Busy Week

I'm not sure who all is actually following but we just had our evaluations done for the year.  I hope to incorporate some things and move my oldest a long a little more.  Although E is making progress.

1/25/16.  1st day of school since Evaluation.  Will cover Handwriting, Grammar, Learning to read, and math.
     W started with math.  Today was the start of lesson 88 in Righstart 1st Edition level B.  I have broken it down into 1/3 parts.  We did the 1st 1/3 today.  Next up was Handwriting.  We did page 45 out of the yellow Handwriting without tears book.  We worked on the letter Jj.  When W takes his time he does good.  Next up was Learning to read.  We went over 20 green cards in the AAR level 1 not mastered pile.  He mastered the word clock out of those 20.  We then focused on 5 words and worked on those for a few minutes.  Break Time.  Last thing was grammer.  Did FLL level 2 lesson 58 and W did copy work instead of dictation.
     E started with reading.  He read the next 2 pages in AAR level 1 story "Fun at the Pond"  pages 20-21.  Took a break.  Next up was FLL level 2 lesson 58.  E did dictation (the sentence My hands are in the air.).  One accomplishment is that he wrote the entire sentence.  I see some sizing issues and resistance in writing a lower case t for the so he wrote T for the.  Still a win for he wrote the whole thing and I did not.  Took a break.  Next up was the start of lesson 88 in Righstart 1st Edition level B.  I have broken it down into 1/3 parts.  We did the 1st 1/3 today.  He got a little bored and hard to keep on track.  Took a break.   Last thing was Handwriting cursive Orange book finished page 10.

1/26/16.  Today we will cover Handwriting-HWT, Grammar (FLL), Learning to Read-AAR, and Math(RGHTST).
     W started with HWT.  He did p. 46 writing lower case words on double, triple, and single lines.  Single lines gave the most trouble.  Next up was FLL lesson 59 more about prepositions.  We used a plate, knife, fork, spoon, cup, and napkin to practice some of the prepositions and to learn a little bit about place settings.  Break Time. Next up was Math.  He covered in no time what it took for E.  Although E does get distracted easily.  I did not move ahead but will consider it.  Last was 20 AAR green cards.  Mastered 1 at.  Reviewed 10.
     E started with math.  We continued to work on lesson 83.  I think we will need to set a timer and end once 20-30min is up next time.  We spent about 35-40 min.  He was bored and I was frustrated.  Next up was FLL lesson 59 more about prepositions.  We used a plate, knife, fork, spoon, cup, and napkin to practice some of the prepositions and to learn a little bit about place settings.  Break Time.   Next he worked on 1/2 of page 11. He did 1/2 of the 1/2 so 1/4 total. Then Break.  Later that night he did the other 1/4 so 1/2 of 1 page is now completed.  The first part needed a little work but I showed him a trick with connecting and writing the cursive a and d.  That night he did dad and add nicely, cad still needs work.  Last up was 2 page reading.  He read the next 2 pages (pgs. 22-23).


1/30/16.  E finished reading the last 4 pages of "Fun at the Pond".