Highlights from the Week of March 4th

  • Caddie Woodlawn-Read Aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague.
  • TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons #67, #68, and #69; Rounding Fractions to the nearest Whole, Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers, Canceling before multiplying Fractions.
  • Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Give Linda and Cecelia copies of the book Untitled.
  • Handwriting without tears; page 38-39.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter #19 The Early Greeks, Homer and the Olympic Games+ Quiz. Mapworks.
  • Explode the Code: Pages 24-25.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page Page 40-41.
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 2; Notetaking. Using signs and symbols to put our notes into our own words. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, Vocabulary words.
  • The Saloon Series #2.
  • All About Spelling Lesson #14 Quiz. Start Lesson #15 the sound of oo using OO.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • PE: Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement. Walk in Driscoll Park, Hyattsville.
  • SEL: Resilience Builder Wednesdays 4:45 pm
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Practical Life: Dental Appointment.

Highlights from the Week of February 26th

  • Caddie Woodlawn-Read Aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague.
  • TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons #64, 65 + 66; Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions, Fraction Practice + Fraction Practice.
  • Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Handwriting without tears; page 35-36.
  • Story of the World: Chapter 18 and #19; Life in Early Crete, The Minoans and the Tale of the Minotaur Quiz. Start The Early Greeks.
  • Read portions of the Odyssey and the story of the cyclops.
  • The Who Was Show, Who was Julius Ceasar.
  • Explode the Code: Pages 22-23.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 38-39.
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 1; Notetaking. Using signs and symbols to put our notes into our own words. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Vocabulary Words. Intro to Formatting EIW method.
  • The Pinks and Greens Complimentary Sketches. Life Dew Animal Sketches.
  • All About Spelling Start Lesson #14-Wh words review.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Science-Symbiotic Relationships in the Natural World.
  • PE: Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • SEL: Resilience Builder Wednesdays 4:45 pm
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Wak in Driscoll Park, Hyattsville, MD

Highlights from the Week of February 19th

  • Caddie Woodlawn-Read Aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague+Dogman.
  • TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons #63 +#64; Using the LCM to find Common Denominator + Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs, Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • Handwriting without tears; page 33-34
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 16, The Librarian King Aschurbanipal Quiz. Start Babylon Takes over Again Quiz 2/22.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page Page 35-36.
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 1; Notetaking. Using signs and symbols to put our notes into our own words. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
  • The Saloon Series #1; Whittling and making Harry Potter Wands.
  • All About Spelling Lesson #12+Quiz. Vowel Suffixes.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Science-The Scientific Method.
  • PE: Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • SEL: Resilience Builder Wednesdays 4:45 pm
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Practical Life: Whittling

Highlights from the Week of February 12th

  • Caddie Woodlawn-Read Aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague+Dogman.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 61+62 Converting Improper Fractions to Whole or Mixed Numbers+Greatest Common Factor.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs, Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 8 Pages 16+21
  • Handwriting without tears; page 32.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 15; The Phoenicians Quiz. Start The Return of the Assyrians, Chapter 16, The Librarian King Aschurbanipal.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page Page 34.
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 1; Notetaking.
  • Posca Sketches, Building Bendable Paper Puppets.
  • All About Spelling Lesson #12+Quiz. Vowel Suffixes.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Science-What is Biology?
  • PE: Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • SEL: Resilience Builder Wednesdays 4:45 pm
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Practical Life: Cooking Raddish Pretzel Bites +Chicken in Adobo.

Highlights from the Week of February 5th

  • Finish Sign on the Beaver for read aloud and start Caddie Woodlawn.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 57 and 58. Set and start Assessment. Equivalent Fractions and Unit Assessment.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs, Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 8 Pages 12-14.
  • Handwriting without tears 30-31.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 15; The Phoenicians and the founding of Carthage. Mapworks and Questions. The Who Was Show.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page Page 33
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 1; Notetaking continued.
  • Sketches- Computer Sketches and concept design for a video game continued.
  • All About Spelling Lesson #11+Quiz.
  • Brave Writer-Dictation.
  • Crunch Labs- Light Spectrum Lesson and build a Kaleidoscope.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons- Review Dancing with Frankenstein.
  • Start Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • Hike Driscoll Park, Hyattsville MD.
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • SEL-Breaking down tasks, Resilience Builder class Wednesdays at 4:45pm.

