Week 4 8/29 - 9/4

 

2nd week 4	Tue, Aug 29	Wed, Aug 30	Thu, Aug 31	Fri, Sep 1	Mon, Sep 4
Math	Ch 2 L 3 TB p41-44 + "Make 20" worksheet	MF + Ch 2 L 3 Review TB p43-44 #2-4, WB p33-36	Ch 2 L 4 TB p45-48 + "Make 20" Worksheet	MF + Ch 2 L 4 WB p37-40	MF + Ch 2 L 5 Practice 5 TB p49-50 *students should draw bar models for all word problems
Spelling	Step 2: Review NT, Practice words	Phonograms warm up; Step 2: Review NT, Dictate sentences 4-6, p24, CCC.	Step 2 Test: More words and 3 sentences	Sounds warm up; Step 3: Word Analysis and NT, p25-27.	Dictate sentences 1-3, p27, CCC.
Grammar	Ch 3 L 3 Introduce Adjectives	Ch 3 L 3 Jingle Time & Grammar Time PB p2	Review a/an; Write original sentence (Adj, Adj, SN, V, Adv)	Ch 3 L 4 Jingle Time, Grammar Time PB p2 & Skill Time
Reading	Reading Groups OPG L 163	OPG L 163 + Prairie School Ch 7 Reading Questions	Reading Groups OPG L 164	OPG L 165 + Prairie School Ch 8 Reading Questions	OPG L 164-165
Poetry	"The Vulture" by Hilaire Belloc
Enrichment	Literature Study: The Boy Who Drew Birds; Art Study: Trumpeter Swan; Music Study: "Der Holle Rache kocht in Meinem Herzen" from The Magic Flute; Poetry Study: "Be Like the Bird"
Read Aloud	Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Bible	Ehud Judges Israel p 150	Deborah Leads Israel p 153	Gideon Tears Down an Altar of Baal p 155	Gideon and the Fleece p 158
Science		Read p152-154 in EC. Continue working on Leaf Project	Read "Twig Anatomy" on p157 + do Activity 10.3 "Measure Twig Growth" in journals
History	Review Timeline & Read "Justinian" & Empress Theodora Journal Entries			Review Timeline; Read, "Justinian, the Just Emperor" p33-35 in SOTW. History Journal Week 4
Memory Work	Continents and Oceans Due 8/31 Leaf Project Due 9/7 Anatomy of a Leaf Due 9/21 History Timeline Due 9/26 Prayer 1

The Continents and Oceans Assessment on Thursday will be using the same map you have at home and given orally. I will call the students up individually and they will only need to point to the correct continent or ocean. 

Week 3 8/22/23 - 8/28/23

 

2nd week 3	8/22/2023	8/23/2023	8/24/2023	8/25/2023	8/28/2023
Math	Ch 1 L 8 Exercise 8 WB p23-26	MF + Ch 1 L8 Practice TB p33-34 (And any unfinished problems from class yesterday)	Chapter 1 Assessment	MF + Co-teachers, read TM p38-39; Ch 2 L1 TB p37-38, WB p27-28	MF + Ch 2 L2 TB p39-40, WB p29-32
Spelling	Step 1: Review NT, p18-19. Practice words	Phonograms warm up; Step 1: Review NT, p18-19. Dictate sentences 4-6, p19, CCC.	Step 1 Test using 3 dictation sentences	Sounds warm up; Step 2: NT, p21-23. Introduce the Word bank for AI/AY. Dictate Word 1-10.	Dictate sentences 1-3, p24. CCC
Grammar	Ch 3 L 1 Introduce Adverbs	Ch 3 L 1 Jingle Time & Grammar Time	Ch 3 L 2 Review Adverbs; Teach a/an	Ch 3 L 2 Grammar Time & Practice Time WB p36
Reading	Reading Groups OPG L 160	OPG L 160 + Prairie School Ch 5 Reading Packet	Reading Groups OPG L 161	OPG L 162 + Prairie School Ch 6 Reading Packet	OPG L 161-162
Poetry	"The Little Man Who Wasn't There" by Hugh Mearns
Enrichment	Writing With Ease
Read Aloud	Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Bible	Cities of Refuge p 143	The Altar Beside the Jordan p 144	Joshua's Farewell p 147	The Israelites Forget God p 149
Science		Read p 105-107 in EC. Start gathering/pressing leaves for Leaf Project	Leaf Match Worksheet
History	Augustine 5 Things; map in journal and entry; quill pens craft			Review Timeline; Read, "The Beauty of Constantinople" p30-32 in SOTW. History Journal Week 3
Memory Work	Continents and Oceans Due 8/31 Leaf Project Due 9/7 Anatomy of a Leaf Due 9/21 History Timeline Due 9/26 Prayer 1

