Bible
We read about the birth of Jesus in Bethleham and the shepherds who visit Jesus.
Memory Verse
Matthew 5:8 "Happy are those whose hearts are pure, for they shall see God."
Rad Aloud
Mother Goose Rhymes
Milly Molly Mandy-Chapter 6 "Milly Molly Mandy enjoys a visit"
This chapter mentioned making something called a "lid potato". We made them for lunch one day and the boys loved them. You bake a potato, cut a lid on top, scoop out the insides, mix the insides with butter, salt and pepper, and place back in the potato, and top with the lid.
"The Little Hero of Holland"
"Puss in Boots" (Both boys loved this story)
"The Little Sparrow"
More Eric Carle’s ‘Animals Animals’
Language arts
DEL-Auditory/Memory-I give the boys three tasks. They do them after 60 seconds. The tasks are becoming more difficult and both boys are getting some wrong, but I think I still do great for their age.
Comprehension/Sequence-place a series of pictures into order. Both do great with this.
Motor/maze-very good. Visual/Figue Ground-The boy shave to look at a cod and figure out what color goes with what shape accordong to this code. ‘R’ was sick this day, so just ‘A’ did it and did it 100%. Auditory/Rhyming-The boys had to look at pictures and connect the ones that rhyme. Comprehension/Language-I read a sentence and they chose the picture that best suited the sentence.
First 1000 Words- We named items you would find in the garage, at home, and farm.
Science
We learned about Matter. Matter is anything that takes up space and has a wight. It can be a solid, liquid, or a gas. We talked about examples of a solid, and the liquid, water.
Art Appreciation
‘Bedroom at Arles’. 1889, Vincent Van Gogh
‘Woman in Her Bath, Sponging Her Leg’, 1883, Edgar Degas
‘Portrait of William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham and his family’, 1567, attributed to the <aster of the Contess of Warwick
‘The Sleeping Kitchen Maid’. 1655, Nicolaes Maes
Life Skills
A Little Book of Manners for Boys- How to behave when out and about
Reading
‘A’ continues to work on "Jumper and the Clown’