Highlights from the Week of December 20th

  • In morning meeting, read aloud and finish The Red Sails of Capri. Look at images and discuss the science of the blue grotto on Capri.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 9; continue tens and near tens on the addition table.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson#20 Rotating Shapes; Mental Math tens and ones; Mayan numbers and Mountain Mental Math.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 79-80.
  • TGTB Handwriting page 10.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #15 Words with Vowel Suffixes; Complete Activity Sheet Go Nutty! and Sleeping Mice.
  • Geography-Review the continents +US States and capitals.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #29 African Kingdoms Mapwork
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x, 4x and 5x.
  • Read Alone Berenstain Bears Series
  • Kids Art Box-Hilma inspired activity; free form drawing
  • Mel Science-But will it burn?
  • Introduction to the Elements.
  • Music Guitar Playing
  • Writing activity with Linda at College Park Speech and Language
  • Field Trip to the Watkins Lights!

Christmas Holiday! See you in 2021!

Highlights of the Week of December 13th

  • In morning meeting, read aloud The Red Sails of Capri.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 9; continue tens and near tens on the addition table.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson #19 Shawnee Beading Activity and Lesson #20Multiplication Word Problems and crack the code.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 77-78.
  • TGTB Handwriting page 8-9.
  • TGTB Language Arts Lesson #46 Adjectives; homophone practice threw and through. Adjectives and “The new dress” by Felix Schlesinger
  • All About Reading; Lesson #15 Words with Vowel Suffixes; Complete Activity Sheet Go Nutty! and Sleeping Mice.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #29 African Kingdoms and Mansa Musa.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x, 4x and 5x.
  • Read Alone Berenstain Bears Series
  • Swirl art and Perler Beads
  • Mel Science-Taming Acid Rain
  • Watch Snake Discovery and the Birth of Baby Snakes,
  • Watch Mark Roper and the science of the squirrel obstacle course.
  • Read Alone Bolivar

Highlights the Week of December 6th

  • In morning meeting, read aloud The Red Sails of Capri and read together Encyclopedia Brown is on the Case.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 9; continue tens and near tens on the addition table.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft. Practice on AdaptED Math.
  • TB and TB Lesson#18 Give to the Other, Mental Math Strategies start Lesson #19 Introduction to algebraic functions and the astronomer Omar Khayyam.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 75-76.
  • TGTB Language Arts Lesson #40; Verbs and Adverbs, homophones. Intro to Diagraming Sentences. -red and -read when to use -C,-CK, and -K.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #13 Words with Consonant Suffixes.
  • Geography-Review the continents +US States and capitals.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #28 The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x and 4x.
  • Read Alone Berenstain Bears Series
  • The importance of vaccinations and the covid vaccine; scheduled for first vaccination.

Highlights from the Week of November 29th

  • In morning meeting, read aloud The Red Sails of Capri.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 9; Tens and near tens on the addition table.
  • Singapore Math Review Sheet Lesson 2.1 Comparing and Ordering Numbers and Addition up to 10,000, Looking for a pattern.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson#17 Pumpkin Patch Spin and Shade Bonus Activity.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 70.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #12 Syllable Division Rule for Three Consonant Tiles.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #27 The War for the English Throne. Listen to Songs of Medieval Britain.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x and 4x.
  • Read Alone Berenstain Bears Series
  • Raking in the backyard
  • Self initiated creating the solar system looking for the perfect base.
  • Watch the Magic Schoolbus
  • Review of the Story of Beowulf from the Story of the World.

Highlights from the Week of November 22nd

  • In morning meeting, read aloud The Bears of Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 8; Twos Strategy on the Addition Table.
  • Singapore Math Review Sheet Lesson 2.1 Place Value and Comparing and Ordering Numbers and Addition up to 10,000.
  • Introduction to Roman Numerals.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson#17 More Metric Systems Practice; Metric Search Worksheet.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 67.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #11 Read The Pesky Shadow” Compare and Contrast Characters.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #26 Joan of Arc paper dolls and mapworks of Britain and France.
  • Evening read aloud finish Mr. Revere and I.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x and 4x.
  • Read Aloud Berenstain Bears Series;
  • Play Takoma Park Soccer; Th and Sunday
  • Photographic Studies of Izzy the Lizard.
  • MEL The Science of Monsters; Foam eruption and the reaction between acids and carbohydrates.
  • Art Appreciation “At the School Door”
  • Art inspired by the illustrations of the Bears of Hemlock Mountain.
  • Short Week for Thanksgiving!

