Well the sun has disappeared and the good old English rain has returned. I even had to pop the heating on to take the chill out of the house.
We looked at line graphs today. How to read them, and how to make one. Chloe had no problems with this. She easily worked through the KS3 book. So i got an old holiday brochure out and we looked at the temperature and how much sun each country gets. Then she made a line graph to show this data. We're going to continue along this line on our next session. I like to be everyday stuff into lessons, so that she can see how her learning fits into the real world.
In the afternoon, we continued our work on our animal studies. I had a look through some of our old books and found a great page an animals. It lists all the different classes (mammals,fish,birds,amphibiams and reptiles.) plus it lists all the orders for each class. Which is exactly what i was looking for. Chloe wrote out her first mini book (in rough) explaining how animals are classified, and then she started on her mammal mini book. I'm not sure if we are going to make a lapbook for each class or one HUGE lapbook with all 5 classes in it.
I think i'll just see how it grows.
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Tuesday 12th May.
Today was so hot and sunny. I wish we had a patio table and parasol as i would have held lessons outside today. But our table 'died' last year, so i must go out and buy one soon, especially as the nice weather seems to be approaching. (Fingers crossed)
Chloe started reading book 2 of Despereaux today. She has nearly completed the unit of work i wrote for her. So i will have to make some more up over the next couple of days.
In the afternoon, we continued our work on Ancient Greece. We've completed the first book. Which looks at Stone age Greece. We're making a pocket labeled before the Greeks, which looks at the stone and bronze age. Then we move on to the Minoan people. This lapbook should takes us all the way upto July.
Chloe started reading book 2 of Despereaux today. She has nearly completed the unit of work i wrote for her. So i will have to make some more up over the next couple of days.
In the afternoon, we continued our work on Ancient Greece. We've completed the first book. Which looks at Stone age Greece. We're making a pocket labeled before the Greeks, which looks at the stone and bronze age. Then we move on to the Minoan people. This lapbook should takes us all the way upto July.
Monday 11th May.
We always go swimming on a Monday at the local pool. Chloe is turning into a proper water baby. One of the old ladies that goes there even commented on how well she swims underwater. I can swim but i don't have much confidence so it's great to see the kids splashing, swimming and diving in the water. She's even trying new strokes now.
Then we popped to the library to collect our books that we had ordered. I'd love to see how many books Chloe actually reads in a month. I might make her up a reading journal where she can record her reading and write about the books/characters/plot etc.
As the weather was so nice, we spent what was left of the afternoon at the park. Chloe had a little run around and then we sat in the sun reading. We looked at some of the Christian festivals - Easter in particular. We will work some more on this, on Friday as part of RE.
Then we popped to the library to collect our books that we had ordered. I'd love to see how many books Chloe actually reads in a month. I might make her up a reading journal where she can record her reading and write about the books/characters/plot etc.
As the weather was so nice, we spent what was left of the afternoon at the park. Chloe had a little run around and then we sat in the sun reading. We looked at some of the Christian festivals - Easter in particular. We will work some more on this, on Friday as part of RE.
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Friday 8th May.
We only had learning this morning today as we had other commitments.
We soent the morning learning French. We're looking at around the Town. How to ask directions to places, the names of shops etc. My French isn't brilliant but Chloe seems to enjoy our French lessons.
Our papier mache Stonehenge went really well. They are currently drying on the window sill.
I bought some beautiful books today from WH Smiths. One about animals (DK Animal Encylopedia) which we will use in our science lessons. The other one is a BEAUTIFUL book about the oceans(3D pop up explorer - oceans from the surface to the seabed). It's a 3D popup book and shows all the different layers of the oceans and the animals that live there. We're going to use it to make our own pop up ocean pictures.
We soent the morning learning French. We're looking at around the Town. How to ask directions to places, the names of shops etc. My French isn't brilliant but Chloe seems to enjoy our French lessons.
Our papier mache Stonehenge went really well. They are currently drying on the window sill.
I bought some beautiful books today from WH Smiths. One about animals (DK Animal Encylopedia) which we will use in our science lessons. The other one is a BEAUTIFUL book about the oceans(3D pop up explorer - oceans from the surface to the seabed). It's a 3D popup book and shows all the different layers of the oceans and the animals that live there. We're going to use it to make our own pop up ocean pictures.
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Thursday 7th May.
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!
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!
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....
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