Catching up on my blogging of the school work. We've been working on lapbooks again. The girls are really responding to those. Serena has started lapbooks for the states she has been learning about. Aleah has been working on numbers/letters/colors.
So an update for today. Serena finished her Alabama lapbook. Gotta work on gluing neatly! It's a little messy due to that, but she did a great job. She can recall most of the facts she learned as well. The lapbook also covered parts that her workbook did not so she learned extra things.
Aleah has completed 2 lapbooks since I last blogged. She did the number 1 and today she did a lapbook on colors.
I won't go into detail here on the blog, because I really need to get everything written down in the lesson plan books and grade books, but things are going great!
Yesterday, Monday Aug. 29, 11, was an off day due to the fact that Serena had a midday eye appointment. She will be getting reading glasses, a very low prescription, to help her with smaller font. But we worked on Sunday afternoon to make up for missing yesterday.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
August 24, 2011
Day 3 of lapbooks. Today Serena finished up her lapbook on Mammals. She did really well and we'll certainly refer back to it for refreshing her on the subject. Aleah has completed 3 lapbooks. She did letters Z and K and the number 8. We'll also continue to use her books as well. The girls loved this addition to school.
Aleah's Lapbooks
Serena's Lapbook
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Week of 8.23 - 8.26
This week we are working on lapbooks. Serena is working on one about mammals as a follow up to her lessons for the last 3 weeks. Aleah is doing smaller lapbooks on various letters and numbers.
This method of learning is going really well. The girls are enjoying the entire process! I'll be posting photos of the finished products at the end of the week!
I am thinking of doing 3 weeks of lessons followed by a week of lapbooking to review the three weeks main studies!
This method of learning is going really well. The girls are enjoying the entire process! I'll be posting photos of the finished products at the end of the week!
I am thinking of doing 3 weeks of lessons followed by a week of lapbooking to review the three weeks main studies!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Aug 16, 2011 - Aug 18, 2011
Ok, I'm combining three days work into this blog because time simply got away from me and I didn't get to blog the girls school work.
For the last 3 school days (16, 17, & 18) this is what the girls have done.
Serena
16th
Spelling: at family, ad family all family, an family
Reading Skills: Using clues for story numbering. Color Words. Using Clues to deduce a pictures answers. Making a Poem. Rhyme and Riddles using clues to find the answer. Reading a story and answering the question about the story.
Math: addition, adding tens and ones,
17th
Spelling: Short i sounds, Word Search for short i words,
Animal Science : Kangaroo, Lion, Panda, Tiger, Koala, Birds
Math: Subraction,
Time, Money, and Fractions : Nickel (counting by 5's)
18th
Spelling: Short O sounds, Crossword with Short O words
Animal Science: Eagle, Flamingo, Hummingbird
Math: Subtraction (Finished Subtraction Review Section)
Time, Money, and Fractions: Dime and Quarter (counting by 10's and 25's), Fractions of a Set,
Aleah (On the 17th she had a free day) She hasn't been in the school frame of mind this week, and since she is really just in prep for starting next year I have let her choose how much work. Some days it's a lot, some days not so much.
16th
Colors : Pink
Sorting by Color : Red, Yellow, and Green. This consisted of coloring the images correctly. Cutting and pasting according to the directions.
Letters and Sounds : Yy
Reading Readiness : Same and Different
18th
What starts with Xx and Yy
Matching Lowercase Letters
Matching Upper and Lowercase to each other.
Serena did very well once again with her work. It did take some coaxing on some days to get her in the frame of mind to do her work, but it wasn't a huge task. Doing Science and Social Studies after she does the things she dislikes the most gives her something to look forward to.
For the last 3 school days (16, 17, & 18) this is what the girls have done.
Serena
16th
Spelling: at family, ad family all family, an family
Reading Skills: Using clues for story numbering. Color Words. Using Clues to deduce a pictures answers. Making a Poem. Rhyme and Riddles using clues to find the answer. Reading a story and answering the question about the story.
