Friday, April 11, 2008

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.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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

Sunday, April 6, 2008

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.

Friday, April 4, 2008

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+?"

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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