crossing the Jordan & glitter

Today's school work was from Unit 10/Day 3 for both kids.  K really liked her Bible story...crossing the Jordan River carrying the ark of the covenant.  When the men's feet (men who were carrying the ark) touched the water, the water parted and they walked across the river on dry ground.  She had to "cross the Jordan" today walking on a tape line carrying an "ark."  We used duct tape since I haven't gotten masking tape yet and K picked a teddy bear blanket to carry as the "ark."

For her letter review today, she picked a letter to make "glittery" and she chose "G" because as we were revewing the letter names & sounds with her flashcards she kept asking for Grandma's letter..."G."  So this glittery "G" is for Grandma, today!  (Hi Mom!)  :o)

D completed his second page of chapter 10 for math...had a little difficulty adding 8 again since he refused to use the blocks.  I made a set of +8 fact flashcards to help him review this week.  I have a feeling we'll stay on chapter 10 for all the lesson pages & review pages to make sure he knows the facts before moving on.

In Phonics he learned about the suffix -y when to double the consonant & when to leave it "as is" and just add -y to the end.  Do you know when to double the consonant?!  When it's a single consonant (like "fun)...funny.  When it's a double consonant on the end of the original word, -y is just added to the end like "mist"...misty.  He seemed to understand this and read the entire page of words.  The book suggests he write each word from dictation, but I haven't made him write them yet.

For his Thinking Skills paper today, he was supposed to copy a block pattern.  He rushed a bit and had to redo it since the lines he made with his pencil weren't the same shape as the pattern.  He tends to think these pages are easy (and they are - at least what he's supposed to do) but they're for "following directions" and some days he needs lots of work on it. :o)

His Bible story today was about Daniel in the lion's den and so for his science activity we read about animals and insects who camouflage themselves.  We compared Legos on the carpet to Legos on top of the same colors on a colored blanket to see if we could camouflage them.  He'd much rather do something more "scientific" and messy.  We'll do a Pop Bottle Science project tomorrow since it'll be Friday.  :o)

During today's reading of Peter Cottontail, he finally found out what the animals were doing during the winter - hibernating.  The book writes the possum's ("Unc' Billy Possum") speech in a very thick southern accent.  D said when we were done reading, "that guy talks funny."  I agreed with him as it's quite a mouthful to read, too!