Nice snake Caleb! It looks like your mom might not like snakes.
You picked a good time of the year to study clouds! It seems like it has been raining all the time.
The cider press looks like a lot of fun! I wonder if we went to the corn maze the same day? It sure was muddy the day we went. I'm glad you made your way out of the maze!
The pumpkins you carved look really cool!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Week 8
MATH
Caleb finished Lesson 5 and took his test. He started Lesson 6, where he practices writing numbers 0 - 100 and counting by 10's.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb is applying reading in a variety of fun ways in addition to just reading books. We played the game I Spy Eagle Eye, where he looks at fun pictures and has to locate the hidden objects listed. He played a Hooked on Phonics computer game. We also read many books, including lots of Halloween stories, and also listened to stories on CD that accompany picture books.
Caleb practiced writing letters and words. For the letter S, we came up with a sentence together that used S words: Snakes are scary and slimy. But it was his idea to draw a picture of me getting scared by a snake.
SCIENCE
Caleb enjoyed the weather observations from last week, and this week he learned about different types of clouds. We talked about how clouds can be used to predict the weather and I wrote descriptions of cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds in his science book. Caleb did his best to make clouds out of cotton to match the description. Caleb did more weather charting, adding clouds to the list of things he recorded (he also checked temperature, wind direction, and weather.) Caleb commented, "It's definitely going to rain." after observing a gray sky thick with "blanket" or stratus clouds.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued moon charting, using calendars, and practiced locating North, South, East and West during our science studies. The highlight of the week were the seasonal fall events he got to participate in. We went to a cider-pressing celebration that included pressing apples, eating apple pie, and drinking lots of cider made with local orchards' apples.
Going to the corn maze and pumpkin patch was a great time, despite the drizzle that day. "We got lost, but it was still fun!" After we found our way out of the maze, we picked out pumpkins to carve at home.
ART
In art class Caleb made some fun Halloween decorations, including a bat that he cut the fabric for and learned how to stitch together and fill with stuffing. He stitched the whole thing and glued on eyes. The group also made big spiderwebs out of netting that they learned to tie around a hoop, and then they crafted spiders and bugs to put in it. The class also got to help make a Halloween pinata that they discovered, after breaking it open, was filled with small toys.
P.E.
Caleb was back at swimming class where his swimming skills are really improving.
Caleb finished Lesson 5 and took his test. He started Lesson 6, where he practices writing numbers 0 - 100 and counting by 10's.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb is applying reading in a variety of fun ways in addition to just reading books. We played the game I Spy Eagle Eye, where he looks at fun pictures and has to locate the hidden objects listed. He played a Hooked on Phonics computer game. We also read many books, including lots of Halloween stories, and also listened to stories on CD that accompany picture books.
Caleb practiced writing letters and words. For the letter S, we came up with a sentence together that used S words: Snakes are scary and slimy. But it was his idea to draw a picture of me getting scared by a snake.
SCIENCE
Caleb enjoyed the weather observations from last week, and this week he learned about different types of clouds. We talked about how clouds can be used to predict the weather and I wrote descriptions of cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds in his science book. Caleb did his best to make clouds out of cotton to match the description. Caleb did more weather charting, adding clouds to the list of things he recorded (he also checked temperature, wind direction, and weather.) Caleb commented, "It's definitely going to rain." after observing a gray sky thick with "blanket" or stratus clouds.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued moon charting, using calendars, and practiced locating North, South, East and West during our science studies. The highlight of the week were the seasonal fall events he got to participate in. We went to a cider-pressing celebration that included pressing apples, eating apple pie, and drinking lots of cider made with local orchards' apples.
Going to the corn maze and pumpkin patch was a great time, despite the drizzle that day. "We got lost, but it was still fun!" After we found our way out of the maze, we picked out pumpkins to carve at home.
ART
In art class Caleb made some fun Halloween decorations, including a bat that he cut the fabric for and learned how to stitch together and fill with stuffing. He stitched the whole thing and glued on eyes. The group also made big spiderwebs out of netting that they learned to tie around a hoop, and then they crafted spiders and bugs to put in it. The class also got to help make a Halloween pinata that they discovered, after breaking it open, was filled with small toys.
P.E.
Caleb was back at swimming class where his swimming skills are really improving.
Friday, October 22, 2010
So Much Fun!
You sure have been doing a lot of fun learning! I really like your birch bark basket. You did a great job on that.
It sounds like the weather might be changing in the next couple of days. Your weather vane might come in handy. I think it's supposed to get colder and rain too.
