!
Agriculture
Music 1
Practice the song "Best Friends" in the purple book
Practice the song "C, D, E" in the blue and white book.
Listen to your CD ALWAYS!!! Every day, in the car, at home... EVERYWHERE.
Friday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 33
Study the poem on page 65 of the Spelling and Poetry book.
Handwriting
Do page 41, Lesson 1 Day 2
Spanish
Listen to the Months of the Year song and try to sing it!
Math
Do test book pages 37-40. (Parents, please check their work and discuss any missed problems.)
Writing
Find a ruler. See how long 6" is. Now, turn the ruler so that it
is standing up on the table or floor. See how tall 6" is from the
floor/table.
What would life be like if you were only six inches tall?
Write about it! Use your best handwriting and use your imagination!
Music 1
Practice the song "Best Friends" in the purple book
Practice the song "C, D, E" in the blue and white book.
Listen to your CD ALWAYS!!! Every day, in the car, at home... EVERYWHERE.
Monday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 34 in Curriculum Guide on
Phonics/Reading/Spelling for the lesson, with workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
Read and study the poem in page 65.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 42, Lesson 1 Day 3
Grammar
Teach lesson 28 to your child.
Spanish
Listen to the Months of the Year song and try to sing it!
Practice the Spanish months.
What is your birthday month? Say it in Spanish!
Math
Video Lesson!
Textbook pages 47-49
Workbook pages 49-52
Science
For Wednesday, you will need to find two substances at home that
are non-soluble. Either bring it in, take a picture of it, or draw a
picture!
History
Read pages 62-65 in Story of the World and discuss. Be ready to have fun in class on Wednesday! Wear something that can get a little dirty! :)
Practice the song "Best Friends" in the purple book
Practice the song "C, D, E" in the blue and white book.
Listen to your CD ALWAYS!!! Every day, in the car, at home... EVERYWHERE.
Tuesday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 35 in Curriculum Guide
Instruction on Phonics/Reading/Spelling for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide.
In class tomorrow, we will review spelling list #4. This is the list that you began at home on Thursday of last week, so we will be playing a review game with it in prep for their at home assessment.
Handwriting
Choose a border sheet from the back of your handwriting book. Either tear it out or make a copy of it. Take the Bible verse from Lesson 1, Day 4, and copy it very carefully onto the border sheet. Color it and bring it to class tomorrow! This is like your weekly handwriting quiz, so do your very best!
Writing
Be sure to finish your writing. Do your best! We will show it off in class!
Corresponding workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
If you are following the Abeka spelling lessons, you will be assessing the list today. You can do check their spelling verbally or in writing. Introduce list #3. Each Wednesday, we will be reviewing their spelling list in class. If it is the first time they have seen the list, they will most likely have trouble with the review game.
Handwriting
Compare yesterday's work (lesson 26) to the work from the first two weeks of class! Everyone is doing a great job!
Do Lesson 27 in your workbook. Take your time and do your very best!
Grammar
Do Lesson 21 with parents.
Be sure to review common and proper nouns thoroughly. It is still tricky for some!
Study the poem, "Work". We will be recording it on Wednesday!
Spanish
Only half the class had their worksheets from the at-home work, which made it a sad day for stars! :(
Listen to #15 on your CD. It is the song you worked on yesterday in class. Listen to this class and sing it each day, so that you will know the words next week in class!
Math
The students took a math test in class yesterday! Today, I would like for them to look over the tests and work on any problems that they missed.
Turn to page 47 in you lab book. Answer the questions about the lab that we did in class. Oral or written answers are fine!
For those mixtures that weren't done in class, make your best guess (hypothesis) as to what would happen!
History
Read p. 51 to the bottom of page 53 in Story of the World and discuss.
Writing
Take out your writing assignment sheet from yesterday. Think about your favorite hiding spot. Write all about it! Use complete sentences and make sure to use your best handwriting! These will go in your writing folder, and we are going to hand them up to show the class!
Instruction on Phonics/Reading/Spelling/etc for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 28 in your workbook
Take your time and do your very best!
Grammar
Study the poem "Work"
Spanish
Practice counting in Spanish to 31. Use pages 4 and 5 in your book.
Math
Do test book pages 29-32. (Parents, please check their work and discuss any missed problems.)
