Posted on January 27, 2009 - by

Year 0: Week 16

Our school days are Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 9:30am, when we return from dropping off Ethan at Mother’s Day Out. Each bullet point is a 5-15 minute period of time.

Monday:

• Errand, cleaning day
• Mommy’s book club

Tuesday:

• History:  Watch the Inauguration of President Barak Obama
• Lunch (1hr)
• Literature: Kate’s choice
• Independent Reading/Rest Time

Wednesday:

• Story time at the Library (10:30 am)
• Turn in old and check out new books (11:00 am)
• Lunch (1hr)
• Outdoor Play (1hr)
• Literature: Library Books
• Independent Reading/Rest Time

Thursday:

• Pledge
  Weather: Record temperature, outside conditions
  Calendar: Write out weekend schedule
• Phonics:  Phonics Workbook: short and long e sounds (pgs 4-5 )
• Math: Addition/Subtraction Workbook: addition equations (pgs 2-3)
• Artist Study: Pointillism: Katie’s Sunday Afternoon, by James Mayhew – great use of famous paintings by Seurat and others in a clever story line
• History: Duck for President, by Doreen Cronin- Fun book about our democratic process starting with Duck holding an election to oust Farmer Brown as the leader of the farm he lives on.  (Wish we had read this during election time, instead of after the inauguration, but Kate seemed to ‘get it’ anyway.)
• Grammar:  Dear Deer – A Book of Homophones, by Gene Barretta  - Awesome book about homophones – need watch age level, though, as a non-reader won’t get the double meanings of the all the homophones.  Of course, they would just enjoy the cute story line, if nothing else!
• Natural History: All About Sharks, by Jim Arnosky  and  Tough, Toothy Baby Sharks, by Sandra Markle  (Kate’s most recent picks in the non-fiction aisles at the library.)
• Lunch (1hr)
• Outdoor Play (1hr)
• Literature: Kate’s choice
• Independent Reading/Rest Time

Friday:

• Nature Walk