Third Week Blog Notes:

History- Students will be assigned one chapter and corresponding journal entry per week to complete.  This book can stay at home as well.  In class we'll be utilizing living books, short videos, and projects to re-enforce the textbook reading.  Our focus of study is on the 16 timeline events/people found in the binder.  Please practice these regularly.  Students will be assessed on them quarterly and they are cumulative.  Students don't need to know the date, but instead should be able to give a short description of the what the event or person was.  Examples are given in the student binder in history section. The jingles can also help.  

Geography-Students are learning the Continents and Oceans first.  Songs can be found on the home page of the homework blog, under curriculum.  Students don't have to sing, but do need to be able to point and identify for all geography maps. The maps for assessment do have a black dot marking the countries they should name so students will need to be able to identify the name without relying on the number on the practice map.

Week 2 8/15/23 - 8/21/23

 

Tues. 8/15/2023	Wed. 8/16/2023	Thurs. 8/17/2023	Fri. 8/18/2023	Mon. 8/21/2023
Ch 1 L 4 TB p14-17, WB p7-10	MF + Ch 1 L 5 TB p18-22, WB p11-13	Ch 1 L 6  TB p23-28, WB p15-18	MF + Ch 1 L 7 TB p 29-32	MF + Ch 1 L 7 WB p19-22
Group Phonogram games	Co-teacher, please read instructions in the AAS p15 and set up letter tiles and cards to begin Step 1-Warming Up for Friday; Review phonograms	Group Phonogram games	AAS Introduce Step 1-Warming Up + NT p18-19; Sounds warm up	Dictate sentences 1-3, p19, CCC (Co-teacher Check & have student Correct)
Ch 2 L 2 Introduce Nouns & Verbs	Ch 2 L 2 Jingle Time, Ch 2 L 3 Grammar Time	Ch 2 L 3 Activity/ Assignment Time: Antonyms & Synonyms; Introduce Grammar Chant	Ch 2 L 4 Grammar Time & Practice Time #1, WB p35
Reading Groups OPG L 157	OPG L 157 + Prairie School Ch 3 Reading Packet	Reading Groups OPG L 158	OPG L 159 + Prairie School Ch 4 Reading Packet	OPG L 158-159
"Celery" by Ogden Nash
Literature Study: Johnny Appleseed; Art Study: Apfelbaum I; Music Study: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo; Poetry Study: "Here's to Thee"
Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Joshua Builds the Altar of God's Law p 138	Joshua is Tricked by Strangers p 139	The Sun and the Moon Stand Still p 140	The Israelites Settle in Canaan p 141
	Read p 103-104 in EC.	Diagram a Leaf in journals; classify leaves we find outside
The Fall of Rome: Barbarian video, journal entry of Barbarian; Read Journey Through History: The Middle Ages			Review Timeline; Read, "Augustine Comes to England" p20-24 in SOTW. History Journal Week 2
Continents and Oceans Due 8/30 Leaf Project Due 9/6 Anatomy of a Leaf Due 9/20 History Timeline Due 9/25 Prayer 1

This week you will start in the Spelling/Grammar book with Step 1. 

