November 2013

Ryn started Hooked on Phonics Level 2 this month. We spent the first week listening to the tape and learning what letters make blend sounds.

• ch - chin
• th - thin
• sh - ship
• wh - when
• th - that
• sm - smell
• sn - snap
• sp - spin
• sl - slip
• sc - scat
• sk - skip
• sw - swim
• st - stop

Hooked on Phonics level 2:
-ch lesson
-th lesson
-ch and -th review

-sh lesson

Ryn spent 30 minutes five days a week reading books she choose from the Library. I believe the count was something like 45 easy readers!

Weekly sight work packets including the words:

BIG, SAW, OLD, YELLOW, GOOD, ROUND, PLAY, DO, THEN

Weekly word family packets including:

-um, -oke, -im, -ice, -ell, -ail

We also worked on beginning sounds.

On to the maths...

• adding
• Stars
• Cones
• graphing
• connect the dots skip counting by 10's
• telling time to the hour
• telling time to the half-hour
• telling time to the quarter-hour
• Nickel review
• How much for this? pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
• Tally Marks
• Subtraction
• Fill-in the number 1-100
• Fact Families
• Word Problems

This month Ryn built a race car at Lowe's, turned in her first Book-It coupon at Pizza hut,was invited to a birthday party at the bounce houses, got a Rainbow loom, and went to the Fort Edward Library to see Oliver the miniature pig! Ryn got to meet some extended family at my Grandparents 65th Anniversary party!

She also got to make the first snowman of the season and got to the Holiday Train to donate food, see Santa, and listen to our first bit of Holiday music! We also attended Library Story and Art Time and level 2 Gymnastics weekly.

Rollerskating was  bi-weekly and she only did 1 piano lesson this month because of the holiday.

October's Update

Here's month two in Ryn's home school adventure!

Hooked on Phonics Level One:
-ug lesson and review

• Bugs and Dogs

-un lesson and review
-ub lesson and review
Helper word lesson THIS, SAYS, OF, NO, HAS, TO, THE, WHAT, SEE, LIKE, WE, IS, WITH

• Bug Fun

Hop book 8: Rag
-ut lesson and review
-up lesson and review

• Cup and Pup

Short u complete chapter review
Helper word lesson TOO, LOOK, DO, THIS, HAS, NO, SEE, WHAT, OF, LIKE, WITH, WE, SAYS

• Look!

Hop book 9: Dog Bug
Hop companion book - Mutt and Pup
Hop companion book - Pig Fun
-ed lesson and review

• Ned and Ted

-et lesson and review
-en lesson and review
Helper word lesson YOU, ARE, HE, BE, WHAT, LIKE, SEE, OF, LOOK, WE, THIS, WITH, SAYS, DO, TOO
Hop book 10: Rag Gets Wet
-eg lesson and review
-el lesson and review
Helper words lesson WANT, MY, FOR, LOOK, BE, NO, HE, DO, ARE, SEE, TOO, OF, YOU, WE

• What do you Want?

Hop book 11: Hip-o Gets a Pet
Hop companion book - Ann's Big Muffin
-ack lesson and review
-ick lesson and review
-ock lesson and review
-uck lesson and review
-eck lesson and review
Hop book 12 Tick-Tock
-compound words lesson and review
Helper words lesson WHERE, PLAY, GAME, HE, TOO, FOR, MY, SAYS, LOOK, BE, WANT, DO, OF, ARE

• The Big Game

Hop book 13: Where is Zot?
Hop companion book - Tim the Truck
Helper words lesson NOW, NEED, ME, OF, TOO, WHERE, LOOK, FOR, PLAY, WANT, GAME

• Run! Now!

Hop book 14: Tick-Tock Gets a Pal
Hop companion book - Kim Kangaroo

RYN COMPLETED HOOKED ON PHONICS LEVEL 1!

Ryn has also been reading Leap Frog Tag pen Learn to read books. This month she has read:

• Leap Hops, Pops, and Mops
• Leap Scrubs Up

Weekly sight word packets including the words:

CAN, WHAT, THINK, FIND, SO, LIVE, BLUE, LIKE, OVER, AND, WAS, HIS, HER

Weekly word family packets including:

-ed, -oat, -at, -ine, -ig, -ice, -ink, -eat

We also worked on Syllables in words, and Beginning Sounds.

On to the maths...

