Time Capsule Project

Aleli started to put together a Time Capsule. The goal for this activity is for her to learn about Time. Past, Present, Future. She put together some items and put it in her Box. She put her name in it. She practiced writing, cutting etc.

Learning Through Cuisine : Pizza

Aleli enjoyed Pizza. She enjoyed Cheese Pizza. We discussed where Cheese comes from and about how Pizza came from Italy.

Smithonian Zoo- National Zoo Virtual Trip

Aleli looked at the webcams for the animals. The animal webcams she looked at were related to the PANDA, Lion Cubs and other animals at the zoo. She figured out they came from many habitats from around the world. She saw a sleeping Panda at the Zoo.  Then she saw the Penguins of Madagascar on Nickeolodeon were they explore the life of penguins at the Zoo. Both these experiences are opening Aleli to learn about animals,habitats and about diverse places in the world. On the Zoo she also got to see te Amazonian River fishes in their Zoo habitat.

Bed Time Saturday Story: Rainbows, Hawaii and Junie B

We read the book on Rainbows. The book is called -Over the Rainbow . We listened to the CD song by Judy Collins. This is the best story.  Best line from the story is : "Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, and the deams that you dare to dream really come true."

I started reading to Aleli - Junie B., First Grader -Aloha. We talked about how Junie B is photo journalist for her 1st grade class going to Hawaii. She has a photojournal. Aleli liked the idea of starting her own photojournal blog online and taking pictures of places here - in her day trips.

We looked at pictures of Hawaii in a book about Hawaii. We talked about how there are other islands like in the Pacific like JAPAN. We talked about how CUBA is an island in the Caribean. We also talked about "PARADISE" like Junie B. talked in her class.

We also compared this book to a real event in Aleli's life. Her trip to Florida last year .The airplane ride and train ride.

* We talked about the seasons and how Spring arrives tomorrow. That she can capture Spring's images in a photo journal.

Presidents by: DK Eyewitness Books

I read the book PRESIDENTS to Aleli. We looked at all the presidents from Washington to Clinton. However, she was focused on Reagan. She thought it was cool that he was an actor before reaching President.

Documentary: Cuba- Sueno de La Libertad

She saw a short piece of this documentary. It talks about - the "Balseros". How they came from Cuba to the U.S . It showed a Boat Car made by Balseros.  Aleli saw this and we talked about how her grandparents on her father side and father came from Cuba as "Balseros". We also talked that our other relatives came from Cuba in the Freedom Flights in the 70's.
We also looked at the book Cuba- Enchantment of the World -Scholastic-Wright

Cuisine - We talked about the meals that are common in our Cuban-American home like Beans, Rice and sweets like flan

Saturday: Japan,Tsunami -Current Events

We discussed the events happening in Japan. We saw the pictures in the news stations. We saw coverage in English and Spanish. We discussed the Weather, Earthquakes and Tsunami's.We prayed for Japan. We talked about Japan and how its an island. We talked about the Shift in the Earth's Axis according to scientist. I tried to show her a webpage about this science. We talked about Japan and other islands ( Cuba, Hawaii, Puerto Rico). We will be reading books about these islands. She will learn more about Islands. We discussed what can be done to help Japan . 

We discussed that Japan had moved. That it had a new location due to the Tsunami. We will keep watching all the stuff on Japan. Learn about its history and see the future Japan will create after this Tsunami.

Social Studies: Learning about Lent & Roman Catholic Calendar

Social Studies: Vatican, Lent & Ashe Wen

Aleli went to mass today and experienced Ashe Wen at the local Catholic Church. Today in the Catholic Faith - Lent begins. She got a book from Church with reflections on Lent.  She learned how in Italy in the Vatican this celebration is being done ( via EWTN) . She also experienced the customs at the local Catholic Church. She saw how mass is done, how the Ashes are given. She received them and the blessing of the Priest. She learned about this Roman Catholic tradition and how its still alive now. She learned about the Easter Lent Calendar.

Field Trip : Bank -Math & Money Lessons

Taking an ordinary trip to the Bank can create a real opportunity for kids to learn about banking, saving and math. She will learn in this field trip all about how people can deposit and take out money from a Bank. She will use her coin skills to deposit 50 Cents or $1.00 in a Savings Account. Learning to count 1.00 worth of pennies . This is another way for her to learn about money ,adding and counting. A real life approach. So we will take a trip to the Bank. Explore the concept Budgets. How much for food, clothing ,toys etc. Will give her a $5.00 Reward. She will have to budget those $5.00 at the store. See how much will go for Wants/Needs based on the Social Studies lesson from Time4Learning.

Martin Luther King

Who was MLK? We discussed who MLK was.

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.

Romania: Exploring a Map

We explored online " Romania" an d she saw Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Clip in Romanian. We lookd it up in a map. The clip: http://www.peteava.ro/id-480906-mickey-mouse-clubhouse-210-mickey-s-round-up

Time4Learning

Aleli began lessons with Time 4 Learning. She took 2 Science Lessons, 1 Social Studies and 1 Math Lesson.  She was learning about themes like Counting, Basic Needs  etc. She will be looking for 2 books in the library to follow up her Science lessons .

Science Books : Accross the Big Blue Sea By: Jakki Wood
                         Big Al By: Andrew Clements

She learned all about Leafy Sea Dragons  and the Ocean.

Fifa World Cup : 2018 & 2012

We discussed the countries  that will be hosting the World Cup in 2018 and 2022. We discussed how Russia and Qatar will be the host for this Soccer game. We will look at the map to see where they are located. We will follow up and see what will be done to plan for these big events.

Counting Down to Christmass-

Aleli is getting ready for December and the holidays. We are going to be watching the Dr. Seuss movies and counting down to the holidays. So we got printables from : http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-seuss-birthday/printables/grinch-stole-christmas.html

* Dr. Seuss Xmass decorations
* Word Search Activity

We will in December also read through some of the books about Grinch and Christmass.

Monday Reading Time

Supplies: Independent Reader - Level C Reader Get In
               WOW America Book  ( included map)
                Are You a Butterfly Book?

I read WOW America Book and looked over the map with Aleli. We discussed all the places like Chicago and New Orleans . We looked them up in the map.

I read Are You a Butterfly Book?  We discussed Butterflies !
               

Aleli read independently her reader. Level C Reader - Get In

Thanksgiving Activities

Family Movie Night included 2 Charlie Brown movies dealing with Thanksgiving and MayFlower. So Aleli learned about the history of Thanksgiving and the voyage of the Mayflower. She also went to Mass today at the Catholic Church. They talked about the history of Thanksgiving and the holiday's history.

Completed Assignments: Chile & Science

Saturday Lessons: Chile

We will be learning more about Chile and practicing her Spanish skills by looking at this site:

http://www.chileparaninos.cl/

We are also starting to learn more about Chile from a family who homeschools in Chile. We will look it up in the map and read more about Chile on the web. This will be an ongoing project about learning about new places and ways to practice her Spanish skills.