No ice, snow, or rain today!!! However due to all of the above my yard and the parks are nothing but a big muddy puddle!! So we did the next best thing and played with side walk chalk on the concrete areas!! At least we got out in the sunshine!
Ian is working in the letter WW which he knows well becaus his best buddy's name is Will! We counted all the way to 30 and he wrote his numbers to 15 on his own! We did some fun St. Patrick's day sheets, a number puzzle and game, and jut some fun cutting practice. We read about three disclose who heard God's voice and saw Moses and Elijah come down from heaven to talk to Jesus. We acted it out.
The girls started on unit 29 day 1. We read our new Proverb 12:22 and discussed honesty. The girls wrote the verse in cursive. We sang our hymn as well. We started out new poem and found the new words and discussed the meaning.
The girls read their realistic fiction books for DITHOR and we started our new story te book in the same genre.
In science we read about Grandma telling
the family a Scottish story about a house elf known as a hobgoblin who helps people do household chores. The girls did great on their retelling Inaugural we are working on multiplying and dividing by 10's which is fun and easy for them!
We did a dictation passge #76 and did some ABC order in language. This was a breeze!
In writing we are working on a piece I found on teacherspaytachers about how to catch a leprechaun! The girls have great ideas! Tonight they want to set a trap! We also read some theme books.
We are still learning about the Wright brothers in history. Today they used their skills to build their own lathe to make their woodworking go faster. We learned that they kept up on science events of the time like Peary investigating the polar regions.
We discovered the difference between an iceberg and a glacier and why an iceberg is so dangerous to ships. Most of tr iceberg is underwater and you can't see how big it really is.
We watched a Magic School Bus video on the Arctic for s fun reinforcement!
Before bed the kids made a leprechaun trap!
Tuesday
The kids were disappointed they did not catch a leprechaun! However, the sneaklt thing did leave them donuts for breakfast.
Co op is on spring break for a few weeks so we schooled at home. We do have dance, baseball, and softball later today.
Ian worked on Ww, counting, writing, and bible. We read about Jesus loving us first!
I helped him sound out his words and he did the rest himself in his writing!!
The girls did their reading, math review, and science notebook while I worked wit Ian.
We read our history and learned about Wilbur's hockey accident and the death of Mother Wright. We made a patchwork quilt of pattern rubbings for art.
They did their art while I read the next chapter in our realistic fiction book. We did a retelling when done.
We also worked on our hair to catch a leprechaun writing. They will be ready for publishing tomorrow!!
We did some dictation and abc order practice in language!
We had a short morning which is perfect because we have a long evening!! The kids did help me roll meatballs to cook in the crockpot to be used meatball subs for dinner!
Wednesday
Ian had fun bulings and destroying the city for our bible lesson today!! He worked on his counting and writing skills as well as did some fun practice sheets!!
The girls worked on day 3 of their unit.
We read our devotion together and discussed that God's promises are always true. We sang our hymn.
We read our poem and found out the author's difference between a mansion and a home.
We worked more on abc order and did two dictation passages.
The girls published their writing for the week and they turned out really cute!!
We read our realistic fiction books and talked about perspective or point of view. They did this in DITHOR and storytime.
The girls finished a math review page and scores and A!!
In science we reviewed how pioneers spent their evenings. One thing they did was shadow puppets. We know that you need light and someplace to cast a clear shadow. We had fun making them!!
In history we learned how the Wright family went on after Mother Wrights death. It was hard but they all remained close and helped each other. Sterchins had a very hard time but her brothers helped her. We also did vocabulary.
The baby did some learning too!! She tries to point to her letters like her bubba and she also found my stamp pad!
The girls had piano lessons today and we all had church tonight!
Thursday
The kids worked really hard to finish up the unit today and start our spring break tomorrow!!
Ian did his bible and lots of review!! He did awesome matching pictures with sounds!!
The girls did their bible lesson from day 5. I have them read and I ask questions for them to look up in the scriptures. Today's reading was from Mark 5:24-34 about the bleeding woman touching Jesus.
The girls worked in a math review and some fun math games while I worked with Ian. They also did their reading focusing on events. They did some cursive too.
For history we read about the Wright brothers opening up a bicycle shop! Hen Orville got sick and could only keep up on current events. The boys learned about man who spent 25 years working on gliding and flying and this made the boys remember their old toy helicopter!! We did a main timeline and entry and the girls did more in their Wright brothers timeline. I read a few chapters of our storytime book while the girls worked.
We also demonstrated and learned that the amount of force of air effects how an object moves!! This was such a fun activity!!
We finished up dictation passage 80 and did some abc order.
In science we read about Willy and George getting lost in the forest and hoe Willy, the younger brother, helped them survive the night! We also went on and discussed and found examples of opaque, translucent, and transparent objects. We learned why shadows get longer.
We will be taking off all of tomorrow and next week!! We have a few fun things planned for the kids!! When we pick back up we will only have a few more units left!!!
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