The Eyewitness books sound really cool. It seems like you really like to learn new things.
You do know a lot of math problems, and I bet you learn new ones every week! Keep up the fun learning and someday you can be a scientist in the ocean if you want to!
It sounds like the weather might be changing in the next couple of days. Your weather vane might come in handy. I think it's supposed to get colder and rain too.
The Eyewitness books sound really cool. It seems like you really like to learn new things.
You do know a lot of math problems, and I bet you learn new ones every week! Keep up the fun learning and someday you can be a scientist in the ocean if you want to!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Week 7
MATH
Caleb completed Lesson 4 and took his test. He started Lesson 5, addition with the number 1. He also liked circling the addition problems on his Addition Fact Sheet. He circles the problems after he has learned them and this reinforces the commutative property of addition, or the fact that 2 + 0 is also 0 + 2. "Look how many math problems I know!"
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on the letters P, Q, and R in his MLB. P was the most fun because together we came up with lots of silly rhymes and phrases that had to do with Pink Pigs and Pumpkin Patches. Caleb wanted to draw a pumpkin patch, as we had just finished reading a book called Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns.
Caleb loves to have books read to him and we read from a collection of stories, more A-Z Mysteries, and more Halloween stories. "The Eyewitness Books are my favorite this week." A friend let us borrow a huge stack of Eyewitness Books. They are from a series of informative non-fiction books, each one being filled with beautiful, fun pictures and focusing on a single science or social studies topic. We read books on whales, oceans, and pirates, to name a few. I have Caleb read words and sentences aloud when we come across words he is learning.
SCIENCE/S.S.
These 2 subjects overlapped a lot for us this week. We are continuing to read books about space and the moon, and chart the moon phase on Caleb's calendar. We discussed the moon's orbit around the earth, and Caleb made a flipbook that helped him see why the moon looks different depending on where it is in space. After reading some poems about the moon, Caleb wanted to write one and I suggested he draw a picture to go along with it. He drew the earth and sun, and the moon in between the two, explaining to me that, "It is a full moon because the sun is shining right on it." The words under the picture say, "Moon please be mine. You are the best."
Caleb also made a weather vane that we took outside to see the direction of the wind. Caleb learned how to find North, East, South and West, depending on where the sun comes up and goes down each day. He charted the weather over the course of 3 days, recording the temperature, wind direction, and weather. There wasn't wind on two of the days, and each day was clear and sunny, but it was a good exercise in charting that we will continue to work on. The picture he drew is of himself next to his weather vane on the one windy day.
ART
The project Caleb had the most fun with this week was making birch bark baskets. He used a round piece of birch bark and used a glue gun to attach a leather bottom. He added a feather and bead decoration he made. He uses the basket to collect things we find outside for our nature window. (We have a windowsill where we put things we collect outside that reflect the current season.)
P.E.
Caleb played and exercised at the park and practiced riding bikes (he can now ride training-wheel free!) He didn't attend swimming class this week since his brother was sick and they've both been a little under the weather battling colds. It was a good time to discuss health, caring for bodies, and proper use of medicine.
Caleb completed Lesson 4 and took his test. He started Lesson 5, addition with the number 1. He also liked circling the addition problems on his Addition Fact Sheet. He circles the problems after he has learned them and this reinforces the commutative property of addition, or the fact that 2 + 0 is also 0 + 2. "Look how many math problems I know!"
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on the letters P, Q, and R in his MLB. P was the most fun because together we came up with lots of silly rhymes and phrases that had to do with Pink Pigs and Pumpkin Patches. Caleb wanted to draw a pumpkin patch, as we had just finished reading a book called Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns.
Caleb loves to have books read to him and we read from a collection of stories, more A-Z Mysteries, and more Halloween stories. "The Eyewitness Books are my favorite this week." A friend let us borrow a huge stack of Eyewitness Books. They are from a series of informative non-fiction books, each one being filled with beautiful, fun pictures and focusing on a single science or social studies topic. We read books on whales, oceans, and pirates, to name a few. I have Caleb read words and sentences aloud when we come across words he is learning.
SCIENCE/S.S.
These 2 subjects overlapped a lot for us this week. We are continuing to read books about space and the moon, and chart the moon phase on Caleb's calendar. We discussed the moon's orbit around the earth, and Caleb made a flipbook that helped him see why the moon looks different depending on where it is in space. After reading some poems about the moon, Caleb wanted to write one and I suggested he draw a picture to go along with it. He drew the earth and sun, and the moon in between the two, explaining to me that, "It is a full moon because the sun is shining right on it." The words under the picture say, "Moon please be mine. You are the best."
