I liked the sledding picture you drew. Sledding is one of my favorite things to do, except I don't like the bumps as much as I used to!
Have you ever heard of a platypus?
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Capitalization
It's good to use a capital letter for names because it makes the person feel special! If you don't give me a capital letter I feel small.
I liked the sledding picture you drew. Sledding is one of my favorite things to do, except I don't like the bumps as much as I used to!
Have you ever heard of a platypus?
How would you sort this crazy critter?
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
I liked the sledding picture you drew. Sledding is one of my favorite things to do, except I don't like the bumps as much as I used to!
Have you ever heard of a platypus?
Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Week 15
MATH
Caleb took a Unit 1 test, which covered all the material he has learned in Lessons 1 - 10. Then, Lesson 11 covered the shapes circles and triangles. Caleb learned that triangles can be all different sizes as long as they have 3 points and 3 sides. He practiced counting by 2's and also practiced the addition facts he has already learned. He is going to take the Lesson 11 test tomorrow.
LANGUAGE ARTS
In addition to learning word endings, Caleb also practiced handwriting. He is trying to remember to use uppercase letters for the first letter of names and lowercase for the rest. The picture shows a sheet he did, practicing with the names of his family members. He drew a winter picture: "It shows me and my brother sledding down a big hill. Smiley got buried in the snow and hopefully he's alright. I'm glad it's just a picture!" He wrote a sentence to go with it. Caleb also practiced reading in his early-reader books.
SCIENCE
Caleb did more work sorting things. He enjoyed an animal card game very much, discovering animals can be sorted many different ways and some fit into more than one group. He sorted the cards into animals with feathers, spots, tails, wings, and various colors, mammals, insects, carnivores, and animals his little brother thinks are cute. We also played a game that puts animals into their correct habitat. This picture show Caleb after winning a round with woodland animals.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued to work with Washington state maps, practicing finding directions, and reading and identifying the icons in the legends.
Preparing for Christmas has given us a chance to read about holiday traditions and Christmas stories.
ART
Caleb had a lot of fun this week doing different art projects. With friends he made salt clay which they shaped into holiday ornaments, and then dried and painted. At art class the kids learned how to make wreaths out of fresh evergreen branches and other natural decorations. This is Caleb with his wreath he brought home. It looks lovely on our wall!
P.E.
Mild winter weather gave Caleb a chance to play outdoors this week and go on a walk.
Caleb took a Unit 1 test, which covered all the material he has learned in Lessons 1 - 10. Then, Lesson 11 covered the shapes circles and triangles. Caleb learned that triangles can be all different sizes as long as they have 3 points and 3 sides. He practiced counting by 2's and also practiced the addition facts he has already learned. He is going to take the Lesson 11 test tomorrow.
LANGUAGE ARTS
In addition to learning word endings, Caleb also practiced handwriting. He is trying to remember to use uppercase letters for the first letter of names and lowercase for the rest. The picture shows a sheet he did, practicing with the names of his family members. He drew a winter picture: "It shows me and my brother sledding down a big hill. Smiley got buried in the snow and hopefully he's alright. I'm glad it's just a picture!" He wrote a sentence to go with it. Caleb also practiced reading in his early-reader books.
SCIENCE
Caleb did more work sorting things. He enjoyed an animal card game very much, discovering animals can be sorted many different ways and some fit into more than one group. He sorted the cards into animals with feathers, spots, tails, wings, and various colors, mammals, insects, carnivores, and animals his little brother thinks are cute. We also played a game that puts animals into their correct habitat. This picture show Caleb after winning a round with woodland animals.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued to work with Washington state maps, practicing finding directions, and reading and identifying the icons in the legends.
Preparing for Christmas has given us a chance to read about holiday traditions and Christmas stories.
ART
Caleb had a lot of fun this week doing different art projects. With friends he made salt clay which they shaped into holiday ornaments, and then dried and painted. At art class the kids learned how to make wreaths out of fresh evergreen branches and other natural decorations. This is Caleb with his wreath he brought home. It looks lovely on our wall!
P.E.
Mild winter weather gave Caleb a chance to play outdoors this week and go on a walk.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Great Map!
I really like your map of Washington! Isn't it funny how the Columbia River winds all over Eastern Washington, but then all of a sudden goes pretty much straight? The state looks pretty small on paper, but it sure takes a long time to drive across!
The lesson on how snow can change looked fun. Now, do you think you could turn it from a gas back into snow?! That would be a little bit harder, wouldn't it?
You sure do a good job on your drawings! They are very colorful!
I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
The lesson on how snow can change looked fun. Now, do you think you could turn it from a gas back into snow?! That would be a little bit harder, wouldn't it?
You sure do a good job on your drawings! They are very colorful!
I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Week 14
MATH
Caleb finished Lesson 10 and took his test. He practiced addition with 8's and 9's. Each page in the lesson also included story problems and solving for the unknown.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on word endings EG, EN, ET, and EW, writing and reading words and stories with the word endings. In his MLB he was to make-up sentences with words he learned. He made one funny (The cat pushed the vet to get wet) and one to go with a picture (The cat was wet with dew) and he made them both about cats.
Caleb continues to practice reading aloud and sounding out words as best he can and enjoyed listening to stories too. "50 Degrees below zero was the funniest story. I love funny stories and scary stories"
SCIENCE
Caleb started learning about sorting and classifying. He practiced sorting items throughout the house and also had fun discovering a variety of science sorting games online at http://science.pppst.com/sorting.html.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued to use maps to take pretend trips, this time using a map of Washington State. He recognized airports, train tracks, and waterways, in addition to roads, and included them in the stories of his fun routes. He drew his own map of Washington, trying to get the approximate shape and a few important features, like the forest mountain ranges, the Columbia River, and his own house and his grandparents house on the other side of the state.
