Comparing similarites and differences with another family member or friend. Ben chose his grown up brother Bradley. Ben got his yellow belt and certificate this week. He wrote a story about a snow flake and learned about using thermometers to measure temperatures.
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Getting ready for Christmas now. Busy, busy, busy moving from one new thing to the next. Maybe too quickly. Ben is getting frustrated more these days, but he's doing well.
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Busy busy week. We learned about poetry, made and electromagnet, learned how to look up words in the dictionary, learned about symmetry and fractions, and ... something else ... OH! Ben tested for his yellow belt and broke his board on the first try! We think he's got it, but have to wait for the results next week.
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Short week due to Thanksgivng. We worked on beginning L blends, shapes ... note the great tanagram cat ... and more needs vs wants. Plus math and reading and spelling. Etc.
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Getting ready for Thanksgiving. We made our turkey out of recycled food boxes. I love it! I will try to keep it forever. We are studying how our body uses energy, needs vs wants, and all the regular stuff. Math, reading, and writing. I got behind on uploading these posts so I'm trying to catch up.
In reading we are moving into blends. In science we are studying simple machines. Social studies was all about food from around the world, which I posted just before this post. Spelling is tied into our reading and is going much better this week. Math is all about deciding which operation to use and we are doing fact family 13. Ben is reading at level D and E and doing very well. In art and math we are studying patterns. Ben got some moon shoes and had a lot of fun, and some bruises too, walking around the yard in them. He said it would take some practice.
We began the study of simple machines in science and pollution/reduce/reuse/recycle in social studies. We are working on patterns in math and sentences in language. Ben took his DIBELS reading assesment and scored high on letter and letter sounds recognition. His reading ability is on level and she suggested I use level D & E readers then move onto F etc.
I'm working on setting up his curriculum for second quarter and trying not to get nutty about it.
Our nature plaque was great to make, but it never did completely dry and fell apart. Sad because it was really beautiful. Ben got the flowers out of the planters on the patio, the leaves from our back yard, and the pine cones from a friend's yard.
This week was full because Halloween was Saturday. We made potions and cupcakes, carved a jack o latern, went from a white belt in Tae Kwon Do to a Black Ninja, as well as reading, writing, and math.