ART
The project Caleb had the most fun with this week was making birch bark baskets. He used a round piece of birch bark and used a glue gun to attach a leather bottom. He added a feather and bead decoration he made. He uses the basket to collect things we find outside for our nature window. (We have a windowsill where we put things we collect outside that reflect the current season.)
P.E.
Caleb played and exercised at the park and practiced riding bikes (he can now ride training-wheel free!) He didn't attend swimming class this week since his brother was sick and they've both been a little under the weather battling colds. It was a good time to discuss health, caring for bodies, and proper use of medicine.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Week 6
MATH
Caleb completed Lesson 3 and has started Lesson 4, using the addition symbol and adding zero. He did not want to use the blocks much for these lessons; he thinks he can cruise through the worksheets without needing the hands-on manipulatives. Story problems were presented, along with review from previous lessons.
LANGUAGE ARTS
A sad thing happened today for Caleb; his kitty died unexpectedly. Caleb has been pretty upset all day and when I asked him if he wanted to share something he did this week for this blog, he only said, "My kitty died..." In Language Arts, Caleb was to work on the Letter O today and he asked if he could do pictures and words about his cat Tom. There is an O in Tom's name, so it seemed appropriate. Here are the pages he did in his MLB.
Trying to use words with the letter O that related to his kitty, he wrote: lots of fun, tame Tom, so nice, and I love Tom. While talking about O words, he also learned about O being a magic vowel that gets to make two sounds.
Earlier this week he wrote a letter to his grandparents who visited last week, and he did some other letter pages in his MLB. We also have been reading aloud Pippi Longstocking books, Halloween poems, his Highlights magazine that arrived this week, and we started the 1st book in a series called A-Z Mysteries.
SCIENCE
In response to whether or not Caleb would ever walk on the moon, he said, "Nah, I don't want to walk on the moon. I want to be a scientist in the ocean!"
Even if he doesn't want to be an astronaut, we try to keep studying space fun. Caleb learned a song about the planets that helps keep their names in order. We also did stories and colored pictures relating to the planets and the moon. He is continuing to draw in the moon on his calendar as we watch the changes through the moon phase.
We are also keeping a close eye on the seasonal changes happening in nature. Caleb made bird feeders out of pinecones as we discussed birds and migration.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The moon phase study has kept us using and learning about calendars. We are also reading about Halloween and other different celebrations around the world, like All Saint's Day. We are going to start Halloween crafts and projects soon.
ART
Caleb spent some time practicing the recorder (the notes B and A). His art class at Greenwood usually involves a variety of projects. This week he started a project with indian corn, worked with stencils, and painted. Here is Caleb at Greenwood with a picture he made.
P.E.
Caleb has been walking every week with a friend while she walks her dog. He is learning the importance of exercise for both people and animals.
Swimming class continues to be filled with fun while Caleb practices and gets exercise. After his instruction time was over this week, he spent another half an hour snorkeling on his own and then tried out water volleyball with his brother.
Caleb completed Lesson 3 and has started Lesson 4, using the addition symbol and adding zero. He did not want to use the blocks much for these lessons; he thinks he can cruise through the worksheets without needing the hands-on manipulatives. Story problems were presented, along with review from previous lessons.
LANGUAGE ARTS
A sad thing happened today for Caleb; his kitty died unexpectedly. Caleb has been pretty upset all day and when I asked him if he wanted to share something he did this week for this blog, he only said, "My kitty died..." In Language Arts, Caleb was to work on the Letter O today and he asked if he could do pictures and words about his cat Tom. There is an O in Tom's name, so it seemed appropriate. Here are the pages he did in his MLB.
Earlier this week he wrote a letter to his grandparents who visited last week, and he did some other letter pages in his MLB. We also have been reading aloud Pippi Longstocking books, Halloween poems, his Highlights magazine that arrived this week, and we started the 1st book in a series called A-Z Mysteries.
SCIENCE
In response to whether or not Caleb would ever walk on the moon, he said, "Nah, I don't want to walk on the moon. I want to be a scientist in the ocean!"
Even if he doesn't want to be an astronaut, we try to keep studying space fun. Caleb learned a song about the planets that helps keep their names in order. We also did stories and colored pictures relating to the planets and the moon. He is continuing to draw in the moon on his calendar as we watch the changes through the moon phase.
We are also keeping a close eye on the seasonal changes happening in nature. Caleb made bird feeders out of pinecones as we discussed birds and migration.
