Highlights from the Week of March 30th

  • Right Start Math Adding 1s and 10 to a number. Right Start worksheet Practice subtraction with Komono. Life of Fred; Chapter 14; examples of functions and counting up to 1.
  • (3) ½ hour sessions of Prodigy math.
  • The Story of the World, Start the story of Rome and Romulus and Remus. Color Romulus and Remus and the wolf.
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #11 Read Open Rink and complete What would they say activity sheet.
  • Finish h’s in HWT. Practice cursive i’s. Cursive kickoff t’s page 38.
  • In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and goes on short walks and bike rides. Group classes are cancelled.
  • Riding her bike to the park.
  • Read Aloud Berenstein Bears and The Trouble with Grownups.
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy; Genes (wanted this one again)
  • Earned time on Teach your Monster to Read app.
  • Review oceans and continents on the Mobile Montessori app.
  • Linda Jorden starting the second Social Thinkers series.
  • Made Mondrian sidewalk art with sidewalk chalk and painters tape.
  • Read aloud Gullivers Travels.
  • Watercolor paintings.
  • Start building the framework of our working volcano. Prep for learning how to make paper mache.
Framework for the Volcano Project
Watercolor
Walking a dog

Highlights from the Week of March 23rd

  • Right Start Math Add to numbers and whole part circles. Life of Fred, Chapter 13; Secrets that grownups know-multiplication, functions, domains and codomains.
  • (3) ½ hour sessions of Prodigy math.
  • The Story of the World, Listen to the Americas. Explore the different civilizations of the Americas; North, Central and South America.
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #9 and 10 Read an Elf in the Swiss Alps. Syllable division rule for one consonant tile. Preview and build words with both open and closed syllables.
  • Used clay to make h’s.
  • R.E.A.L Science Odyssey Lab Rocks; are made of Minerals Lab.
  • 2 pages of Explode the Code pages 27-28.
  • In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and goes on short walks and bike rides. Group classes are cancelled.
  • Riding her bike to the park.
  • Read Bad Kitty Goes to School and Read a Poem and read Arthur Goes to Camp.
  • Read Aloud Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy; Genes (wanted this one again)
  • Earned time on Teach your monster to Read app.
  • Review oceans and continents on the Mobile Montessori app.
  • Linda Jorden starting the second Social Thinkers series.
  • Wanted to do another collage of staining paper with bleedable tissue paper.

Note: Sick on Monday

Highlights from the Week of March 16th

  • Right Start Math Evens and Odds, practice with Komono math.
  • (3) ½ hour sessions of Prodigy math. Chapter 12; the whole numbers and bar graphs.
  • The Story of the World, Listen to the Americas. Explore the different civilizations of the Americas; North, Central and South America.
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #8 Three Letter blends. Play change the word, practice reading words and use the word flippers.
  • Review cursive magic “h” Handwriting Without Tears. Practice on whiteboard, air and sand. Practice h’s.
  • R.E.A.L Science Odyssey Lab: proportion of earth to water on our planet.
  • 2 pages of Explode the Code pages 26-27.
  • In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and goes on short walks and bike rides. Group classes are cancelled.
  • All about Spelling, Lesson #6 and #7 Short I. Spell spelling words on paper.
  • Read aloud Green Team and Days with Frog and Toad.
  • Riding her bike to the park.
  • Read aloud Mary Poppins, the Match Man by R.L Travers.
  • Read Bad Kitty Goes to School and Read a Poem and read Arthur goes to camp.
  • Read Aloud Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy; Gravity
  • Earned time on Teach your monster to Read app.

Note: This week PG County has closed all schools due to the Coronavirus.

Highlights from the Week of March 9th

  • Right Start Math Partitioning with the Abacus and building steps. Intro to the Review Chapters, AL Abacus and listen to the song Yellow is the Sun and the days of the week. Chapter 11 in the Life of Fred, circumference of the earth, when your heart feels dirty, consecutive natural numbers, cardinality of a set.
  • (3) ½ hour sessions of Prodigy math.
  • The Story of the World, Listen to the Alexander the Great. Continue discussions on Phillip and Alexander’s family and relationship.
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #6 and Lesson #7 Syllable Division Rules for Compound Words. Lumberjack activity, chopping words. Practice words 22-29. Practice phenomes. Read Bantam Spy Club. Complete sky pad activity.
  • Review cursive magic “g” Handwriting Without Tears. Practice on whiteboard, air and sand.
  • Copy work from the Perennial flower book.
  • 2 pages of Explode the Code pages 25-26.
  • Group movement class on Mondays from 5-6 @ Together in Movement (Excellent day).
  • In practical life, Cecelia walks dogs and walks between 4-5 miles a week
  • Started pulling weeds in the garden. Looking at bees, snails, worms and snakes.  
  • All about Spelling, Lesson #6 and #7 Short I. Spell spelling words on paper.
  • Read aloud Green Team and Days with Frog and Toad.
  • Went to the park for Intro to bike riding.
  • Read aloud Yes I Can! A Story of Grit by Mari Schuh.
  • Made owls out of paper.
  • Use Montessori world map app to practice continents and oceans.
  • Bill Nye; Lakes and Ponds
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Stream ecology
Snail discovery

Highlights from the Week of March 2nd

  • Right Start Math Partitioning 10. Intro to the Review Chapters, AL Abacus and listen to the song Yellow is the Sun. Chapter 10 in the Life of Fred, 8:55, hundreds, tens and ones, borrowing twice and triangles, rhombus and trapezoid.
  • (3) ½ hour sessions of Prodigy math.
  • The Story of the World. Listen to the Alexander the Great. Do mapworks and play the game win the Polyponesian war.
  • In our reading instruction All about Reading, Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #5 Read The Grump and do the activity Be a Grump, reading with expression.
  • Practice cursive magic “g” Handwriting Without Tears.
  • 2 pages of Explode the Code pages 23-24.
  • 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.  
  • All about Spelling, Lesson #4
  • Read aloud Katy Duck by Alyssa Capucilli and Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps by Cynthia Rylant.
  • Read aloud The Story of the Three Brothers by JK Rowling.
  • Read aloud George and the Secret Key to the Universe by Steven and Lucy Hawking.
  • Practical life making bread.
  • Made a chameleon from the dyed paper with tissue.
  • Use Montessori world map app to practice continents and oceans.

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