Ideas for Bug:
- Going through Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday and checking the math as he goes
- Some work from Math Appeal
- Playing Totally Tut (which unfortunately I don't think Cricket is quite ready to play)
- Various math puzzles and pictograms from all the "Dollar Days" eBooks I bought from Scholastic
- Mad Libs
- I put his spelling words on Spelling City so he could play games
- Writing and illustrating his own fable since we're reading Squids Will Be Squids - yes, he'll have to do a rough draft and then a final draft after I help him correct spelling and punctuation
- We're going to start The Sentence Family, and learn about Mr. Declarative
And for Cricket:
- We'll read Pigs in the Pantry and then I'll have her double a recipe since she loves cooking
- Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland (which Bug will probably listen to as well)
- Tangrams (good geometry practice!)
- Probably some Scholastic printables as well
- A word family grab bag and matching game (homemade)
- Spelling City with word families and/or words from Explode the Code
- Various interactive phonics games
For both:
I think it will be a good week. Gives us a break from the general Teaching Textbooks/Primary & Intermediate Language Lessons thing. We also will be studying dinosaurs and Explorers this week, with good books and some nice hands-on. I did go ahead and order Life of Fred Fractions for Bug, and Apples for Cricket... can't wait until they get here!
Oh, we're also starting up a gentle study of other countries/cultures. Our first country is Hungary. I have Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe on hand, A Family in Hungary from the library, and a good recipe for Hungarian goulash. The following week we're "going" to Poland, and then off to Russia!
Hope the upcoming week is a good one for you all!
Sounds good--have I mentioned that your blog is always a great source for materials? I love it that you take the time to share all of your links! :)
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