This is fun! I'm going to feed lots of birds!"
SOCIAL STUDIES
The moon phase study has kept us using and learning about calendars. We are also reading about Halloween and other different celebrations around the world, like All Saint's Day. We are going to start Halloween crafts and projects soon.
ART
Caleb spent some time practicing the recorder (the notes B and A). His art class at Greenwood usually involves a variety of projects. This week he started a project with indian corn, worked with stencils, and painted. Here is Caleb at Greenwood with a picture he made.
P.E.
Caleb has been walking every week with a friend while she walks her dog. He is learning the importance of exercise for both people and animals.
Swimming class continues to be filled with fun while Caleb practices and gets exercise. After his instruction time was over this week, he spent another half an hour snorkeling on his own and then tried out water volleyball with his brother.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Hunter!
Wow! You do look like a hunter! Being a hunter in prehistoric times would be fun as long as there was lots of game and not too much snow!
Nice going on the math test!
I'm wondering how you're going to draw the moon if it's all cloudy this weekend. I wonder if you'll ever have a chance to walk on the moon.
Nice going on the math test!
I'm wondering how you're going to draw the moon if it's all cloudy this weekend. I wonder if you'll ever have a chance to walk on the moon.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Week 5
MATH
Caleb took a test from Lesson 2 and scored 100. He started Lesson 3, which introduces the rest of the unit blocks (Caleb has been using just the 1, 10 and 100 blocks) which is the starting point of addition problems.
LANGUAGE ARTS
I have been reading aloud from a book of both silly and spooky Halloween Poems. We did find another Pippi Longstocking book to read too. Caleb read a phonics book aloud and one day he got to practice spelling words using spellingcity.com, which he really enjoyed. "Hang Mouse is the best game!"
Caleb did some more letters in his MLB, practicing writing words and sentences.
S.S./SCIENCE
We started learning about the moon and the planets in the solar system. For a combined SS/Science project, Caleb made a calendar for the month of October, and each day he draws a picture of what the moon is doing for the day, to track its changes. The calendar gives him good practice with the days of the week, as well as an understanding of the moon's phases. He learned some moon facts, like, "Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon."
We have stayed in the stone age longer than originally planned because Caleb is really enjoying the books we're reading. After learning about the tools that hunters and gatherers made, he was inspired to make his own spear and further explore life in pre-historic times.
ART
Caleb started a leaf project at Greenwood, collecting leaves to make luminaries. He also got to experiment with wet on wet watercolor painting.
P.E.
Caleb went to his weekly swimming class where practiced strokes and breathing while swimming for longer distances.
Caleb took a test from Lesson 2 and scored 100. He started Lesson 3, which introduces the rest of the unit blocks (Caleb has been using just the 1, 10 and 100 blocks) which is the starting point of addition problems.
LANGUAGE ARTS
I have been reading aloud from a book of both silly and spooky Halloween Poems. We did find another Pippi Longstocking book to read too. Caleb read a phonics book aloud and one day he got to practice spelling words using spellingcity.com, which he really enjoyed. "Hang Mouse is the best game!"
Caleb did some more letters in his MLB, practicing writing words and sentences.
S.S./SCIENCE
We started learning about the moon and the planets in the solar system. For a combined SS/Science project, Caleb made a calendar for the month of October, and each day he draws a picture of what the moon is doing for the day, to track its changes. The calendar gives him good practice with the days of the week, as well as an understanding of the moon's phases. He learned some moon facts, like, "Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon."
We have stayed in the stone age longer than originally planned because Caleb is really enjoying the books we're reading. After learning about the tools that hunters and gatherers made, he was inspired to make his own spear and further explore life in pre-historic times.
"I'm a Hunter!"
ART
Caleb started a leaf project at Greenwood, collecting leaves to make luminaries. He also got to experiment with wet on wet watercolor painting.
P.E.
Caleb went to his weekly swimming class where practiced strokes and breathing while swimming for longer distances.
Monday, October 4, 2010
What a great week!
It sure is nice to hear that you enjoyed math for the week.
I really like your "J" word. Maybe you deserve a jawbreaker for that!
I can tell you put a lot of hard work into your ocean lapbook. It looks like you did a very good job!
Living in the Stone Age with Ug does not sound fun!
I really like your "J" word. Maybe you deserve a jawbreaker for that!
I can tell you put a lot of hard work into your ocean lapbook. It looks like you did a very good job!
Living in the Stone Age with Ug does not sound fun!
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