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Adventure Awaits
Our lesson plan this week will focus on Adventure. We will read books about bravery and courage and do some exploring in our own outdoor spaces. We will also learn about the benefits of trying new things.
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Lessons Plans
Full disclaimer: I am not a professional educator However, like many of you, Covid has forced me to take on the role of “teacher” and develop weekly “lesson plans” for my now home-schooled pre-k aged daughter, Ansley. Using a Kindergarten assessment from Education.com as a baseline for what she needs to work on, we settled on the potpourri of programs below. Hopefully, she will be more than ready for Kindergarten this fall. Reading: For reading, we most heavily use Hooked on Phonics (the books and the app). We have worked much of the way through the first-grade curriculum and we often supplement it with leveled readers from Learning Dynamics, Kindle unlimited, and…
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The Kindness of a King
It seems these days, we could all use a little kindness, so this week we will focus on celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the kindness he promoted even when faced with hate.
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Celebration of Me
Happy Birthday Ansley! We are excited to celebrate our sweet girl and the wonderful things about being who God created us to be this week. We will focus on literature and lessons that are filled with messages
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Goal Setting
You are 42% more likely to achieve your goals by writing them down which is why kids need to learn from a very young age the power of setting goals as well as how to achieve them. Each year we tape large pieces of paper onto the wall and encourage our children to write down their goals for the year. We then review those goals, organize them into categories, and write out the steps necessary to achieve them. We keep record of the goals in Evernote. We periodically review the goals and it is amazing to see how many of those goals are reached over the year. This week,…
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Winter Animals
Verse of the week: Focus for the week Math: Reading: Writing: The theme for The Week: Winter Animals Theme Book circle time 9:00am Reading9:30 am Writing/Independent Activities 10:00am PlayBreak/ Lunch 10:25 SpecialsMath 11:30 Specials 12:00 Specials Recess 12:30-2:30 Monday Animals In Winter Tuk Tuk Advent Day 7 Read: Dave Mule Music Tuesday Birds In Winter A Warm Winter Tail Advent Day 8 Read : Lime Pie Science Wednesday Polar Bears & Penguins Ice in the Jungle Advent Day 9 Read: Peak Set 2 Cooking/Sewing Thursday Arctic Foxes Winter Winter Advent Day 10 Read: The Seal Pup …
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Winter
Verse of the week: (Christmas Advent Activities) Focus for the week Math: review 1-50 Reading: Long Vowels review. Letter Y as a vowel Writing: Address Theme for The Week: Winter Theme Book circle time 9:00am Reading9:30 am Writing/Independent Activities 10:00am PlayBreak/ Lunch 10:25 SpecialsMath 11:30 Specials 12:00 Specials Independent Activities 12:30-2:30 Monday Winter Video Introducing Advent Watch: Letter Y as vowel Long Vowel Read: Science: Snow storm in a jar Tuesday Snow December 1: UnWrap Stable. Read Watch: Letter Y Read : Lesson 6.1 Watch: How an Ingloo Keeps you Warm Social Studies : Build An Igloo with playdough Wednesday Plants in Winter …
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Thanksgiving
Verse of the week: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Focus for the week Math: Numbers 50-60 Reading: Long Vowel Sounds Writing: Address & Phone Number Theme for The Week: Thanksgiving Theme Book circle time 9:00am Reading9:30 am Writing/Independent Activities 10:00am PlayBreak/ Lunch 10:25 SpecialsMath 11:30 Specials 12:00 Specials Independent Activities 12:30-2:30 Monday Thanksgiving Fruit of the Spirit Peace Read: Easy Reader on Kindle Do: Khan Academy kid Activity Color by sight word and number Thanksgiving Feast Addition ScienceTurkey Rocket Tuesday My Life as a Native American Fruit of the Spirit Peace Read : Easy Readers on Kindle Do: Vowel…
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Our Troops – Veteran’s Day
Verse of the week: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Focus for the week Math: Reading: Writing: Theme for The Week: Veterans Day Theme Book circle time 9:00am Reading9:30 am Writing/Independent Activities 10:00am PlayBreak/ Lunch 10:25 SpecialsMath 11:30 Specials 12:00 Specials Independent Activities 12:30-2:30 Monday Serving In The Military The Fruit of the Spirit Love Board: Long a/Short a review Watch Long vowel Review Alpha blocks Do: Long Vowel Short Vowel work sheet 3 Read: Save the Cake Numbers40-50Lesson 4.1 Science Craft Military Clothespin Planes Tuesday What is the Army? The Fruit of the Spirit Love Watch Silent e sounds Do Long…
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Elections & Voting
Verse of the week: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. … Focus for the week Math: Numbers in their 30’s Reading: Long U sound (u-e, ue, ui, ew, oo, u) Writing: phone number Theme for The Week: Government & Election Theme Book circle bible time 9:00am Reading9:30 am Writing/Independent Activities 10:00am PlayBreak/ Lunch 10:25 SpecialsMath 11:30 Specials 12:00 Specials Independent Activities 12:30-2:30 Monday Read: Voting Fruit of the Spirit Joy Count 1-40 U_E Words Cube, Cute, Mule, Duke, Luke, Flute , Tune, Tube , rude, dude, mute, brute Watch: Long U Sound Video Read The Sad Mule (learning dynamics) Do Long…