First Week Went Well 2015-2016

September 1, 2015 was the FIRST day of school.  We started the first day light and easy.  The topics today were:  Reading, Handwriting, and Story Time.  I let the kids practice Handwriting during Story Time and Reading.
   I started with E today.  Handwriting consisted of playing with modeling clay.  E stretched, rolled, and smashed the clay while I read Daniel in the Lions' Den (for Story Time) and we went over the following green cards for Reading:  on, ten, fix, fox, quit, as, an six, up, and cash.  E mastered fox.  2 new special words introduced today were:  for and no.  E figured both of these out on his own.
 Next I moved onto W. Handwriting consisted of playing with modeling clay.  W stretched, rolled, and pushed the clay while I read Daniel in the Lions' Den (for Story Time) and we went over the following green cards for Reading:  leg, then, than, ten, this, them, with, red, that, math.  W did not master any of the words today.  2 new special words introduced today were:  for and no.  W figured out no but had some trouble with for.  W will probably master no tomorrow.
   We E and W reviewed each of their green cards (the ones not mastered) a few times during the session.  Tomorrow's topics are: Reading, Story Time, and Math.

September 2, 2015 was the SECOND day of school. Today started with reading of the fluency sheet (1/3), then story time, and finally math game addition review.
   I started with E today.  We started with the fluency sheet lesson 29 new words and mixed review section.  Today started the day of hassle with reading.  We finally came to a compromise.  I found as many of the words on the green cards as I could and he read those, then the ones that I could not find I gave him a word that rhymed with the word on the page and he said the word on the page (I would say something like this word rhymes with bent he would then look at the word and say tent).  I read Dooley Makes Friends by Kate Watkins while E looked at some dinosaurs.  Last thing today was math review of addition with manipulatives. We each rolled 2 six sided dice (that had dots not numbers) and then used the manipulatives to figure out what the total was.  Example (E would roll a 6 and 4 he would take either colored tiles or Popsicle sticks and put 6 under the 6 and 4 under the 4 then he would take either 10 colored tiles or Popsicle sticks and put them together and say the total 10).  Finally we would see who had the highest score and that person would win.  We played several rounds.
   Next up was W.  We started with the fluency sheet lesson 29 new words and mixed review section.  W is more confident in his reading but needs to work on blends and paying closer attention to the letters.  I read Dooley Makes Friends by Kate Watkins while W played with clay.  Last thing today was math review of addition with manipulatives. We each rolled 2 six sided dice (that had dots not numbers) and then used the manipulatives to figure out what the total was.  Sames rules as described above with E.  Finally we would see who had the highest score and that person would win.  We played several rounds.

September 3, 2015.  No school

September 4, 2015.  Today was Reading, Story Time, First Language Lessons, and Math.  I started with W today.
    W read 1/2 of the phrases and sentences section on the fluency sheet lesson 29.   We then reviewed verbs (definition and examples) and pronouns (definition an examples).  Next I read Amazing Animals Cheetahs by Kate Riggs.  Then finally moved onto math review worksheet on greater than/less than.  W knows which number is greater than or less than verbally.  Once he was reminded that the mouth opens up to the bigger number then he was able to complete the worksheet by pasting the symbol the proper way.
    Next up was E.  We reviewed verbs (definition and examples) and pronouns (definition an examples).  Next I read Amazing Animals Cheetahs by Kate Riggs.  We then moved onto math review worksheet on greater than/less than.  E knows which number is greater than or less than verbally.  Once he was reminded that the mouth opens up to the bigger number then he was able to complete the worksheet by pasting the symbol the proper way.  Last E read 1/2 of the phrases and sentences section on the fluency sheet lesson 29.   He did quite well once the fits stopped. 

September 5, 2015.  Today again I started with W.  W read the rest of  the phrases and sentences section on the fluency sheet lesson 29 and we did finger exercises to cover handwriting.
   Next up was E.  E  read the rest of  the phrases and sentences section on the fluency sheet lesson 29 and we did finger exercises to cover handwriting. He seemed to tire though towards the end. Over all I'm glad about having both children now do all of the fluency sheets instead of some of it.

Lesson 29 in All About Reading Finished.