Matteo-7th grade:
Copywork assignment-The Lord's Prayer
Math assignment-5 minute Drill sheet
Worksheet from Math U See workbook
French assignment-Lesson 1-5 on Hop, skip and sing french cd. Learn and do activity for lesson 5. Go outside to practice exercise 4.
Social Studies assignment-chapters 4-6 of the book Boy of The Painted Cave, do written narration.
Nature Journal assignment-Nature, sitting and observing fallen tree for insects and other life.
Language Arts assignment-One lesson in Rod N Staff English.
Art: Thanks Painting for Hispanic Heritage month, 2 classroom days
Nicko 3rd grade
Copywork assignment-The Lords Prayer
Language arts assignment-one story in Mcguffey's 3rd reader.
complete lesson on page 17 of Pinneo's Primary Grammar
Fall word and picture matching
French assignment-do lesson 1-5 in Hop, skip and sing french cd, go outside to do practice activity 4.
Math assignment-one lesson in Math U See
Nature Journal assignment-observing fallen tree for signs of insects and other life.
Social Studies assignment-Read pages 1-7 of The Discovery of The Americas book and color worksheet 1
complete clay model of land bridge and do ice demonstration (repeat clay model-did not finish yesterday.)
Art-same as Matteo
Both kids cultural lesson-Hispanic Heritage month-read Hispanic History of The Americas
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Setp 29th lesson plans 2010-2011 school year
Matteo-7th grade:
Copywork assignment-The Lord's Prayer
Math assignment-5 minute Drill sheet
Worksheet from Math U See workbook
Prime Factorization video
complete prime trees worksheet
Note: the extra video and worksheet assignment is so that I may check this off of our course of study list.
French assignment-Lesson 1-4 on Hop, skip and sing french cd. Write words in french for lesson 4.
Social Studies assignment-First three chapters of the book Boy of The Painted Caves, do written narration on first three chapters.
Nature Journal assignment-Nature walk on looking for sings of fall. We will look for any signs of fall and kids will record in nature journal.
Language Arts assignment-One lesson in Rod N Staff English.
Computer assignment-load Storytelling ALICE and get familiar.
Nicko 3rd grade
Copywork assignment-The Lords Prayer
Language arts assignment-one story in Mcguffey's 3rd reader.
complete lesson on page 16 of Pinneo's Primary Grammar
complete fall words worksheet
French assignment-do lesson 1-4 in Hop, skip and sing french cd
Math assignment-one lesson in Math U See
Nature Journal assignment-do nature walk looking for signs of fall and recording findings.
Social Studies assignment-Read pages 1-7 of The Discovery of The Americas book and color worksheet 1
complete clay model of land bridge and do ice demonstration
Computer assignment-Dancemat Typing
Copywork assignment-The Lord's Prayer
Math assignment-5 minute Drill sheet
Worksheet from Math U See workbook
Prime Factorization video
complete prime trees worksheet
Note: the extra video and worksheet assignment is so that I may check this off of our course of study list.
French assignment-Lesson 1-4 on Hop, skip and sing french cd. Write words in french for lesson 4.
Social Studies assignment-First three chapters of the book Boy of The Painted Caves, do written narration on first three chapters.
Nature Journal assignment-Nature walk on looking for sings of fall. We will look for any signs of fall and kids will record in nature journal.
Language Arts assignment-One lesson in Rod N Staff English.
Computer assignment-load Storytelling ALICE and get familiar.
Nicko 3rd grade
Copywork assignment-The Lords Prayer
Language arts assignment-one story in Mcguffey's 3rd reader.
complete lesson on page 16 of Pinneo's Primary Grammar
complete fall words worksheet
French assignment-do lesson 1-4 in Hop, skip and sing french cd
Math assignment-one lesson in Math U See
Nature Journal assignment-do nature walk looking for signs of fall and recording findings.
Social Studies assignment-Read pages 1-7 of The Discovery of The Americas book and color worksheet 1
complete clay model of land bridge and do ice demonstration
Computer assignment-Dancemat Typing
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Adding lesson plans again.
The kids and I are so excited that our books are starting to come in. I am going to start doing our daily lesson plans and add them here starting tomorrow. If subjects are missing, it's just that we are waiting on our material. As well, I'm making more of an effort to take pictures to add here of our school time. It will be fun to look over our "year book," at the end of each grade year.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Preschool worksheets!
I love this site! Not only are they good worksheets, but they can be saved as pdf downloads.
