 Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 3, Lesson 8: The Role of Plants Today we learned about the role plants play in the community and the environment. We started as usual with our spelling practice. Copy today’s new words once each into AA’s spelling journal (a folder) and copy yesterday’s words 3 times each into his dry erase board. Our spelling words today were ‘sun’ and ‘air’. We read “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein and then answered questions about the story. We then drew and colored scenes of a scrambled story and put them in order. Lastly, we wrote a Thank You note to a tree for all that it had given to him through the years. WriteShop We finished Lesson 5: Trains of our [...] Read morePosted by: Patricia |
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 Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 3, Lesson 7: Plants Today we studied Plants. We started as usual with the spelling words: We added 2 new ones to the spelling journal and repeated yesterday’s words 3 times each into his crayola dry erase board. Then a super brief oral quiz on words from past units. I prefer this method over having to repeat a bunch of words all at once. AA, too, seems to have a much better retention this way without feeling overwhelmed. It makes us both happy We learned about the parts of a plant and types of plants. We then read “Jack and the Beanstalk”. I personally did not enjoy this story at all. I was puzzled as to the reasons MBtP selected this [...] Read morePosted by: Patricia |
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