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Highlights of the Week of October 26th

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In morning meeting, read The Door in the Wall by M. Di Angeli. Started Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford.
Right Start Math, Lesson #83; Enrichment Adding really large numbers and patterns.
2 (1/2 hour) of Minecraft.
Intro to The Good and the Beautiful (TGTB) Math 3. Lesson #1 Euclid the Mathematician. Defining a point, a line and intersection.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Lesson #40; Silent E can have two jobs. Detective Dog activity. Practicing reading word cards 202-211 and fluency sheets.
LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 5; Reading review, animal adjectives, homophone practice four and for, and edit the story.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #12-13 Handwriting practice. Overview of A-J and sketches.
Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 41-47.
The Story of the World, Chapter #3 Christianity comes to Britain. The monks of Britain writing books by hand. Color an illustration. Start the Byzantine Empire.
Continue evening read aloud Upside Down Magic.
Read Aloud Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping.
Decomposition and Soil continued. Prepare for the Planets Unit.
PE: In Together in Movement, walk to Together in Movement. Walk one to two miles several times a week.

Early Week Grandparent’s for Halloween!

Highlights of the Week October 19th 2020

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In morning meeting, read The Door in the Wall by M. Di Angeli.
Right Start Math, Lesson #79 and #80 and #81; The Minutes on the Clock and using arm positions and The Minute Memory Game+ Placing the minute card game and worksheet.
2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy.
Addition Facts that Stick. Review addition adding +2 to a number, and visualizing the 10 frame. One practice sheet.
The Life of Fred; Goldfish; Chapter #3 Mail; three four inch books make a foot, five meanings of lifetime guarantee, concurrent lines and reiteration.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Lesson #39 Continued; Soft C and the Second Job of Silent E. Hammers and Feathers activity. Review word cards 192-201 and Practice Fluency.
LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 4; Geography and the poem of the continents. Homophone practice, right vs. write and read pages 8-12 in the primer.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #10-11 Handwriting practice. Overview of A-J.
Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 37-40.
The Story of the World, Chapter #3 Christianity comes to Britian.
Continue evening read aloud the Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl and start Upside Down Magic.
Decomposition and Soil. Soil layer experiment.
Watercolor squiggle sketch for bookmarks.
In practical life made an apple crumble and harvested the peppers that she planted earlier in the year.
In Together in Movement she had the shaving cream activity.

Highlights of the Week October 12th 2020

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In morning meeting, read The Door in the Wall by M. Di Angeli.
Right Start Math, Lesson #77 and #78 The Hours on the clock and Hours and Half Hours. Addition warm up, Use hands on the clock, look at the geared clock and put the hour cards down. Use arm positions to show the hours and play the hour memory game and drawing hands. Worksheet #30.
2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy.
Addition Facts that Stick. Review addition adding +2 to a number, counting up. Three worksheets of simple adding using the 10 frame.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Finish Lesson #37 and Start #38; The third sound of U; Practice Reading Words and Fluency. Read the Dragon in the Wagon from the AAR primer.
LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 2; multisyllable words, read the poem of September by Edwina Fallis. Spelling and Homophone practice four and for. Clap out spelling words, month, warm, says, sure, what and true. Write a sentence in the workbook. Reading practice and comprehension. Read aloud the story of Polly from the primer.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #11-12 Handwriting practice.
Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 30-36.
The Story of the World, Chapter #2 The Fall of Rome Continued. Listen to the Story of Beowulf. Copy a sentence into our History notebook. Start to memorize.
Evening read aloud the Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.
Kiwicrates the Body. Stiched organs for a human body.
Started self-paper portrait; Cut out shapes and paste together.
Read Alone Berenstain Bears Collection before bedtime.
Note: Started pre-assembly of election lapbook
PE: Together in Movement, walking dogs, and walks around Hyattsville.

Highlights of October 5th 2020

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In morning meeting, read Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol.
Right Start Math, Lesson #75 Assessment of Patterns, Vertex and Diagonals, Greater than and Equal to, Strategies, Missing Addends and part-whole circle sets, Adding three numbers, Adding multiples of 10, Four digit addition.
Life of Fred-Goldfish Chapter #2; Manias! Drawing to scale, Solving 3y=12 and digits in a number
2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy and Minecraft. Time on Adventure Academy after our COVID test.
Addition Facts that Stick. Review addition adding +1 to a number, counting up.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #37; The third sound of U; Practice Reading Words and Fluency. Read a fairy tale.
LA instruction, TGTB L; esson#1 and 2; Review QU and multisyllable words, read the poem of September by Edwina Fallis. Spelling and Homophone practice four and for. Clap out spelling words, month, warm, says, sure, what and true. Write a sentence in the workbook. Reading practice and comprehension.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #9-10 Handwriting practice, draw a sailboat and draw a whale.
Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 16-29.
Snail Races and visit the sold pumpkin plants from her plant business in the Spring
The Story of the World, Chapter #2 The Fall of Rome. Listen to the Story of Beowulf. Copy a sentence into our History notebook. Complete mapworks. Drew Grendel on the blackboard.
Evening read aloud the BFG by Roald Dahl.
PE: Together in Movement, walking dogs, and walks around Hyattsville.

Highlights of the week September 28th 2020

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In morning meeting, read the Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Right Start Math, Lesson #74 Review for Patterns, Vertex and Diagonals, Greater than and Equal to, Strategies, Missing Addends and part-whole circle sets, Adding three numbers, Adding multiples of 10, Four digit addition.
Life of Fred-Goldfish Chapter #1; I need a pet phase; elapsed time and the union of sets.
(2) ½ hour sessions of Adventure Academy.
Addition Facts that stick. Review addition using and visualizing with the 10 frame and how it is similar to the abacus.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #36 Read The Storm in the North from the AAR Primer. Do the warm up sheet.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #3-5 Overview of letters K-U.
Real Science Odyssey; Rock Lab exploring Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks.
Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 3-8.
Sketching worms in the backyard in her sketchbook.
PE: Together in Movement, walking dogs, and walks around Hyattsville.
Board Game design

School Picture 2020-Juliette Fradin Photography

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Highlights from the Week of September 21st

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In morning meeting, read the Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Right Start Math, Lesson #73 Continuing the Pattern, recognize counting patterns of 1,2s, 5s and 10s and the worksheet #27.
(2) ½ hour sessions of Adventure Academy.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #35 OR; Preview the phonogram OR, practice blending sounds and complete harvest time activity.
TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #2 Overview of letters A-J.
Stories from Augustus Ceasars World.
Create a worm farm, Observe movement and eating habits.
Microscopy; observe different plant and animal specimens.
Explode the Code, Level 3, 1-2.
Work on Gem-Sticker Art to decorate our Art portfolio.
Homeschool play date Buddy Attick Park, Greenbelt