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Feb - Jan
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This section doesn't include all the reading we do for history,
science, etc. However, it's still fun to look back at some of what we
have done! You can see some of these projects on the
various assignments page.
November 2005
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Camping at
Guadalupe River State Park, Thanksgiving |
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Read alouds |
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 The
First Thanksgiving, George
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Off to Plymouth Rock!, Mackall (CD poem)
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Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims, Bulla
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The Pilgrims of Plimouth, Sewall
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...If You Sailed on The Mayflower in 1620, McGovern (half)
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Volcanoes!, Wood
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Fossils Tell of Long Ago, Aliki
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Animal Lives: The Rabbit
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Farmer Boy, Wilder (continued)
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Stories from Grandma's Attic, Richardson (just starting)
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Ben and the Porcupine, Carrick
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Tatty Mae and Catty Mae, Martin
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Mama, If You Had a Wish, Modesitt
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Hachiko, the True Story of a Loyal Dog, Turner
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I Want to Say I Love You, Buehner
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Homer Price, McCloskey (partial)
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Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?, Carlstrom
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The Sun, the Wind, the Sea, and the Rain, Schlein
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| A's reading |
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 The
Catalog, Tomkins
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Just a Minute!, Slater
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Monster Manners, Cole
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The Story of Pocahontas, Jenner
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Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims, Bulla (half aloud)
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Home for a Bunny, Brown
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Sam, the Minuteman, Benchley
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Volcanoes!, Wood (half aloud)
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...If You Sailed on The Mayflower in 1620, McGovern (partial)
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Clouds, Bauer
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 Elevator Magic, Murphy
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Storm Chasers (partial)
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The Big Balloon Race, Coerr
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Goodness, Gracious Me! (collection)
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The Fire Cat, Averill
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The Nutcracker Ballet, Hautzig
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You Read to Me, I'll Read to You, Hoberman
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Nate the Great, Sharmat
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C's reading
(yes, C's reading!) |
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 Dot
(Bob Books) ...
see the photo!
- Mac (Bob Books)
- Chip-O game cards, the short-vowel words
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
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Spelling: AVKO, "spelling bee"
- Homographs: A Dove Dove
- Various copywork, writings
- Summarizing
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| Math |
- Games: Knock-Out, Muggins, dice games, Quarter Mile Math
- Review: math stories, Grapes of Math (grouping), timed
quizes, math reading, fractions/doubling
- Spatial: Tangrams
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| History/Geography |
- History:
- Thanksgiving/Mayflower reading, acting, art, retellings
- Biographies: Squanto, Pocahontas
- Geography:
- England, Holland, Massachusetts area, Atlantic Ocean
- Other: Jones Park Pioneer Campfire (fires from flint and tow)
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| Science |
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Weather:
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Animals:
- Earth science:
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- PE: several hikes
- Citizenship: manners, election process (including a visit to the
polls)
- Memorization: November, by John Updike
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October 2005
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Read alouds |
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 The
Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Burgess
- The Adventures of Prickly Porky, Burgess
- Farmer Boy, Wilder (1/2)
- Betsy-Tacy, Lovelace
- Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crabcakes Later), Howard
- The Greatest Treasure, Demi
- The Dragon Prince, Yep
- Look What Came From China, Harvey
- Legend of the Li River, Lee
- The Story of Ping, Flack
- The Jade Horse, The Cricket, and the Peach Stone, Tompert
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 Liang
and the Magic Paintbrush, Demi
- Adventures in Ancient China, Bailey
