Weekly retro and planning, 11/16/2013
- Memorized a new poem. Didn't get to recitation, but it was fun working on the memorization
- Audrey read to me lots
- Math was a success! Audrey totally grasps counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
- Audrey created a bunch of her own spelling flash cards
Areas for Improvement
- Stayed out late too many nights, and only read before bed 2 nights
- Only finished 2 days of spelling
- Forgot to read the History Encyclopedia on Saturday
- Didn't practice spelling
Action Items
- complete planning for the year
- Download Charlotte's Web from the Library
- order 1st grade Singapore Math
- create spelling words flash cards
- Replace our current children's bible with the DK Illustrated Children's Bible
Shopping/Library List:
- The Magic School Bus: inside the human body
- Uncover the Human Body
- Melissa and Doug floor puzzle
- Rookie Read about Science Series
- Somebody: 5 human anatomy games
Schedule for the week
- Monday
- early
- Math: 19.5
- Spanish: finish Unit 1 > Lesson 4 > Writing
- Grammar: Lesson 46, Introducing pronouns (I, me, my, mine)
- morning
- Swimming (A&L)
- Spelling: Lesson 6
- afternoon
- Composition, Week 10 Day 1, Davy Crockett copywork
- Science: read the intro to the DK First Human Body Encyclopedia; narration exercise
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- reading
- Bible Stories 54-69 (Esau and Jacob)
- Tuesday
- early
- Math: Unit 19 review
- Spanish: Unit 1 > Lesson 4 > Speaking
- Grammar: Lesson 47 Pronouns (you, your, yours)
- Kinderheart
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- reading
- Bible Stories 70-81 (Joseph)
- Wednesday
- early
- Math: 20.1
- Spanish: Unit 1 > Lesson 5 > Milestone
- Grammar: Lesson 47 Pronouns (you, your, yours)
- morning
- Spelling: Lesson 7
- afternoon
- Composition, Week 10 Day 2, Davy Crockett narration
- Science: Play Some Body
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
- Gymnastics
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories
- Thursday
- early
- Math: 20.2
- Spanish
- Grammar: Lesson 48 Pronouns (he, she, him, her, it, his hers its)
- Kinderheart
- afternoon
- Fabricate
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories
- Friday
- early
- Math: 20.3
- Spanish
- Grammar: Lesson 49 Pronouns (We, us, our, ours)
- morning
- Circus Skills
- Spelling: Lesson 8
- afternoon
- Composition, Week 10 Day 3, Sacagawea copywork
- History: Chapter 8: The Assyrians. Read, complete review questions and narration exercise.
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories
- Saturday
- early
- History: Chapter 8: The Assyrians: map work, coloring page and read out of History Encyclopedia
- Composition, Week 10 Day 3, Sacagawea narration
- Spelling: Lesson 9
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories
- Sunday
- Weekly planning
- Pick a new poem
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories