Saturday, October 8, 2011

B.'s lesson plans Oct. 10-14

FIRE SAFETY WEEK


School Part 1 (After circle time)
History read aloud:
Mon TCOO Ch. 15
Tues Pocahontas-d'Aulaire




Math:
daily: word problem and review set
Mon. Pet store math pg. 16
Tues. Pet store math pg. 17 (make copy of chks. on pg. 18)




School Part 2 (after walk/ outdoor time)
M-Th. daily italic exercise (10 min)


Daily writing exercise:
Mon. Revise "8 interesting facts about Botany" from previous week
Tues. Compare/ contrast the characteristics of a pond vs. a marsh (How are they alike?  Different?)
Wed. 
Thurs. Revised story of early American explorers from previous week


Silent reading (30 min.)
M-Th. Thimble Summer


School Part 3 (After lunch)


M-Tues. Typing exercise till children are lying down
M-Tues. Oral narrations from silent reading
M-Tues. Sequential spelling exercise


Mon. A&P 24-26 and experiment, narrate; sp. wisdom ex. 5; words on the vine (after Z1)
Tues. Art lesson 195
Wed.
Thurs. 
Fri.  Geog: label continents, oceans and states


Zoology 1
Mon. pgs. 12-14, narrate; and show me your s.s. sheet from your experiment!
Tues. 15-17 and narrate


Friday schedule: 

music lessons, picture study, scripture/ vocab review
nature walk
lunch
art lesson (your choice)
mapwork-continents, oceans, land masses (and several new ones) and states

*Trip to Philadelphia (Old City) Wed. Oct. 12 included a tour of the city by land and water via "Ride the Duck" tour, as well as learning about/ viewing such historic locations as the liberty bell, Ben Franklin's grave, the Betsy Ross house, and much more.

Thursday, Oct. 13 Breaden worked toward his Boyscout Tenderfoot badge while helping his aunt Elena move into her new apt.