Weekly retro and planning, 11/10/2013

Action Items
  • complete planning for the year
  • discuss how to offer kids more normalcy during our next move
  • log onto the library website and see if we can download Charlotte's Web
  • copy Narnia and The Tale of Despereaux to Audrey's iPod
  • research how to switch to Human Body for Science next week: What curriculum, manipulative?  (Audrey requested it)
  • order 1st grade Singapore Math
Shopping/Library List:
  • The Magic School Bus: inside the human body
  • Uncover the Human Body
  • Melissa and Doug floor puzzle
  • Rookie Read about Science Series
  • Somebody: 5 human anatomy games

Schedule for the week
  • Monday
    • early
      • Math: Unit 18 review
      • Spanish: finish Unit 1 Lesson 3 writing
      • Grammar: Lesson 40 (months)
    • morning
      • Swimming (A&L)
      • Spelling: Lesson 4
    • afternoon
      • Composition, week 9 Charlotte's Web day 1, copy work
      • Science: Bears, pages 20 and 21
      • Quiet time (self directed time)
        • options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • reading
      • Bible Stories through page 24 (Creation and Eden)
  • Tuesday
    • early
      • Math: Unit 18 activity 1
      • Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 3 speaking
      • Grammar: Lesson 41 (months)
    • Kinderheart
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • reading
      • Bible Stories through page 36 (The flood and the Tower of Babel)
  • Wednesday
    • early
      • Math: Unit 18 activity 2
      • Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 4 listening
      • Grammar: Lesson 43 months
    • morning
      • Spelling: Lesson 5
    • afternoon
      • Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 2, narration
      • Science: Bears
      • Quiet time (self directed time)
        • options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
      • Gymnastics
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • Reading
      • Bible Stories through page 48 (Abraham and Isaac)
  • Thursday
    • early
      • Math: Unit 18 activity 3
      • Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 3 review
      • Grammar: Lesson 44 ideas
    • Kinderheart
    • afternoon
      • Fabricate
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • Reading
      • Bible Stories through page 58 (Esau and Jacob)
  • Friday
    • early
      • Math: Unit 18 activity 4
      • Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 4 vocabulary
      • Grammar: Lesson 45 4 types of nouns
    • morning
      • Spelling: Lesson 6
    • afternoon
      • Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 3, copy work
      • History: Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians, read, review and narration
      • Quiet time (self directed time)
        • options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • Reading
      • Bible Stories through page 70 (Esau and Jacob)
  • Saturday 
    • early
      • History: Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians, map work, coloring page and crossword puzzle, page 132 in the history encyclopedia. 
      • Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 4, narration
      • Spelling: Lesson 7
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • Reading
      • Bible Stories through page 81 (Joseph)
  • Sunday
    • Weekly planning
    • Pick a new poem
    • dinner time
      • Poem practice 
      • Spelling bee
    • Reading
      • Bible Stories through page 98 (Moses)