• Subtraction ones and tens 
• Subtraction with missing subtrahend 
• Fractions 1/4
• Telling time to the hour
• Telling time to the half hour
• Review: What a Dime is.
• Telling time to the quarter hour
• How much does this cost? Pennies, Nickels, dimes, Quarters
• Bar Graphs
• Addition 10-50
• Tally Marks
• Subtraction 10-20
• Fill in the blank counting backwards -100
• Fact Families
• Word Problems
• Skip counting by 5's to 100
• Octagon lesson
• Pyramid lesson including Faces and Edges
• Ryn also enjoyed making and using a countdown calendar for Halloween this month

We went to The Pumpkin Patch and carved pumpkins, the YMCA Halloween party, and the Fort Edward Nursing Home for Trick-or-Treat with the elderly, and Glens Falls Boo-2-You! as our field trips for the month.

We also attend Library Story and Art Time and gymnastics weekly. 

• RYN HAS ADVANCED TO LEVEL 2 GYMNASTICS!

Rollerskating and Piano lessons continue bi-weekly.  

September's Update

Ok, so here's an update on just what Ryn's been doing for the first month of Kindergarten.

Hooked on Phonics Level one:
-at lesson and review

• Fat Cat, Fat Rat

-an lesson and review

• Dan Ran

-ap lesson and review

• Hop book 1: Cat

-ag lesson and review
-ad lesson and review

Short a complete chapter review

• Hop book 2: Rag

-ig lesson and review

• Big Pig

-id lesson and review

• Matt Hid

-it lesson and review
Helper word lesson THE, IS, AND, ON

• Hop companion book - Dad and Sam
• On the Mat
• Hop book 3: Pig Wig

-in lesson and review
-ip lesson and review

• Hop book 4: Pig Wig can Hit

Short i complete chapter review
Lesson on adding "s" to make words plural
Helper word lesson LIKE, TO, THE, ON, IS, AND

• I Like It
• Hop book 5: Tag
• Hop companion book - Sam and the Mitt

-ox lesson and review

• Fox, Ox and the Box

-ot lesson and review
-op lesson and review
Helper word lesson WITH, WHAT, HAS, TO, AND, LIKE, ON, THE, IS

• What has Dots?
• What has Caps?
• Hop book 6: Pop Fox

-og lesson and review
-ob lesson and review
Helper word lesson WE, SEE, NO, ON, HAS, LIKE, WHAT, AND WITH, THE, TO, IS

• Hop book 7: The Fog

Short o complete chapter review

• Hop companion book - Pom Pom

Ryn has also been reading Leap Frog Tag pen Learn to read books. This month she has read:

• Casey Cat has a Hat
• The Fit-It Kid

This month, Ryn has also earned the Small Star Award from Starfall for being able to read all five short vowel books all on her own. These books include:

• Zac the Rat
• Peg the Hen
• The big Hit
• Mox's Shop
• Gus the Duck

Weekly sight word packets including the words:

UP, WHO, ASK GO, BLACK, SOME, RED, NO, FLY, AWAY, THERE, COULD, JUMP, DID, WALK, THE, ARE, ANY, SEE, UNDER, GIVE.

Weekly word family packets including:

-am, -ee, -un, -oad, -id, -ole, -en, -ose, -ot, -iles, -og, -ake, -et, -ace

We also worked a little on Rhyming and counting Syllables in words.

On to the maths...

• Parallelogram lesson
• adding ones and tens without carrying 
• Skip counting by 2's
• Telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour
• Pennies, Nickles, Dimes' Quarters
• Fractions: 1/2
• Subtracting ones and tens without carying
• Slip counting by 3's
• Tally Marks
• Fact Families
• Word problems
• Bar graphs
• true/false adding
• Cylinder lesson
• Rhombus lesson
• Line graphs
• Skip counting by 5's

Technically she did 7 weeks worth of weekly packets, and 15 Hooked on Phonics lessons...

We went to the Adirondack Balloon Festival, McWhorter's Apple Orchard, and The World Awareness Children's Museum as our field trips this month.

We also attend Library Story and Art Time, Home School play time at the park, and Roller Skating weekly.

She will also continue with her weekly piano lessons.

Well, the school year officially starts on Sept. 5th for our school district this year. We, have decided to basically school year round. This year though, I'm planning on following the seasons and the hollidays that go with them. We're going to do a Field Trip every-single week. We will also read books, and do crafts and cooking that all revolve around the field trip for the week. Some times it's just going to be going to the Vegetable section of the local grocery store, sometimes it'll be to the Pumpkin Patch! This is going to be a log of all of our adventures! Hopefully I can instill a life long love of learning in my little Ryn!