We added a new monthly calendar page to our math notebook. Our math notebook is used every day. It has monthly calendars which J traces the school day and counts how many days are left in the month. She marks special days with stars and counts the days. It also has a 100's chart. She uses the chart to count to 100 by ones, fives, tens, and soon by two's. It also has a blank 100's chart which she adds a sticker for every school day. Then she counts the days she has been in school and how many we have left until we reach 100. This notebook adds a few minutes to math instruction but I have found that it has helped J learn to count to 100. She now no longer has to look at the chart but it is there, in case she looses her place. It has also helped with the concept of weeks and months. (Links below if you are looking for some of the notebook pages)
She practiced her handwriting while I was working with Kaleb on the color red. I placed this sheet into a page protector so she can reuse it.
She worked on a word sort for cvc words. She had to say what the picture was and add it to the word family.
J worked on her mystery letter page. Her letter was D. She looked through magazines for pictures that started with the letter D. She worked on this while I was working with the tot.
J reading her words in Explode the Code. She is in the book Explode the Code 1 1/2 for the school year.
She worked on drawing ducks for the letter D. She made a whole family of ducks.
She practiced beginning sounds with this free printable that I found from Kindergarten Crayons. (Sorry, try as I might I could not find the exact link)
As a review from the long holiday, J worked on some word family mini books, a free printable by Lavina Pop. These are mini books that J will glue the pictures and write the words.
J is working on her Dr. Dolittle animal scrapbook. J loves animals and this is something she has requested to do. You can download the scrap book from here. In order not to stress out about the research, I have two animal encyclopedias on our table. When we work on a page, we look them up in the books.
We talk about the facts and she informs me which ones to add to her animal page. I write them for her. The basic idea is to learn about the animals. Here J is looking at the hedgehog pages. Did you know that a hedgehog can stay rolled in a ball for hours?
Lastly, we spent much time outside on our balcony, enjoying the snow. This week was a quick week due to snow days but it was full of fun and cold weather. Hope your week went well.
Links
Sharing Kindergarten space themed, missing numbers for child to add, plus a chart for number writing practice
What the Teacher Wants all the numbers missing except 1 and 100
Homeschool Creations has an ultimate file for math/calendar notebooks
Teaching First more free printable charts, use one for counting practice, the other for keeping track of days
Ironic Adventures has free printable calendars to trace the day and she added a new colorful set 2013 calendar set
WOW - what a view up there, and so much snow!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get your letter stamps?
Thank you for link!
-Becca
Hi Becca, yeah our view is about ten stories high here. The letter stamps came from Amazon when we were in the states.
ReplyDeleteHi Niki! Hope you had a nice holiday break. Your family is beautiful. So sorry you guys were sick. We started back this week too. We had a hard time getting back into the groove. I was wondering what you were using to teach J. to read. We are using All About Reading... it takes a long time each day. I feel it's kind of tedious and she doesn't seem to be enjoying it very much. Ok she cries everyday when I pull out the book.. And I have 3 more coming behind her... so I am not sure what to use... I think it is a good program though... Thanks for your help!
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Hi Meg, I have heard and read a lot about All About Reading. The program I chose to use with J is Reading Made Easy by Valerie Bendt. Several reasons went to my decision to use this program. One - living overseas I am limited on space and this program was offered in cd form, making travel light. I did have to print it out which probably didn't save me any money but it did cut on my suitcase space. Two - I have a fellow friend/teacher who used this program and loved it. I trust her and thought I should try it with my kids. The lessons aren't very long and J hasn't had a problem completing them. I do review days in between each lesson to make sure she is getting it and I add some Bob readers and extra sight words to round it out. Language Arts/reading is our longest teaching time. Any reading program is an investment but if it isn't working, change it up. It doesn't mean that All About Reading isn't going to work for your children. Have you heard of ReadingBear.org? It is a free reading program online. You could have her practice on that and then, maybe pick up the lessons later. That's just my two cents, I hope it helps. Thanks for reading.
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