We Love Fridays!
monthly review, september 2010
FIELD TRIPS
Great Harvest Bread Company:
The children learned about every step in the bread making process from harvesting the wheat to baking the finished product. They each got to take home a delicious loaf of bread and cookie. We L-O-V-E Great Harvest Bread Company.
Park Excursion:
We didn’t think the turtles were real because they sat so still on the rocks, but then started to head for the shore:
As you can imagine, the children now want a pet turtle. We are actually more likely to cave to this request than the ever so popular dog request. What we didn’t get a picture of was the rabid birds attacking our Cafe Rio deliciousness. We ended up throwing a bunch of our food away because the pigeon problem was so bad. They were even dumpster diving right in front of us. I try really hard to forget their beady red eyes staring up at me from my Pork Salad. Note to Self: No More Eating at the Aliante Dinosaur Park!
CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS
Language Arts:
–mastered beginning blends…difficult accomplishment for ELL learners
–copywork, copywork, copywork
–definition of a noun…lots of proper noun practice
Memory Work:
–Articles of Faith #7, 8, and 9
–Poems: Caterpillar and Work
Mathematics:
–counting by fives and tens (Nikki)
–carrying and regrouping (Ezzy)
–Times Table memorization: zeros, ones, twos, and fives (Danny)
–basic math facts (Juan)
History:
–discovering all things Ancient Egypt
–Making Cuneiform Tablets (Sumer)
And just for fun:
THINGS TO ADD:
Science–curriculum just arrived last week
Piano–still trying to find my pedal and plug from the move
Book List–for the blog
grandparents the great
Meet great-grandparents Penning!
The whole Penning tribe made a very special day trip to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma to spend some time with them. I am so glad we got pictures. Let’s face it grams and grandps…you’re no spring chickens anymore. :)
We also celebrated Danny’s birthday…the Nerf bow-n-arrow is something Danny’s has been asking for for 18 months. he LOVES it.
We all had a great time. Hopefully, the kids will remember the experience for a long time to come.
JULY 2010