- Shark Swimathon, Murphy
- All Nature Sings, De Jonge (1/2)
- Twister on Tuesday, Osborne
- Who Woke the Sun?, Seidman
- Animal Lives - The Frog, Tagholm
- The Young Carthaginian, Henty (audio), continued
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| A's reading |
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 Greg's
Microscope, Selsam
- The Stonecutter, Demi
- Paper Through the Ages, Cosner
- Growing Up in China, Teague (1 chapter)
- Viking Raiders, Civardi (partial)
- Twisters, Penner
- Molly and the Slow Teeth, Ross
- Donkey-Donkey, Duvoisin
- Tye May and the Magic Brush, Bang
- Adventures in Ancient China, Bailey (partial)
- Twister on Tuesday, Osborne (partial)
- Growl! A Book About Bears, Berger
- Shark Swimathon, Murphy (partial)
- I Did It, I'm Sorry, Buehner
- Tightwad Tod, Skinner
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
-
 Continuing
AVKO spelling, "spelling bee"
- Summarizing
- Vocabulary, part of speech, dictionary reference activities
- Editing for
punctuation, sentence structure
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| Math |
- Subtraction: review concepts and facts, with borrowing
- Various games: Set, Knock-Out, Muggins
- Review: tally, mental addition
- Hundred chart patterns
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| History/Geography |
- History:
- Ancient China (legends, writing, inventions, day-in-the-life,
religion, Confucious, Taoism, Buddhism)
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 Washington-on-the-Brazos
visit
- Begin Thanksgiving reading
- Geography:
- China's Li River, borders
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| Science |
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Weather:
- sun, earth's rotation, seasons
- atmosphere, clouds, thunder and lightening
- rain, hurricanes, tornadoes, hail
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Animals:
- "MicroCosmos," "See How They Grow" videos (chameleons, buzzards,
stick bugs, fruit bats, ...)
- "Birds" at Jones Park
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Pete's Pond webcam
- Caught toad, created habitat, fed him
- "Bats and Bat Houses" at Jones Park
- "All Nature Sings" readings
- Plants:
- Fall garden
- "Carnivorous Plants" at Jones Park
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- PE: Irish Dance, various workouts
- Music: identify instruments, tempo, chorus, attend "The Princess
and the Pea" opera
- Prioritizing
- Reference skills: dictionary
- Citizenship:
- Volunteer at the library (counted patrons)
- "I Did It, I'm Sorry" and "Monster Manners"
- Dewberry Farm visit with Northwest LIGHT group
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September 2005
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On vacation in Florida |
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Read alouds |
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 Something
From Nothing
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Storm in the Night, Stolz (FIAR)
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Mr. Popper's Penguins, Atwater
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Piggy Goes to Market, from the Brambldown Tales
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Mountain Born, Yates
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Peeping in the Shell, McNulty
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The Sign of the Beaver, Speare (audio)
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Story of Babar, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Travels of Babar, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar the King, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar and Zephir, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar and Father Christmas, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar and His Children, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar Comes to America, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Babar's Birthday Surprise, de Brunhoff (audio)
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Jungle Book, Kipling (audio excerpts)
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The Borrowers, Norton (audio)
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Viking Ships at Sunrise, Magic Treehouse series, Osborne
(audio)
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Day of the Dragon King, Magic Treehouse series, Osborne
(audio)
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Story of the World, Bauer (chapters 10, 32, 33) (audio)
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Mei Fuh: Memories from China, Schaeffer
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The Empress and the Silkworm, Hong
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Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, Lobel
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Cloud Weavers, Krasno (select legends)
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Creation: Read-Aloud Stories from Many Lands, Pilling (2
Chinese)
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The Great Wall of China, Fisher
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Tikki Tikki Tembo, Mosel
- The Young Carthaginian, Henty (audio)
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| A's reading |
- To The Point (pp. 16-24)
- Terry and the Caterpillars
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 A
Nest Full of Eggs
- What's a Pair? What's a Dozen?, Swinburne
- Butterfly (See How They Grow), Taylor
- The Empty Pot, Demi
- Ish, Reynolds
- The Great Wall of China, Fisher (half aloud)
- The Silkworm Story, Coldrey
- Inspector Hopper, Cushman
- Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln, Fritz
- Mountain Born, Yates (excerpts)
- Chang's Paper Pony, Coerr
- Measuring Penny, Leedy
- Various papers from the family archives and a ton of road signs!
