Author: lprzygrodzki

• Tea and Poetry; Read Jabberwocky (again)and Custard the Dragon from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy Chapter 2, the number line and continue to practice regrouping from Chapter 1. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Reading aloud “A Year of Ms. Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” By JK Rowling.
• We started a review of the Ancient World Chapter 5-7, The Egyptians and the Jewish people and the Babylonians in the Story of the World.
• We started our Sea Monkey experiment Artemia Salina. We surprisingly have a small group of adults. We can observe male and female and they are mating!
• Continued to make weather observations.
• Explode the Code, Level 1.5 Pages 50-51.
• Practice number writing.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, half hour and quarter hour and adding two and three digit numbers, a gibbous moon.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, we start on Level 1; Chapter 34 (continued). Ck makes one sound, Read sentences and practice words.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 16, L.
• Watched Bill Nye the Science Guy “The Atmosphere”
• 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.
• This week she fed the cat.
• Read aloud passage from Writing with Ease for comprehension-Today is Monday Poem. Capitalizing the days of the week.
• Read Alone, “Go, Dog, Go!”
• In social and emotional learning, we practiced picking up our toys. Reread “Keeping our Head in the Group” and talked about what to do if someone doesn’t want to play.
• Painting using salt.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “A Tragedy” by Doris Web from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy we reviewed Chapter 1, Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Reading aloud “A Year of Ms. Agnes” by Kirkpatrick Hill.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by JK Rowling.
• Located Alaska on a map and looked at animals and light.
• We discussed Peru and made a Llama with a KiwiCrate.
• We started a review of the Ancient World Chapter 3-4, The Egyptians in the Old Kingdom and Writing in the Story of the World.
• We started our Sea Monkey experiment Artemia Salina. We are watching the tank but it appears we have lost the colony.
• We are starting weather and keeping track of weather for 30 days.
• Explode the Code, Level 1.5 Pages 47-49.
• Used a Kiwicrate to build a mechanical sweeper.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, different kinds of mistakes, rows and columns, right angles.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, we start on Level 1; Chapter 34. Ck makes one sound, made flip books to practice words.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 13, U.
• Went on a nature walk and discussed annuals and perennials and picked up many seasonal tree nuts.
• 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. This week she polished furniture.
• Read aloud passage from Writing with Ease for comprehension-Trumpet of the Swan-EB White.
• In social and emotional learning, we practiced greeting people.
• Read herself “Rhyming Dust Bunnies”, Short Stories “The Runt Pig” and “Fish” from her primer. “Llama, Llama and the Bully Goat”, “The Hot Bunny Cakes”, and “Pigeon goes to School”.
• Made Halloween decorations for the front door.

The Eqyptians wrote in stone,

and the Sumerians in clay.

The picture writing was cuneiform,

Eqyptians also used papyrus scrolls,

and we use paper to this day.

Our front door was covered in custom Halloween decor for later in the month.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “The Childrens Hour” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy we learned about Regrouping 10s and 100s. Reviewed counting to 1000. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Reading aloud “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by JK Rowling.
• We started a review of the Ancient World Chapter 2, The Egyptians on the Nile with the Jewish People Chapter 6 in the Story of the World.
• We started our Sea Monkey experiment Artemia Salina. We have adults and one death with a great ceremonial funeral in the garden. By the end of this week we have one sea monkey.
• In our math story, the Life of Fred Edgewood, we learn about the definition of function, trapezoids and carrying the 1 in addition.
• In our reading instruction, All about Reading, we start on Level 1; Chapter 33.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with a c-a-d page 11 and c ang g page 12.
• Went on an insect hunt outside.
• 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. This week she raked the back yard.
• Read aloud passage from Writing with Ease for comprehension-Sacagawea-American Pathfinder.
• In social and emotional learning, we talked about thinking thoughts and feeling feelings using We Thinkers Social Explorers and read “Thinking with our eyes”. Read the book “Hey Warrior” and talk about anxiety.
• Read herself “Dogman,” Short Stories “The Runt Pig” and “Fish” from her primer.
• Made a ceremonial mask and colored the picture for the Egyptians.
• Look up images of Egyptian mummies.
• Created a story called “Harry Potter and the Dungeon that has never been Found.”
• Illustrating a story.
• Cut out Greek paper dolls. We read aloud the Story of the Minotaur.

In Egypt a mighty civilization grew,

King Narmer united the kingdoms two.

Upper white, and lower red,

On the crown of Narmer’s head.

“Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow”- D.Everett

We are observing clear water and large adult sea monkeys.

This is Cecelia reading from “The Runt Pig.”

This is a short story from the books that accompany All about Reading.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll from Favorite Poems of Childhood.
• In Beast Academy we learned about ones, tens and hundreds. Practice pages online and/or in the practice book.
• Reading out loud “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by JK Rowling.
• We started a review of the Ancient World with the earliest people the Nomads. Chapter 2 in the Story of the World. Cecelia requested the story of Romulus and Remus.
• We started our Sea Monkey experiment Artemia Salina and have hatchlings and give them food. Watch for maturation in 5-7 days.
• In our math story in the Life of Fred Edgewood, we learn about obeying signs, evergreen and deciduous trees, the rhombus and parallel.
• We are putting together a T-rex and talking about palentology.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, we start on Level 1; Chapter 32.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with a T and A pages 9-10.
• Practiced upper and lower case letters and sentences.
• Continue to discuss the different kinds of trees. Review alive and not alive and plants and animals.
• 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.
• Copied three sentences from a science book about bacteria.
• Read aloud “Ramona and Beezus” by Beverly Cleary.
• In social and emotional learning, we talked about thinking thoughts and feeling feelings, We Thinkers Social Explorers and read “Keeping our head in the group”.
• Read herself “Mice on Ice” and “Three for Tea”, Short Stories “The Plan” and “The Big Mess” from her primer.

The earliest man lived a life of strife by

Searching for food in the nomadic life.

On the fertile crescent they learned to grow,

the wild grass and wheat they sowed.