Bungalow Poppies Homeschool

• In Komono Math 60 problems; ones and tens. Read Expressions in Beast Academy.  Chapters 8+9 in the Life of Fred. Practice +10 with Komono math.
• SEL when to call 911; reviewed in Speech and Language.
• Continue the food chain art project.  
• Teach your monster to read app 15-20 minutes.
• Reading the Odyssey by Gillian Cross, Odysseus and Nausicaa.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Orientation of Level 2. Prep board and materials. Do Lesson #1. Open and closed vowel sounds.
• Explode the Code, Level #2, 4 pages (8-11)
• Practice cursive magic “c” HWT
• 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 to Chloe.
• Prepare to Start “All about Spelling.” Start Lesson 2. The sounds that start and end words.
• Read Aloud George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking.
• Writing a letter to Erin.
• Lesson on the layers of the earth; R.E.A.L Science Odyssey. Made a pizza earth!
• Read Alone, Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat.
• Read aloud, Berenstain Bears, Too much Teasing.

This is Cecelia’s weekly movement class with her two other classmates. They do exercises and games promoting fine and gross motor skills.

Another great stem project via Kiwicrates!

• Tea and Poetry; Read Armies in the Fire from “A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson.
• In Beast Academy. Work on online lesson through addition. Making addition easier. Adding 1 and adding 2 to round up.
• Continue the food chain art project. Eyeballs and teeth on the Polar bear and Walrus (Phase 3). Start the Shark and Frog.
• Read of math story The Life of Fred-Farming; Chapter 5, the empty set and the universal set. Chapter 6 the commutativity of u.
• Story of the World Chapter 21 and Chapter 22; The differences between Sparta and Athens and the Story about Aphrodite and the Golden Apple.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 52 and 53;
• Review syllables, 1, 2, and 3 words with open and closed vowels.
• Review all words in the flashcards. Completed level 1!! HWT Cursive Kickoff Traced cursive name and did the marker Olympics.
• 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 to Chloe.
• Talked about Groundhogs Day and made door decorations for Presidents Day.
• Played the game “Moneybags.”
• Prepare to Start “All about Spelling.” Start Lesson 2. The Sounds that start and end words.
• In Social and Emotional Learning started “You are a Social Detective.”
• Started Reading aloud George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen and Lucy Hawking.
• Obligate Carnivores
• Writing a letter to Samantha who moved away. Draft and final.
• Taking care of Fish, water quality and tracking time.

Here Cecelia is reading to her dog friend Chloe.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “The Land of Nod” from A Child’s Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson.
• In Beast Academy. Work on online lesson through addition. Making addition easier.
• Continue the food chain art project. Eyeballs and teeth on the Polar bear and Walrus (Phase 3).
• Read of math story The Life of Fred-Farming; Chapter 4; Collective nouns and sets + union of sets;
• Story of the World Chapter 20; The barbarians that came and settled Greece. The stories of Homer. The tale of Polyphemous.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 50 and 51;
• Read the Short Stories in All about Reading.
• Review syllables, 1, 2, and 3. Did an activity separating syllables.
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 28, Starting “C” and words.
• Practicing the cursive c. page of c’s to copy. Copy name in cursive.
• 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.
• Talk about Martin Luther King Day.
• Started with the Happy Atoms app and game. Built various molecules.
• Prepare to Start “All about Spelling.” Level 1, Lesson 1. Review and document the Phonograms.
• Reading to Chloe the dog “Dog Loves Books” by Louis Yates and
• “Floss” by Kim Lewis.
• Read aloud The Value of Determination-Little Value Books
• Did the reading app “Teach my Monster to Read.”
• Made a teeter toter; sketched and added clay base.
• Read aloud Berenstain Bears “The Sleepover”.

We have acquired a new tank with a variety of goldfish and glofish. Cecelia has been feeding and assisting on changing water.

• Tea and Poetry; Read “My Bed is a Boat” from  A Child’s Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson
• In Beast Academy. Work on online lesson through addition.
• Continue the food chain art project. Eyeballs and teeth on the Polar bear and Walrus (Phase 3).
• Read of math story The Life of Fred-Farming; Chapter 2; The Good and the Great; percents of 100 items- Exploring the Fort and Chapter 3.
• Story of the World Chapter 19 The Greek dark ages, Numbers that add to 16.
• In our reading instruction All about Reading, Chapter 48 and 49;
• HWT Cursive Kickoff writing with page 29, Starting “Z” and 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.
• Talk about Martin Luther King Day.
• Kiwi Crate-Tinkering with Time. Building a marble timer.
• Prepare to Start “All about Spelling.” Level 1
• Introduce the Big Life Journal and the Big Life Journal Podcast.
• Revise and update curriculum. Fine tune what works. Order lab materials and additional books as needed.
• January 22nd Homeschool Review at 8:30 am.

Hands on learning by building a timer.

Learning about atoms and their connections through modeling and a scanning app.