Thursday, March 8, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Comprehensive Curriculum workbook-2 pages reading comprehension,
*Read and Understand Fiction Workbook-contemporary realistic fiction story & questions. 
*Silent Reading-HG Wells' The Time Machine
*DK Math workbook-Rounding Whole Numbers,Comparing Fractions,
*She wrote a short story about the moon and illustrated it.  Very cute.
*We read chapter 23 in The Story of the World (Volume 2)
*We read chapter 21 in Eight Cousins.
*coloring Rodger Burrows Images 4: The Ultimate Coloring Experience.  

Jacob-we watched two you tube movies on the heart, a video of Old MacDonald, The Insy Binsy Spider,and one on teeth-brushing (then everyone listened to a little Putamaya Kids music).   we sang along.  Jacob also narrated his story about the man in the moon, inspired by our observing the moon last night coming home from Girl Scouts.  I had him draw a picture to illustrate it. 
Timothy-Narrated his story about the Man in the Moon, ran around playing in the backyard and in the mud and with rocks, swung on the tree and rode his bike on the sidewalk.  He also drew a picture to illustrate his story.
Justin-Narrated his story about the Man in the Moon, ran around playing in the backyard and played in the mud, rocks, and swung on the tree.  Also had a conversation with the mailman.  He also drew a picture to illustrate his story.  We read Oh Say Can You Say by Dr. Suess.