Kids Learning Station
Kids Learning Station
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Becoming a master teacher
I was watching an episode of Oprah this week, when a comment caught my attention. One of the teachers that were featured said that it took him three years to be a good teacher, and five to be a master teacher. I thought, "yes! Exactly right!" Even with my background as a preschool and transitional kindergarten teacher it has taken me till this year to be super confident in my teaching abilities. I now FEEL like a master teacher.
As a homeschool parent I am on a lot of homeschool email loops. Ive been paying more attention to the posts from new homeschoolers. I feel like one of those confident parents I used to envy. I now feel in the position to give advice. It's a good feeling, but I worry for these new parents. It is not easy being a new homeschooler, even with some teaching experience.
For a new homeschool parent it can be overwhelming. First there is the scary thought that you are directly responsible for your child(rens) education. I remember thinking that there would be no one to blame but myself if I was wrong about this being a better alternative. It did not occur to me at the time that I had been responsible already for my children's early education....something every parent should give yourself a pat on the back for!
So how do you reach this nirvana of teaching confidence?
For every parent it will be different. For me though it was a combination of things. It was the feeling of confidence in several areas. Housecleaning doesn't have a lot to do with teaching, except that feeling like I have a good routine down, and that my home does not suffer was important to me. Cooking doesn't have a lot to do with teaching, except feeling like I have dinner on the table while also juggling housekeeping, and homeschooling makes me feel like I have finally mastered the art of true multi-tasking.
As for the actual teaching part of homeschooling, it to has been a combination of experiences that have helped me to grow. I used to berate myself that I have switched our style, methods, and curriculum in our homeschooling years. I now see that all of this was just an evolution of our journey. I needed to go through these different experiences, and the kids DID NOT suffer for it. In fact, even when we went through periods where we did very little schooling, the children thrived. Parents should understand that it is okay to not "get it right-right away," when it comes to these issues.
I think that like any teacher, homeschool parents should consider themselves in training. It takes time to become a good teacher, especially a master! Give yourself time to experience, and even experiment. Read other homeschool blogs, check out teacher websites, join homeschool forums and utilize the experience of parents who have come before you. Don't be afraid to change curriculum or methods. Most of all, give yourself a break, literally and figuratively!
As a homeschool parent I am on a lot of homeschool email loops. Ive been paying more attention to the posts from new homeschoolers. I feel like one of those confident parents I used to envy. I now feel in the position to give advice. It's a good feeling, but I worry for these new parents. It is not easy being a new homeschooler, even with some teaching experience.
For a new homeschool parent it can be overwhelming. First there is the scary thought that you are directly responsible for your child(rens) education. I remember thinking that there would be no one to blame but myself if I was wrong about this being a better alternative. It did not occur to me at the time that I had been responsible already for my children's early education....something every parent should give yourself a pat on the back for!
So how do you reach this nirvana of teaching confidence?
For every parent it will be different. For me though it was a combination of things. It was the feeling of confidence in several areas. Housecleaning doesn't have a lot to do with teaching, except that feeling like I have a good routine down, and that my home does not suffer was important to me. Cooking doesn't have a lot to do with teaching, except feeling like I have dinner on the table while also juggling housekeeping, and homeschooling makes me feel like I have finally mastered the art of true multi-tasking.
As for the actual teaching part of homeschooling, it to has been a combination of experiences that have helped me to grow. I used to berate myself that I have switched our style, methods, and curriculum in our homeschooling years. I now see that all of this was just an evolution of our journey. I needed to go through these different experiences, and the kids DID NOT suffer for it. In fact, even when we went through periods where we did very little schooling, the children thrived. Parents should understand that it is okay to not "get it right-right away," when it comes to these issues.
I think that like any teacher, homeschool parents should consider themselves in training. It takes time to become a good teacher, especially a master! Give yourself time to experience, and even experiment. Read other homeschool blogs, check out teacher websites, join homeschool forums and utilize the experience of parents who have come before you. Don't be afraid to change curriculum or methods. Most of all, give yourself a break, literally and figuratively!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
FREE labbook files!
I found a PLETHORA of free lapbook files at Homeschool Launch. If you have never heard of lapbooking, Lapbooks are GREAT for hands on learners and for enrichment for a unit. Some people even use lapbooking as their curriculum. For my eight year old, who loves these-it really helps him to remember a concept or subject using these. I will be using these a lot this year as unit projects for him. I'd love to see pictures if anyone does one!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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