Highlights from the Week of February 10th

  • In Morning Meeting, The Trojan War.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#54-56; Percents and finding the Whole; Finding the Percent; Complex Fractions.
  • Read Alone; Tuckers Countryside.
  • Physics + Health; MEL Lenses Experiments #2, TGTB Health, The Circulatory System, The contents of blood experiment and discussion.
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Start New Spelling Curriculum Spelling Workout Pages 9-11.
  • Fix-It Grammer 135-137.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 166-167 (bouncing around) paragraphs.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 38-41; England’s greatest Queen Continued. England’s Greatest Playwright, New Ventures to the Americas. Explorations in the North. Quiz and Mapworks,
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons #32-33 Quiz and Sentence Dictations.
  • IEW Writing with History: Start the Trojan Horse. Continue notes of the Essay.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week).
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Art; Original Character Development.
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2.
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.
  • OT/Core Work Wednesdays

Highlights for the Week of February 3rd

  • In Morning Meeting, The Trojan War.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#51-53; Solving Equations, Decimals and Fractions; Solving Percent Problems, Solving Percents, Decimals and Fractions.
  • Read Alone; Tuckers Countryside.
  • Physics + Health; MEL Lenses Experiments
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Start New Spelling Curriculum Spelling Workout Pages 7-8.
  • Fix-It Grammer 132-133.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 166-167 (bouncing around) paragraphs.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 34-37; Martin Luthers New Ideas, The Renaissance, The Reformation and Counter Reformation and Good Queen Bess.Quiz and Mapworks,
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons #30-31 Quiz and Sentence Dictations.
  • IEW Writing with History: Start the Trojan Horse. Start Notes of the Essay.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week).
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Art; Deer Sketches. Original Character Development.
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2.
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.
  • OT/Core Work Wednesdays
  • Pragmatic Speech Wednesdays

Highlights from the Week of January 25th

  • In Morning Meeting, Start the Trojan War.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#48-50; Factoring and Solving Equations with Addition and Subtraction and Multiplication and Division.
  • Read Alone; Finish The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and start Tuckers Countryside.
  • Physics + Health; R.E.A.L Science; equilibrium and the inner ear. How do skaters not get dizzy?
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Start New Spelling Curriculum Spelling Workout.
  • Fix-It Grammer 129-131.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 62-63 (bouncing around) paragraphs.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 24-25 The Americas and the Explorers. The Central American Kingdoms. Quiz and Mapworks,
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons #27-28 Quiz and Sentence Dictations.
  • IEW Writing with History: Final Draft.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week).
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Start gem art coasters; Sketches.
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2.
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.
  • OT/Core Work Wednesdays
  • Pragmatic Speech Wednesdays

Highlights from the Week of January 20th

  • In Morning Meeting, Finish The Second Mrs. Gioconda.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#46-47; Combining like terms and distributive property.
  • Read Alone; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Physics + Health; MEL Science Thermodynamics (Wind turbines experiment 2)
  • Health the Circulatory System Part 1
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Explode the Code-Level 8 page 106-108.
  • Fix-it Grammer pages 126-127.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 56-57 Capitals.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 24 West Africa and the African Kingdoms. Mapworks and Quiz and Chapter 25 Mughal India Babur’s Gardens and Akbar. Chapter #26 Start the Explorers. Quiz and Mapworks.
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons #24-26 Sentence dictation, Spelling words Quiz and advanced application.
  • IEW Writing with History: Read the Sword of Damocles, Draft Corrections.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week)
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Gem art
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.
  • OT/Core Work Wednesdays
  • Pragmatic Speech Wednesdays

Highlights from the Week of January 13th

  • In Morning Meeting, The Second Mrs. Gioconda.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#42-45; Circles and Semi-Circles, Equations, Finding Percents of a Number and Equations.
  • Read Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter.
  • Read Alone; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Physics + Health; Review Newton’s Laws and MEL Science Thermodynamics (Wind turbines)
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Explode the Code-Level 8 page 93-96.
  • Fix-it Grammer pages 120-125.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 14-15.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 23; Spain and Portugal continued Mapworks and Quiz. Start Chapter 24 West Africa and the African Kingdoms. Mapworks and Quiz.
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons #23-#24 ie and space words. Sentence dictation and advanced application.
  • IEW Writing with History: Read the Sword of Damocles, Last paragraphs of Damocles, three paragraph essay. Paragraph corrections, Rough Draft.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week)
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Gem art
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.
  • OT/Core Work Wednesdays
  • Pragmatic Speech Wednesdays

Highlights from the Week of January 6th

  • In Morning Meeting, The Second Mrs. Gioconda.
  • Snow days!
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Lesson#41; Circles and Semi-Circles.
  • Read Alone; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Physics + Health; Crunch Labs pressure build.
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Explode the Code-Level 8 page.
  • Fix-it Grammer pages 119-120.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 14-15.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 23; Spain and Portugal.
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lesson #21-#22 -ear and-ph
  • IEW Writing with History: Read the Sword of Damocles, Last paragraphs of Damocles, three paragraph essay.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week)
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Gem art
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.

Highlights from the Weeks of December 16th and 23rd

  • In Morning Meeting, The Samurai’s Tale.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Unit Review Lesson #34 Expressions, #35 Evaluating Expressions, #36 Transformation of the Coordinate Plane and Symmetry, #37 Geometric Figures and #38 Measuring and Constructing Angles/Complementary & Supplementary Angles
  • Read Alone; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Physics + Health; Read Physics Fairy Tales Newton’s Laws. The Renal System and the Nephron Experiments. Our kidney filter.
  • MEL Science; Polarized Light
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Explode the Code-Level 8 pages 94-101.
  • Fix-it Grammer pages 113-118.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 10-13.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 23; The First Russians, Chapter 24, The Ottoman Empire, Chapter #25 The End of the World. Chapter #26 France and England at War, Chapter #27 The War for the English Throne
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons#19-20
  • IEW Writing with History: Read the Sword of Damocles, Write notes and start essay.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week)
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Posca art.
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2
  • Monday Swimming Lessons
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.

Winter Break!

Highlights from the Week of December 9th

  • In Morning Meeting, The Samurai’s Tale.
  • Start TGTB Math Level 6; Unit Review Lesson #31 Addition and Subtraction of integers, #32 Multiplication and Division of Integers and #33 Square and Cube Roots.
  • Read Alone; The Cricket in Times Square.
  • Physics + Health; Read Physics Fairy Tales Newton’s Laws.
  • MEL Science; Polarized Light
  • Writing, Spelling, Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Explode the Code-Level 8 pages 89-93.
  • Fix-it Grammer pages 109-112. Verbs.
  • Handwriting Without Tears pages 7-9.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 21-22; The Silk Road and Marco Polo.
  • All About Spelling Level 4; Lessons#16-18. -er
  • IEW Writing with History: Review three paragraph essay and correct. Print final.
  • Touch, Type, Read and Spell (2 modules 3X per week)
  • Weekly Piano (Tu and Th).
  • Posca art.
  • Read Aloud evening; Harry Potter Book 2
  • Monday Swimming Lessons
  • SEL Fridays Sascha 2pm.