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"

March 21, 2012

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'k'; review letters and sentence structure

Math (RS) -- Reading tens; solving problems with parts (Lesson 24)

Reading -- Read early readers "Friends for a Princess", "Pat the Cat"

March 20, 2012

Social -- SWO co-op

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Introduce 'l'; review letters and sentence formation.

Math (RS) -- Introduce written tens (Lesson 23b)

Logic (LL) -- One each of worksheets on sequencing, relationships, analogies, and deduction.

Reading -- Read early readers "Go, go, go", "One Fish, Two Fish".

Read-alouds:
Forgot to record

March 19, 2012

Handwriting (HWoT) -- Lowercase review, introduce 'e'

Math (RS) -- Review breaking 5; solving word problems in her head and with abacus; introduce whole-part circle

Reading -- Read early readers 'I am Lost', 'I Like Bugs', and 'Biscuit'.

Read-alouds:
1. The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews
2. Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
3. Older Than the Stars by Karen Fox