12/14/2013 Retro and Planning Meeting
- She is grasping the concept of pronouns.
- Continuing to work on counting money, she doesn't seem to grasp to entire concept yet (i.e: struggling with counting by 10s on the 5).
- She is enjoying the new spelling method we are using to learn past words and seems enthused.
Areas for Improvement
- Coordinate our event calendar with our homeschool schedule more carefully.
- Wake up a little earlier to get back on schedule.
- Complete planning for the year
- Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library
- Create spelling words flash cards
- Plan library trip and return items that are due
- Try to get a movie in Spanish or a couple books in Spanish
- Monday
- early
- Math: Make skip counting flash cards
- Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, pronunciation
- Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
- morning
- Swimming (A&L)
- Spelling: Lesson 11
- afternoon
- History: Chapter 10, Ancient China, part 1 and 2 reading, review questions and narration.
- Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on the Brain and senses (pages 30-47) and complete narration exercises.
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading, making spelling fashcards, rhymes and opposites book
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- reading
- The Children's Illustrated Bible
- In the Land of the Big Red Apple
- Beauty and The Beast
- Tuesday
- early
- Math: Work on flashcards, Activity 20.1
- Spanish: Unit 1, Lesson 1, vocabulary
- Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
- morning
- Lorelei's school party
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- reading
- The Children's Illustrated Bible
- In the Land of the Big Red Apple
- Beauty and The Beast
- Wednesday
- early
- Math: Activity 20.2
- Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, grammar
- Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
- morning
- afternoon
- Spelling: Make Spelling flashcards (starting with lesson 8), have bee
- Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on the Brain and senses (pages 30-47) and complete narration exercises.
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
- Gymnastics
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- The Children's Illustrated Bible
- In the Land of the Big Red Apple
- Beauty and The Beast
- Thursday
- early
- Math: Activity 20.3
- Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
- Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
- Morning
- History: Chapter 10, Ancient China section 3, reading, review questions and narration, plus map work, and coloring page. Review History Encyclopedia on Ancient China
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Bible Stories
- Beauty and The Beast
- Friday
- early
- Math: Activity 20.4
- Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 2, CORE
- Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
- morning
- Circus Skills
- Spelling:Spelling fashcards and bee
- afternoon
- Quiet time (self directed time)
- options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
- Children's Opera, The Magic Flute, at Nomad Theater
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Saturday
- early
- Spelling: Lesson 11
- History: Chapter 11 section 1 (Ancient Africa)
- afternoon
- Spiral Garden Walk at Gretchen's House (Leave here at 4p)
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading
- Sunday
- Weekly planning
- Pick a new poem
- afternoon
- Nutcracker at Niwot Highschool (leave here at 12:15p)
- dinner time
- Poem practice
- Spelling bee
- Reading