ART
In art class, the students worked on holiday decorations. Caleb also did some water coloring painting.
P.E.
Caleb enjoyed a few of the cold, cold, but sunny days outside this week, going on walks (and sliding on icing sidewalks) and playing with friends.
Caleb finished Lesson 10 and took his test. He practiced addition with 8's and 9's. Each page in the lesson also included story problems and solving for the unknown.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on word endings EG, EN, ET, and EW, writing and reading words and stories with the word endings. In his MLB he was to make-up sentences with words he learned. He made one funny (The cat pushed the vet to get wet) and one to go with a picture (The cat was wet with dew) and he made them both about cats.
Caleb continues to practice reading aloud and sounding out words as best he can and enjoyed listening to stories too. "50 Degrees below zero was the funniest story. I love funny stories and scary stories"
SCIENCE
Caleb started learning about sorting and classifying. He practiced sorting items throughout the house and also had fun discovering a variety of science sorting games online at http://science.pppst.com/sorting.html.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Caleb continued to use maps to take pretend trips, this time using a map of Washington State. He recognized airports, train tracks, and waterways, in addition to roads, and included them in the stories of his fun routes. He drew his own map of Washington, trying to get the approximate shape and a few important features, like the forest mountain ranges, the Columbia River, and his own house and his grandparents house on the other side of the state.
ART
In art class, the students worked on holiday decorations. Caleb also did some water coloring painting.
P.E.
Caleb enjoyed a few of the cold, cold, but sunny days outside this week, going on walks (and sliding on icing sidewalks) and playing with friends.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Week 13
MATH
Caleb took his test for Lesson 9. He did really well understanding how to add 9. We spent a day reviewing counting by 2's, forward and backward, to prepare him for the next lesson which teaches adding 8. He did the first few pages of Lesson 10 this week. He caught on to the concept that adding 8 is the same as adding 10, then taking away 2.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on word endings, including AT, AY, AW, and ED. He also took a spelling test reviewing previously learned words. The picture shows his words for the AY story, where he drew a sun and wrote AY words on each sun ray, and his ED words.
Caleb enjoyed reading stories this week, and read a lot out of his Highlights magazines. They are filled with short stories, funny poems, non-fiction articles, and jokes. "'Dear Arizona' is the best; she is really funny."
SCIENCE
Caleb did some more work with the three phases of matter, making a wheel worksheet and listening to a book. To wrap up the lessons he watched how snow can become all three things.
"I filled up a pot with snow, and it was solid. I put it on the stove and let it melt. It turned to steam which is gas, and it became liquid water too!"
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our lessons reading maps this week were with local county maps. We started with the location of our house and would take imaginary trips down the roads to different spots we were familiar with. Caleb had fun making up long out-of-the-way routes that traveled all over the county. He learned about map legends, and how maps use symbols to show people where to find things. He drew symbols in his book from the county map we were using. They symbols included campsites, fishing spots, airports, hiking, and more. He also made up an imaginary town with roads going all over the place, and then drew in symbols from his legend. He likes to tell stories about his maps.
ART
Caleb started some seasonal art projects, including making candle decorations that we'll use for upcoming holiday events. He also worked on making toy dolls, where he learned to stitch felt pieces together.
P.E.
Caleb is taking time off from swimming for the winter, but he didn't lack in time to exercise outside. He loves the snow and spent time playing outdoor games in the snow with friends. He also did lots of sledding with his brother and hiking around our property to check out his bird feeders and see how different everything looks covered in white.
Caleb took his test for Lesson 9. He did really well understanding how to add 9. We spent a day reviewing counting by 2's, forward and backward, to prepare him for the next lesson which teaches adding 8. He did the first few pages of Lesson 10 this week. He caught on to the concept that adding 8 is the same as adding 10, then taking away 2.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Caleb worked on word endings, including AT, AY, AW, and ED. He also took a spelling test reviewing previously learned words. The picture shows his words for the AY story, where he drew a sun and wrote AY words on each sun ray, and his ED words.
Caleb enjoyed reading stories this week, and read a lot out of his Highlights magazines. They are filled with short stories, funny poems, non-fiction articles, and jokes. "'Dear Arizona' is the best; she is really funny."
SCIENCE
Caleb did some more work with the three phases of matter, making a wheel worksheet and listening to a book. To wrap up the lessons he watched how snow can become all three things.
"I filled up a pot with snow, and it was solid. I put it on the stove and let it melt. It turned to steam which is gas, and it became liquid water too!"
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our lessons reading maps this week were with local county maps. We started with the location of our house and would take imaginary trips down the roads to different spots we were familiar with. Caleb had fun making up long out-of-the-way routes that traveled all over the county. He learned about map legends, and how maps use symbols to show people where to find things. He drew symbols in his book from the county map we were using. They symbols included campsites, fishing spots, airports, hiking, and more. He also made up an imaginary town with roads going all over the place, and then drew in symbols from his legend. He likes to tell stories about his maps.
ART
Caleb started some seasonal art projects, including making candle decorations that we'll use for upcoming holiday events. He also worked on making toy dolls, where he learned to stitch felt pieces together.
P.E.
Caleb is taking time off from swimming for the winter, but he didn't lack in time to exercise outside. He loves the snow and spent time playing outdoor games in the snow with friends. He also did lots of sledding with his brother and hiking around our property to check out his bird feeders and see how different everything looks covered in white.
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