weekly retro and planning 9/8/13 - 9/22/13


What went well
  • Finished planned curricula


Areas for improvement
  • Work on patience/logistics when working 2 on 1.  Providing value for Lorelei too, and not just simply keeping her busy. 
  • Missed library trip.
  • Work on addressing goofing directly and empathically versus with frustration and snapping. 

Action Items
  • Pick simpler poems and be more structured with memorizing and reciting.
  • Plan time to go to the library. 
  • Parents get to bed earlier to better capitalize on good learning time. 
  • download some new audio books for Audrey (pinnochio?) (lord of the rings?)
  • www.greathall.com, audio book called Egyptian stories, mummies and myths
  • plan field trip to see some big cats for science

Schedule for the week
  • Monday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 13 activity 1, 2 and 3
      • spelling begin 24
    • 10:30a -11:30a 
      • swimming lessons
    • 1:30 - 3:30p nap-time
      • practice spelling words
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • 3p -4:30p
      • Grammar lesson 8
      • Composition week 3 day 1 (copy work)
      • Handwriting capital V
      • History chapter 2, page 14 section 1
        • ask discussion questions page 7 in activity book
        • do narration exercise (brief 2-5 sentence summary of chapter including several important facts)
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Tuesday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 13 activity 4 and 5
      • spelling finish 24
    • 8a 
      • drop Lorelei at Aspen Grove
    • 9a
      • Audrey's 1st day at Kinderheart (parents stay for opening ceremony)
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Wednesday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14.1 and 14.2
      • spelling begin 25
    • Grampsy and Holly arrive in the afternoon.
    • 1:30 - 3:30p nap-time
      • practice spelling words
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • 3:30p
      • Audrey's dance lesson
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Thursday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14.3 and 14.4
      • spelling finish 25
    • 8a 
      • Lorelei at AG, Audrey at KH
    • 4:45p Lorelei's dance
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Friday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14.5 and 14.6
      • spelling begin 26
    • 1:30 - 3:30p nap-time
      • practice spelling words
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Saturday
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Sunday
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Monday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14.7 and unit 14 review
      • spelling finish 26
    • 10:30a - 11:30a
      • swimming lessons
    • 1:30 - 3:30p nap-time
      • practice spelling words
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Tuesday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14 activities 1 and 2
      • spelling begin 27
    • 8a 
      • Lorelei at AG, Audrey at KH
    • Grampsy and Holly leave in the afternoon.
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Wednesday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14 activities 3 and 4
      • spelling finish 27
    • 8a-9:30a
      • Grammar lesson 9
      • Handwriting v
      • Composition week 3 day 2 (narration)
    • 10a Library trip
      • history books
      • science books
    • 1:30 - 3:00p nap-time
      • science 
        • reading: big cats
        • narration page
        • illustrations/coloring page
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • 3:30p
      • Audrey's dance lesson
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Thursday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 14 activity 5
      • spelling begin 28
    • 8a 
      • Lorelei at AG, Audrey at KH
    • 4:45p Lorelei's dance
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Friday
    • 6:45a -7:30a
      • math unit 15.1 and 15.2
      • spelling finish 28
    • 1:30 - 3:30p nap-time
      • practice spelling words
      • fun reading
      • notebook page
    • 3:30 - 4:30p
      • Grammar lesson 10
      • Handwriting Y
      • Composition week 3 day 3 
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Saturday
    • 8a - 11a
      • Grammar lesson 11
      • History chapter 2, page 18 section 2
        • ask discussion questions page 7 in activity book
        • do narration exercise (brief 2-5 sentence summary of chapter including several important facts)
        • mapwork and coloring page
      • Handwriting y
      • Composition week 3 day lesson 4
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud
  • Sunday
    • bedtime
      • Audrey: reading to us, reading Iliad to her 
      • Lorelei: reading aloud