- did much board work,compared temperature since began collecting data,compared yesterday and today's with two thermometer,noted meaning of C.and F. once more
- looked at poster showing correct writing posture,where to keep hands,practiced.
- completed a few pages in our handwriting workbook.
- worked on discovering what number we had difficulty forming or which may need to be "tweeked "for legibility ( no reference to a common ly used computer activity)
- played Monster Mash and a board game of "guess the missing number that comes before,between or after the numbers written on the board or your page
- count by fives and tens...please check to see where the breakdown occurs if there's a slow down anywhere with your child. The decade mark is often the stumper. Don't begin with 5 or 10,start at 15 or 25. See how far child will go. How far can you count before the light changes? Can you go farther at the next light? ...be creative with the automatic skill.
- if the fives and tens are solid,without parental mouthing or intervention,then move on to the 2s.
- wrote in our new Handwriting Books. Worked on making a nice,First Grade "a". It was fun to go to the board with the feeling"I just can't do it." and leave with"Ha! I did it".
- Read in our Social Studies book: People and Places. Ask how many stripes on our flag and why. How many stars? Why? Some may not yet remember the word "colonies".
- listened to the final chapter in our first book " Fluffy Goes to School".Fluffly sat on my lap Ask about story and how Fluffy managed to think quickly to get himself out of an embarressing situation. What was he what was he wearing and why? How did he get into those clothers? . They should repeat the plot.
We're beginning our vocabulary building book:Wordly Wise
We're reviewing the first five words and will do the next ones next week.Look for more suggestions for reinforcing these new words.
- leap
- .swamp
- trunk
- capital
- nomument
- steep
- load
- globe
- coast
- nation
