The sun is shinning today, i love it when the sun shines. It just makes you want to do more.
We were back home for 9 and ready to start learning. Chloe has read another book - Scout, puppy place. It's the fifth one she's read. She has 2 more books left to read before she's pestering me to go to the library again.
We worked on Despereaux again. Chloe finished the comprehension unit i wrote for the first book. Then i suggested that she draw some sketches from the story. Maybe one of the castle and one of Despereaux in the dungeon. This then went to pictures of the main events. Then Chloe suggested that we do a picture book type thing like we did in RE, with one or two sentences in a box describing key events. In the end she decided to do the picture/comic book drawings with a quote from the book for the major events - genius! We're upto the mouse council and even though she proclaims she can't draw, it looks FANTASTIC.
This afternoon we will start making Stonehenge!!!
I haven't been able to get hold of any polystyrene so it will have to be saltdough or paper maiche - i still can't decide which will be easier. I'm thinking that we could make the blocks out of lego and then cover them with paper maiche to get the blocks started and then slip the lego out of the bottom and start to build up the layers??? Decisons, decisons!
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Wednesday 6th May.
Well Chloe woke up feeling poorly again today. There's so much going round at the moment. Courtney and Andrew have felt poorly too. So we had a late start today. We spent the morning doing maths - Chloe's favourite lesson. We're still looking at co ordinates. I found a co ordinates game. It's just a grid (with co ordinates on it) and numbers on the co ordinates. Then i wrote up some sums - 3 x 7 = ? And Chloe would have to find the answer and then write the correct co ordinate. Then she wrote her own sums for the answers on the sheet. It worked well and meant that she was doing more than just co ordinates. I also found a great worksheet with a tresure island on it. You had to find teh co ordinates for various places on the island - smugglers cave, blackbeards secret look out post etc. Chloe finished this worksheet and then made her own treasure map up.
In the afternoon, we worked on science topic classifying animals. We looked at how animals are split into orders, species, kingdoms etc, depending on what similarities they have and what differences they have. We discussed what makes birds - flying. So do all birds fly? What about penguins, are they birds.so what do they have in common? Wings, not flying. I love our little chats.
In the afternoon, we worked on science topic classifying animals. We looked at how animals are split into orders, species, kingdoms etc, depending on what similarities they have and what differences they have. We discussed what makes birds - flying. So do all birds fly? What about penguins, are they birds.so what do they have in common? Wings, not flying. I love our little chats.
Tuesday 5th May.
Well we had a lovely bank holiday, even though the weather was rubbish.
Chloe is still working on the Tale of Despereaux. We have read the first book. Chloe's favourite part was the mouse council.
Then in the afternoon we continued our work on Ancient Greece. Chloe has made her first mini book to go in her lapbook - it tells how stone-age people came to Greece, how they settled there and what life was like.
This also links in with our British history topic - as were looking at the stone-age. I found a lovely classroom display on the net about the stone-age. Someone had made a stone-age house. I might do this with Chloe. Use some salt dough for the base, small twigs as the frame and then add some layers of fabric or papaer maiche as the animal skins. Add on a few rocks for stools and a little 'fire' and maybe even some pipecleaner or cardboard cave-men. I also want to order the book 'Stig of the dump' from the library. I think this will make another good book to read to link in with what we are studying.
Busy, busy, busy....
Chloe is still working on the Tale of Despereaux. We have read the first book. Chloe's favourite part was the mouse council.
Then in the afternoon we continued our work on Ancient Greece. Chloe has made her first mini book to go in her lapbook - it tells how stone-age people came to Greece, how they settled there and what life was like.
This also links in with our British history topic - as were looking at the stone-age. I found a lovely classroom display on the net about the stone-age. Someone had made a stone-age house. I might do this with Chloe. Use some salt dough for the base, small twigs as the frame and then add some layers of fabric or papaer maiche as the animal skins. Add on a few rocks for stools and a little 'fire' and maybe even some pipecleaner or cardboard cave-men. I also want to order the book 'Stig of the dump' from the library. I think this will make another good book to read to link in with what we are studying.
Busy, busy, busy....
Friday 1st May.
Chloe woke up and wasn't feeling very well this morning. So we spent the first part of day reading - and snuggling!
She found another spiderwick book at the library ans has nearly finished it already.
She felt better by the afternoon, so we continued with our geography topic - The Oceans. Initially we were working from a unit i downloaded from the net. And although it is good. i feel it is abit too old for Chloe (it focuses on underwater trenches and making an underwater contour map etc) She is only 10, and so i've gone back to basics.
What do i want Chloe to know when we have finished this topic??
* The names of the 5 major oceans.
* To be able to locate these oceans on a world map.
* To know the difference between an ocean and a sea.
* To know about currents, tides and waves. What causes them? What effect do they haveon our world?
* How do we have use the ocean? - transport, medicine, food, resources/energy etc. Maybe even link in with the somalia pirates situation???
* To know that the oceans are different to each other - climate/temperature/weather, animal habitats.
* To know what a tsunami is and how they are caused, plus underwater volcanoes.
* To look at marine animals - This can also link in with our science topic of living things.
* To what a coral reef is and where they are.
* To know about life/food cycles and how it is important to keep the balance - fishing stocks Vs making a living - dolphins caught in tuna nets etc. Enviroment issues.
So plenty of ideas, plus a fun trip to the sea life centre.
She found another spiderwick book at the library ans has nearly finished it already.
She felt better by the afternoon, so we continued with our geography topic - The Oceans. Initially we were working from a unit i downloaded from the net. And although it is good. i feel it is abit too old for Chloe (it focuses on underwater trenches and making an underwater contour map etc) She is only 10, and so i've gone back to basics.