Math: addition, adding tens and ones,
17th
Spelling: Short i sounds, Word Search for short i words,
Animal Science : Kangaroo, Lion, Panda, Tiger, Koala, Birds
Math: Subraction,
Time, Money, and Fractions : Nickel (counting by 5's)
18th
Spelling: Short O sounds, Crossword with Short O words
Animal Science: Eagle, Flamingo, Hummingbird
Math: Subtraction (Finished Subtraction Review Section)
Time, Money, and Fractions: Dime and Quarter (counting by 10's and 25's), Fractions of a Set,
Aleah (On the 17th she had a free day) She hasn't been in the school frame of mind this week, and since she is really just in prep for starting next year I have let her choose how much work. Some days it's a lot, some days not so much.
16th
Colors : Pink
Sorting by Color : Red, Yellow, and Green. This consisted of coloring the images correctly. Cutting and pasting according to the directions.
Letters and Sounds : Yy
Reading Readiness : Same and Different
18th
What starts with Xx and Yy
Matching Lowercase Letters
Matching Upper and Lowercase to each other.
Serena did very well once again with her work. It did take some coaxing on some days to get her in the frame of mind to do her work, but it wasn't a huge task. Doing Science and Social Studies after she does the things she dislikes the most gives her something to look forward to.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Aug 15, 2011
Serena
Spelling
Reading Skills
**Did a lot of these two subjects today. She did very well with her reading skills. Spelling she did well, but really does not like it!
Aleah
Colors : Black & Brown
Patterns: with Movement, Sounds, Matching patterns with objects, shapes, and Ladder Patterns
Pre-Writing
Letter C objects
Social Studies : Over and Under
Spelling
Reading Skills
**Did a lot of these two subjects today. She did very well with her reading skills. Spelling she did well, but really does not like it!
Aleah
Colors : Black & Brown
Patterns: with Movement, Sounds, Matching patterns with objects, shapes, and Ladder Patterns
Pre-Writing
Letter C objects
Social Studies : Over and Under
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011
Today we began the day with letting Serena read a book aloud. She read "Are You My Mother?" by Dr. Seuss.
Then we had art. This is Serena's drawing in the photo. She wanted to give the original to her daddy, so I'm documenting it here. She gave it a title and everything.
Aleah is working on her 3rd or 4th drawing now! Here are 3 of her drawings.
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| Caterpillars in love while fishes jump By Serena Powell |
Aleah is working on her 3rd or 4th drawing now! Here are 3 of her drawings.
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| Strawberry Shortcake : I'm Glad I love my Friends so Much! By Aleah |
Strawberry Shortcake : I'm glad I love my friends so much
By Aleah
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| I'm Glad I love all my Flower Friends By Aleah |
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| I'm Glad I love my Bird Friends By Aleah Apparently Aleah has "love" on the brain today! |
Then we had lunch.
Serena
Math : Fractions
Telling Time
Short e review
Crossword using short e words
Spent a lot of time on Fractions since this was the most needed area.
Aleah
Pre-Writing
Letter : Xx
Matching Capital Letters
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
August 10, 2011
Serena
Math - only mirror imaged one number!
Social Studies - US States - Arkansas
Animal Science
Did very well today with taking care to get her numbers and letters correct when writing. Struggled with reading some today.
Aleah
Colors - Orange and Green
Writing Practice - Aa
Math - Biggest/Smallest & Shortest/Tallest Identification
Science - Fast and Slow
Today they both seemed to be a little off in focusing, but did well in spite of that.
Math - only mirror imaged one number!
Social Studies - US States - Arkansas
Animal Science
Did very well today with taking care to get her numbers and letters correct when writing. Struggled with reading some today.
Aleah
Colors - Orange and Green
Writing Practice - Aa
Math - Biggest/Smallest & Shortest/Tallest Identification
Science - Fast and Slow
Today they both seemed to be a little off in focusing, but did well in spite of that.
August 9, 2011
Typing this up the day after.
Today the girls did GREAT! It was a rough start with trying to get them motivated so I gave them chill time with their library books and just let them have some quiet time. Later we shifted into school mode and they were finally ready to learn!
Serena
Library Book / Quiet Time
Read aloud 2 of her level 2 Click N Kids Books with minimal errors.
Penmanship - Did an excellent job practicing her writing!
Spelling / Phonics - Ending sounds b, d, f, l, r, x
Short a sounds.
More spelling reviews.
