My focus for Aly’s first grade year is to get her solidly established in her foundational reading & math skills. Without a solid footing in phonics, she is doomed. We will read, study our spelling rules and master our 70 phonograms this year. She has made great strides in the last month. She read ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ this week. Granted, it took 35 minutes. J
Aly will study math via the RightStart abacus method & Singapore Math – both of which utilize the Asian math approach. This concrete-to-abstract method is highly effective and I’m gambling that it will work wonders. I already see the light bulb going off as she uses the abacus to solve the math problems.
Abi is making her way through Singapore and seems to grasp the concepts. Math Mammoth, the brain-child of a Finnish mathematician & also based on the Asian method, is an all-in-one math program with the teaching built into the lessons. It is written to the student with help & guidance from a parent as needed. The price is awesome. Abi does Teaching Textbooks daily for independent work and review. I rotate these math resources throughout the weeks. Variety is the spice of life, right? J
Abi is a strong, fluent & eager reader who devours books. This year my goal is to help her build deeper reading comprehension & expand her vocabulary.
Ultimately, I want them to know Jesus and make Him known. We put Him first in our day with worship, hymns & Bible study. I'm so thankful to God for the energy & resources to undertake this task of educating these precious kids at home. I am blessed.
Ultimately, I want them to know Jesus and make Him known. We put Him first in our day with worship, hymns & Bible study. I'm so thankful to God for the energy & resources to undertake this task of educating these precious kids at home. I am blessed.
Here are a few highlights of Week 1….
Abi:
Bible: CLE 2 daily lesson, nightly reading of Taylor’s Story Bible with Dad
Math: 6 lessons & a quiz in TT, Singapore multiplication
Reading: 'Little House On The Prairie', 'American Girl' books
Read-Aloud with Anna: “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
Grammar: Shurley 3, Chapter 6 – with focus on preposition & object of the preposition
Writing: ‘Writing With Ease’ daily lesson plus copy work
Spelling: SWR List L-1, daily phonogram/rule review, F
Science: Read ‘Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia’ and wrote a narration paragraph on ‘habitat’
History: 'Kingfisher Encyclopedia' chapter on Vikings, “Leif the Lucky” by D’aulaire
Spanish: 1 video lesson from ‘La Clase Divertida’
Memory Work, Geography, Latin, Grammar, History, Science: ‘Classical Conversations’
Art: local class
PE: Soccer
Drama: Christian Youth Theater class
Aly:
Bible: CLE Bible, listen to mom read, nightly reading of Taylor’s ‘Story Bible’ with Dad
Math: RS daily lessons
Reading: Harcourt Decodable Readers, Dr. Seuss books, Bob Books
Read-Aloud with Anna: “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”
Grammar: casual, via copy work
Writing: ‘Writing With Ease’ daily lesson plus copy work
Spelling: SWR List A-1 (review), phonogram/rule review, Final Silent E page, Consonant/Vowel page
Science: ‘Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia’ and wrote a narration paragraph on ‘habitat’
History: ‘Kingfisher Encyclopedia’ chapter on Vikings, “Leif the Lucky” by D’aulaire
Spanish: 1 video lesson from ‘La Clase Divertida’
Memory Work, Geography, Latin, Grammar, History, Science: ‘Classical Conversations’
Art: local class
PE: Soccer
4 comments:
What a great first week!
Great goals, Beth!
Looks like a great first week! The girls got a lot done!
Great week!
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