19 September - 23 September

McKenzie's curriculum:

Language Arts:
letters and sounds
color words
rhyming
beginning sounds
writing; name, address, age
following directions

Math:
color by number
addition
missing numbers
counting
numeral order
measuring
shortest, tallest, longest
equal size
guessing and checking
finding similarities
finding differences
relationships of objects
comparing
sequencing
graphing
classifying
graphing

Charlie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
compound words
completing questions
comprehesion
long a words
long e words (ea)
long i words (silent e)
long a words (ai)
long u words (silent e)
long o words (oa)
short o sound
synonyms
creative writing


Math:
subtraction
double digit subtraction
addition
word problems
measuring
fractions
telling time
graphing
counting money

12 September - 16 September

McKenzie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
rhyming
beginning sounds

Math:
money

Charlie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
adjectives

Math:
addition
subtraction
counting by 5's
addition word problems
subtraction word problems
connect the dots 1-100
counting by 2's

Social Studies:
other lands
writing lists
manners
occupations

5 September - 9 September 2011

McKenzie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
following directions
story order

Math:

Time
Money
graphing
patterning
opposites
shapes
numbers 1-10


Charlie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
sentence construction
describing sentences



Math:
counting by 2's
counting by 5's
addition
subtraction
double digit addition
numbers 1-100
number words
patterning



Both Girls  are working on:
Science:

Food Pyramid
Healthy meals

Social Studies:
Aulstralia

29 August - 2 September 2011

McKenzie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
Journal writing

- What is cats could read?
Words that Rhyme
Classifying
Where does it belong
Word and Picture match
Positional words
Alphabetic order
Relating Words to Pictures
Observing Details
Coloring and Following Directions
Finishing a Pattern

Math:
counting

Greater than vs. Less than

Shapes and Colors (she is past this, but she is reading the color words to find out  what she needs to do.)
Finding Shapes and Counting
Finishing Patterns
Telling Time
Matching Time
Showing Times
Finding Times
Penny Counting
Nickel Counting


Charlie's curriculum:
Language Arts:
Journal writing

- What if cats could read?
Sentence Construction
Statements
Math:
Penny counting

Nickel counting

Dime counting

Counting exact change
Telling Time
Time Sequencing
Measuring Time
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
Visual Discrimination
Science
Plant Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
Person Life Cycle
Liquids and Solids
Recycling
Sorting Recycling


Both Girls  are working on:
Science:
Body parts and functions

Social Studies:
Community

- What we take advantage of

- What we depend on

- What would change in our lives if the closest store (clothing and grocery) was 150+ and 400+ miles away!

- What would we do differently

- What would we continue to do