Learning Notes: Weeks Five and Six

As I predicted, there will be weeks that are not so stellar. These past few were those. Week 5, the weather was just too nice. Plus we had to go to the city for Athena's eye exam*.Week 6, the flu*. A sick dog*. Oh, and company and Thanksgiving. Anyway, here we go.

Math

Ordering

Telling time

Graphs

2D and 3D shapes

Writing numbers

Counting by 2s

Most and least

Counting by 10s

Counting forward and backward

Reading numbers

Groups of tens and ones.

She also played Shut the Box a few times. Fun game.

Language Arts

Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading
Lessons 41 to 44.
Read Bob books Set 2 Books 1 to 10

History

Thanksgiving History in Canada

Science

Finished up Fall study.

Created an indoor moss garden.

Planted fall spinach and radish.

Nature hike. Collected some wasp nurseries and old bird nests.

She wanted to do a real science experiment to we dissolved salt in water, hung a nail by a string inside the glass jar. Still waiting on the salt crystals to appear.

While we were out in the yard, this huge flock of Sandhill Cranes flew directly over our yard. It was breathtaking...and very loud. Craaaakarr.

Reading

What Happens in the Autumn

All About Animals in the Fall

Canadian Holidays : Thanksgiving

Warm as Wool

Strega Nona's Harvest

Harvest Song

A Thanksgiving Wish

Nickommoh!

Various Thanksgiving inspired poetry

(I told you it was nice out. Eating Shrimp Creole on the

deck in October...in Saskatchewan... in one's pajamas?

Unheard of.)

Writing

Athena wrote and sent two thank-you notes to her Auntie and Cousin for gifts given. And then of course, since the weather was so nice, we just HAD to walk to the post office to mail it. This was the first time that I remained outside (with the dog) and she took the mail key and found our box and got the mail herself. She was pretty proud of herself.

Art

Lots of modeling clay work. This theme was dinosaurs.

* No glasses for Athena yet. Optometrist says likely next year

*Flu for Athena. Started with a headache on Wednesday last and she is still sick 6 days later. It is mostly just a cough now. Was it H1N1? Maybe.

*The dog we just adopted has lost 8lbs since we got her. She has a bladder infection and is being treated for Tapeworm. $228 later, I hope all is well.