So this is the end. The end of our Kindergarten/ First Grade year. Why two grades...because technically Tater is in Kindergarten but she does first grade work. So we say Kindergarten but we also say First Grade.
This has been a busy year. We have been on several field trips, had an additional new student, and a new service dog added to our school.
We have also had an amazing journey traveling through school.
In English class we have learned about nouns and verbs. We have learned the basics of sentence structure. We've mastered reading and simple C-V-C spelling words. We've worked on learning how to write in our journal and how to space our words. Tater has managed to begin letter formation a bit better than at the beginning of the year.
In math, we have worked on addition and subtraction. We've worked on skip counting by 5's, 10's and 25's. We have counted to 100 several times and we have mastered telling time to the hour and half hour. We can associate coins with their respective monetary value.
In science we have hit each of the areas of science...physical, physics, life, biological, and earth science. We have cooked food, made and played with play dough. We have collected leaves, made a collage of thongs found in fall. We have studied animals and went to the Knoxville Zoo. We just completed our lesson on forces such as push and pull forces. We have tracked the weather during calendar time. We have studied plants and Tater learned what all living things need to survive. Tater also learned how to classify all objects into living and non living objects.
Social studies had us learning about community helpers. How they help our community. What service do they provide for us. We visited the fire department, the post office, we also studied about America. We learned about our flag and our basic Constitutional rights. Tater studied famous Americans who changed America and we also studied a few of our great presidents. Towards the end of the year we took an adventure traveling across the United States. We hit most of the United States from East Coast to West Coast.
This has been a busy year. We have been on several field trips, had an additional new student, and a new service dog added to our school.
We have also had an amazing journey traveling through school.
In English class we have learned about nouns and verbs. We have learned the basics of sentence structure. We've mastered reading and simple C-V-C spelling words. We've worked on learning how to write in our journal and how to space our words. Tater has managed to begin letter formation a bit better than at the beginning of the year.
In math, we have worked on addition and subtraction. We've worked on skip counting by 5's, 10's and 25's. We have counted to 100 several times and we have mastered telling time to the hour and half hour. We can associate coins with their respective monetary value.
In science we have hit each of the areas of science...physical, physics, life, biological, and earth science. We have cooked food, made and played with play dough. We have collected leaves, made a collage of thongs found in fall. We have studied animals and went to the Knoxville Zoo. We just completed our lesson on forces such as push and pull forces. We have tracked the weather during calendar time. We have studied plants and Tater learned what all living things need to survive. Tater also learned how to classify all objects into living and non living objects.
Social studies had us learning about community helpers. How they help our community. What service do they provide for us. We visited the fire department, the post office, we also studied about America. We learned about our flag and our basic Constitutional rights. Tater studied famous Americans who changed America and we also studied a few of our great presidents. Towards the end of the year we took an adventure traveling across the United States. We hit most of the United States from East Coast to West Coast.
This year we have had an extensive educational journey. We have had a roller coaster of things that we have learned. But that doesn't begin to cover the things that we have learned emotionally, spiritually, in a familial way.
The things that we have learned in those areas include learning how to care for others. How to care for ourselves. We have learned how to play fairly, how we can achieve anything as a team. We have learned to put God first and to seek Him in all that we do. We have learned how to cherish each other. Tater has learned how to become a nurse to me to help with my diabetes. She has learned how to help her brother and lookout for her brother. She has learned how to lookout for the needs of others and if possible help serve those needs. My family has become a close, loving, God oriented family. We have become close knit, praying, serving, and a humble family.
I am proud of what we have accomplished this year. I am proud of our educational pursuits as well as our Spiritual pursuits. I am proud of us. I am also realizing that we have a long long way to go. But with God's grace we will get their.
So thanks for coming along on the adventure of First Grade. We will be resting until our Second Grade year.
Until we meet again...
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