April 1, 2012

Phonics (Plaid) -- Blending short vowels a, i (pages 87 & 88)

Phonics (Pathways) -- 4 letter words (page 47)

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'm'

Math (RS) -- More on dividing a set into half

Reading -- Read all of "Bert & Ernie's The Pirate Map", "Tip Tip Dig Dig", multiple BoB books

Read-alouds:
1. A Day in the Life of a Builder by Linda Hayward
2. DC Superfriends Brain Freeze! by J. E. Bright
3. The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
4. Truck Driver Tom by Monica Wellington
5. The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler
6. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
7. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
8. Sesame Street Insects by Karma Einhorn
9. A First Look at Animal: Animal Homes by Diane James and Sara Lynn

March 29, 2012

Phys Ed -- Swimming lessons

Social -- SLHE co-op

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review

Phonics (Pathways) -- Review previous sounds, introduce 4-letter words and 's' as 'z' sound.

Phonics (Plaid) -- More short-i (pages 85 & 86)

Math (RS) -- Coin combinations with pennies, nickels, and dimes (i.e., make 38 cents) (Lesson 31 & 32).

Reading -- Read "Up, Up, Up", "Look for the Lorax", "Finding Nemo: Best Dad in the Sea"

Read-alouds:
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March 28, 2012

Phys Ed -- Swimming lesson

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'n'

Phonics (Plaid) -- Start short-i sound (pages 83-84)

Reading -- Read "I Like Bugs"

March 26, 2012

Phys Ed -- Swimming lessons, day 1

Phonics (Plaid) -- High frequency words

Phonics (Pathways) -- Words with 'ck'

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review

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Math (RS) -- Pennies, nickels, and dimes (Lesson 30)

Reading -- Read 3 pages of "Bert & Ernie Busy Bakers"

Read-alouds:
1. The Great Fairy Race by Tennant Redbank
2. The Fairy Berry Bake-Off
3. Brain Freeze! by J. E. Bright
4. The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole
5. Roo's Big Nature Day
6. Dr. Duck
7. Animals of North America
8. Looking After Billy
9. A Game of Hide-and-Seek by Tennant Redbank
10. The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

March 25, 2012

Phonics (Plaid) -- Short 'a', high-frequency words, critical thinking (pages 76 & 77)

Phonics (Pathways) -- Practice sentence blending (page 38)

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'p'

Math (RS) -- Introduce penny and nickel

Reading -- Read "The Snowball", "Marvin K. Mooney", and 1 page of "Bert & Ernie Busy Bakers"

Read-alouds:
1. Construction Trucks by Jennifer Dusslin
2. Ten Apples Up on Top! by Dr. Seuss
3. Mr Brown Can Moo Can You by Dr. Seuss
4. Curious George Gets A Medal by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey

March 24, 2012

In the phonics realm, I'm also trying out "Phonics Pathways", currently just checked out of the library. We're doing a bit at a time, seeing if we like it.

Phonics (Pathways) -- 3 letter word review (pages 36 & 37)

Phonics (Plaid) -- Short-a high-frequency words, critical thinking, spelling (pages 74 & 75)

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'j'

Math (RS) -- Tens & ones game, evens up to 30 (Lesson 27)

Reading -- Read "The Snowball", last half of "The Pirate Map"

Read-alouds:
1. Mr Brown Can Moo Can You by Dr. Seuss
2. Emergency!
3. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
4. The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane by Bruce Degen and Joanna Cole
5. Ibis: A True Whale Story by John Himmelman
6. Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley

March 23, 2012

Phonics (Plaid) -- Short vowel 'a' spelling (page 73)

Handwriting (HWot) -- Introduce 'y'

Math (RS) -- Equations, review tens & ones on abacus and number cards, introduce overlapping of tens & ones (Lesson 26)

Reading -- 2 pages of "The Pirate Map"

Read-alouds:
1. Monsters, Inc.
2. Brain Freeze! by J. E. Bright
3. The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler
4. Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox
5. City Chicken by Arthur Dorros
6. Winnie the Pooh Home Sweet Home
7. How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World by Faith McNulty
8. Winnie the Pooh Everyone is Special

March 22, 2012

I picked up MCP's Plaid Phonics Level A workbook, and we're going to start moving through that. This evening I quickly reviewed the first section with Nugget (pages 7-65), which is consonant beginning/middle/ending sounds. She had that down cold, so we picked up for real at section 2, short vowel sounds. Nugget mostly knows these, but still sometimes can't pin down the differences between 'a' and 'e', especially. She's moving quickly here, but I figure it's good practice.

Phonics (Plaid) -- Pages 67-72, short 'a'

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review tricky lowercase letters 'a', 'd', 'g' (lesson 25)

Math (RS) -- Review vocabulary 'plus'; combine tens and ones

Reading -- 2 pages of "The Pirate Map"