Mighty Girl of the Week: Mary Leakey, Archaeologist from GB
Math
4 pages of MEP (Red book 1A - grade 1, pages 32-35 )
We created a number line going from -20 to + 20 in the driveway. She counted by 2s and 3s from random starting points. She also seems to now get negative numbers. She also now associates changing directions on the number line when adding or subtracting.
We created a number line going from -20 to + 20 in the driveway. She counted by 2s and 3s from random starting points. She also seems to now get negative numbers. She also now associates changing directions on the number line when adding or subtracting.
She demonstrated her math skills to her father on Friday. He was helping her with her math page and the problem required her to fill in a number greater than 1. She chose 100. It then wanted a number less than 100. She chose 0. She then had to name a number less than 0. She smirked at her dad and said, "-100".
Reading
She read:
Me on a Map by Joan Sweeney
Callum’s Incredible Construction Kit
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Marley and the Earth Day Celebration
Good Luck, Martha
Good Luck, Martha
We read:
Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter
Rapunzel (original by brothers Grimm)
Tentacles
A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Harris
Tentacles
A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Harris
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| At the library |
Sight Words
This is a challenge. She can read all the Dolch words on sight. So, I started improvising. The first list I put together was a 30 second exercise in her reading. I put together a second list which slowed her down slightly. She had to sound out three of them.
Spelling
We started on spelling. In February of this year, her teacher had them start spelling six words a week. We reviewed her last set this week.
Science
This is a challenge. She can read all the Dolch words on sight. So, I started improvising. The first list I put together was a 30 second exercise in her reading. I put together a second list which slowed her down slightly. She had to sound out three of them.
spreading
curse
behind
know
catch
dance
light
night
tight
about
between
around
Spelling
We started on spelling. In February of this year, her teacher had them start spelling six words a week. We reviewed her last set this week.
one
two
three
four
five
six
Science
We set up a chart on the fridge to record the temperature every morning. We did comparisons from day to day. Was yesterday warmer or colder?
Colwell teacher, Mrs. Scriven, lent us her rock and mineral resources. She had two full boxes of fossils and minerals. I was blown away! We went through the items, marvelling at the amethyst and the fossils. She played with different kinds of sand from around the world. Here are some of the samples we looked at.
We watched a Nature video on volcanoes and the Reading Rainbow: Hill of Fire video.
We talked about three groups of rocks and the rock cycle.
Colwell teacher, Mrs. Scriven, lent us her rock and mineral resources. She had two full boxes of fossils and minerals. I was blown away! We went through the items, marvelling at the amethyst and the fossils. She played with different kinds of sand from around the world. Here are some of the samples we looked at.
We watched a Nature video on volcanoes and the Reading Rainbow: Hill of Fire video.
We talked about three groups of rocks and the rock cycle.
Art/Geography
We explored drawing things by breaking them down into simpler shapes. I put a piece of acetate on top of the photo of the clock tower. She traced the various shapes. Then, I asked her to draw it on a piece of paper. It took almost no time and she got it.
We stopped by the Pickering farmer's market and came upon a stand selling British food. So, to support our geography learning, we had Cornish Pasties, steak and potato pies and shortbread for dinner one night.
She located Toronto and then Great Britain on a world map.
She located Toronto and then Great Britain on a world map.
Brave Writer/The Wand (Language Arts)
Completed week 2 of The Wand. We covered the -ed, -ing, and -s suffixes
We did a second fairytalke in the fairytale unit of Brave Writer. This week it was Cinderella.
"Once upon a time there was a
girl named Cinderella. Cinderella lived
with her evil step-sisters and her evil step-mom. She sat under the hazel tree and said, “White
bird, white bird throw down to me silver and gold.” And the bird would toss
down a silver dress and shoes almost like glass. And she went to the ball three
times in a row and each time she wore a dress that was more beautiful than the
first dress. The step mom didn’t want
her to go to the ball.
In the third time her slipper
came off. The prince picked up the
slipper and he said, “Whoever this slipper fits, I will marry her.”
And then he went to every
house and made every girl try it on including Cinderella and the
step-sisters. The princess went to
Cinderella’s house and tried it on one of the step-sisters. She had to cut off
a little bit of her toe to get it on.
And then the princess rode away with her. As they passed the hazelnut tree, the bird
said, “Peep and turn, Peep and turn, there’s blood in the shoe. The true bride
waits for you.” He rode back and then he
tried it on the other step-sister. She
had to cut a little bit of her heel off.
They rode away. As they passed by
the hazelnut tree, the bird said, “Peep and turn, Peep and turn, there’s blood
in the shoe. The true bride waits for you.”
He rode back. He tried it on Cinderella’s foot and it
fitted and he rode away with her. As
they passed by the hazelnut tree, the bird says, “Peep and turn, peep and turn,
the true bride rides with you.”
They married. The End."
Physical Ed
Swimming lesson this week.
In the coming week, dance lessons start again and then next week gymnastics kicks in again as well. That should help burn off some of this energy.
She spent afternoons at Colwell, playing and took Friday off with her Dad while I was presenting at a conference.
Reflection: It was a good week. There wasn't enough games and fun videos and experiments. This week needs more hands on stuff.
