Unit 6 in Preparing and LHFHG

This is my helper each day! She climbs up in her chair after grabbing her stuff and does her "cool" like the big kids. 

 

Day 1

LHFHG

*Calendar: We are plugging away and are 48 days smarter!!! 

*Phonics: We did the lowercase o today in AAR!! 

*Fine Motor: We worked on letter writing today with both upper and lowercase. 

*Math: We are still measuring and doing some patterns ; ) 

*Story time: We finished Reddy Fox!!!! Ian was glad it was over but did enjoy the book! We have also been reading some Halloween books! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about how the Israelites got turned out of the land of Canaan for 40 years because they did not trust God. Moses did not obey God and was not allowed to enter the Promised Land because of it. 

*Bible/Music: We are reviewing previous verses and working on AWANA verses! 

*Rotating: Today we did a science lesson about plants, seeds, and soil! We made an edible layer of the soil which was a hit! 

Preparing

*Reading: We have started non fiction this week! We identified parts of a nonfiction book for our kick off! The girls then each chose 3 different books to read for our study. Today they started a KWL chart for their first book by filling in the K (What they Know) and the W(What they Want to know). 

*Writing: We are taking a few weeks off of IEW and doing some fun writing based projects. This week we are looking at how to write a creative nonfiction piece! We will also do some Halloween themed writing in a few weeks!!! Then we will pick back up with our IEW book. 

*Language: We worked on using commas with nouns in a series. Ally passed a dictation passage and Audrey is almost through ASS level 1. I did have to go back and re teach when to use a k or a ck lesson as Audrey is still missing those frequently. 

*Poetry: Our poem is called Summer Sun. We talked about the sun being a person with fingers and toes and also being the Gardner of the World! All plants need the sun to live! The mood was light and made us all feel happy. 

*Bible: Psalm 127: 3-5 is still our bible focus and we talked about why parents train their children up in the ways of the Lord, so that they can have God direct them when they are adults! 

*Math: I am still doing a lot of review work in division and multiplication. Both girls are getting better and faster!!! The girls are enjoying working on their facts and earning their ice cream sundaes. 

*Science: The girls added a cactus to their desert scene today and had to label the parts. They both did a good job. 

*History Reading/Story time: I read chapter 6 of Grandpa's box about Abraham going off to sacrifice Issac but totally trusting God the whole time. We added a white lamb to our box. I also read chapters 2 and 3 of Tirzah where we learned about the Passover from Tirzah's point of view and how she prepared and felt getting ready to leave Goshen and find the Promised Land. It is quite a good book! 

*Independent History: Copy work was on the agenda for today. The passage is now completed and in their girls history section in their big binders. 

*History Project: We are going to make a crook this unit! Today we just got the shape started. 

*Rotating: Today the girls had to research the crook and flail. We found out that it was a status symbol for the Egyptians and that the crook was a tool to help shepherds. 

Day 2

LHFHG  

*Calendar: I cannot believe we are over halfway to our first 100 days of school!! Today marked day 51. 

*Phonics: In AAR we worked on the lowercase p. Ian also read a small sight word book by himself!!!!!! I am so proud of him and he is too. I am going to start adding in a small book per week to his daily phonic/reading time. 

*Fine Motor: We wrote some small words, our letters, and did a cut and paste activity to match sounds. Ian was excited to complete the RS Do It Carefully book this week! 

*Math: We used paper clips to measure. I had Ian make a 5 clip chain and a 3 clip chain and find things around the house those lengths. He thought it was so awsome!!! We also measured using our hands and our feet! 

*Storytime: Today we started the Tale of Peter Cottontail. We found out that Peter Rabbit wants to change his name. 

*History/Rhyme: We sang our rhyme and then read about Balaam and the talking donkey! It was a hit with my boy!!! He was amazed that God could make a donkey talk! 

*Bible/Music: We worked on AWANA verses today instead of HOD verse review since AWANA is tonight. 

*Rotating: We acted out the story of the talking Donkey and the angel with the sword on the road. Ian thought it was GREAT! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls are almost done with their first nonfiction book! Today they had to draw a picture of something important from their reading and write 5 facts about it. 

*Writing: We worked on similes today in our writing. In the girls journals this week they had to write a creative nonfiction story using similes and sensory details that we went over this week. They wrote about how Ruth Wakefield accidentally made the first chocolate chip cookie!!! 