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
- Review: nouns, verbs, adjectives, onomatopoeia
- Dialogue, quotes, quotation marks
- Contrast (find in words and art)
- Oral spelling quizzes
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| Math |
- Review/practice: Addition/subtraction facts, money
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| History/Geography |
- History:
- Ancient Israel history (recap)
- Ancient China (legends, silk,
dynasties, The Great Wall)
- Very brief Texas history overview, theatre production of "Lone
Star"
- Geography: Chinese topography, rivers
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| Science |
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- Citizenship/character:
- Visited hurricane evacuees and gave supplies
- Help Grandma Coldiron move
- Art:
- Contrast, light sources
- Perspective review
- Profile
- Theatre: "Lone Star"
- Advertising
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August 2005
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Read alouds |
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 How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, Priceman (FIAR)
- Apples, Reynolds
- What Do You Do, Dear? (audio)
- The Long Winter, Wilder
- The Little Engine That Could, Piper
- Storm in the Night, Stolz
- The Glorious Flight, Provensen (FIAR)
- The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants, Turner
- The Beeman, Krebs
- The Tarantula in My Purse, George
- The Cello of Mr. O, Cutler
- Who's Hiding Here?, Yoshi
- If I Rode a Horse, Young
- Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, Viorst
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Nature in the Neighborhood, Morrison
- Mathematicians are People, Too (Ramanyjan), Reimer
- Snowflake Bentley, Martin
- One Riddle, One Answer, Thompson
- Pigs Will Be Pigs, Axelrod
- King David, Storr
- Wise Solomon, Matthews
- Brothers: A Hebrew Legend, Freedman
- The Two Brothers: A Legend of Jerusalem, Waldman
- David's Songs (story and selected psalms), Eisler
- King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Greenberg, Tarry
- Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent, Peet
- The Adventures of Buster Bear, Burgess
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| A's reading |
- Body Battles, Gelman
- The Long Winter, Wilder (two chapters aloud)
- Wild Cats
- What Do You Say, Dear?
- Diary of a Worm
- Dancing With Manatees
- Berenstein Bears and the Big Red Kite
- To The Point (pp. 1-15 so far)
- Pigs Will Be Pigs, Axelrod
- King David (partial), Storr
- Wise Solomon (partial), Matthews
- The Flower of Sheba, Orgel, Schecter
- Germs Make Me Sick!, Berger
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
- Continuing AVKO spelling
- Humor in storytelling ... art and words
- Vowels and consonants review, use, and practice
- Apostrophe review: possession and contractions
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Description: adjectives, similes, metaphors, word choices
- Onomatopoeia: recognizing, using
- Italics: titles, names, emphasis
- Review: nouns, verbs, adjectives
- Introduced: conjunctions, commas for lists
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| Math |
- Review/practice: Addition/subtraction facts, rounding,
estimating, shapes (flat, 3-D)
- Focus on 10's: Make-10 games, math facts from/with 10
- Money: identify, value, add
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| History/Geography |
- History: ancient Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses,
Saul, David, Solomon; Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian,
Greek, and Roman rules; homes, food, occupations); compare stories
handed down
- Geography: the Dead Sea, Israel (ancient and current)
- Map work:
- Around the World in Eighty Days (locations from the
movie)
- How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- The Beeman (author, illustrator, story)
- The Glorious Flight (England, France, the English
Channel)
- continents and oceans
- Hebrew wanderings
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| Science |
- Circulatory system: veins/arteries, plasma components, food,
model heart, scabs/healing, filters (kidneys, liver)
- Respiratory system:
lungs, vocal cords, epiglottis, oxygen experiments (candle,
breathing)
- Nervous system: brain, senses, spinal cord, memory
- We're feeding
caterpillars for giant swallowtail butterflies, hoping to watch the metamorphosis!
- Water: buoyancy, density (experiments related to Dead Sea
readings)
- Lizards, reptiles programs at Jones Park
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- Physical: Irish Dancing (A), gymnastics (C)
- Reference: dictionary look-up, use Bible Table of Contents
- Various memory games and exercises
- Citizenship/character:
- Nursing home visit with dance class
- What Do You Do, Dear? and What Do You Say, Dear?
