Arianna and I continued to explore graphs. Today she played the teacher and asked me to graph, count, and analyze the graphs. She loved playing teacher!
Gracyn started off the day reviewing her spelling words. Today she drew pictures of the words. Then we wrote about the luckiest day of her life. She said it was the day she went to the Breakers for her birthday. The. We played a fun St. Patrick's Day game. She had to explore the school to find people who were wearing green, have a March birthday, are Irish, etc. She also had to think of a word for each letter in the word Leprechaun. In Bible we read John 3:16 and she drew a picture of the cross with hearts all around it!!
Finish up Chapter 13 test. Review 100 chart and what number comes before or after a number. Addition and subtraction practice and math board games using strategy skills.
Read the story " There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover". Discuss story and compare to original "Old Lady Story" what was the same? what was different? In this story the old lady swallows a clover, daisy, butterfly, bird, fiddle, a pot and gold. What does the old lady do at the end- have student predict how the story will end. Draw a rainbow - like the one the old lady created with all the stuff she swallowed. Talk about leprechauns, clovers and rainbows.
Reading Eggs on the computer- next lesson and read a story from the lesson.
Raz Kids - Arianna first listens to story - (level A) and then she reads it on her own.
Discuss springtime weather and how plants grow- check on our flowers growing outside.
Read the story " There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover". Discuss story and compare to original "Old Lady Story" what was the same? what was different? In this story the old lady swallows a clover, daisy, butterfly, bird, fiddle, a pot and gold. What does the old lady do at the end- have student predict how the story will end.
Draw a rainbow - like the one the old lady created with all the stuff she swallowed. Talk about leprechauns, clovers and rainbows.
We did morning circle and talked about the month and day of the week. We worked on Arianna's Easter countdown activity. Read level C book together - Going on an Easter egg hunt. Complete activity pages about the story. In science we continued on animals and how they move and live. We worked on Reading Eggs on the computer.
Morning Circle time including calendar, weather, month and date.
Read " There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover". Talk about the old lady, clover, leprechaun and the pot of gold. Draw and color a picture about Arianna's favorite part of the story. Practice writing alphabet letters. Reading Eggs lesson on computer.
Math lesson review - continue with value and adding coins up. Different ways to make change and add money using different kinds of coins. Take first half of Math test for this unit. Play bingo math coin game.
Morning Circle time included calendar, weather, month and date. Read a level A book and also complete comprehension worksheets on the story. Work on making bunny ears for spring and discuss springtime and how the plants grow. Go check the garden area for the seeds we planted.Discuss how they are growing and water the seedlings lightly.
Write and draw a picture about the seeds we planted and how they will grow. Work on Reading Eggs on the computer - next lesson .
Arianna and I continued to learn about graphs. Today we walked around the school surveying students and teachers. We asked questions like white or wheat bread, white or chocolate milk, and soup or sandwich? Arianna LOVED this! She tallied the results and then graphed them. Then we observed the results. We compared the two and decided which was chosen the most. After math we returned to her Easter Bunny Craft and completed the basket. She shared it with her friends at school!