*Language: The focus was on not using a pronoun and a noun together but to first write a sentence naming the noun and then the other sentences can include its matching pronoun. We also did a review lesson to round out or language lessons for the week. 

*Poetry: The girls did some creative writing with their poem. They took the moon and personified it to come up with a little poem. We followed the FB page file and then I had them publish their moon poem on a moon shape! Both girls did well. 
*Bible: We discussed how this weeks verse makes us feel. 

*Math: We are doing review in our October journals over the math skills we are working on as well as keeping up with xtramath on the computer. The girls are also working on getting ingredients for their ice cream sundaes by working on multiplication facts. 

*Science: The girls had to read on their own then narrate back to be about the temperature changes in the desert and animals that are found there. 

*History Reading: I read chapter 7 of Grandpa's Box where we learned about Jacob and Esau. We added a pot and a set of stairs to our Grandpa's Box. 
*Story time: I read chapters 4 and 5 of Tirzah and we saw the Israelites crossing the Red Sea! How exciting to see it from this perspective!! The girls are both enjoying the book, though the readings make our days a bit longer. I am considering have them read one chapter on their own and then narrate it back to me. 

*Independent History: The girls finished reading the 5,000 year old puzzle mystery and then drew and colored a Sphinx for their history notebook section in their binder. 

*History Project: Today the girls painted blue and yellow stripes on their crooks. 

*Rotating: Vocabulary was the choice of the day. The girls had 5 words to look up and write the definition of, draw a picture of, and write a sentence using the word correctly. 

Day 3

LHFHG

*Calendar: We sang our songs and did our counting. 

*Phonics: In AAR the lowercase r was our lesson. Ian also had to finish words with the correct sound and he did GREAT! 

*Fine Motor: We did some writing in Ian's journal. Today he wrote "mom loves me." He did it all on his own!!! 

*Math: We reviewed skills like shapes and patterns. 

*Story time: Peter Rabbit has changed his name to Peter Cottontail but all the animals in the meadow cannot wait to make fun of him. Ian said he would not change his name but that he does not like the name Peter Cottontail. 

*History/Rhyme: We read about the spies that Joshua sent into Jericho and how Rahab helped them so they promised to spare her family in the upcoming battle. This is one of Ian's favorites because he is all about spying! 

*Bible/Music: We worked on some AWANA verses and listened to our CD of fun bible songs. 

*Rotating: Ian made a wall and put Rahabs red cord coming down. He was not really excited about it! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls worked on the traits of obedience and attentiveness in their reading as they had to find examples within their books and within themselves. 

*Writing: We started some lesson on writing a news article. I will probably have them take their non fiction books and write an article from it : ) I love double dipping lessons! 

*Language: Our focus was on pronouns that answer whose! The girls had to remember NOT to add an apostrophe! 

*Poetry: Today we learned more about Robert Louis Stevenson. 

*Bible: The girls did their bible quiet time for today on their own. I am trying not to interfere but I do ask them about what they did and their verses. This is very new to them. 

*Math: We are still reviewing for this week. They are working problems in their October journals. 

*Science: Q and A was their lesson today as they read and answered questions based on their reading. 

*History Reading: I read from Grandpa's Box about the story of Joseph and the famine. The girls enjoyed hearing that Joseph knew it was God leading him down this life not his brothers choice to sell him. 
*Story time: Daddy, who is a history teacher, read the girls from Tirzah today. The girls are loving the book so much that they wanted to share it with him! 

*Independent History: The girls had to draw Joseph today using their Read through History book. 

*History Project: We made Egyptian pastries!!! The kids had so much fun making them and they turned out well. I did not have enough honey for the recipe so we sprinkled sugar and cinnamon on the top to help sweeten it up. They did not care for the taste of them! 

*Rotating: We compared a map in our CHOW book to a modern map and found out that the Red Sea is still there!!! We also reviewed the oceans. 

Day 4

LHFHG

*Calendar: We worked on new sight words for this week: is,love! Ian knows love but is will be tricky this week! Ian actually started another small sight word book today! 

*Phonics: We did the lowercase s in AAR prereading today. Ian loves this program and is doing great! 

*Fine Motor: Ian was happy to start his new RS book, Finding The Answers!!! We matched things that go together! 

*Math: In math we finished up some measuring activities and are now working on sizing skills like big and little. 

*Storytime: Peter Rabbit is sorry he changed his name because his friends fooled him! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about Joshua leading God's people into the Promised Land and the walls of Jericho falling down by marching, shouting, and blowing trumpets!!! 