Writing
Work on this week's writing assignment! We will share them out loud, in class, and add them to your writing folder. Be sure to use your best handwriting and to write in sentences. I don't want you to just tell me your favorite hiding spot... I want you to tell me all about it! :)
Music 1
Play "C, What Do you C" 10 times
Play "Driving in the G Clef" 10 times
Monday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 29 in Curriculum Guide on
Phonics/Reading/Spelling/etc for the lesson, with workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 29 in your workbook. Take your time and do your very best!
Grammar
Teach lesson 22 to your child.
Spanish
Listen to song #15.
Practice counting to 31.
Complete pages 4-7 in your book.
Math
Do test book pages 32-36. (Parents, please check their work and discuss any missed problems.)
Science
Read Chapter 7.
History
Read page 53-58 in Story of the World.
If you'd like, draw a picture to go along with the story!
Writing
Work on your writing assignment and bring it in on Wednesday!
Music 1
Play "C, What Do you C" 10 times
Play "Driving in the G Clef" 10 times
Tuesday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 30 in Curriculum Guide
Instruction on Phonics/Reading/Spelling/etc for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide.
In class tomorrow, we will review spelling list #3. For those of you not choosing to use the Abeka curriculum, it will be best if your child is not seeing the spelling list for the first time. It causes distractions and makes it difficult to teach the children as a group. This class has been scheduled at the beginning of the day to address this issue.
In class tomorrow, we will be discussing the following concepts learned from at-home materials. For those not using the Abeka curriculum, you may want to touch on these so that your child is not hearing them for the first time.
The definition of a compound word.
The letters l, f, and s often show up in pairs at the end of short-vowel words, such as in doll, small, miss, hill, etc.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 30 with your parents. Do your very best!
Writing
Be sure to finish your writing. Do your best! We will show it off in class!
Grammar
Teach lesson 23 to your child.
Study the poem "Work" We will be making a video tomorrow!
Discuss experiment 4 in your lab book with your parents! Tell them about our experiment yesterday!
History
Read p. 39-45 in Story of the World and discuss.
Writing
For your writing assignment this week, I want you to think about you favorite food. Write 3 sentence about it! Think about why you like it, what it tastes like, when you eat it, and so on. Remember, use your best handwriting and enjoy writing! Bring it in on Wednesday and we will add it to your folder.
Music
If you are in music class, practice he songs that Ms. Fenette assigned for you!
Lesson in 17 Curriculum Guide on
Phonics/Spelling for the lesson, Lesson 16 & 17 in the Reading Portion.
Corresponding workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 17 in your workbook. Take your time and do your very best!
Grammar
Read and study the poem "Work" in Lesson 15.
Play this Noun Game! Pop the balloons with the nouns in them! ONLY pop the nouns! :)
Spanish
Go over pages 8 & 9 with your parents.
Listen to and enjoy your music!
Math
Watch this video
Do workbook pages 31-33
Check and go through your work with your parents!
Science
Reread chapter 4 and discuss acids and bases.
Bring in either an acid or a base to class on Wednesday!
History
Reread your packet on Egypt.
Do your "Words to Know" activity for the keywords in the reading.
Writing
Look at this picture! Who do you think this guy is? What do you think he is doing? Make up a story that goes along with the picture, and bring it in to share it with the class!
Just try your best. I will keep your weekly writing and put it in your writing folder so you can see how much your writing improves over the year!
Music
If you are in music class, practice "C, C, This is C" 10 times.
Practice the Honking Cars/G Clef song (I forgot the real name!) 10 times.
Friday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 18 in Curriculum Guide
Instruction on Phonics/Reading/Spelling/etc for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 18 in your workbook
Take your time and do your very best!
Grammar
Study the poem "Work"
I want you to point out nouns in your house. See if you and your parents can point out common and proper nouns in your refrigerator!
Spanish
See if you can use your Spanish greeting, numbers, and shapes today!
Math
Workbook pages 34-37
History
Read pages 28-32 in Story of the World.
Talk about the following questions:
What kinds of tombs did pharaohs have?
What were they made out of?
What was Cheops's pyramid called?
How long did it take to build it?
How did the Egyptians build the pyramids?
What does the Great Sphinx look like?
Did the Great Pyramid keep robbers out?
You can do your "Making a Pyramid" activity, if you would like!
Writing
Work on your writing assignment about the crazy picture!
Music
If you are in music class, practice "C, C, This is C" 10 times.
Practice the Honking Cars/G Clef song (I forgot the real name!) 10 times.
Monday
Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)
Lesson 19 in Curriculum Guide on
Phonics/Reading/Spelling/etc for the lesson, with workbook pages listed
in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.
Handwriting
Do Lesson 19 in your workbook. Take your time and do your very best!