Social Studies - United States of America studies - Arizona
She did very well today. Spending a lot of time focusing on her problem areas seems to be working. Also letting her work at a pace she chooses keeps her from stressing and her dyslexic problems aren't as pronounced. We still keep the Alphabet chart and Number chart in front of her for referencing at all times so that she doesn't mirror image letters and numbers as often. Being able to refer to something helps her tremendously.
Aleah
Color - Yellow (DID A FANTASTIC JOB on staying within the lines! VERY focused today!)
Shapes - Square - Was very creative with her coloring!
Patterns - with objects
Today she was instructed to cut out the objects and glue them into the correct pattern sequence. She did 3 pages on her own after she was shown the correct way on 2 problems. She did an excellent job cutting by herself as well as gluing and identifying the patterns on her own!
Letter B - Objects that begin with B
I was very pleased with the effort and attentiveness of the girls today!
Today the girls did GREAT! It was a rough start with trying to get them motivated so I gave them chill time with their library books and just let them have some quiet time. Later we shifted into school mode and they were finally ready to learn!
Serena
Library Book / Quiet Time
Read aloud 2 of her level 2 Click N Kids Books with minimal errors.
Penmanship - Did an excellent job practicing her writing!
Spelling / Phonics - Ending sounds b, d, f, l, r, x
Short a sounds.
More spelling reviews.
Social Studies - United States of America studies - Arizona
She did very well today. Spending a lot of time focusing on her problem areas seems to be working. Also letting her work at a pace she chooses keeps her from stressing and her dyslexic problems aren't as pronounced. We still keep the Alphabet chart and Number chart in front of her for referencing at all times so that she doesn't mirror image letters and numbers as often. Being able to refer to something helps her tremendously.
Aleah
Color - Yellow (DID A FANTASTIC JOB on staying within the lines! VERY focused today!)
Shapes - Square - Was very creative with her coloring!
Patterns - with objects
Today she was instructed to cut out the objects and glue them into the correct pattern sequence. She did 3 pages on her own after she was shown the correct way on 2 problems. She did an excellent job cutting by herself as well as gluing and identifying the patterns on her own!
Letter B - Objects that begin with B
I was very pleased with the effort and attentiveness of the girls today!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Aug 8, 2011
Today was computer classes and reading.
Serena did 30 minutes of online work Click N Kids. This was 2 lessons with phonic sounds, sound families, blended sounds, and sight words.
She then read the Click N Kids books in book 1 compilation. These are 10 short stories focusing on rhyming and sight words.
Aleah worked on Starfall.com. I let her choose what areas she wanted to do work in. She spent more than an hour working on this website going over colors, rhyming, and spelling on her own at her own pace.
Serena did 30 minutes of online work Click N Kids. This was 2 lessons with phonic sounds, sound families, blended sounds, and sight words.
She then read the Click N Kids books in book 1 compilation. These are 10 short stories focusing on rhyming and sight words.
Aleah worked on Starfall.com. I let her choose what areas she wanted to do work in. She spent more than an hour working on this website going over colors, rhyming, and spelling on her own at her own pace.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Aug 5, 2011
Today we are taking a trip to the library. The girls will choose their reading material for next week and I will be looking for things to add to the lessons and such. Hopefully we'll have great luck at finding what we need!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Aug 4, 2011
Today is a rainy day. We're all moving a little slower, but school must be done! So here goes!
Serena
Pop Quiz - 90
*Did really well! Proud of her! She missed only 2 regular questions but she got the bonus question correct bringing her back from an 80 to a 90! Pop Question was on time. She has only spent a few minutes on time so I was really surprised she got it correct!
Penmanship practice
Beginning Sounds Review : f, j, l, m, r, v, y
Math Review - Addition and Subtraction with objects and without
Reading Skills - Story Pictures and Story Order
Social Studies - Continuing with States : Reviewed Alabama. Learned about Alaska.
Science - Animals
Money
Time : Half hour
Aleah
Pop Quiz - A
*Aleah is a typical 3 yr old. But she did get the concept of what she was doing. Her work wasn't perfect, but again, she's only 3!
Colors - What is Blue?
Shapes - Square
Patterns - Colors and Shapes
Pre-Writing - Circles
Early Math - Big and Small
Early Science - Forward and Backward Identification
Serena
Pop Quiz - 90
*Did really well! Proud of her! She missed only 2 regular questions but she got the bonus question correct bringing her back from an 80 to a 90! Pop Question was on time. She has only spent a few minutes on time so I was really surprised she got it correct!
