Today, Marina watched the Studies Weekly program on "Summer Vacation," since it was her very last session of the year. It called for a Summer Vacation Booklet, which she made using pictures she printed, cut, and pasted. She added sentences, and we edited them a bit, making sure the I's were capitalized, and summer was spelled correctly. She enjoyed the project. Have a great summer break, Marina!
Today Marina began our last session working in her cursive handwriting book. I am sending this home for her to complete over the summer. She then went on to finalize all the details of her wolf project. She printed out a picture of a wolf and labeled the different parts of a wolf's body that help it to adapt and survive in the wild. She also glued on all of her final pictures.
Today Marina continued working on her wolf project for our first session. She added facts she thought were important about wolves to her poster. During out second session, she printed out a wolf for her wolf anatomy section of her project. She read about and started to take notes on the special wolf features and why they are so important for their survival.
Today Marina began our session working on two more pages in her cursive handwriting book. She then went on to do the write ups on her three additional wolf pack members for her project. She read about them and picked out important details. This afternoon she will type up what she wrote with Miss Gina in keyboarding.
Today Marina worked on finding consonant-le syllable words. Marina began with her word sort to find words with this syllable type. Then she found these words in magazines. Marina found that it was a lot easier to find vowel-le syllable words. She often caught herself before cutting out that syllable type. Marina found quite a few words consonant-le syllable words to add to her folder.
Today Marina and I began by playing a multiplication game. Then Marina and I continued working on place value up to the hundred thousands place. Marina and I practiced saying the correct number using her mat and dice. Then we worked on expanded form of these 6 digit numbers. When there was a hole (such as no thousands) it was very tricky for Marina. We completed 2 practice worksheets together. We will continue working a little more on this skill tomorrow. Marina also practiced her multiplication skills while playing Yahtzee. Marina had to multiply her dice of the same value. for example, rolling four 3's, 3X4=12. This also required Marina to add up her final scores. Great work today Marina!
Today Marina began our first session working in her handwriting book. For the rest of our time together, she read about the five types of wolves in her "wolf pack." She took notes on the first one, and recorded them on paper. She then took these notes and turned them into a fact list to add to her poster project.
Today Marina began by making multiplication flashcards for her 6 facts. Marina and I then made a place value board for numbers up to the hundred thousands place. Marina also asked about the 2 periods (ones & thousands) and how we put a comma after every period. Marina and I used this board to write numbers in standard, expanded and written form. Earlier in the year we worked on place value up to the hundreds place. Marina and I completed 2 worksheets together. Marina will continue working on this concept tomorrow. At the end of class we played fast math in the dojo, reviewing her addition, subtraction and multiplication facts. Great work today Marina!
Today Marina continued her end of the year Wilson project! Today she made a folder for open syllable words. These words end with a vowel and are the only vowel in the word. The vowel also had to say its name (long vowel sound). These words were a lot more challenging for Marina to locate in her magazines, than the previous syllable types.
