Brogan told me about her school and showed me her previous work in her LA notebook.
Writing - have Brogan write a paragraph telling me about herself then illustrate.
Spelling - copy spelling words to take home…test on Friday.
Reading - begin reading/discussing "Sarah, Plain and Tall"

Brogan and I finished working on her Seasons project. We completed Summer and Fall. She is very creative and enjoyed the open ended project to apply her imaginative ideas. Brogan added 4 more rows to her crochet project, and demonstrated to Morgan how to do it. She also wrote an acrostic poem using the letters in her name. She brainstormed adjectives to best describe her ;Beautiful, Really Creative, Ooh La La, Gorgeous, Artsy, Nice. She used yarn, construction paper, and letter stickers to create an "Adjective Kid" that resembled her to record her acrostic poem on. We had just enough time to finish before lunch.

Brogan is a wonderful, bright little girl. We added two more families to her word family book. We chose a word family, went through alphabetical order, adding a letter(s) in front of the word family at an effort to create words. Once she recorded a list of words, she used those words to form sentences. Brogan worked on crocheting 2 more rows on her project. Brogan participated in a St. Patrick's Day read aloud with her peers. They found a letter from a leprechaun and went around the school on a mission to solve the clues. Collaboratively, they made a special St. Patrick's Day dessert.

Continue working on our four seasons project.
As we work discuss and review what makes the days longer in our summer and shorter in our winter.
Discuss how plants respond to the changes in temperature and precipitation.

Brogan and I practiced several basic yoga poses: cat, downward dog, pigeon, star, mountain, bow, bridge, triangle and twists. We also did a "Hop into Spring" theme, i.e. butterfly, buzzing bee, lotus flower, half moon, and filled out a color sheet with the poses. We then did poses along with "Yoga for Kids" book. I showed her different stretches and bounces using the large exercise balls, and we ended the class with hula hooping. Brogan was an excellent yoga student today and participated fully in class. She was able to do many difficult poses, i.e. king cobra.

Read the myth of Demeter and Persephone
Discuss the four seasons
Introduce vocabulary: equator, Tropic of Cancer,Tropic of Capricorn, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, latitude, longitude, ellipse, orbit
Look at Earth's orbit around the sun
Demonstrate how the tilt of the earth affects how the rays of the sun hit the Earth and how that changes during the year
Craft