Monday, January 31, 2011

Morning Work : Writing, Math & Science

She worked on several worksheets. Practiced writing upper and lower case letters. Reviewed the concept SAME and identified same words in a worksheet.  We did cupcake math. Where she did a problem solving. How many cupcakes did she eat? How many left? How many blue or yellow. Then we did cupcake science. What happens when you mix yellow and green icing? Turns green. So she explored Science with a cupcake. The morning has been focusing on math , science and Writing activities.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Weekend Lessons

Weekend Lessons -  These included math and sorting. We used coins and sorted them into the different categories like 5cents ,25 cents, 10 cents etc.
Then we had some Art lessons where she practiced making numbers out of clay . So it combined math and art. She has lessons of nutrition . The importance of drinking daily - Water.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Morning Work - Reading Time

Independent Reading Activity - (Aleli read  all by herself  )
* All Better By Lisa Thiesing - Read to Reading -Mile 1 Book

I also read several books to Aleli.  She enjoyed the book:

The Best Mistake Ever!  We discussed new words and vocabulary.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Art & Crafts

Completed Assignement & Tasks -Time4Learning

Completed Assignement: Math

Wen Homeschool Activities

Aleli will begin Ultimate Box of Projects today. It will have 30 Art+ Craft Projects to do. She also began the book Grades 1-2 Addition & Subtraction for math.  She was also playing with Play Dough that reviews numbers.

Aleli

Aleli reviewed some books last night. She also did Time 4 Learning Activities online. In Math, Science and English yesterday. She received a 90% in Science studying about Ants & other creatures.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Time4 Learning Lessons

Aleli did Time 4 Learning Lessons online and received 100%. Reviewed ar,th,sh,ea words.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Time 4 Learning Virtual School

Aleli did several lessons on Time 4 Learning. She worked on Math and Phonics. She reviewed:
*ck words
*whole numbers
*high frequency words - make,little,you
*Read a Decodable Story

* Took Quiz and got 100% in Whole Numbers
* got 100% on ck word Review

Independent Reading

Aleli will read independently before bedtime some books and review her sight words.

Martin Luther King

Who was MLK? We discussed who MLK was.

Money Lessons

Money Concepts - Adding Money
                           -  Identify Cost of Products
                           - Budget Concepts
                           - Real Life Math  (Shopping at Store with Budget on Sunday)
                           
                           -Play Shopping at home
                           -Use Play Money to sort and use

Friday, January 7, 2011

Reading Time

Reading Time -- Aleli read a book. She practiced reading. I also read several books to her.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Writing Activities

Aleli practiced her writing by writing a letter to her friend. She also made a list of wishes for her 16th Birthday. These activities helped her practice her writing.

Reading Time

I read Aleli the story - Daisy Jane By : Megan McDonald

Time & Equal Parts of a Whole Concepts

Aleli completed a worksheet on the concept of " Equal & Unequal Parts of Whole Shapes". Aleli had to identity equal parts of a whole shape. She also did a worksheet on Determining am and pm ( Time)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Workbook Work Completed

Aleli worked on the Workbook and completed several assignments. She worked on :
* Days and Dates  -Using Calendar to Solve Story Problems
*Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Apples ( Detail/Making Inferences)
                                                            Leaves ( Main Idea/ Drawing Conclusions)
* At the Circus Worksheet - Picture Clues/Comparing

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Time4Learning : Math & Language Arts

Time 4 Learning Activities : Aleli did Language Arts & Math 
* High Frequency Words
* Whole Numbers
* She completed several activities on this site at the 1st grade level....

Monday, January 3, 2011

Math Skills-Completed Assignment

Completed Assignment

Art Education

Today Aleli is using clay to mold and make several shapes with it. She is learning about shapes,colors and creative play.

Math Skills & Chemistry Skills

This weekend Aleli began using math to measure cups of water to make Jello. She helped me pour it and I made it. So she learned math and chemistry. Since we took the jello after it boiled and turned it into a solid in the refrigerator. She saw how it transformed from liquid to solid. 

Road Trip :

We took a Road Trip last week. Aleli learned about traveling and maps. She learned to follow signs on the road and look at the maps. We traveled from NC to Fl and back. She learned more about places in NC, SC, Georgia and Florida.  She practiced her reading and her Spanish skills in Miami. She also learned about miles and measuring distances on the road. We talked about a count down in miles till we reached a destination. She also learned about counting down to the New Year with the time as reference. So she learned alot in the road trip.