After deciding that we will indeed compress the next 3 weeks into 2 (see earlier post!) and then take a week off has given me a bit of enthusiasum.
Click the pictures to see the pages!
~Ginger (7th grade) is using Apples for spelling this year. I'm very glad to have found this independent, daily workbook and so is she!~
~Journey Through Grammar Land is Momo's (5th grade) first formal grammar since using First Language Lessons in 1st & 2nd grade.~
~For their Tapestry of Grace project this week, Ginger & Momo are making a "Patriarch Family Tree" -- it is still in process. No names yet, and the children of Jacob & Leah, including Judah who is the ancestor of Jesus, need to be moved up a bit & have their lines added. It is a rather complex family tree and seeing it on the wall has helped us all see who's who! When it is completed, I'll add a picture of it to our History Project Pictures page.~
~Tullius (2nd grade) wanted 7 spelling words, since he is 7. This picking words from Tapestry of Grace's vocabulary list and then studying them has gone well. I wish I had something more colorful to show for him! There is always next week.~
~Zamakee (K) wants to be able to read Garfield comic books and Erin Hunter's Warriors series. He has been doing great memorizing the sounds letters make and recognizing them in different fonts. Below is a picture of an activity we did. First, I laid out the sand paper cursive letters (Morning Star Learning) and then we went through the little cream cards (Stairway to Reading) with me saying them and him repeating. Next, he took the card and matched it to the cursive letter. Finally, he read the large white Spell to Write & Read phonogram cards himself and matched them up.~
I don't have a single thing to post that Beanie made, I'm still not doing Before Five in a Row with Zamakee, we didn't study our "element of design," and there just didn't seem to be any richness to the week. But it is over, the kids ARE learning, and...and...well, that is going to have to be enough!!
Leave a link to what you've been doing this week -- I need inspiration!!
8 comments:
With an augury of one happy day Hello….Angela
(I will return in yours blog in order to read yours written, if you come to read my poetries of I would be happy)
What fun to see their work! You all have nice penmanship. How are the sandpaper letters working? It's something I've been considering getting for my 4 yo.
Keep up the good work, little Wolf cubs!
You are such a great teacher! It's really neat to see the projects that your kids have done. Very motivating!
Thanks for stopping by my blog, and I answered your question on TWTM board regarding my phonics program! Who knew finding a phonics program would be so difficult!
That's so funny about you forgetting about the phonogram fun packet, because I forgot all about mine until 3 weeks ago too. I bought it last year, but she wasn't ready then. We're having fun with it now though!
~ I love the project for the week! How cool is that... nothing like seeing it visually to help sort it out in the head?......
I start Monday…. Here’s hoping! Lol
Lisa~
Hi! I finally got set up so I can leave comments on your blog. Thanks for all the lovely things you said on mine. What a kind, dear you are! I adore your creative projects. That is something that we are not great in doing. I hope to improve on that this year!
About the math thing. It's funny, I haven't looked at many texts. The first one we picked happened to be "the one" for us. I like MCP for math. The approach is basal and for us, builds a great foundation. It is learning like I learned math. There are some good apply problems as well. We did divert for a short time to Math-U-See. My older son hated it so much. He begged to go back to the other math (MCP). I did not care for the approach for us either. I think it has some merits though. But I prefer something along the lines of how MCP is set up. But I am a bit more old-school, if you will, regarding some of those things.
Anyway, that's enough of a book!
Melissa :-)
Hi Lee!
Yes, I think that one is the smaller Star Destroyer. And that is Darth Vadar! The Milleniium Falcon took quite a while. But it is a lot of fun. My older one put it together. They do play with them once they are put together. Then when in the mood to build, they deconstruct and reconstruct -- many times over!
We are excited about the new Mission from Mars set that just came out! It looks really fun!
Melissa
I am laughing at the approach to phonics/reading, well, not at, but with. It is like my house. I am just grabbing one of a plethora of phonics material. I love the combination you have going. I am interested in the sandpaper letters. I don't really NEED anything else, but that sounds fun. Also, any wisdom you could pass along about TOG would be appreciated. I had considered it many years ago, but I always thought my children were too young, but now I see several families with only young children using it. My children are 7yo, 4yo, and 3yo. Thanks. :)
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