- Upon These Grounds, video about the White House grounds
- The Go-Around Dollar Treasury, Washington, D.C. review
- Art: perspective
- Theatre visit: Anne of Green Gables at A.D. Players
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July 2005
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Read alouds |
- Horrible Histories, Goofy Greeks (Spartans, Athenians,
Persians)
- Secrets of the Forest, Lipp
- Complete Book of Marvels, Halliburton (wonders of the
Ancient World chapters)
- Skeletons! Skeltons!, Hall
- Lentil, McCloskey (FIAR)
- The Long Winter, Wilder
- The House that Jack Built, Peppe
- The Bookstore Dog, Rylant
- Hear Your Heart, Showers
- The King's Commissioners, Friedman
- Caps for Sale, Slobodkina (FIAR)
- Miss Suzy, Young
- It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel, Buehner
- Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes, Murphy
- The Go-Round Dollar, Adams
- The Rag Coat, Mills (FIAR)
- The Patchwork Quilt, Flournoy
- The Adventures of Old Man Coyote, Burgess
- The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Burgess
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| A's reading |
- Jamberry, Degan
- Down on the Farm, Lascaro
- Polar Babies, Ring
- Skeletons! Skeltons!, Hall
- The Value of Believing in Yourself- Louis Pasteur, Johnson
- Flap Your Wings, Eastman
- The Best Vacation Ever, Murphy
- I Love My Mommy, Braun
- I Love My Daddy, Braun
- Wild, Wild Wolves, Melton
- Caps for Sale, Slobodkina
- It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel, Buehner
- Miss Suzy's Easter Surprise, Young
- Abe Lincoln's Hat
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
- Began AVKO Sequential Spelling
- Writing postcards to other kids, updating reading lists
- Review/practice: nouns, verbs, adjectives
- Rummy Roots, Boogle Jr., Deal-a-Word, etc.
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| Math |
- Addition/subtraction facts ... working especially on speed now,
using timed quizzes, worksheets, and games
- Charts and graphs: bar graph, line graph
- Introduction to Venn diagrams, subsets
- Practice with numerical order by date
- Review/practice: sets, patterns, shapes (including 3-D),
grouping for addition speed (a la Math for All Seasons)
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| History/Geography |
- Review: Ancient Greece via Horrible Histories,
Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World via The Complete Book of Marvels
- 1940s vs. 2005, using Lentil art and activities
- Map work:
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Lentil
- Little House books we've read so far
- Appalachia, including how to indicate mountain ranges on a
map
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| Science |
- Skeletal system:
Models, joints, teeth, tendons and ligaments,
nutrition, etc.
- Muscular system: Voluntary/involuntary, heart, nutrition and
energy, human vs. insects
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- Citizenship/character: Manners readings, Treasury Department in
The Go-Around Dollar
- Art: Charcoal vs. pencil, what art adds to literature,
watercolor pencils, realism vs. photorealism, warm vs. cool color
choices, Art Game: Impressionists, cutting (C)
- Physical: swimming, Irish Step Dance
- Other: encyclopedia and field guides, memorize Try, Try Again,
A. began piecing a quilt
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This section isn't really complete,
and doesn't include all the reading we do for history,
science, etc. However, it's still fun to look back at some of what we
have done!
June 2005
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(lots of time off because of selling the family business) |
 Read alouds
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Big Sister, Little Sister, Zolotow
- The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon, Burgess
- Wind in the Willows, Grahame (we finally finished
it!!!)
- Whistle Him In, Johnson
- Make Way for Ducklings, McCloskey (FIAR)
- Could it Be Worse?
- The Hundred Dresses, Estes (Games/FIAR)
- Sea Story, Barklem
- Safari, Bateman
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 A's reading
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Writing,
Spelling,
Other
Language Arts |
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| Math |
- Review/practice: Addition/subtraction facts ... lots of Muggins,
Knock-Out, etc.