Week 1 8/8/23- 8/14/23

 

2nd	Tue, Aug 8	Wed, Aug 9	Thu, Aug 10	Fri, Aug 11	Mon, Aug 14
Math	Ch 1 L1, TB p2-6	MF + Review  TB p5-6 #3-4; WB p1-2	Ch 1 L 2  TB p7-9	MF + Review  TB p9 WB p3-4	MF + Ch 1 L3  TB p10-13, WB p5-6
Spelling	Classroom Values Activity	Review all Phonogram Cards (list found in handbook)	Phonogram Games	Sounds warm up: dictate the sounds for all learned phonograms and have student write
Grammar	Introduce alphabetizing	Ch 1 L 4 Test Time Ex 2-4, WB p80 Co-teachers: familiarize yourself with question and answer flow (found at the end of cd included with teacher's manual)	Ch 2 L 1 Skill Time: Introduce Synonyms and Antonyms	Ch 2 L 1 Jingle Time: Introduce Sentence jingle and practice until student can name all 5 parts of a complete sentence
Reading	Introduce Reading Groups; OPG L 154	OPG L 154 + Prairie School Chapter 1 Reading Packet	Reading Groups OPG L 155	OPG L 156 + Prairie School Ch 2 Reading Packet	OPG L 155-156
Poetry	"Ooey Gooey" Author Unknown
Enrichment	Literature Study: Johnny Appleseed; Art Study: Apfelbaum I; Music Study: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo; Poetry Study: "Here's to Thee"
Read Aloud	Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Bible	Rahab Helps the Spies p 129	Crossing the Jordan p 132	The Walls of Jericho p 133	Because Achan Stole p 136
Science		Read p16-18 in EC (Exploring Creation with Botany).	Lesson 1.4/1.5 Vascular vs. Nonvascular Plants + Walking Water Lab 1.5b and journal entry; Assign Leaf Project
History	5 Things to Know about Rome; video on The Fall of Rome; Map and Journal Entry			Review Timeline; Read, "Barbarians Come to Britain" p13-15 in SOTW. History Journal Week 1
Memory Work	Continents and Oceans Due 8/31 Leaf Project Due 9/6 History Timeline Due 9/25 Prayer 1

HIG-Singapore Home Instructor's Guide	WWE-Writing With Ease (school only)
TB-Singapore Textbook	NAC-New American Cursive (school only)
WB-Singapore Workbook	SOTW-Story of the World
MF-Math Facts	EC-Exploring Creation through Botany Textbook
AAS-All About Spelling	OPG-Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading

Math: Please complete math facts sheet found in the back of the purple handbook.  We will be using these sheets for the first four weeks of school so you can either have student use a whiteboard marker and clean them off every day or take them out of the page protectors and make copies.  They are labeled for the day of the week to be completed, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.  We will also be completing sheets in class.  We will spend about four weeks on a specific group before assessing and moving on.  We are taking a slow start to the Singapore Math curriculum.  Next week we will pick up the pace and complete a textbook and workbook assignment each day.

Spelling: Please refer to the list in the spelling section of the purple handbook for phonograms to review.  New ones being added will be noted on the blog.  At least once weekly, students should be practicing saying the phonograms when shown the cards and then the reverse of writing the sounds when told the phonogram.  Please set up your spelling/grammar journal according to the model in the front, starting a new step on the left hand side and clearly labeling the step.  If the first left hand page is page one and the facing page is two, then pages three and four should be left blank for class work.  Make sure to have students correct sentences.  If you need assistance in this process, please reach out.

Grammar: Rarely, if ever, will a full lesson be assigned so pay attention to which sections are assigned.  You are free to do more if your student needs extra practice on a concept.  Any time the "test time" section is assigned, it is always for practice.  Any assessments for Grammar will be done at school.  Grammar workbooks and practice booklets can stay at home.  We will only use the grammar journal provided by the school in class.