Today was King day, but I wasn't on top of things, so we didn't do anything special about it, though E did notice on her own how fortuitous it was this year, coming the day before Obama's inauguration.
Today we read Forces & Motion: A Question and Answer Book by Catherine A. Welch, which is excellent, by the way, and then Lift-a-Flap Castles by Jamie Elder, Marguerite Makes a Book by Bruce Robertson, and some more of Castle Diary by Richard Platt. Then E had a spelling lesson and a math lesson. Finally, I gave her an issue of Kids Discover Magazine that is about China's Great Wall, and told her to read it on her own time.
Happy King Day!
Showing posts with label forces. Show all posts
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
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Tuesday: read A Medieval Feast by Aliki and "Beowulf" from Osborne's Favorite Medieval Tales, and a few entries in Platt's Castle Diary. Did math and Spanish.
Wednesday: E had piano and dance lessons, and did math
Thursday: E had math and spelling, and they watched A History of the Middle Ages on DVD. We read a story from Osborne's Favorite Medieval Tales ("The Island of Lost Children") and a little bit of Castle Diary by Richard Platt, as well as playing around with Knights in Armor by Sally Hewitt (for T) and learning more about forces and friction with Energy in Motion by Melissa Stewart and The Magic School Bus Plays Ball by Nancy E. Krulik. (I really don't like the TV adaptations of the MSB series as much as the original books, but you try to find an engaging book about friction for gradeschoolers!)
Friday: we attended a performance by Complexions Dance Company and E has basketball practice tonight and a game tomorrow. She is doing a math lesson and then we will watch Social Structure in the Middle Ages and probably do a Spanish lesson.
Wednesday: E had piano and dance lessons, and did math
Thursday: E had math and spelling, and they watched A History of the Middle Ages on DVD. We read a story from Osborne's Favorite Medieval Tales ("The Island of Lost Children") and a little bit of Castle Diary by Richard Platt, as well as playing around with Knights in Armor by Sally Hewitt (for T) and learning more about forces and friction with Energy in Motion by Melissa Stewart and The Magic School Bus Plays Ball by Nancy E. Krulik. (I really don't like the TV adaptations of the MSB series as much as the original books, but you try to find an engaging book about friction for gradeschoolers!)
Friday: we attended a performance by Complexions Dance Company and E has basketball practice tonight and a game tomorrow. She is doing a math lesson and then we will watch Social Structure in the Middle Ages and probably do a Spanish lesson.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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Today we started learning about the Middle Ages with Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle by Joanna Cole, then the first of Mary Pope Osborne's Favorite Medieval Tales, "Finn MacCoul". We also read the first few entries in Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page by Richard Platt. After a break we started learning about forces: Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and had a spelling lesson. After lunch we watched Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient China, had our first Spanish lesson, and now E is doing her math. T has started teaching himself to read with starfall.com and the Bob Books.