Highlights from the Week of January 29th

  • Sign on the Beaver for read aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 54, 55+56; Converting Decimals and Percents to Fractions, Probability, Multiplying Fractions by Fractions.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs, Times Tales Part I and II Review.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Mondays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 8 Pages 10-11.
  • Handwriting without tears 28-29.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 14; The Story of Moses and the Israelites leave Egypt. Start the Phoenicians.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page Page 30. The Making of Claymation Video, The art of Aardman Studios.
  • EIW Writing Lessons, Stories of the Ancient World, Unit 1; Notetaking.
  • Sketches- Computer Sketches and Concept Design for a video game.
  • All About Spelling Lesson #11+Quiz.
  • Brave Writer-Describing Lesson.
  • IXL-Life Cycles
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons- Review Dancing with Frankenstein.
  • Start Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Value if Foresight, The Story of Thomas Jefferson.
  • Practical Life-Cooking Egg Drop Soup

Highlights from the Month of January 2024

  • Morning Meeting-Sign of the Beaver for read aloud.
  • Read Alone Misty of Chincoteague.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 43-53; Fractions and one whole, Fahrenheit and Celsius, Mixed numbers and whole numbers greater than 1, Place value with Decimals, Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers, Decimal Numbers on a number line,  Equivalent Decimals, Adding and Subtracting Decimals, Rounding Decimal Numbers, Comparing and Ordering Decimal Numbers, Converting Decimals and Percents to Fractions and Probability.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Tuesdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 8 Pages 2-9.
  • Handwriting without tears 24-27
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 11 and Chapter 12; Ancient Africa; The Ancients of West Africa and The Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt Invades Nubia and the Hyksos.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 28-29. Adjectives
  • Sketches- Computer Sketches and Concept Design for a video game.
  • Brave Writer-Communication Game, Describing so someone else can understand.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Crunch Labs-Engineering Vacuums
  • Start Movement Class on Mondays at 5:30 pm. Together in Movement.
  • Read aloud listen; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
  • Field Trip-Kennedy Center to see the musical Frozen.

Fall 2023 Curriculum

English/ReadingAssigned Books
All About Spelling-Level 3
Fix It Grammer-The Country Mouse
Explode The Code-Writing Level 7
Handwriting WO Tears-Cursive
MathTG and TB Mathmatics-Level 5
Times Tales; Part 1 and Part2
Schoolhouse Rock Multiplication
ScienceTG+TB Biology
MEL Science Kits/Mark Roper Engineering
Dr. Boneyfide
Museum Field Trips
Social StudiesThe Story of the World-Ancient Times
ArtSketchbook/Paper/Other
MusicFaber Piano Adventures
The Music of History
Math Songs
Physical EducationHikes and Walks
Playground Trips
Riding Lessons
HealthSocial and Emotional Learning-Resilience Builder Group
Dental Care
Cooking-Raddish Kits
Community Service
Practical Life

Highlights from December 2023

  • Continue and Complete the Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 38-42, Triangles Review, Numbers in the Billions and Ordinal Numbers, Logic Puzzles and Games, Quotients as mixed numbers. Adding and Subracting with common demoninators
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox per week.
  • Watch the 1973 Movie of Charlotte’s Web
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Tuesdays. Finish the next novella, Untitled.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 112-124 Complete Book 7.
  • All About Spelling; Lesson #10 sounds of O using o, o-e, ow and ou.
  • Handwriting without tears 22-23
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 9; The first cities of India, the river road and the mystery of Mohenjo-Daro. Test #9. Chapter #10 The Far East; Lei Zu and the Silkworm, The Pictograms of Ancient China, Farming in Ancient China.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 22-23. Verbs and Verb Subjects
  • Sketches
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Snake Discovery, Feeding Infant Snakes.
  • Read aloud evening; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
  • Riding Lessons-6 Weeks Tuesdays
  • Practical Life and SEL:
  • Wednesdays: Social Skills Group Resilience Builder
  • Community Service- Food Drive
  • Yard Clean Up
  • Celebrate the Winter Solstice and feed backyard animals
  • Winter Lights

Winter Break!