Author: lprzygrodzki

• Tea and Poetry; Read “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• Reread SEL We Thinkers “Thinking with your Eyes” and “Keeping your Body in the Group”
• In Beast Academy, Multiple numbers, arranging from least to greatest. Strategies for Sums.
• Explode the Code (4 pages).
• Started the starry night/tree picture in background (Phase1) background  and added sun and circles (Phase 2).
• Story of the World Chapter 10 Ancient China.
• Read aloud the story of IO from Greek Mythology.
• Leaf Identification, Collect leaves to press.
• Read aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” By JK Rowling
• Read aloud “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”.
• Practiced letter formation.
• Observed ladybug larvae entering the pupa stage.
• “Symmetry” Build a rotating Kalidascope and a stationary one. Kiwi crate.
• Start monitoring daylight hours in preparation for the winter solstice. Also added temperature.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, Last Chapter, Counting by 5s.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 40; Reviewed words and chop activity.
• 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. She cooked brussel sprouts but wouldn’t eat them.
• Read Alone, “Pete the Cat, Too Cool for School” and “Fred and Ted”“Officer Buckle” and “Gloria”

Using a found feather we created a quill. We observed capillary action and Cecelia used the quill and ink to make art.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “The Owl and the Pussycat” by Edward Lear from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• Reread SEL We Thinkers “Keeping our Minds and Bodies in the Group”
• Discussed when friends come to play. In Beast Academy, Read the lesson on Comparing, greater than, less than and equal to. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Story of the World Chapter 9, The Indus River Valley and Chapter 11, Changes in Africa and the Story of Ananzi the Spider from Nigeria. Colored Image of Ancient Statues.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” By JK Rowling
• Observed ladybug larvae in the habitat.
• Additional printing practice.
• Start monitoring daylight hours in preparation for the winter solstice. Also added temperature.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, percents and median numbers .
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 38 and Chapter 39, Cause and Effect, Reviewed words and read “At Camp” and “Frank Shrank” from primer.
• 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, “Oscars Book of Trash”, “Amelia Bedelia, Sleepover”, and“Leo a Ghost Story”.
• Read Aloud “Katy Duck makes a friend”
• Painted a canvas pouch from Kiwicrates.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy. Chapter 2, Sums. Additional practice with number lines.
• Explode the Code (2 pages).
• Read biographies of George and Martha Washington.
• Drew a chipmunk and used watercolors in our sketch book. Started winter trees cut out and the 3D hand artwork.
• Story of the World Chapter 7, Hammurabi and the Babylonians. Listened ahead to changes in Africa and the Story of Ananzi the Spider from Nigeria.
• Reading aloud “A Year of Ms. Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” By JK Rowling
• Start setting up to observe the life cycle of ladybugs. Ordered larvae.
• Start monitoring daylight hours in preparation for the winter solstice. Also added temperature.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, Chapter 17 review of functions .
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 37 -ng.
• 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, “Mr. Putter and Kitty” and “Some Dirt on My Shirt.”
• Read Aloud “Drop it Rocket.”

• Tea and Poetry; Read “Only One Mother” by George Cooper and “The Rhyme of Dorothy Rose” by William Rands from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy Chapter 3, greater than and less than and equal to. Practice addition and regrouping. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Practice making small change; review coin denominations.
• Listened to favorites of Story of the World.
• Reading aloud “A Year of Ms. Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” By JK Rowling
• Start monitoring daylight hours in preparation for the winter solstice.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, errors, four signs of hypothermia and voluntary and involuntary actions.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 36 ng-ang-ing, Read sentences and practice words.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 22 N.
• 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.
• She emptied the dishwasher and fed the cat.
• Read Alone, “The Berenstain Bears Clean House.”
• Read Aloud “Green Eggs and Ham.”

Happy Halloween!

Wingardium Leviosa! Our costume this year dovetails with our read aloud “Harry Potter” Series.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “Dutch Lullaby” by Eugene Field and “Mr. Cogs Watchmaker” from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy Chapter 3, greater than and less than. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Practice making small change; review coin denominations.
• Reading aloud “A Year of Ms. Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” By JK Rowling
• Sea Monkey experiment Artemia Salina: We changed the water and lost our colony. The experiment ended.
• Start monitoring daylight hours in preparation for the winter solstice.
• Listen to songs about writing (a part of Writing without Tears).
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, errors, four signs of hypothermia and voluntary and involuntary actions.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 36 ng-ang-ing, Read sentences and practice words with two matching activities.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 20-22 J, K, N.
• 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. She emptied the dishwasher and fed the cat.
• Read Alone, “The Berenstain Bears Clean House”, Finished “The Runt Pig”  and read all the stories.
• Read Aloud “Space Case”.
• Listen to Enrique Caruso “Pagliacci”
• Talk about Proper Nouns.
• Made a jack-o-lantern drawing.
• Cecelia is making a magazine in Word called the “Cecelia News”
• What the index is for in the reference book.
• Read books about dolphins and butterflies.