Sunday, April 9, 2023

Week 25 Notes

Some things going on this week that have their own blog post or webpage:


Monday, Mar 27

    SSR

    Morning Math

      age 6, 7, 8 - number pages, add table of contents, decorate front & back covers of Math MLB, add to Portfolio Box, introduction to Golden Bead Material Activity Set, independent work with the Golden Beads (addition #1, multiplication #1)

      age 10, 11 - Easter Egg Averages CR & AH, Decimal Stamp Game AZ, Long Division KW

    Jazz Artist - Billie Holiday

    Board Games - Check the Oven, Mancala, Turn Over, jacks

    Read Aloud - chapter 4 of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

    Outdoor Play

    Language Arts

      SWI - read Breakers & Builders by Steve Light, write and illustrate word sums for words in the book, pay particular attention to < dig > and note the doubling convention

      Grammar - Mad-Lib Theater

      Short Stories - "The Feather Pillow" AG

    Nature Sketching

    write in Plan Books


Tuesday, Mar 28


Wednesday, Mar 29

    SSR

    The hfw Project - "that"

    Morning Meeting & Classroom Routines

    Special Guest - Molly Maxwell, Carbondale Senior Planner

    Jazz Artist - John "Dizzy" Gillespie

    Morning Math

      GBM (multiplication card #2, division card #2)

      age 10, 11 - CR & AH rough draft Easter Egg Averages for MLB, AZ dynamic addition and subtraction with Decimal Stamp Game, KW Long Division Multi-Step Word Problems

      Supercharged Math - Algebra week 5 KLL

    Read Aloud - chapter 6 of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
    (write word sum for new word: be + calm + ed)

    Outdoor Play

    Language Arts

      SWI - figure out how to illustrate < try >, focus on the convention of toggling, write word sums

        try + ed ---> tried

        try + al ---> trial

        try + out + s ---> tryouts

      Grammar - introduction to Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

    Handwork

    Art History - round #1 of Soak-Stain Paintings

    write in Plan Books


Thursday, Mar 30

    SSR

    The hfw Project - "and"

    Morning Meeting & Classroom Routines

    continue with Morning Math assignments

    GBM (multiplication card #3, division card #3)

    Jazz Artist - Thelonious Monk

    Language Arts

      SWI - continue the family of < try >, look at a two-step word sum and an example with a prefix

        try + ing ---> triing ---> trying

        re + try ---> retry

      Grammar - make random sentences with Subject & Predicate French Fries, use Montessori Grammar Symbols to symbolize them and determine whether the sentence has a Transitive or Intransitive Verb

      Short Stories - "The Necklace" AG

    Read Aloud - chapter 7 of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
    (write word sum for new word: rope + walk + er + s)

    Outdoor Play

    Handwork

    Art History - Helen Frankenthaler week 3 video lesson from Art History Kids "Magnificent Modern Art" course (an in-depth look at her 1966 painting "Tutti-Fruitti"), round #2 of Soak-Stain Paintings

    write in Plan Books


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