June 7-10, 2012

Math (RS) -- Counting by 2s; adding 10s

Phonics (ETC) -- 'wor' and 'war'

Reading:
Many books, grade level 2

June 5 & 6, 2012

Phonics (ETC) -- more 'ir', 'er', 'or'

Math (RS) -- counting with dimes to $2; counting by 10s to 200; counting by 2s to 50; word problem addition with tens

Reading:
1. Henry and Mudge
2. Zack's Alligator
3..... Others

June 2&3, 2012

Phonics (ETC) -- Finished 'or', started 'er, ir, ur'

Math (RS) -- Completed 100 chart

Reading:
1. Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems
2. Can I Play Too by Mo Willems
..... more

May 31 and June 1, 2012

Phonics (ETC) -- 'or' workbook pages

Math (RS) -- Counting by 10s and starting to write out a 100 chart

Reading:
I can't even keep track any more.  She's reading 1.5-2 hours a day.  These are the ones I tracked for June 1; there were more on May 31.
1. Wake Me in Spring, James Preller
2. Join the Rebels, Catherine Saunders
3. Slower Than a Snail, Anna Schreiber
4. Buzz and the Bubble Planet, Judy Katschke
5. Frog and Toad Are Friends, Arnold Lobel
6. The Case of the Sticky Sticks
7. I Broke My Trunk, Mo Willems
8. Can I Play Too?, Mo Willems
9. Happy Pig Day, Mo Willems
10. Mixed Up Colors, Ellie O Ryan
11. A Mothers Love, Melissa Lagonegro

May 30, 2012

Handwriting -- Thank you note

Math (RS) -- Adding tens and ones worksheet

Reading:
1. "Henry and Mudge on a Goosechase"
2. All of "Frog and Toad are Friends"
3. All of "Frog and Toad Together"
4. Two or three "Elephant and Piggie" books
.... and more

May 28, 2012

Phonics (ETC) -- Continued 'ar'

Math (RS) -- Introduced building-10 game Old Main; adding tens and ones

Reading:
1. Chapter 4 of "Flat Stanley"
2. Part of "Frog and Toad Are Friends"
3. "The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat"

May 27, 2012

Math (RS) -- Hundreds problems, review of whole-part circles

Phonics (ETC) -- More 'ar'

Reading:
LOTS of books, over 2 hours of reading
1. Comics
2. Frog and Toad Are Friends
3. There is a Bird on your Head
4. The Pinkeriffic Playdate
5. I Can Jump Higher
6. Chapters 1-3 of Flat Stanley
7.... and more

May 25-26, 2012

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

May 21, 2012

Handwriting -- thank you note

Math (RS) -- building tens and ones worksheet

Language arts -- tested Dolch sight word lists

Reading:
1. Calling All Piglets
2. Helping Out Day, Hooray!

May 20, 2012

Science -- Released 2 monarchs; observed one emerge from the chrystalis

Handwriting -- Thank you note

Math (RS) -- Go to the Dump game

Phonics (Pathways) -- 'ar' and 'or' sounds and various spellings

Language Arts (Reading a-z) -- Read "The Busy Pond" (level D) and used visualizing and word decoding strategies

Reading:
1. Caps in the Air
... various others during the day

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

May 7-10, 2012

Science -- Continued observation of our monarchs.  5 are in chrystalises, 2 are about to form them.  

Handwriting -- Thank you notes

Math (RS) -- Review of tens and ones

Phonics (Pathways) -- Posessives

Reading:
Multiple readers, ranging from level 1 to an early chapter book.  She easily read the last reader in the Hooked on Phonics grade 1 set.  Her comfort level seems to fall around late 1st/early 2nd, although she pushes higher with help.  For instance, today she read half a chapter of a "Ready, Freddie" book, rated at GLE 3.2.  She wasn't smooth and needed help with about a word every paragraph or two, but she made significant progress.

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

May 5, 2012

Social -- Joann's pompom making class (2 hours)

Math (RS) -- Go to the Dump game

Reading:
1. Bubble Trouble
2. Drive Along
3. Hop on Pop

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

May 1-4, 2012

Again, a house guest has kept me from recording our homeschool, but we continued to have PJ homeschool each evening.

Science -- continued observation and recording of caterpillars, including watching them form their hanging-silk, move into a J-shaped hanging position, and turn into a chrysalis (we watched 2 of them during their transformation).

Handwriting (HWoT) -- completed the kindergarten workbook.

(She later caught and fixed the missing 'f')

Handwriting -- writing thank you notes for her birthday party.

Math (RS) -- Go to the Dump game

Reading (including but not limited to):
1. Biscuit Wins a Prize
2. Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath
3. Pinkalicious School Rules
4. Baker, Baker, Cookie Maker
5. Assorted high-level Bob books
6. Lots of environmental print (parts of her High Five magazine, the back of a milk carton, etc)

Read-alouds:
Yes, many, didn't record

April 30, 2012

Science -- continued observation of monarch caterpillars as well as the milkweed plants and fire ants.

Handwriting (HWoT) -- number '9'

Phonics (Pathways) -- Multi-syllable words ending in '-ic'

Math (RS) -- Go to the Dump game

Reading:
1. Mooses Go Walking
2. I'm Mighty
3. Biscuit and the Baby
4. Pinkalicious Pink at the Rink

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

April 28, 2012

Science -- Continued observation of monarch caterpillars, including an up-close molting

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Number '8'

Phonics (Pathways) -- Introduce multi-syllabic words

Math (RS) -- Go to the Dump game (add to 10)

Reading:
1. Outside My Window
2. Hog and Dog
3. Rip's Secret Spot
4. Toy to Toy

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

April 23-27, 2012

(Summary post; we had visitors so, although we did do homeschool every evening, I didn't have the opportunity to record it.)

Science -- Continued observation of caterpillars, including eating, molting, and pooping.

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Numbers up to 7

Phonics (Pathways) -- Single/double letter ending with suffixes

Math (RS) -- Addition-to-10 memory game and Go To the Dump (addition to 10) game

Reading:
Various level 1 and level 2 readers

Read-alouds:
TONS

April 22, 2012

Science -- Continued observation and recording of caterpillar development

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Number '4'

Phonics (Pathways) -- Suffixes on long vowel words

Math (RS) -- Add to Ten game

Reading:
1. Butterfly Colors
2. Fox in Socks
3. Butterfly Garden
4. Star Wars: Blast off

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

April 20, 2012

Science -- Continued observation and recording of caterpillars.

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Number '3'

Phonics (Pathways) -- '-er' endings; review '-er', '-ed', '-ing'

Math (RS) -- Add to Ten game

Reading:
1. Flik's Perfect Gift

Read-alouds:
Yup, a ton, didn't record

April 19, 2012

Science -- Observed the hatching of 3 monarch caterpillars (including eating themselves out of the eggs and newly hatched behavior) and located multiple new eggs on the outdoor milkweed. Recorded observations.

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Number '2'

Math (RS) -- Adding 1 and ways to make 10 worksheet

Reading:
1. Amelia Bedelia
2. Flik's Gift
... others

Read-alouds:
Yes, didn't record

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