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Happy Winter Solstice and Winter Break!

Making natural decorations to feed the wildlife. Putting peanut butter on pinecones and rolling them in birdseed.

Tea and Poetry; Read “Eldorado” by Edgar Allen Poe from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
In Beast Academy. Start Chapter 5 of 2B Expressions.
Start the food chain art project. Paste together animals that form a food chain (Phase 2).
Read of math story The Life of Fred-Farming; Numbers that add to 14 and a googol.
Story of the World Chapter 16 The return of Assyria and Ashurbanipal the king who collected the first library.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 43; Compound words activities and word cards.
HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 28, X and words.
Group movement class on Mondays from 5-6 @ Together in Movement.
In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and walks between 4-5 miles a week.
Talk about the winter solstice and make ornaments and lights for the animals to eat. Talk about the nights getting longer.
Learning to silkscreen. Silkscreen a dog on a canvas bag. Doodle crate project.

Tea and Poetry; Read “The Elf and the Dormouse” by Oliver Herford from Favorite Poems of Childhood. Recite the poem “Tragedy”.
In Beast Academy, simple multiplication continued. Estimating and Counting up. Practice online and completed online test.
Discussed Gravity.
Explode the Code (4 pages). Finish book 1.5.
Start the food chain art project. Cut out animals that form a food chain.
Story of the World Chapter 15, The Phoenicians and the founding of the city of Carthage by Dido.
Read aloud “Wings of Fire” and the “Fire Cat”
Release adult ladybugs after being fed for a week!
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 42; Plurals S and ES.Review phenomes and word cards.
HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 26-27, F and Q and words.
Group movement class on Mondays from 5-6 @ Together in Movement.
In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and walks between 4-5 miles a week.Helped make dinner.
Read Alone, “Frog and Toad: The Garden” and “The Cookie”
Read aloud “Muff and Ruff and the Fat Cat.”

Tea and Poetry; Read “The Tyger” by William Blake from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
In Beast Academy, Subtraction and Regrouping. Intro to simple multiplication.
Explode the Code (4 pages).
Finish the starry night/tree picture (Phase 3) and add the trunks and leaves. Start the accordion fish.
Story of the World Chapter 14 The Israelites leave Egypt and form their own nation.
Leaf Identification, Press leaves in contact paper.
Practiced letter formation.
Trip to the Library.
Nature walk collected rocks in the stream.
Created art submission to submit to the Montgomery County Library art competition.
Read aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by JK Rowling
Read aloud “Homer Price and the Super Duper” by Robert McCloskey
Read aloud“ Homer Price and the Donut Story” by Robert McCloskey
Observed ladybug pupa emerging as adults.
In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 41-42; Plurals S and ES.
HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 24, H+words.
Group movement class on Mondays from 5-6 @ Together in Movement.
In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and walks between 4-5 miles a week.
Read Alone, “Creepy Carrots” and “Frog and Toad.”
Read Alone, “Cobweb the Cat” and “Yuck”, short stories in her primer.