This week we will start learning some spelling words, learn about meaning of names, Vikings, pledge of allegiance, look at the U.S. map, and practice reading plus much more.
BOOKS
Some of the books we used this week
This was our first day back to starting school after taking a month off. We do year round schooling but always take the month of April off since we celebrate all of our birthdays that month. She was very excited to start school and learn about Vikings hence the reason why she is wearing her Viking helmet.
BIBLE
Observing and discussing the value of the Bible.
READING
"Dear Dragon goes to the hospital" by Margaret Hillert.
"Play, Play, Play, Dear Dragon" by Margaret Hillert
"Barbie School Days" by Apple Jordan
"My New Town" by Kirsten Hall
"My New School" by Kirsten Hall
LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading her spelling words which I wrote on some index cards and completing the first part of her worksheet.
Observing the picture and then answering some questions about the picture.
Completing the second page of her Spelling worksheet and some handwriting practice by copying a few sentences from a poem.
Had her spell out the spelling words using our banagram tiles then she closed her eyes and spelled out the words. This is the first time we are actually doing spelling words. She really enjoyed this activity.
Some handwriting practice
Practicing writing the letters A and B in cursive
Working on the other half of our spelling word
Doing all the spelling words and then spelling all of them while she kept her eyes closed.
MATH
Comparing different items and pictures
Greater than and Less than practice
Counting the difference between the pictures
Working on fewer than problems
U.S. WORK
Saying the pledge of allegiance and learning more in detail as to what the pledge means.
Made this several years ago when I was first teaching her "Where we live". Found this on 123 Homeschool 4 Me blog.
Learning about the compass rose and locating where we live on the map.
Playing with a magnetic USA Map at our local library
Reviewed our maps, we have always talked about our planet, where we live, and the continents. It was nice to see how she hasn't forgotten what we have discussed.
Looked through several books of Vikings to better understand the way they lived.
Wrote in her worksheet "Leif Ericsson was a brave Viking sailor".
TIMELINE
We added the baby Jesus and Leif Ericsson to our timeline this week. Not in the picture but we also added the "2017" at the end of our timeline. Use velcro dots to keep the pictures on the timeline.
ART
Learning to draw straight lines
Completing some pictures with lines and trying to draw a copy of the picture.
Working on drawing a worm and its reflection or double
Drawing railroad tracks and picket fences
SCIENCE
Learning about "What is a science?".
After learning about "What is a Scientist?" we did the egg experiment mentioned in the book: First Encyclopedia of Science p.7.
We completed our science worksheet, I wrote down all she said. I'll be writing things down for now but as we continue through the school year she will be doing all the writing.
NATURE WALK
Went to one of our local park for our nature walk.
Kids went exploring one of the many streams in the park
They had lots of fun exploring
Looked in the water to find different creatures in it and then they built a bridge out of bricks.
Completed our Nature Walk worksheet once we got home from the park.
VIDEOS
Watched the movies "How to train your dragon 1 & 2" and "Lyle the Kindly Viking" to go with our Viking theme of the week.
Also watched "Shows and Tells" from the Magic School Bus (S3 E6) about archaeology to go with our science theme "What is a Scientist".
ACTIVITIES
Made a viking boat for the kids to play with. They had two vikings from their Tangled collection which went great for this week. Little man has a pirate ship which the kids said goes great for this week, they pretended the pirate ship was actually a viking ship.
Pretending to be a very cute Viking.
After writing a note to Kanani as to why we chose her name we discussed in detail the meaning of her name. She was touched by the words in the letter and was very happy to know the true meaning of her name, "PRINCESS FROM HEAVEN, BEAUTIFUL ONE".
Spelled out her whole name using wooden alphabet beads I got from Wal-mart.
Hid some letter puzzle pieces in rainbow pasta for the kids to search for and place in the correct spots. They really loved this activity and wanted me to hide more items in the rice for them to find.
Went to the library for story time and this week the theme was Mothers
For craft the kids made "Mother's Day" cards and decorated a water bottle with some stickers to place their flowers in, while the moms got to sit down and enjoy a delicious Red Velvet cupcake with some water. This was such a sweet surprise and it was great watching the kids work so hard on their crafts.
This week for our co-op we had a end of the school year party at the skating ring and enjoyed some pizza and cupcakes too.
Our first week back to school and we have enjoyed every bit of it and learning lots of new things. We all enjoyed learning about Vikings and the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, what our names mean and practicing our spelling words. Looking forward to what next week holds for us.
GOD BLESS!
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