In Math, we practiced tallies some more by using popsicle sticks. J would choose a number and recreate the number using the sticks for tallies.
We played a number guessing game to review our teen numbers. I would choose a number and J would guess a number. If she was wrong, the pirate would close in on the numbers. This was an idea that I got from Sailing Through First Grade. It was a free printable game, only I just printed the pirates since I already had number cards.
We worked with a ten frame. I used 2 different colors of counters and we wrote different ways to make the number ten. I would place counters on the the grid and she would determine the number remaining. We would then write an addition statement.
Still working on number order for the teens, she glued these flowers in order.
J worked on left and right. I found a free iPad game called Left Right Pup. It was cute and helped her to practice.
We practiced letter order. I found some alphabet strips from Confessions of a Homeschooler. She used her magnet letters to label the missing letters.
Our mystery letter was R. She created a letter page using stickers, pictures from Sonlight, and pictures from magazines.
She practiced writing her R's.
In Social Studies, we read about Vikings all week. Here she is making a Viking brooch from card stock and paint.
She wrote her name in Runes - the writing of Vikings. I found this worksheet with the Rune alphabet here.
We then made "stone" tablets (from salt dough) and wrote our names using Runes.
We read about how the Vikings made their clothing and J tried a weaving project that I found at Make It a Wonderful Life. It uses an old cd as the base.
Another fun Viking project J did was to paint a longboat. Here she is painting the ocean using every blue paint that we own.
Here is the end result. I think it turned out great. We used a popsicle stick for the mast and added shields to the boat. The long boat project came from here.
We also read about illuminated manuscripts and J created her own illuminated letter J. One more Viking project that I didn't get to was to make Viking Bread. I didn't have enough whole wheat flour for the recipe but you can find the recipe here if you want to try it. We even watched How to Train Your Dragon, a cute movie based on the books by Cressida Cowell. The movie is good but the books are definitely better. I used to read these to my third graders. I will read them to J at a later time. We also had the chance to read a book about Vikings online from We Give Books.
We had a busy week, we learned a lot. We are looking forward to next week. As you can tell, I love hands-on projects. I will incorporate them into our learning experience any chance I get. I believe they enhance our learning, making it real. I hope you had an awesome week of learning and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Links
The Teacher's Cauldron has free printable ten frames and ways you can use them
First Grade Schoolbox the idea for using popsicle sticks for tally marks came here, hers are pretty though. I didn't mark mine up (I never know when I am going to need a popsicle stick.)
E is for Explore has an idea for a tens frame game.
Make It a Wonderful Life cd weaving idea came from here.
Minibema has the recipe for the Viking bread. I may still try this if we have a chance.
Scholastic UK has a free printable worksheet for writing Runes.
BBC Primary History has several free worksheets and videos for Vikings. Some may not be available to people living in other countries like me :(
We Give Books has an Usborne book about Vikings online. I love We Give Books because they have an array of books that all can be read online AND after you read one, the site gives a book to a good cause. It is a win-win situation. I love any books we can read online because we do not have access to a library here.
Painted Paper had the project for the Viking Ship.
Sailing Through First Grade has the Pirate Squeeze game for number recognition. This game goes up to 100, great idea.
Confessions of a Homeschooler this is where I found the missing letter cards. I am sorry I couldn't find the exact ones but I found some similar and free as well. These are on apples.
Worldsapart lastly my Pinterest board for Sonlight Core A, the first nine weeks. I am adding to this weekly, it has tons of ideas for the core.
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