- In morning meeting, read Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford.
- Right Start Math, Lesson #85 continued.
- 2 (1/2 hour) of Prodigy.
- The Good and the Beautiful (TGTB) Math 3. Lesson #2 and started Lesson #3. Intro to Multiplication, Adding and multiplying groups. Finish collecting cookies worksheet. Walt Curlee art and Arrays; counting plants in the garden that are organized by arrays in “Appalachian Blackberry Patch.”
- The Life of Fred; Chapter 5, To the pet store; not holding grudges, how multiplication makes work easier, three $26 lambs=$78
- In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Lesson #43; Read “In my Backpack” again.
- LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 8 and 9; Ew, Ow, Ou; Or can sound like /er/. Homophone hear and here.
- TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #18-19 Handwriting practice.
- Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 59-61.
- The Story of the World, Chapter #5 The Medieval Indian Empire. The Guptas.
- Continue evening read aloud The Witches by R. Dahl.
- Read Alone The Magic School Bus, the Moon, The Magic School Bus the Butterfly Bunch.
- REAL Science Odyssey; Unit #11; The Sun is the center of our solar system. Watch Bill Nye, Planets. Paint the Sun and get materials for the solar system.
- PE: In Together in Movement, walk to Together in Movement. Walk one to two miles several times a week. Walk dogs.
- Practical Life: Leaf raking
- Perler bead art and ornaments. Make a hand turkey with acrylic paints.
- Ongoing: recite the poem of the story of Beowulf (all year).
Together in Movement

Highlights from the week of November 9th
- In morning meeting, read Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford.
- Right Start Math, Lesson #85; Ten minus a number; Write 10 minus a number equations in math journal.
- 2 (1/2 hour) of Minecraft.
- The Good and the Beautiful (TGTB) Math 3. Lesson #2 and started Lesson #3. Intro to Multiplication, Adding and multiplying groups. Pentomino card #1 and collecting cookies worksheet. Daily dose in Lesson #3. Play the fruit game for multiplying groups.
- The Life of Fred; Chapter 4 Maps, similes, posting bail, what being pardoned means and 5×3=3×5
- In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Lesson #43; Read “In my Backpack” Read warm up and complete activity sheet.
- LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 7; Common and Proper Nouns; homophones see and sea and opposites.
- TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #16-17 Handwriting practice. Overview of W-Z, numbers and punctuation and sketches.
- Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 46-58.
- The Story of the World, Chapter #4 The Byzantine Empire, The laws of Justinian. Paper dolls of the Emperor and Empress continued. Listen to the speech of Theodora on Khan Academy.
- Continue evening read aloud The Witches by R. Dahl.
- Read Alone The Fire Cat and Amelia Bedelia.
- REAL Science Odyssey; Unit #11; The Sun is the center of our solar system. Watch Bill Nye, Planets. Brainstorm ideas for the solar system model,
- PE: In Together in Movement, walk to Together in Movement. Walk one to two miles several times a week. Scratch drawings.
- Practical life; Review handwashing and read a coronavirus flip book for kids.
- Drawing dragons and Start TG&TB typing lesson #1
Easy paper mache recipe
1:1 ratio of all purpose flour to water
1/2 tbsp. of salt per cup to prevent mold
2 tablespoons of all purpose school glue
Mix ingredients to quantities needed in small bowl preferably with lid to keep overnight for multiple layers.


November Art

Highlights from the Week of November 2nd
- In morning meeting, read Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford.
- Right Start Math, Lesson #83-84; Enrichment Adding really large numbers and patterns. Solving “Taking From” Problems.
- 2 (1/2 hour) of Minecraft.
- Intro to The Good and the Beautiful (TGTB) Math 3. Set up Math Journal and Do Roll and Solve Bonus activities.
- 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 continued. Lesson #41 Read “Under the Carpet.” Guess the shadow activity and read warm up sheet.
- LA instruction, TGTB Lesson 6; KN Read Aloud Polly at School.
- TG and TB Level 2 Handwriting workbook; Page #14-15 Handwriting practice. Overview of A-J and sketches.
- Explode the Code, Level 3, pages 48-55.
- The Story of the World, Chapter #4 The Byzantine Empire, The laws of Justinian. Justinian and Theodora. Paper dolls of the Emperor and Empress. Mapworks of the Empire.
- Continue evening read aloud Upside Down Magic and Miss Rumphius.
- Read Aloud The Fire Cat.
- REAL Science Odyssey; Phases of the Moon and how the moon moves in the sky.
- PE: In Together in Movement, walk to Together in Movement. Walk one to two miles several times a week.
- Kiwicrates; Roller Coaster Science and Coral Reefs.
- Playing folk songs with instruments.




Highlights of the Week of October 26th
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.















