January was a really interesting month! The older children had a block on World Religions, and the younger children had a block of Jataka Tales.
- World Religions
Week 1 - Buddhism
Week 2 - Buddhism wrap-up, Hinduism
Week 3 - Hinduism wrap-up, Zoroastrianism, Judaism
We start each day with SSR and then have a Morning Meeting at 9:30 am that includes our Land Acknowledgement, Announcements, and Goal Setting. We have Morning Math and then Snack (with a story), which is at 10:15 am.
After Morning Work Time we have Lunch (with a story) at 11:30 am and then the children go out for Recess from noon to 1 pm. Next we come together for another Goal Setting Meeting and then move on into Afternoon Work Time.
At 2:45 pm the children write in their Plan Books to document what they did that day.
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Reading - 1/2 hr - 9 am to 9:30 am
Math - 1/2 hr - 9:45 am to 10:15 am
Morning Work Time - 1 hr - 10:30 am to 11:30 am
Afternoon Work Time - 1 1/2 hr - 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm
Monday, Jan 16
- SSR
Morning Math: Pterodactyls - play Pick-up Sticks, calculate score using Colored Bead Bars
Morning Math: Plastic Utensils
- CR Least to Greatest (PDF)
AH Multiplication Tables
KW 4 Digit Numbers
KLL Let's Fly South (PDF)
Nature - color the Weather Tree, water seedlings
Snack - read The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna by Demi
Jataka Tales - colored pencil illustration of elephant story from The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth, rough draft sentence, get edit, write sentence in MLB
World Religions - do Brahma the Creator Story & Creation Painting for MLB
finish rough draft of Hinduism, get an edit, add to MLB, review the Hinduism three part cards
Read Aloud - continue The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (water buffalo chapter)
Outdoor Play Time
Knitting - kitten, chicken, lamb
Board Games - Pengoloo
Tuesday, Jan 17
- SSR
Morning Math: Pterodactyls - play Rack-O
Morning Math: Plastic Utensils
- CR, AH, KW, AG - I Have It: Divide Fractions
KLL - Square Puzzle: Multiply Decimals
Nature - color the Weather Tree, water seedlings
Snack
Outdoor Play Time
Yoga Poses from Yoga Pretzels deck
World Religions - introduction to Zoroastrianism
read from Ancient Mythologies: India, Persia, Babylon, Egypt by Charles Kovacs (pp.104-106 and 113-128)
- Ahura Mazda and Ahriman
- Zarathustra and the Kingdom of Light
Board Games - Pengoloo, Planet, Race to the Treasure, Election Night, mancala
Wednesday, Jan 18
- SSR
Morning Math KLL
- grade 8 workbook from Jamie York
Mensuration
Square Root Algorithm
Heron's Formula
Nature - color the Weather Tree, water seedlings
Breathing Exercises from Yoga Pretzels deck
Gymnastics Class - K and L
Board Games - Alphabet Zoop (Go Go Gorilla and Big Big Fish)
Jataka Tales - stamp circles of gold paint with wine corks for MLB illustration of water buffalo story
Indoor Recess - Planet, mancala, Cuboro marble maze, Tiddly Winks (skip counting by 5's to calculate score)
Handwork - A & L finish and sew up kittens, Z & K work on lambs
World Religions - review Zoroastrianism and add to MLB
watch video: Please Explain: The Zoroastrian Religion
read sky burial information from From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty (pp.220-223)
read Arash the Archer: A Story from Ancient Persia by Shahriar Bourbour
Science Club: Wind Direction - complete notes for Jan 18 are here
Thursday, Jan 19
- SSR
Nature - color the Weather Tree, water seedlings
Gold Coin Artwork - K and L make artwork for MLB
have snack and read The Shofar Must Go On... by Lina Schwarz
World Religions special guest, Halbert Katzen, to play two different shofars (ram horn, kudu antelope horn)
look at three part cards for Judaism
discuss relationship between three Abrahamic Religions
look at list of Jewish festivals (independent projects to be assigned next week)
have lunch and finish Read Aloud story, The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Outdoor Play Time
play I Have, Who Has? (Sight Words for the Pterodactyls, Multiplication Tables for the Plastic Utensils)
Art History: Ruth Asawa - make Harmonious Paper Sculptures (complete notes for Ruth Asawa are here)
The Giant Game of Sculpture
by Herve Tullet
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