Phonics: We did lessons 76-80 this week. This was our first reader that's not as easy...it's 12 pages. Govinda read it and liked it a lot, more than the 4 page easy readers. He learned some more sight words, 'green' and 'blue'. The new white board and also turning 5 have both contributed to him actually enjoying handwriting now! The spelling words were a little tricky again, 'fall' and 'fog' made him have to remember if it's an 'a' or 'o' that makes the 'short o' sound. Sometimes I feel bad for how difficult of a language English is, especially when knowing Spanish and Hawaiian, languages where the vowels always make the same sound.
Math: We did lessons 46-50. It was good to get back to math after a week off. We practiced counting and writing 30-40, and introduced the cents sign and counting pennies. It was fun to play with pennies.
History: We read several stories about the first Thanksgiving.
Literature/Geography: We read some story books recommended in Galloping The Globe for an introduction to geography. Henry's World Tour was a big hit, and we all love it so much, I am considering buying it, which says a lot because I usually refuse to buy anything I can borrow for free from the library. Amelia's Fantastic Flight was short and sweet. These, along with How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World, have given a nice overview of the many different countries and cultures in the world.
Next week, we will be rowing Miss Rumphius, and she also travels around the world. I'm anxious to start galloping the globe now, but will wait until December. I'm thinking starting with the Arctic as well as Christmas around the world. Then off to Asia! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Weekly Update: 10/18 - 10/24
This week was special because we got a big 2' X 3' magnetic dry erase board! I also got the letter tiles from All About Spelling. My intention behind this was to help progress with reading and spelling without so much handwriting involved. The funniest part is that the white board has totally motivated him to write more! When we first put it on the wall, he took a pen and wrote "GOD". Then he added another 'o' in the middle and said "God is good!" What a great moment it was.
Phonics: We finished lessons 71-75 which was based on the letter 'L' and the easy reader, Lill. The spelling started to get tricky this week with the words 'doll' and 'ball'. We spent the week practicing words that end with 'all' that make the sound like 'oll'. We're excited to start the more advanced readers next week!
Math: We decided to skip math this week because the baby was going through some major teething and needing more from me. It's amazing how much he missed doing math, when doing the phonics workbook pages, he would write the numbers next to each one. He seems to like writing numbers more than letters.
Social Studies: We checked out a bunch of books from the library about Thanksgiving that we will be reading from now until the end of November. We're waiting for Cranberry Thanksgiving to arrive with the interlibrary loan so we can FIAR it!
Phonics: We finished lessons 71-75 which was based on the letter 'L' and the easy reader, Lill. The spelling started to get tricky this week with the words 'doll' and 'ball'. We spent the week practicing words that end with 'all' that make the sound like 'oll'. We're excited to start the more advanced readers next week!
Math: We decided to skip math this week because the baby was going through some major teething and needing more from me. It's amazing how much he missed doing math, when doing the phonics workbook pages, he would write the numbers next to each one. He seems to like writing numbers more than letters.
Social Studies: We checked out a bunch of books from the library about Thanksgiving that we will be reading from now until the end of November. We're waiting for Cranberry Thanksgiving to arrive with the interlibrary loan so we can FIAR it!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Weekly Update: 10/11 - 10/17
It's a good thing that birthdays only happen once a year, because taking a week off from school has taken a toll. Just by not practicing our reading and math concepts, he's forgotten stuff that was easy and has lost some attention span for school. Thankfully, we're back to normal by the end of the week, now.
Phonics: We did lessons 61-70. We completely skipped the 'short o' reader, Hot Dog. I know that he could have easily read it. He even refused to fill in the workbook activities about hot dogs, lol. We've got one more easy reader left and then we get into the more advanced readers, which I'm excited about. Thankfully, there's no more stories about meat eating.
Math: We did lessons 41-45. The equals sign was introduced and added to the greater than less than concept. Writing, counting, and recognizing numbers 1-30 were practiced, which was needed after a week off from math.
FIAR: We did more activities for How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World with apples and world geography. We colored in the flags of the places in the story, labeled the parts of an apple, colored in the seasons of an apple tree, and some apple mazes for fun.
Phonics: We did lessons 61-70. We completely skipped the 'short o' reader, Hot Dog. I know that he could have easily read it. He even refused to fill in the workbook activities about hot dogs, lol. We've got one more easy reader left and then we get into the more advanced readers, which I'm excited about. Thankfully, there's no more stories about meat eating.
Math: We did lessons 41-45. The equals sign was introduced and added to the greater than less than concept. Writing, counting, and recognizing numbers 1-30 were practiced, which was needed after a week off from math.
FIAR: We did more activities for How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World with apples and world geography. We colored in the flags of the places in the story, labeled the parts of an apple, colored in the seasons of an apple tree, and some apple mazes for fun.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Weekly Update: 10/4 - 10/10
We took most of this week off from academics to celebrate Govinda's birthday. We loved reading How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World. We located the places in the story on the world map, and made a birthday apple pie!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Weekly Update: 9/27 - 10/3
Busy is the word to describe this time for us now. Grampa is here and the big birthday is coming soon. The FIAR volumes I have been waiting for finally arrived after a month of waiting (my last time settling with media mail to Hawaii). How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World arrived and we're getting ready for the big apple pie birthday fest! I'm glad that the boys like the story, and I'm glad it was silly and educational...just the kind of books we like!
Phonics: We did lessons 51-60 and enjoyed the easy reader The Ram, and we quickly moved past Map & Ham. Being vegetarian made this one not so appealing, although we went into discussions about how ham comes from dead pigs and hamburger comes from dead cows. After seeing his reactions, we'll probably skip the upcoming reader Hot Dog.
Math: We finished lessons 36-40, which ended with playing Number Trail again. This one is hard because it has strategies involved.
No pictures this week due to a very busy week. Next week looks like a lot of fun, which also means that I will have less computer time. Happy Homeschooling!
Phonics: We did lessons 51-60 and enjoyed the easy reader The Ram, and we quickly moved past Map & Ham. Being vegetarian made this one not so appealing, although we went into discussions about how ham comes from dead pigs and hamburger comes from dead cows. After seeing his reactions, we'll probably skip the upcoming reader Hot Dog.
Math: We finished lessons 36-40, which ended with playing Number Trail again. This one is hard because it has strategies involved.
No pictures this week due to a very busy week. Next week looks like a lot of fun, which also means that I will have less computer time. Happy Homeschooling!
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