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Science
Spelling
Literature
Grammar
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
We are a Blue Stars POD
Announcements: Blue Stars POD: 9/9/10 – 11:00 am - Minute Maid Park with tour - $4 per person
Teachers attending: Layni Cade, Gretchen Meyer, and Lorie Medina
Organizing the Expectations and the Time plan:
Google Calendar, I set up Erik's email some time ago, but now I have shared his calendar with mine, so that I can put assignments on his calendar and block out the hours that I expect him to work on them.
Today:
Math Exam:
achievement series
big brainz
Composition:
Tell about your favorite vacation.
/essay/
writing fun
Literature:
Pippi Longstocking
Science:Taxomomy
Sponges
- altrium
- budding
- epidermis
- osculum
- ostium
- porocytes
- spicules
Body
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Taxonomy
Vocabulary:
yes, it is all about having fun and playing games
Social Studies:
Google Earth Because this is not your grandma's social studies class..
Science:
Spelling:
Write your sentences
P.E.
5.3 mile bike hike
1 hour in the pool
yes, it is all about having fun and playing games
Social Studies:
Google Earth Because this is not your grandma's social studies class..
Science:
Spelling:
Write your sentences
P.E.
5.3 mile bike hike1 hour in the pool
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Theiss Gulley Bike Hike
Cruising on the Theiss Mail Route Path
PLEASE pave the pathYes I can go 5 miles, but it would be so much easier on pavement instead of GRASS!
Monday, August 23, 2010
First day of school
1st period: P.E. - 2 mile bike hike
2nd period: Literature - Pippi Longstocking
3rd period: Nap Time
Lunch!
then Science, OUTSIDE with a plus of Recess and Vit D, Erik was very nice to me.
then horribly horrible Dentist that was by far the worse dentist known to man 5 thumbs down, I am NEVER going back.
then Vocabulary and Literature.
Friday, August 20, 2010
slow down.. relax...
yeah right...
we are off to Barbara Bush Library for Friday Yoga... that was a bust, lots of OLD people, got books instead
back home to completed spelling unit for the week
and then to see our buddy Mason qualify for his Black Belt
we had a lot of laughs at church talent show ice cream social.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians
via Kindle
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 400 pages
Grade 5-9
on page 200 on day two.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Presidential Fitness
Presidential Fitness Challenge
60 minutes a day EVERY Day
Webelos Athlete Badge
Athlete tracking chart (30 days)
HOW TO Videos:
60 minutes a day EVERY Day
Webelos Athlete Badge
Athlete tracking chart (30 days)
HOW TO Videos:
Saturday, August 14, 2010
New Start for Literature
Some Thoughts Concerning Education explains how to educate that mind using three distinct methods: the development of a healthy body; the formation of a virtuous character; and the choice of an appropriate academic curriculum.
~ John Locke, 1693
This year's Language Arts Curriculum is nothing short of daunting.
Title and Author ..................................................................................................Lexile Level
A Lion to Guard Us, by Clyde Robert Bulla ...........................................................360
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner ..................................................................550
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan ......................................................560
Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary ..........................................................................670
Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White .................................................................................680
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg .....700
Li Lun, Lad of Courage, by Carolyn Treffinger ......................................................720
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord .....................730
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle .............................................................740
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury ...........................................................740
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton .................................................................................750
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare ......................................................760
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder ...........................................760
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander ................................................................770
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt ......................................................................770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare ...........................................770
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech ......................................................................770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier ..................770
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden....................................................780
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien ..................................790
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George ..........................................810
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry ...................................................................830
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes ........................................................................840
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary ..........................................................860
The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein.........................................................860
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor ..................................................................................860
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren .................................................................870
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes ................................................................870
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep ...............................................................................870
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson .........................................................880
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ........................................................................890
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink ................................................................890
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson.........................................................................................910
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor ..........................................920
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper .....................................................................920
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis .......................................940
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis .........................................................950
White Fang, by Jack London ...................................................................................970
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery ...........................................990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli ...................................................990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell .......................................................1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson .............................................................................1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne ................................................1030
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle ..........................................1090
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt .......................................................................1100
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman .......................................................1170
War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells ........................................................................1170
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss ..........................................................1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford .....................................................1320
~ John Locke, 1693
This year's Language Arts Curriculum is nothing short of daunting.
Title and Author ..................................................................................................Lexile Level
A Lion to Guard Us, by Clyde Robert Bulla ...........................................................360
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner ..................................................................550
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan ......................................................560
Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary ..........................................................................670
Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White .................................................................................680
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg .....700
Li Lun, Lad of Courage, by Carolyn Treffinger ......................................................720
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord .....................730
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle .............................................................740
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury ...........................................................740
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton .................................................................................750
The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare ......................................................760
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder ...........................................760
The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander ................................................................770
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt ......................................................................770
The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare ...........................................770
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech ......................................................................770
War Comes to Willie Freeman, by Christopher and Lincoln Collier ..................770
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden....................................................780
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien ..................................790
My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George ..........................................810
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry ...................................................................830
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes ........................................................................840
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary ..........................................................860
The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein.........................................................860
The Cay, by Theodore Taylor ..................................................................................860
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren .................................................................870
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes ................................................................870
Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep ...............................................................................870
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson .........................................................880
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ........................................................................890
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink ................................................................890
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson.........................................................................................910
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor ..........................................920
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper .....................................................................920
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis .......................................940
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis .........................................................950
White Fang, by Jack London ...................................................................................970
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery ...........................................990
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli ...................................................990
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell .......................................................1000
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson .............................................................................1010
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne ................................................1030
Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle ..........................................1090
Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt .......................................................................1100
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman .......................................................1170
War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells ........................................................................1170
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss ..........................................................1260
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford .....................................................1320
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Week 1 of year 2
Taking it easy, just easing back into the routine:
Monday:
Math: Multiplication
Writing: Sensory Details
Science: lunar phases
P.E.: Bearkat Bash Training
Tuesday:
Houston Ship Channel Boat Tour (2 hour)
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Literature: Children's Classic
Vocabulary
Spelling
Wednesday:
Writing
P.E.
Cursive Writing
Thursday:
Social Studies: Texas (1 hour)
Social Studies: Egyptian Pharaohs (free streaming via Netflix) (3 Hours)
Friday:
Science: Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (3 Hours)
Monday:
Math: Multiplication
Writing: Sensory Details
Science: lunar phases
P.E.: Bearkat Bash Training
Tuesday:
Houston Ship Channel Boat Tour (2 hour)
Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Literature: Children's Classic
Vocabulary
Spelling
Wednesday:
Writing
P.E.
Cursive Writing
Thursday:
Social Studies: Texas (1 hour)
Social Studies: Egyptian Pharaohs (free streaming via Netflix) (3 Hours)
Friday:
Science: Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (3 Hours)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sam Houston Boat Tour
the M/V Sam Houston offers free leisurely 90-minute round-trip cruises along the Houston Ship Channel.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Mindstorm NXT 2.0
First Robot complete, now to figure out the computer software and batteries to run it.
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