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!

Highlights from the Week of November 27th

  • Back from Thanksgiving holiday week of November 20th!
  • Start the Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 33-37, Symmetry and Transformations, Comparing Fractions using one half and pictures, Number lines with fractions and mixed numbers, Quadrilateral classifications, Perimeter and area of irregular shapes.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web, Finish this week.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Tuesdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 109-112.
  • All About Spelling; Lesson #9 and Quiz Vowel Teams OA and OW. Continued.
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 19-20.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 8; The Assyrians. The Story of Gilgamesh and Shamsi-Adad.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 20-21. Verbs and Verb Subjects
  • Marbling Paper
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Mark Rober. Year 2 Build a Bell Curve Model. Statistics.
  • 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
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Spelling Words Lesson #9

Highlights from the week of November 13th

  • Read Aloud Gary Paulson Lawn Boy. Finish on Friday. Concepts of Business.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 28-32, Similar and Congruent, Reading Scales and Using a Ruler, Converting Units of Weight.
  • +Unit Review.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Tuesdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 100-108.
  • All About Spelling; Lesson #9 and Quiz Vowel Teams OA and OW.
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 17-18.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 7; The Code of Hammurabi.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 18-19.
  • Free Sketches-Spider Web
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Read book on Insects and Snake Discovery.
  • Read aloud evening; Bible Stories
  • Riding Lessons-6 Weeks Tuesday
  • Practical Life and SEL:

Wednesdays: Social Skills Group

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Spelling Words Lesson #9

Highlights from the week of November 6th

  • Read Aloud Gary Paulson Lawn Boy. Finish on Friday.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 25-27, Naming Geometric Figures, Measuring and Drawing Angles, Geometric Solids.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Tuesdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 94-99.
  • All About Spelling; Lesson #8 and Quiz Vowel Teams Y can say e
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 15-16.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 5; Sargon The first Sumerian Dictator.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 17-18.
  • Free Sketches
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Read book on Microbes.
  • Read aloud evening; Bible Stories
  • Riding Lessons-6 Weeks
  • Practical Life and SEL:
  • Wednesdays: Social Skills Group
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Spelling Words Lesson #8

Highlights from the week of October 30th

  • Happy Halloween!
  • Read Aloud E.l. Koninigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilwer. Finish at the end of the week.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 21-24, Converting Units of Length, Positive and Negative numbers, Graphing ordered pairs, Identifying and drawing geometric figures.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Thursdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 90-93.
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 15-16.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 5; The The First Sumerian Dictator; Sargon. activity+ mapworks.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 14-15.
  • Free Sketches- The fantastical world of Tim Burton. Watch The Nightmare before Christmas.
  • TTRS-module
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Finish Crunch Labs Cycyle.
  • Read aloud evening; Bible Stories
  • Practical Life and SEL:
  • Wednesdays: Social Skills Group

Highlights from the week of October 23rd

  • Read Aloud E.l. Koninigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilwer.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 19-20, Estimating Products and Quotient using area, Perfect squares to 225 and Logic Game.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Thursdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 82-89.
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 13-14.
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 4; The Old Kingdom in Eqypt, Making Mummies and the Eqyption pyramids. Test#4 and do the herbal ointment activity+ mapworks.
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 10-11.
  • Free Sketches-Computer
  • All About Spelling Review Lessons 7; The /er/ of nurse.
  • Start TTRS; Lesson #3 vowels.
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Bones of the hand-Dr. Bonyfide
  • Read aloud evening; Bible Stories and the Iliad. The story of Moses.
  • Practical Life and SEL:

Wednesdays: Social Skills Group

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Spelling Words Lesson #7

Highlights from the week of October 16th

  • In Morning Meeting, Finish reading aloud Johnny Tremain. Start e.l. Koninigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilwer.
  • Review time-tables, Start TGTB Math Level 5; Lessons 16-18, Square Roots and  Finding the Mean.
  • Multiplication review TGTB Math songs.
  • 2 (1/2 hour) of Roblox.
  • Read Alone; Charlotte’s Web.
  • Writing, Logic links and Storyboarding with Linda Jordon, Thursdays.
  • In Writing Explode the Code-Level 7 pages 70-81.
  • Handwriting w/o tears cursive pages 11-12
  • Story of the World:  Chapter 3; First Writing Activity and Test #3.; Review BC, BCE, AD
  • Fix-it Grammar-Page 8-9.
  • Free Sketches-Prep for Paper Mache
  • Start All About Spelling Review Lessons 7; The /er/ of nurse.
  • Start TTRS; Lesson #3 vowels.
  • Engineering-Mark Roper Gears
  • Weekly Piano Lessons
  • Field Trip Mount Vernon
  • Read aloud evening; Bible Stories and the Iliad. The story of Moses.
  • Practical Life and SEL:

Wednesdays: Social Skills Group