Record some of Joshua's dreams
New word: Dictate
Sentence: Joshua dictates his dreams to me.
Three dreams recorded successfully and posted.
Josh and I watch Les Shroud Survivorman: Canyonland Utah
Josh takes a minute to find it on the map.
Joshua says "My idea was a suquest."
No honey, your idea was a success.
New word and use: Success
How do you spell success? success
That's right, use it in a new sentence:
"My brain lamer is a success!"
Good, what's that from?
It's from Super Mario cartoons
OK...let's get back to Mr. Stroud...
Use video as spring board to teach survival science:
*5 W's to gage odds of survival:
Wood: for shelter and fire
Weather: right conditions?
Widow Makers: falling things, animals
Wigglies: poisonous insects, eatable insects
Water: major player for survival
survivor tip: Use what you have, don't sit idle. (Life lesson)
*What does the cowboy term "ledged in" mean?
Up too high from water. You could climb down but not climb up. To be stuck high on a ledge.
*Who are Butch Cassidy, the Paiute and the Anastasie?
*Utah and it's capitol as well as terrain or topography.
Topography: "is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those of planets, moons, and asteroids. It is also the description of such surface shapes and features (especially their depiction in maps)." (Wikipedia)
*Survival tip: We must be aware of our surroundings in order to build a home. Les has to research the area in which he intends to survive and film, so that he understands the dangers therein. He prepares himself.
Look up Utah in States and Capitals Notebook.
Complete penmanship and character page.
School Skills:
#Have Joshua take notes next time we watch Survivor Man so that he can answer Q's at the end of the video.
Make this a common occurrence to establish good note taking skills.#
Math: Review averaging, mixed numbers and fractions. Complete Work page in Arithmetic Work book Grade Four.
Converting Kilometers to feet:
Les Stroud hiked 48 km's.
How many feet or miles is that?
*Language/ Creative Writing: Using Proof Reading Skills
Write 5 sentences about a time that you were afraid.
Underline each subject one time and each verb two times. Check to see that you have used correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Copy your sentences in story form in Creative writing Notebook.
Joshua's completed story:
"One day, I was scared. All the lights and electronics were shut off. We couldn't heat up our food, we couldn't heat up our house.it was boring because we couldn't watch any movies. It was very cold in the house. We had to put on blankets. In a few hours the lights turned on."
Mad Libs: Review Parts of Speech
Mad lib:
Reading time: The Magic Tree House series #22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday
History Lesson in 3rd Grade reader/ Quiz on Constitution
Levi's school day:
Levi: "Mom, you know bees kill humans."
Videos on bees: Josh watches too
Great Website: www.kinderplans.com
Honey Bees - Life Cycle
Honey Making(the song on here is a bit annoying...we turned down the volume)
They use a centrifuge to extract the honey.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cool video of butterfly metamorphosis
Levi : "I'm interested in wolves!"
* find books on wolves when we return library books
*Review Numbers 1 -40 (count on 1-100 chart)
*Levi's Kindergarten Basic skills work book:
*Trace and Write Zero then the word zero
*Review concept of zero/ How many things do I have in my (empty) hand? zero
*Review subtraction with pieces of candy( after lunch)
subtract to get zero
*Review Letters in Alphabetical Order with Connect the Dots
Reading: Abeka/Little Book #6 with the monkeys
Review sounds and letters: Pp Ii Ff Aa Hh Oo Ee Bb Uu Gg Ll Cc
read words and blends
lo
log
lot
loss
Cc
ca
cap
cat
cab
sentence:
Fill it up, Cal.
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