Reading, Writing
Faith composed a story today called "The Princesses". She dictated it to me while I typed it on the computer. This was her first time "writing" a story and she did very well with little prompting from me. I pretty much just wrote what she spoke. She has plans to write several more stories and make a book out of them.

Reading
An Ant's Day Off, by Becker.
Pish and Posh Wish for Fairy Wings, by Bottner & Kruglik.
Faith read Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Pumpkins, by Nagler.

Art
Colored pencil coloring.

Reading, Writing
Worksheet: Fill in the circle next to the correct word for each picture, then write the word in the space below.

Reading
How Hungry Are Y0u? by Napoli & Tchen.
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, by O'Connor.
Faith read Big Bird's Copycat Day, by Lerner.
Faith read Pish and Posh Wish for Fairy Wings, by Barbara Bottner & Gerald Kruglik.

Reading
The Quiet Way Home, by Becker.
Faith read Happy Days With Our Friends, by Montgomery & Bauer.
Faith read Ruby Paints a Picture, by Hill.

Reading
Alphabetizing: Faith finished placing letters on her wall in the correct order to complete the alphabet display. Then we practiced thinking about objects in alphabetical order. I chose four objects from her toy box and asked her to name them, tell me what letter they started with, and then place them in a line on the floor in alphabetical order. We did this several times and she improved with each one.

Art
Free coloring time. Faith has been working on filling in the whole space with color rather than just scribbling on a part of it.

Writing, Reading
Worksheet: Consonant blends sk, sl, sm, sn, st. Name each picture. Circle the name. Write the name.
Worksheet:Consonant blends sk, sl, sm, sn, st. Name the picture. Write the first two letters of the word.
Worksheet:Consonant blends sc, sp, sw, tw. Name each picture. Circle the name. Write the name.
Worksheet:Consonant blends sc, sp, sw, tw. Name the picture. Write the first two letters of the word.

Reading
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, by O'Connor.
"Augie Doggie Takes a Jog" from Gators & Taters, A Week of Bedtime Stories, by Romano.
How Hungry Are You?, by Napoli & Tchen.
Faith read Max & Mo Go Apple Picking, by Lakin.
Faith read Underground, by Klingel & Noyed.
Faith read What Can We Make Together? by Moore.
Faith read Spot Bakes a Cake, by Hill.


Reading, Science
Explored several articles from ABC's of Nature, A Family Answer Book, by Reader's Digest. Including "What Are Weeds?", "What's So Interesting About a Plain Old Daisy?", "Marchers in the Animal Parade", "Who Eats Whom in the World of Nature", "How Chimpanzees Communicate", and "What Is a Gila Monster?"

Reading
Faith read The Disappearing Magician by Dickson.



Science
Watched a short timelapse video on Antarctica in one year. We saw what the landscaped looked like in different "seasons" and saw how scientists lived and contructed buildings there.



Faith became interested in seeing more time lapse videos. We watched several about decay (an apple, a watermelon, etc.), one of a woman who took her photo every day for 3 years, someone's yard through the seasons of one year, and ants eating a piece of ham on a sidewalk from start to finish.



Reading, Science
An Ant's Day Off, by Becker.

Discussed ant life in real life and compared the story to what we saw on the time lapse video.

Reading, Science
Faith read Deserts, by Klingel & Noyed.

Reading, Science, Geography, History, Art
Eyewitness Books Arctic & Antarctic, by Taylor. Learned about land animals & plants, sea life, explorers, native people, tundra, ice, food chains, etc.

Project: Glued a map of the world onto a large sheet of paper. Faith pasted labels on the map (North Pole, South Pole, Arctic, Antarctic). Then cut out prints of different kinds of animals that we learned about today. Faith colored some of the animals and then discussed where they lived and glued them to the paper in the corresponding region.

Reading
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, by Noble.
Enemy Pie, by Munson.

Reading, Math
Faith read Keep Your Distance! by Herman. A measurement book about inches, feet, yards, and miles.

Reading
Enemy Pie, by Munson.
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy

Math
Driveway chalk numbers. More work on hundreds & thousands.

Math, Writing
Driveway chalk numbers discussion. I helped Faith in understanding how to write numbers in the hundreds and thousands. We took turns thinking of numbers (222, 567, or 1250, etc.) and asking each other to write it down on the driveway.

Reading, Writing
Driveway spelling. Took turns thinking of words and asking each other to write it down on the driveway.
Worksheet: Read each sentence. Circle the word in the box next to it that completes the sentence. Write the word on the line.

Reading
Faith read If You Give A Moose A Muffin, by Numeroff.
Faith read with me every other page of A Children's Book About Being Rude, by Berry. From the Help Me Be Good series.
Faith read with me every other page of A Children's Book About Being Forgetful, by Berry. From the Help Me Be Good series.

Math
Worksheet: Princess Addition and Subtraction. Twenty-five mixed problems using numbers 1-20.
Worksheet: Princess Addition. Five word problems with addition.

Reading
Faith read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Numeroff.
Faith read Nina Nina, Ballerina.

Writing, Reading, Art
Worked on the alphabetizing magazine pictures project. Finished through letter Q.

Reading
Faith read Clifford Gets a Job, by Bridwell.
A Million Fish...More or Less, by McKissack.

Reading, Art, Writing
Project: Cut out pictures from magazines and glue them to a sheet of paper in alphabetical order, writing the name next to each picture. Use of scissors and glue. Searching through magazines for images, sounding out words. Completed letters A-J, but also collected several images (such as a turtle, T) for tomorrow's work on the project.

Art, Music
Watched videos of breakdancing. Danced to music and created some of her own moves with her sister and daddy.

Math
Flashcards: 1+1 through 10+10 (adding a number to itself)
Worksheet: How many objects are In, On, and Under the table. Counting. Writing numbers.

Reading, Writing
Worksheets: Alphabetical Order. Write the words in ABC order.
Worksheet: Alphabetical Order. Write the letters in ABC order.

Art, Reading, Writing
Faith chose four animals as her favorite animals and wrote them in alphabetical order on a sheet of paper that was divided into four squares. Then she drew a picture of each animal in its home.

Reading
Faith read A Pony for a Princess.

Reading
Faith read Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets.

Math
Flashcards: 1+1 through 10+10

Math
Money: Exercises in counting dimes, nickels, and pennies in various combinations.
Worksheet: Circle the picture that is bigger than the first picture in the row.
Worksheet: Time. Write the time beneath each clock.

Reading
Faith read Give Me 5 a Day, by Reeves, Crosby, Hemphill & Hoffman.

Science, History
Went on a field trip today with some friends to Wakulla Springs State Park. We went on the riverboat tour where we saw all kinds of wildlife and learned a little history about the area. Saw alligators, blue herons, ibis, turtles, wood ducks, black mullet, white faced coots, etc. Had a picnic while watching fish jump in the water. Played with friends on the playground.

Reading
Faith read Max & Mo Go Apple Picking, by Lakin.

Math
Practiced addtion 1-10 using flash cards with special focus on adding "10+?"

Played with friends this morning.

Math
Subtraction problems. numbers 1-20.
Subtraction problems that equal 10. (14-4, 15-5, 16-6)
Addition problems that equal 10 and their reciprocals. (9+1, 1+9)

Reading
Discussed what a dedication is at the beginning of books. (Mike Mulligan begins with "To Mike")
Faith read pgs 1-20 of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Burton.
Flat Stanley, by Brown.
Vocabulary: gloomy, limber