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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

the story about ping

"The tale of a little duck alone on the Yangtze River, The Story About Ping is a sweet and funny book with wonderfully rich and colorful illustrations. On a day like any other, Ping sets off from the boat he calls home with his comically large family in search of "pleasant things to eat." On this particular day, he is accidentally left behind when the boat leaves. Undaunted, the little duck heads out onto the Yangtze in search of his family, only to find new friends and adventures--and a bit of peril--around every bend".


their favorite part



Science-



sink or float experiment


Math-




counting skills and following directions


Comprehension-



story sequence cards


Art-




art - drawing water ripples




illustrate a duck


We also talked about some literary components like repetition, fiction, and what makes a story a classic. We talked a little about where China is, learned about the Yangtze River and looked at some examples of Chinese culture.


To finsih off this book study, we celebrated by making Chinese Lanterns!


I decided instead of doing a lapbook, I would try putting everything in a folder since we had so many full sized sheets to go along with the book.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

on our shelf...

rain

raindrops

cloudy with a chance of meatballs

rabbits good news

waiting for wings

wet world

little cloud

the cloud book

spring

planting a rainbow

when the winds stop

Monday, March 28, 2011

little cloud

This week we also read Little Cloud by Eric Carle and did a couple of extensions based on the book.

Friday, March 25, 2011

planting a rainbow


We read Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and decided we needed to plant our own rainbow too!

I was only able to snap a picture of Ethan scooping the potting soil into the container, but all 3 kids took part in this job!

vining pink verbena

crystal orange zinnia

taishan yellow marigold

sugar madness petunia

madness moonlight mix petunia

spring weather

This week we talked about spring weather: rainbows, clouds, and the water cycle. I couldn't really find a lot of pre-made things for this unit, so it turned out kinda pieced milled together. But oh well~school must go on! Here's what was in this week's workboxes...

Gracelyn-


explode the code


rainbow math mat


number tracing cards


match it! addition cards


sight words and reader


addition worksheet


abeka workbook pages


poem copy work


copy work



Ella-


explode the code


sight words and reader


rainbow math mat


letter Rr handwriting sheets


number tracing cards


match it! addition cards


abeka workbook pages


rabbit number recognition


letter Uu upper and lower case letter sort


rainbow size sequence

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

busy boy

My boy has been so interested in school lately. I don't take alot of time to put anything "formal" together for him just some quick and easy activities. Although I am trying to get him to recognize the first letter of his name.





Monday, March 21, 2011

watercolor painting


Lastweek we also painted caterpillars and butterflys with watercolors to go along with our unit on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. All three kids loved this activity and have asked to do it several more times!


Saturday, March 19, 2011

the very hungry caterpillar


Here's a look at our week based on the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, written by Eric Carle. I had a lot of fun putting this unit together and I hope the girls and Ethan liked it as much as I did! We made clothes pin caterpillars and painted with watercolors. Here's what was in their workboxes...



Gracelyn-



sight words and reader


days of the week copy work


writing prompt



story comprehension


math worksheet


syllable clip cards


color word caterpillar


butterfly number matching book


classification: fruit or vegetable



Ella-


story comprehension



days of the week copy work


alphabetical order caterpillar


writing prompt



syllable clip cards


math worksheet


color word caterpillar


butterfly number matching book



sight words and reader


classification: fruit or vegetable


caterpillar math