March 10, 2012

Handwriting (HWoT) -- practice lowercase letters

Math (RS) -- Review "dot" writing of numbers and evens and odds (Lesson 14)

Reading -- 'ad' worksheet (review and confidence-building), last 5 Bob books in Collection #1 ('Up, Pup', 'Pip and Pog', 'Bow-wow!', 'The Big Hat', 'Sox the Fox')

Read-alouds:
1. Pooh's Heffalump Movie by A. A. Milne, E.H. Shepard and Laura Driscoll
2. Franklin's Secret Club by Paulette Bourgeois
3. Curious George Gets A Medal by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey
4. A Little Prairie House
5. Animals of North America - Knight, Kathryn
6. Little Mermaid by Stephanie Calmenson
7. Under the Ground by Anna Milbourne
8. In the Pond by Anna Milbourne
9. Bounce Around Tigger
10. Muppet Treasure Island by Ellen Weis and Tom Brannon

March 9, 2012

Reading -- 'ab' phonics worksheet (review and confidence building); read 3 Bob Books ('Lad and the Big Cat', 'The Vet', 'Fun in the Sun')

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce lowercase 'd'

Read-alouds:
1. One Kitten Is Not Too Many
2. Bounce Around Tigger
3. Do Princesses Scrape Their Knees?
4. The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole
5. What Baby Needs by Christie Watts Kelly, Martha Sears and William Sears
6. Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! by Karma Wilson
7. Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best

March 8, 2012

Social -- SLHE preschool co-op

Reading -- '-at' worksheet (review and confidence-building)

Handwriting (HWoT) -- review lowercase

Read-alouds:
1. Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! by Sandra Boynton
2. Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Caroline Funke and Chantal Wright
3. Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
4. Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
5. Old Steam Train, Rusty's Train Ride, Woolly Stops the Train, Dolly and the Train
6. If I Were the President by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
7. Dinosaur Days
8. Try and Stick With It by Cheri J. Meiners
9. Pooh's How to Catch a Heffalump

March 7, 2012

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Review previous lowercase letters, introduce 'a'.

Read-alouds:
1. How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
2. Tickle the Duck by Ethan Long
3. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
4. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now by Dr. Seuss
5. Daisy the Doctor
6. Cars by Lisa Ann Marsoli
7. Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley

March 6, 2012

Social -- SWO homeschool co-op @ local playground

Science -- Butterfly theme at co-op (read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", studied life cycle model, colored life cycle worksheet, reinforced the term "metamorphosis")

March 5, 2012

Science (BFSU) -- More with gasses (combine vinegar and baking soda in a bottle to blow up a balloon)

Geography -- Continue tracking friend's progress

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Reviewed previous lowercase, introduced 't'

Math (RS) -- Making squares (Lesson 12b);

(cont) combining tally sticks (Lessons 11b and 13);

(cont) combining tally sticks worksheet (Nugget was supposed to make these with physical tally sticks, combine them, and record the answer with tally marks, but she was able to do all but 3+4 in her head and chose to write numerals).

Read-alouds:
1. South American Animals
2. A Bear-y Good Neighbor (Disney's Winnie the Pooh)
3. Try and Stick With It by Cheri J. Meiners
4. The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole
5. If I Were the President by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
6. Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
7. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
8. Amazing Armadillos by Jennifer Guess McKerley
9. Disney's Winnie the Pooh's A to ZZzz by Diana Wakeman, Bill Langley and Don Ferguson
10. Are You My Mother/ Eres Tu Mi Mama? by P. D. Eastman

March 4, 2012

Reading -- '-ap' worksheet (review and confidence-building)

Science (BFSU) -- continued discussion of states of matter (Why can't we see most gases? What type of matter is there the most of on Earth?); read "What Is the World Made of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases"

Math -- fraction circles

Handwriting -- birthday card (I provided the spelling)

Geography -- tracking a friend's drive across the country