- Charts: rows, columns
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| History/Geography |
- Map work: review compass directions while finding animal habitats in
Africa
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| Science |
- Trials of Life: caring for young animals, "Home
Building," "Friends"
- Africa Safari animals
- Studied, gathered, experimented with wasps nests (potters wasps,
?), ant patterns (gathering food), tree frog; found and researched a
Texas Rat Snake outside, reviewed local venomous snakes
- Visited and reviewed animals from Old MacDonald's farm
- Harvested the first corn!!!
- Review: human digestive system, Some Body game
- Moody videos: Human body, Earth
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Other
(Citizenship, Art, Music, reference skills, etc.) |
- Citizenship/character: Book of Virtues readings
- Art: patterns/colors mixing
- Physical: swimming (A. jumped off the diving board!)
- Other: encyclopedia and field guides
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May 2005
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(reading lists only) |
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Read alouds |
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A's reading |
- Gorilla Gang, George
- Animals of the Jungle, O'Brien
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April 2005
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(reading lists only) |
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Read alouds |
- Wind in the Willows (cont.), Grahame
- Caps for Sale
- Anna the Bookbinder, Cheng
- Alexander the Great, Langley
- Reddy Fox, Burgess
- The Adventures of Johnny Chuck, Burgess
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A's reading |
- Gorillas-Gentle Giants of the Forest, Milton
- Bird Alphabet
- Johnny Appleseed, Kurtz
- Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School
- Whoever You Are, Fox
- Sheep in a Jeep, Shaw
- What Will Little Bear Wear?, Minarik
- Ice Cream (a Frog and Toad story), Lobel
- The Barn Owl
- Caps for Sale
- Alexander the Great (portions), Langley
- Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares, Murphy
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March 2005
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(reading lists only) |
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Read alouds |
- Ox Cart Man, Hall
- Body Detectives, Gelman
- Body Battles, Gelman
- Who's Been Here?
- The Silver Slippers, Koda-Callan
- Wind in the Willows (cont.), Grahame
- The Moon of the Mole, George
- Somewhere in the Ocean, Ward and Marsh
- Just So Stories (audio recordings), Kipling
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A's reading |
- Ox Cart Man, Hall
- Body Detectives, Gelman
- Body Battles, Gelman
- Something From Nothing
- The Ugly Vegetables, Grace Lin
- When I'm Bigger
- Just for You
- Somewhere in the Ocean, Ward and Marsh
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February 2005
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(reading lists only) |
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Read alouds |
- Charlotte's Web, White
- Which One is Whitney?, Stevenson
- Reddy Fox, Burgess
- Math for All Seasons, Tang
- The Great Alexander the Great (partial),
Laskey
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A's reading |
- Which One is Whitney? (partial), Stevenson
- Math for All Seasons (partial), Tang
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January 2005
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(reading lists only) |
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Read alouds |
- My Little Book of Birds
- James Herriott's Animal Treasury, Herriott
- I Am a Little Dog, Crozart
- Archimedes Takes a Bath
- Adventures in Ancient Greece
- Linnea in Monet's Garden
- Ish
- The Dot
- Blueberries for Sal
- A Fair Bear Share, Murphy
- Bug Dance, Murphy
- Coyotes all Around, Murphy
- Sewer Sam the Sea Cow, Jacobs
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A's reading |
- Diary of a Worm, Cronin
- I Am a Little Dog, Crozart
- Animals of the Jungle, O'Brien
- Adventures in Ancient Greece (partial)
- What Do You Do?, Hardin
- New Friends (selections)
- Bambi (book that accompanies audio tape)
- A Manatee Morning, Arnosky
- Whales: Gentle Giants, Milton
- Somewhere in the Ocean, Ward and Marsh
- A Fair Bear Share, Murphy
- Double the Ducks, Murphy
- A Whale is Not a Fish (partial), Berger
- Animals on Board, Murphy
- Coyotes all Around, Murphy
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