Stephen absent - Calendar, Anna, Quinn - 'i' as medial sound, reading lists of words with 'a,o, i' short medial sound, worksheet matching words to pictures. Oliver - reviewed initial sound of 'b' and Practiced printing 'b'. Quinn/Anna - adding leaves to shamrocks to determine how many more than three they had then. Oliver -counting worksheet. Read three short stories about leprechauns- everyone created their own leprechaun, drew a picture, and dictated a short description of their leprechaun. Mixed paint colors to create different shades of green. Sophia's birthday party.
Calendar, Anna, Quinn - 'i' as medial sound. Gwendolyn and Anna each read a Wright book. Quinn read sentences and put them in chronological order to form a short paragraph. Anna, Gwen,Quinn played Dragon board game with sight words. Oliver - reviewed initial sounds of c.o. b,. Practiced printing 'b'. Everyone practiced printing their names. Discussed St.Patrick's Day - man named St. Patrick taught the Irish about his religion using a white 3-leaf clover, called a shamrock. It is considered lucky but a 4-leaf clover is unusual so many people think that it is even luckier. Discussed legends of leprechauns. Traced shamrocks. Anatomy - discussed parts of the body. Labeled a picture of a body. Played game 'Operation'. Measuring using an inch ruler.
Calendar, made a book for Shihan, had a birthday party for Shihan. Read 'Karate Queen'. Took a long walk. Gwendolyn - read two stories on Starfall.com. Anna read Wright book. Quinn read sentence strips and sentence worksheet. Anna, Gwen,Quinn played Dragon board game with sight words. Stephen/Oliver Initial sound match game on kids heart.com. Everyone practiced printing numbers and their names. Read 'Leprechaun Wishes' and acted it out together.
Oliver taught us songs from 'Hello Dolly'. Played with dress-up box.
Calendar,Placed days sand months in order, Oliver/Stephen - reviewed initial sounds of C and O. introduced 'c' as final sound - worksheet on initial/final sound of 'c'. Quinn/Anna/Gwendolyn - reviewed medial sound of a and o. Gwendolyn - read final story in SRA Level A and did comprehension worksheet. Quinn/Anna - reviewed new nonsense word list. Anna read Wright book. Reviewed five senses - discussed difference between touch and taste - how do we taste with lips, tongue, throat? observed illustration of taste buds on the tongue. Put lollipop on different parts of tongue to determine if there was a difference. Read them "I Knew an Old Woman', sang song and acted it out.
Calendar, Put months in chronological order, everyone practiced printing names with upper and lowercase letters (Gwen on primary lined paper). Gwen and Anna still having difficulty with lowercase 'n'. Gwen and Anna read Leap Frog books. Quinn read sentence strips. Stephen/Oliver initial sound Leap Frog letters. Reviewed five senses - tasted lemon juice, water, grape juice, salt, sugar crystals when blindfolded - tried to determine which pudding was chocolate, vanilla, and which chips were chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch, or peanut butter. Introduced measuring length by comparisons using cubes, string, hands, etc. Graphed results on charts. Gwendolyn practiced addition through 7. Listened to the story Lionetti Spaghetti and did comprehension sheet. Sang songs and played rhythm instruments.