Highlights from the Week of November 15

  • In morning meeting, read aloud Justin Morgan Had a Horse and start the book The Bears of Hemlock Mountain.
  • Play math games from TGTB 2x and 3x.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 6; Whole Circle Sets; Complete Activity Sheet.
  • Singapore Math Review Sheets Lesson 1.1 Counting and Numbers to 10,000; Place Value.
  • Play Moneybags for coin review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson#16 Metric Systems Practice.
  • TG and TB Lesson #37 Past, Present and Future Tenses and Lesson #45 Homophone Practice red and read; and adding -s and -es.
  • Wild Tales 7; Vowel Teams and Little Boy Blue pages 8-9.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, page 66.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #10 More Pickle Syllables and Work Flippers for -dle and fluency sheets.
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #26 France and England at War and Joan of Arc.
  • Evening read aloud Mr. Revere and I.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x and 4x.
  • Read Aloud Berenstain Bears Series; Goodbye to a friend and Go to Camp.
  • Play Takoma Park Soccer; Th and Sunday.
  • Kiwicrates; Robots and Coding.
  • Kids Art Box; Animals inspired by the artisit Tingatinga.
  • Read alone Iggy Peck Architect.
  • Field Trip to the Natural History Museum to visit the Eqyptian mummies.

Highlights from the Week of November 9th

  • In morning meeting, read aloud Justin Morgan Had a Horse.
  • Geography-review continents
  • Play math games from TGTB 2x and 3x.
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons 4 and Lesson 5; Hundreds on the Abacus and the Can You Find Game and the math balance. Review Whole Part Circle Sets.
  • Times Tales-The Story of Mrs. Week
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy/or Minecraft.
  • TB and TB Lesson#15 Multiplying by 4; Bonus Activity How many squares?+Student Worksheet
  • Wild Tales 7; Vowel Teams and Little Boy Blue pages 7-8.
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, page 66-65; Cursive trace review.
  • All About Reading; Lesson #8 Pickle Syllables
  • Review the parts of the atom
  • The Story of the World, Black Plague, map of the Black Plague.
  • Evening read aloud Mr. Revere and I.
  • Schoolhouse Rock 2x and 3x and 4x.
  • Read Aloud Berenstain Bears Series
  • Play Takoma Park Soccer; Th and Sunday.
  • MEL-Artificial Sea Chemical jellyfish
  • MEL- Eqyptian Nights
  • Field Trip Acredale Community Park
  • Reread and sketch Grendal from Beowulf
  • In Art; Free hand sketches, whittling
  • In practical life, raking leaves

Highlights from the Week of November 2nd

  • In morning meeting, read aloud Justin Morgan Had a Horse.
  • In Health-Read about Puberty and Skin health in the American Girl Health Book.
  • Read and discuss Superflex.
  • Play math games from TGTB 2x and 3 x
  • Right Start Math, Review Lessons1-3; Sing Yellow is the Sun.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy.
  • Played MoneyBags and the 2X game.
  • Cecelia creates a board game and we play it.
  • TGTB Level 3 Writing; Pages 1-2
  • The Life of Fred; Friday Math Story
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, review phonogram cards and play a phonogram review game.
  • LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 4
  • Explode the Code, Level 4.5, pages 60-61.
  • TGTB; Lesson #15 The Subject in the Sentence.
  • All About Spelling; Lesson #10 Review
  • The Story of the World, Chapter #25 The end of the world. Reread the Black Death. Discuss the science of plague. Do the cycle of plague activity.
  • Evening read aloud Mr. Revere and I.
  • SchoolHouse Rock 2x and 3x.
  • Read Aloud Daniel’s Ducks; Chapter How to Train your Cat and House Boat Summer
  • Play Takoma Park Soccer; Th and Sunday.
  • Mel Science Kits; Artificial Sea and Thermal Effects
  • Create Swirl Art
  • Create a Gecko care You tube channel
  • Free writing on the computer
  • Walked an neighbor’s dog