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Aude Sapere Academy
Aug. 20, 2006
Getting Ready for Week 3
As I am gearing up for our third week into this school year, I feel like we are getting into a groove. There is definitely a pattern on how we do things.
This weekend B had homework - a short 5 sentence narration on a reader of his choice, he chose Cars. This proved to be a little more difficult than first expected. We've been doing narrations for over a year, but this was the first time he was required to write it on his own. Um, no. So I let him dictate to me, and then copy it. He's the type to "hurry and get it done" so his penmanship has never been anything to write home about. So, my plan for week 3 and beyond is to beef up his handwriting in order to improve it.
Before:
HWT 1 pg 3x a week
ETC 6 pgs 1x a week
RS Phonics 2pgs 5x a week
RS Reading 2pg 5x a week
RS Spelling 1pn 5x a week
From now on:
All of the above PLUS
Writing spelling words 3x each 1x a week
Name and/or verse writing 1x a week
Extra practice on struggling letters.
I really want him to have nice printing before we start cursive next year. Don't get me wrong, it's legible - but not as nice as it could be.
The plan for P is the same, with a little added letter writing practice as well. Today she was crafty girl and made a bunch of different paper crafts including her name out of marshmallows, a fan and various coloring pages.
This week we'll complete RS grade 1, Unit 4 Lessons 9-12 in phonics and reading, RS Spelling grade 2, lesson 3, RS Arithmetic grade 1, lessons 102-106, and learn about respecting property, shading and colors, why Tigers have stripes, and all about the Romans - their food, clothing, transportation and housing. P will be dabbling in her HWT and GRFTC book as well.
That's it for today - we just got back from walking the dog and discussing why fish have swim bladders (yes, P brought that up!) We're off to start dinner and read, we're doing the Classroom cares project to donate 100 books to kids in need and we have about 85 books to go!
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