*Bible/Music: We did AWANA review today! 

*Rotating: We built and tore down the walls of Jericho!!! We tried building one with cards but it didn't work so well for us! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls are now done with their first non fiction reading in our study. They completed a vocabulary page from the back of the TG in DITHOR and also filled in the L on their KWL chart they started on day 1. 

*Writing: They girls had to write a news article about the nonfiction book they read. 

*Language: We are still working on pronouns as well as other language review skills. 

*Poetry: For a sharing experience I let the girls illustrate the creative poems about the moon that they wrote last week. 

*Bible: The girls wrote a few notes about the verses they are working on : ) 

*Math: We did more on multiplication and division and they are doing so much better and it is going a lot smoother!!! I think next week we will move back to Singapore! 

*Science: The girls found out how a bat helps to spread cactus seeds. We did a demonstration using a sugar rimmed glass, paper plate, juice, and a small straw. The sugar represented nectar, the paper the petals, the juice nectar, and the straw was the bats probiscus. The girls had to drink the nectar, which got the "pollen" on their faces. This showed them how the bat spreads the cactus seeds. 

*History Reading: Chapter 9 of Grandpa's Box was read where we learned about Moses. The girls did a written narration using time order words and did  a very good job! 
*Story time: I had the girls read Tirzah on their own as it was taking me a while to get through each day. They LOVED it and were able to tell me all about it and we shared our connections. I do pre-read it : ) 

*Independent History: The girls colored the Joseph they drew on Day 3 and also did copywork in cursive with a paragraph about Joseph. 

*Rotating: Today was timeline day and they both added a picture of a colorful coat and labeled it Joseph in Egypt 1700 BC. 

Day 5

LHFHG

*Calendar: Ian loves his calendar time and has taken on the role of being the "leader" while we do it : ) 

*Phonics: We did the letter t in AAR and got to do a dot to dot with our letter that Ian did well on. We also read a small sight word book and went through all of our letter names and sounds and matching letters to words. 

*Fine Motor: Ian wrote some sentences in HWOT today and also read them! In our RS book we matched words and also found letters and matched them. 

*Math: We are still comparing sizes. I also had Ian do some math work in his October journal. 

*Story time: Today we read that Peter played a trick on both Jimmy Skunk and Reddy Fox. It is not nice to play tricks. 

*History/Rhyme: We did our rhyme and then read about Joshua asking the Lord for help to fight 5 armies at once in Gibeon! God told the sun and moon to stop and keep it light so the Israelite army could see and finish the fight. 

*Bible/Music: We worked on AWANA verses and listened to our HOD CD while we worked. 

*Rotating: Today we did science and talked about how when it is daytime we see the sun because the part of the Earth we are on is facing it and when we see the moon and it is dark that part of Earth is facing away from the sun. 

Extras we do each week: 

Piano practice for the girls 15 minutes each day with a 30 minute lesson once a week. 

Keyboarding using Keyboarding Without Tears twice a week for all three kids. 

I also try to get them active each day with various activities from their sports and dance to playing outside, going to the park, putting in a PE video, you tube videos, elliptical, taking a walk, and more!! 

Journals: Each week the kids do a journal entry. Usually it is free write time but sometimes I do give them a topic. I throw in math lessons sometimes as well. 

Co op is attended once a week for all of us! We to on Tuesdays from 9-12. The girls are taking MFW Adventures in History and Apologia Flying Creatures. Ian is taking MFW Creation A to Z and Emersyn is in the nursery. I teach Kindergarten with Abeka K5. 

Highlights of the Week October 12-16: 

The girls really enjoyed making the pastry on Day 3. They were not fans of the taste but had fun making it! 

Ian read a book this week!! It was a sight word book but he can read it by himself!! 

Here is a video from the week! 

https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208045964970431/?l=373071486016821416

Hightlights of the Week October 19-23: 

Ian's class and my class from co op took a field trip to the pumpkin patch!! 

Audrey had her last softball game of the season and her team placed 2nd in the league! 

Emerysn had an echo cardiogram done but it all came back GREAT!

We took one day off and went shopping with Nanny!!! Each kiddo got an outfit and two pairs of shoes! 

The kids cousin and aunt will be visiting this weekend! 

Here is a video from this week. We only did 4 days of school this week counting co op but finished up unit 6 in both LHFHG and Preparing.

https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208081899588774/?l=7860146422947166811