Penmanship practice
Beginning Sounds Review : f, j, l, m, r, v, y
Math Review - Addition and Subtraction with objects and without
Reading Skills - Story Pictures and Story Order
Social Studies - Continuing with States : Reviewed Alabama. Learned about Alaska.
Science - Animals
Money
Time : Half hour
Aleah
Pop Quiz - A
*Aleah is a typical 3 yr old. But she did get the concept of what she was doing. Her work wasn't perfect, but again, she's only 3!
Colors - What is Blue?
Shapes - Square
Patterns - Colors and Shapes
Pre-Writing - Circles
Early Math - Big and Small
Early Science - Forward and Backward Identification
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
August 3, 2011
Girls are really grasping the point system for rewards! Did their morning chores with no arguing today! Great job girls!
Serena
** Keeping a chart with the Alphabet and Numbers in front of her helps her to not mirror image her letters/numbers. She did complain of her eyes focusing funny today.
Math : equal parts of an object review
Time : learning to read time
**Got bored with this WAY too fast. Need to figure out a method she'll keep interest in!
Science : The Animal Kingdom
Mammals : what makes them mammals
Math : Subraction review
Subtraction using a number line
Aleah
Science : Learning Up and Down
** Gets bored FAST with the coloring she has to do so she scribbles through it. Not that she can't color nice and neat within the lines, she can, but I believe she would rather move on to a new topic rather than color as the instructions tell her to do.
Aleah's attention only lasted about an hour if that today. Still not bad for a 3 yr. old!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
August 2, 2011
Serena
Review - Sums Definition
Math - Addition
Social Studies - State of Alabama
--Capital, State Bird, State Flower, State Nickname
Sight Words - Flash Cards of 100 words. Score 47%.
** Most of words missed she can read in a sentence. Individual words seem to be a problem.
Aleah
Left to Right - Tracing line shapes from left to right
Math - Big and Small identify
Science - Weather - snowy, sunny, rainy. Identify and connect correct pictures to word/image
Flash Cards - Colors, Shapes, and Numbers
**Much better work today. Focused well. Writing her name is going great!
Also did Music Time
Review - Sums Definition
Math - Addition
Social Studies - State of Alabama
--Capital, State Bird, State Flower, State Nickname
Sight Words - Flash Cards of 100 words. Score 47%.
** Most of words missed she can read in a sentence. Individual words seem to be a problem.
Aleah
Left to Right - Tracing line shapes from left to right
Math - Big and Small identify
Science - Weather - snowy, sunny, rainy. Identify and connect correct pictures to word/image
Flash Cards - Colors, Shapes, and Numbers
**Much better work today. Focused well. Writing her name is going great!
Also did Music Time
Monday, August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011 - First day of school for 2011-2012 School Year
Starting today with reviewing old topics. Also implementing the new chore and good behavior reward system. The girls are excited about the new year.
Serena
Did a review on penmanship.
Reading directions aloud.
Filling in the missing letter of a word
Spelling
Beginning sounds : b, c, d, g, h, n, p, s
Addition
Oral/Visual Review : Letters and short words
Aleah
Color Red - color
What is a Circle - trace and color
Circle's are Different sizes - trace and color
Finding and Completing Patterns
Pre-Writing Shapes
Letter A
Art
Following Directions
Taking Turns
Serena
Did a review on penmanship.
Reading directions aloud.
Filling in the missing letter of a word
Spelling
Beginning sounds : b, c, d, g, h, n, p, s
Addition
Oral/Visual Review : Letters and short words
Aleah
Color Red - color
What is a Circle - trace and color
Circle's are Different sizes - trace and color
Finding and Completing Patterns
Pre-Writing Shapes
Letter A
Art
Following Directions
Taking Turns
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| Aleah practicing writing. |
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| Serena doing a great job reading! |
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| Circles! |
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| Showing off her work! 3 yrs old. |
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| So proud of my baby and how her reading has improved! |
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| Working hard! |
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| Calendar, chore point chart, and art display |
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| Reading math directions. |
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| My girls! |
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| Letter A and coloring! |
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| Math Review - Addition |
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