Week 19

Hard to believe we are in week 19 of school. It amazes me that time goes by when you are having fun. We are actually in a higher week,  but Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks don't count because we focus our entire lesson on that holiday. 

However, we are in week 19. This week we focused on our review of the 7 continents that we learned over the last 7 weeks. We also learned about opposite words, math, reading, and  frogs. So with this week over here are some of the highlights from this week. 

Tater showing her Europe and Asia worksheets.

We learned about frog this week in science. We learned that the process of tadpoles growing into an adult frog is called metamorphosis. Pretty big word for a kindergartner/first grader.  The change process goes like this: eggs are wrapped in jelly like susbtance - then a tadpole is hatched - the tadpole grows its back legs, its front legs, and its tail gets smaller(in order) - and then the adult frog.

See the smile on this girls' face. She is showing her first book that she read by herself all the way through. Yep by herself. We started her reading with books and stories that interest her. I think her smile tells it all. 

A puzzle that Tater put together showing the never ending cycle of a frogs life. 

A little handwriting practice

This is an example of the work that Tater did learning about words that were opposites. hot-cold, big-little.

Next week we are moving to week 20. This is going to be a fun week. We are going to be working on play dough. I've created an entire lesson plan surrounding play dough. Very excited and LOTS of pictures to come. Stay tuned...