What do i want Chloe to know when we have finished this topic??
* The names of the 5 major oceans.
* To be able to locate these oceans on a world map.
* To know the difference between an ocean and a sea.
* To know about currents, tides and waves. What causes them? What effect do they haveon our world?
* How do we have use the ocean? - transport, medicine, food, resources/energy etc. Maybe even link in with the somalia pirates situation???
* To know that the oceans are different to each other - climate/temperature/weather, animal habitats.
* To know what a tsunami is and how they are caused, plus underwater volcanoes.
* To look at marine animals - This can also link in with our science topic of living things.
* To what a coral reef is and where they are.
* To know about life/food cycles and how it is important to keep the balance - fishing stocks Vs making a living - dolphins caught in tuna nets etc. Enviroment issues.
So plenty of ideas, plus a fun trip to the sea life centre.
Friday, 1 May 2009
Thursday 30th April.
Chloe had English this morning. We started off by finishing our 'said' tags. We've been looking at different words to use instead of said. Then we read chapters 9 and 10 of Despereaux and worked on the literature unit i made to accompany the book.
Then in the afternoon Chloe looked at stone age monuments - Stonehenge. We're going to make a 3d model of it. Either using polystyrene - if i can get some if not it will be good old salt dough. It should be an interesting project. I'll post some pictures once we've finished.
Then in the afternoon Chloe looked at stone age monuments - Stonehenge. We're going to make a 3d model of it. Either using polystyrene - if i can get some if not it will be good old salt dough. It should be an interesting project. I'll post some pictures once we've finished.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Wednesday 29th April.
We had a lovely day yesterday. Chloe worked on her maths co-ordinates in the morning. I made a worksheet up using a map of England. She had to find the co-ordinates for certain cities or counties. Then find the places for the co-ordinates i gave her. So geography as well as maths. Then she finished up her KS 3 maths book.
I also found a great co'ordinates game. Very simple design, just numbers (answers) on a grid. You ask a question/sum like 3 x 5 = and then they have to look at the answers on the grip and give you the co-ordinates instead of the answer. Thought it would be a good game to play next session.
In the afternnon we went to the library, then looked through our books. It was a great start to our science topic looking at amazing mammals, and quirky little facts about reptiles etc. It has wet her appetite, so next session she will be rearing to go. We're hoping to look at how animals are classified and then make several lapbooks. Chloé also had a great idea on a game we could make. Abit like guess who only for animals. Probably make about 5 cards for each animal group (mammals, reptiles,amphibians, birds and fish) pop them into the existing guess who game/frame and then ask questions until we know the animal.
Chloe is busy reading Beyond spiderwick at the moment. We've already read them once but she saw the film on sky recently at is now busy reading her way thought the whole set again! They are good books though.
Later were working on Despereaux and then British history.
I also found a great co'ordinates game. Very simple design, just numbers (answers) on a grid. You ask a question/sum like 3 x 5 = and then they have to look at the answers on the grip and give you the co-ordinates instead of the answer. Thought it would be a good game to play next session.
In the afternnon we went to the library, then looked through our books. It was a great start to our science topic looking at amazing mammals, and quirky little facts about reptiles etc. It has wet her appetite, so next session she will be rearing to go. We're hoping to look at how animals are classified and then make several lapbooks. Chloé also had a great idea on a game we could make. Abit like guess who only for animals. Probably make about 5 cards for each animal group (mammals, reptiles,amphibians, birds and fish) pop them into the existing guess who game/frame and then ask questions until we know the animal.
Chloe is busy reading Beyond spiderwick at the moment. We've already read them once but she saw the film on sky recently at is now busy reading her way thought the whole set again! They are good books though.
Later were working on Despereaux and then British history.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
AWOL
Well I've been AWOL for a few months now!! We had computer problems and it took a while to sort out and then everything was just up in the air, but hopefully i'm back for good now.
Our time table this term is as follows:
Monday - Swimming, then maths (Co-ordinates, tables and graphs.)
Tuesday - English (The tale of Despereaux) and History (Ancient Greece lapbook)
Wednesday - Maths, then Science (Animals)
Thursday - English, then History (British history)
Friday - R.E (Religious festivals)/ French (around the town) and Geography (Oceans)
I'm writing my own unit for Despereaux - with hints and tips from other study guides on the net.
We're working on an Ancient Greece lapbook. There's so much to learn and look at, maps, the Minoans, the Myceneaens, olympics, sparta, alphabet, myths, gods etc. I just know this is going to be a great topic. I'm wanting to do a dress up day and maybe a mini olympics in the garden too.
I had a great unit on oceans saved from ages ago. So we are using this for geography and hopefully we'll fit a trip to the Seal life centre in too.
Should be a fun packed term. Fingers crossed.
Our time table this term is as follows:
Monday - Swimming, then maths (Co-ordinates, tables and graphs.)
Tuesday - English (The tale of Despereaux) and History (Ancient Greece lapbook)
Wednesday - Maths, then Science (Animals)
Thursday - English, then History (British history)
Friday - R.E (Religious festivals)/ French (around the town) and Geography (Oceans)
I'm writing my own unit for Despereaux - with hints and tips from other study guides on the net.
We're working on an Ancient Greece lapbook. There's so much to learn and look at, maps, the Minoans, the Myceneaens, olympics, sparta, alphabet, myths, gods etc. I just know this is going to be a great topic. I'm wanting to do a dress up day and maybe a mini olympics in the garden too.
I had a great unit on oceans saved from ages ago. So we are using this for geography and hopefully we'll fit a trip to the Seal life centre in too.
Should be a fun packed term. Fingers crossed.
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