The Duklings

Fritz is 5 years 6 months old. (math lessons 132 and 133) He learned about AM and PM and how to read a calendar. He did two pages in Calvert Math and two pages in his math practice book. He played an on-line math game.

(core lesson 83) He took words apart into sounds. He reread EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House in Surprises and we discussed it. He did two reading work pages. We talked about rhyming words. He did another reading work page. He identified words that are nouns. He did a reading work page. He went through his word wall words. He did a page in Writing Fun. He did a technology lesson on brushes and lines. He took a spelling pretest. I read four pages of his Science book to him and we discussed it. He did a science activity page. (math lessons 134 and 135) He learned how to tell time to the hour and half hour. He did three pages in Calvert Math and two pages in his math practice book. (core lesson 84) He took words apart into sounds and counted the number of sounds. He read Animals Big and Small in Surprises and we discussed it.

He read some words. He wrote some words. We talked about expressions of surprise. He went through his word wall words. He answered questions in complete sentences. He did a reading work page. He did a page in Writing Fun. He did a page in Calvert Speller. He watched a Discovery Streaming video about American Explorers. He did an explore about Daniel Boone in Explore Your World. I read Pretending to him. (math lessons 136 and 137) He continued working with digital and analog clocks. He did two pages in Calvert Math and two pages in his math practice book. (core lesson 85) He took words apart into sounds and counted the number of sounds. He compared the characters and what they did in Tiger and Anansi and EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House. He read Gram’s Huge Meal in Phonics Library and we discussed it. He went over the word wall words. He wrote his first word in Calvert Script: I. He took a spelling test (all six regular words and one bonus word correct). He watched BrainPop Jr. videos on soil and rocks and minerals. I read seven pages in his Science book to him and we discussed it. He did a science activity page.

I read The Owl and the Pussy-Cat in Stories and Longer Verses to him.

Fritz is 5 years 6 months old. (math lessons 127 and 128) He learned about dollars and did more counting of money. This money unit has been fun for him. He really likes money. He did two pages in Calvert Math and four pages in his math practice book.

(test 80) He took a spelling test and got 117% (all 6 regular words and one bonus word correct). He got a 100% on his reading test (10 out of 10) and an 87% on his phonics test (13 out of 15). That completes the first half of first grade. He got all A’s. 102% in language arts, 99% in math, 100% in both social studies and science, pass in art (art is just pass/fail), and 95% in technology. (math lessons 129 and review 13) He did two pages in Calvert Math and three pages in his math practice book. (core lesson 81) I read Tiger and Anansi to him and we discussed it. He took words apart into sounds and counted the number of sounds. He did two reading work pages. He worked with Ce words and words with ee and ea. He did two reading work pages. He read Seal Beach in Phonics Library and we discussed it.

He worked with the word wall words. He started learning to write with Calvert Script. He got a new spelling list. He read seven pages in his Science book and we discussed it. He did two science activity pages. (math lessons 130 and 131) He learned about days of the week, months of the year, and lengths of time. He did two pages of Calvert Math and two pages of his math practice book. He played an on-line math game.

(core lesson 82) He read a bunch of long e words. He learned the sight words COW, DOOR, HORSE, TABLE, THERE, WALL, NOW, and THROUGH. He went over his word wall words. He did two reading work pages. He read Pete and Peach from the Phonics Library. He went over story words and did a reading work page. He read EEK! There’s a Mouse in the House in Surprises and we discussed it. He went over his new sight words again. He dictated a story about Anansi, a rabbit, and an ant. He did a page in Writing Fun. He did a page in Calvert Speller. He watched a BrainPop Jr. video on Thanksgiving, a Discovery Streaming video on preparing a great feast, and a Discovery Streaming video on the first Thanksgiving day. He did an Explore activity on the first Thanksgiving in Explore Your World. I read him Wee Willie Winkie.