Monday, October 22, 2007

Reading
Went to the library. Faith decided to study the letter M this week. We checked out books about the moon, music, manatees, magnets, and monsters. Read a book about "microorganisms" while at the library.

Art, Writing, Reading
Made an "M" poster. Faith and I thought of words that start with the letter M and took turns writing them on poster board. Then we illustrated the words with colored pencil drawings.

Reading
Read In the Attic, by Oram.
Read I Meant To Clean My Room Today, by Nerlove.
Read Moondance, by Asch.

Reading, Science, Geography
Faith read Manatees, by Klingel and Noyed.
Learned about Manatees and where they live.

Art
Played with Moon Sand.

Writing, Reading
Worksheet: Recognizing the Letter M

Math
Subtration. Counting by twos.
Worksheet: Writing the Letter M, upper and lower case

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Physical Education
Gymnastics Class

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Life Skills
Went to the firestation this morning.

Science
Went to several pet stores and learned about varieties of pets. Dogs. Cats. Birds. Snakes. Lizards. Geckos. Rats. Mice. Gerbils. Fish. Etc...

Reading, Bible Study
"David Finds Saul Asleep (1 Samuel 26-27)" and "Saul Dies (1 Samuel 28:3-25; 31)" from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Art
Used a stencil to trace different sized "dots" on colored construction paper and cut them out. Then Faith glued them on to a piece of paper in a collage style to make a picture of a dog.

Reading, Science
Read Dolphins, by Stoops, Martin & Stone
Learned about the many types of dolphins, how and where they live, their bodies, senses, eating habits, babies & families, and how people can interact with them.

Read Encantado Pink Dolphin of the Amazon, by Montgomery
Learned all about this particular type of dolphin.

Faith read My "d" Sound Box, by Moncure

Monday, October 15, 2007

Went to the library. Faith wanted to learn about the letter "D" this week. She chose books about dolphins and dogs.

Reading
Introduction to the Dictionary. Faith learned about "alphabetical order" and how to find "D" words in the dictionary. We found some new "D" words that we did not know before.

Read Lizzy's Do's and Don'ts, by Harper
Read Your Bellybutton, by Nanao
Faith read Sam and the Bag, by Jeffries

Writing, Reading
Worksheets: recognizing the sound of the letter "D"
Worksheets: recognizing the letter "D" and writing it in upper and lower case

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Reading, Bible Study
Read "Saul Hunts David (1 Samuel 23)" and "David Spares Saul's Life (1 Samuel 24-25)" from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Friday, October 12, 2007

Reading
Faith read Dora's Sleepover

Reading, Bible Study
Read "Saul Orders the Priests' Death (1 Samuel 22:6-23) and "Saul Hunts David (1 Samuel 23)"

Art
Coloring book pages.

Math
Played "Go Fish" with regular deck of playing cards. Recognizing numbers and adding.