Friday, May 23, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Field Trip day!   Mayfair Discovery Day!

Jay Smar –he history of coal mining in Northeastern PA is taught through getting kids involved in old-timey music, flat-footing (clog-dancing), and the use of old-time musical instruments.

 Playground & Dance Songs – Dave Fry –Trained in early childhood music, Dave is recognized as a Teaching Artist in PA. He entertains kids with silly songs, old favorites, rock n’ roll, and play songs that capture the joy of making music, and shares instruments with the kids.

Splash, the Water Dude – Ray Owen –
Sail through a world filled with pirates, beaches, submarines, castaways, bathtubs, boats and mythical sea creatures.
Yogi Dance –
A yoga-based exercise program for kids combining yoga and hula hooping to improve balance, flexibility, strength and stress-coping capabilities.

Creepy Crawlers in the Garden with Penn State Extension Master Gardeners – Friday 11:00 – 7:00
The Master Gardeners will have fun activities to teach children about the importance of pollinators and other wild things in the garden.
Scribble Bots and Keva Blocks with Da Vinci Science Center – Friday 10:00-3:00 and Saturday 11:00 – 3:00
Children will learn about homemade robots that color all on their own, and see why math and geometry are really important…because that kind of mathematical accuracy makes blocks that stack really, really tall!
and the play

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Fan Fiction
*Silent Reading-
*Greek and Latin Roots
*Oil painting
*Attempted a finger printing kit-instructions weren't very clear and it didn't work well
*Oil pastels and sketching

Justin:
*Music History
*Word Pirates Game (spelling)
 *We made a  tornado with two soda bottles
*We watched another person's tornado experiment
*We watched real tornado videoes

Timothy:
 *Music History
 *Word Pirates Game (spelling)
 *We made a  tornado with two soda bottles
*We watched another person's tornado experiment
Jacob:
*Music History

Need to do:
1. cards for librarian and postman
2. letter to an author
3. Have the kids watch some Horrible HIstories videos while I clean
4. pirate words, sandwhich words, math games, online multiplication and fractions.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Journal entry
*Fan Fiction
*Silent reading-Staff of Serapis and preview of Blood of Olympus and re--read her favorite parts of Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
*Greek and Latin Roots
*Attempted to do one of those science books
*One page in writing paragraphs


Justin:
*We watched a video on idioms
*We watched a Walt Disney special on Peter and the Wolf
*We watched a cartoon version of Peter and the Wolf
*Kumon math workbook
*Colored Peter and the Wolf characters
*Did two pages in brain quest spelling and Vocabulary
*Outdoor play
*He read aloud the first chapter and a half of Dinosaurs before dark (again)
*He finished the Knights Before Dawn pictures

Timothy:
*We watched a video on idioms
*We watched a Walt Disney special on Peter and the Wolf
 *We watched a cartoon version of Peter and the Wolf
 *He started reading Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osbourne
*Colored Peter and the Wolf characters
*Outdoor play
*He read aloud the second chapter of Dinosaurs before dark (again)

Jacob:
*We watched a video on idioms
*We watched a Walt Disney special on Peter and the Wolf
*We watched a cartoon version of Peter and the Wolf
*Five pages in Math Readiness workbook
*1 1/2 pages in Diego math workbook
*Colored Peter and the Wolf characters
*Outdoor play
*Puzzle

Lorelei:
*Counting bears, and picked them up when she was done.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Worked on Greece project
*Re-did a page in Traits of Good Writing
* walk to the library
*Greek and Latin Roots
*Fan Fiction
*Journal entry

Justin:
*Kumon math workbook-3 and 4 digit addition
*We read from World History Encyclopedia by Parragon Publishing(covered first humans, the Ice Age, Farmers, and the first civilizations)
*walk to the library
*I read a chapter in the Magic TreeHouse Rain Forrest Fact Trackers book
*He wrote a summary of the 2nd Magic Treehouse book
*Outdoor play

Timothy:
*We read from World History Encyclopedia by Parragon Publishing
*He finished Sunset of the Sabertooth by Mary Pope Osbourne
*Walk to the library
*Outdoor play

Thursday, May15, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Walk to the library
*Cursive writing
*Sketchboook- three pgs
*Silent reading: startred All our Yesterdays by Cristin Terril
*Greek and Latin roots- Five pgs
*
Justin:
*He read from Sunset of the Sabertooth
*Brainquest subtraction with regrouping
*Brainquest addition with regrouping
* walk to the library
*Food Cart

Timothy:
*He read  two chapters of Sunset of the Sabertooth
*walk to the library
*Food Cart

Jacob:
*made clay sea creatures (to mimic what we  saw at the aquarium)
*Outdoor play

Monday, May 19, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*A LOT of FanFiction
*Greek and Latin Roots- three pages
*Finished Traits of Good Writing workbook
*Journal entry
*Art- sketching
*Cursive writing
*writing paragraphs- one pg
*A few problems in  LoF: DaP
*Portfolio planning

Justin:
*Brainquest workbook-fraction pages,
*Brainquest-spelling and vocab section
*Mrs. Piggle Wiggle lapbook pieces
*Outdoor play
*Walk to the playground with Grammy

Timothy:
*Brainquest workbook-math pages
*Brainquest-state capitals
*Mrs. Piggle Wiggle lapbook pieces
*Walk to the playground with Grammy

Jacob:
 *Diego math workbook-
*Math readiness workbook-5 pages!
 *Walk to the playground with Grammy

Lorelei
*Coloring
*Reading stories with Grammy
*Walk to the playground with Grammy

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Strawberry Lapbook work
*Fan Fiction

Justin:
*Outdoor play
*He read the last two chapters of Sunset of the Sabertooth!
*Lifeskills

Timothy:
*Outdoor play
*He read a chapter in Sunset of the Sabertooth

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:

Justin:
*Self portrait craft
*Listened to music machine
*Balance board
*We read the first few chapters of the Magic Tree House Rainforrest Fact Tracker's Guide
*Outdoor play

Timothy:
*Self portrait craft
*Listened to music machine
*Balance board
*We read the first few chapters of the Magic Tree House Rainforrest Fact Tracker's Guide
*Outdoor play