Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

We made them out of clay! 

The Write Stuff

Today we did a couple special things along with the usual stuff. 

First, it was our day to do Pirkei Avot, and E took a lot of pride in being able to write our summary of the line we studied. He was also pretty excited to finally be able to reach to hang it on our board!

The other new thing we are trying is for writing. E LOVES to use his imagination to write stories. So we are going to take a break from Writing Strands and try out a book Ingot from my Usborne book party called My First Story Writing Book. We are going to do 2-3 sections a week, and then he will work on filling a blank book. It should take us through February to finish it. He was really excited to try it!

Working on "About the Author." 

Getting back to it!

Yesterday (11/30/15) we finally got back to normal school after vacation and sickness and Thanksgiving. E begged me to start with math, so we did. 

The lesson was on adding 3 numbers, with a focus on sums of 10 and 15. We practiced different ways to think about adding them, and then we played a fun game. 

One thing I love about this curriculum is that it has a huge focus on games. E actually giggled and said he loved this particular one. 

For spelling, we worked on final blends. Easy peasy. Also a spelling test that he aced. 

We also began learning about proper nouns and worked grouping into lists in writing. 

A great day!