Still searching for a good phonics that will hit Nugget where she is. After a tour of the FPEA homeschool conference, I settled on Explode the Code level 6.
Phonics (ETC) -- Pages 1, 2, and 3 of 'ar'
Language arts -- Correct on all of Dolch 3rd grade
Math (RS) -- Introduce hundreds; Go to the Dump
Field trip -- Orlando Mini Maker Faire (robotics, rocketry, general inventiveness)
Reading:
1. A Mother's Love
2. Frog and Toad Are Friends
3. The Avengers
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Showing posts with label field trip. Show all posts
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012
Field trip -- Orlando Science Center
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review '1'
Math (RS) -- Ways to break up 10
Phonics (Pathways) -- Different sounds of '-ed'
Science -- Continued observation of milkweed and monarch eggs
Reading:
1. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat
2. Butterfly Garden
Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review '1'
Math (RS) -- Ways to break up 10
Phonics (Pathways) -- Different sounds of '-ed'
Science -- Continued observation of milkweed and monarch eggs
Reading:
1. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat
2. Butterfly Garden
Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record
Sunday, April 15, 2012
April 15, 2012
Field trip/Science -- Lukas Nursery and Butterfly Encounter. Nugget observed butterflies, flowers, and birds, fed a butterfly on her finger, and looked for monarch eggs on milkweed.
When we got home, we planted the milkweed plants and removed one of the leaves holding a butterfly egg for closer observation.
Nugget is recording her observations by drawing in her nature journal. (In this picture, she's drawn it inside the terrarium and on the paper towel.)
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Mystery magic 'c' game (turn the "magic c" into a, c, d, g, o, or q).
Math (RS) -- Addition worksheet. Because it was the end of a long day and she was getting tired, I had her stamp her answers instead of taking the time to hand-write them. Nugget did all of these in her head except 7+3, for which she used an abacus. I asked her how she solved some, and it was quite interesting -- if the question involved adding 2, she chose the next even or odd number (whichever was appropriate). For 4+3, she mentally moved one from the 3 to the 4 to make it 5+2. 1+0 was the only one that gave her trouble -- she wanted to write 10 until I suggested she use the abacus to check her work.
Phonics (Pathways) -- Long-o and long-i exceptions ('find', 'old', etc).
Reading:
1. Butterfly Eggs
2. Barbie: A Pet Vet
Read-alouds:
Yes, including some Aesop's Fables
When we got home, we planted the milkweed plants and removed one of the leaves holding a butterfly egg for closer observation.
Nugget is recording her observations by drawing in her nature journal. (In this picture, she's drawn it inside the terrarium and on the paper towel.)
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Mystery magic 'c' game (turn the "magic c" into a, c, d, g, o, or q).
Math (RS) -- Addition worksheet. Because it was the end of a long day and she was getting tired, I had her stamp her answers instead of taking the time to hand-write them. Nugget did all of these in her head except 7+3, for which she used an abacus. I asked her how she solved some, and it was quite interesting -- if the question involved adding 2, she chose the next even or odd number (whichever was appropriate). For 4+3, she mentally moved one from the 3 to the 4 to make it 5+2. 1+0 was the only one that gave her trouble -- she wanted to write 10 until I suggested she use the abacus to check her work.
Phonics (Pathways) -- Long-o and long-i exceptions ('find', 'old', etc).
Reading:
1. Butterfly Eggs
2. Barbie: A Pet Vet
Read-alouds:
Yes, including some Aesop's Fables
Saturday, April 14, 2012
April 14, 2012
Field trip -- Winter Garden flower festival (butterflies, plants, various animals [farm and swamp]).
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Punctuation, review with dotted-line format
Phonics (Pathways) -- Review all previous long-vowel sounds and spellings
Reading:
1. The Cat in the Hat
2. Kat's Maps
Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record
Handwriting (HWoT) -- Punctuation, review with dotted-line format
Phonics (Pathways) -- Review all previous long-vowel sounds and spellings
Reading:
1. The Cat in the Hat
2. Kat's Maps
Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
March 13, 2012
Social -- SWO co-op
Field trip -- Orlando Science Center
Science -- Discuss rotation vs revolution
Reading -- Finish Biscuit phonics progression ("Biscuit and the Duck", "Biscuit and the Kittens", "Biscuit and the Frog", "Biscuit")
Field trip -- Orlando Science Center
Science -- Discuss rotation vs revolution
Reading -- Finish Biscuit phonics progression ("Biscuit and the Duck", "Biscuit and the Kittens", "Biscuit and the Frog", "Biscuit")
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