We are on our little break between sessions, and I just realized something.... Bug is totally done with 2nd grade!!!!!!!!! We are finished with our school year, basically. Huh.
And 3rd grade is more involved than 2nd... right? Social studies and Science get bumped up a notch. Things get more in-depth..... So I am spending much time researching curriculum to add into the mix. And figuring out how to proceed from here. :) With my third grader. !!! It's a little daunting. I want to make sure we don't miss anything. Pre-K through 2nd grade is so simple and fun. Learning about the states, our community, the basics of science, reading lots of interesting books, adding/subtracting/multiplying, spelling, grammar (nouns/verbs/etc).... but now, things are about to get real. :)
Also, the tiny one will be starting K4 (4 yr old Kindergarten) when we resume...
So we are in essence about to start a new school year. Yikes!!
This will be a big planning week around here. :)
Monday, April 14, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Session 2
Wow! This year is zooming by already!!! We are finishing up our second session over the next week or so. We took a mini-break when Bug's friends were on spring break so we are going to go through Wednesday next week and just take a nice long weekend up in Phoenix.
Bug is loving her 3rd grade Language Arts books - Winning with Writing, Growing with Grammar, and Soaring with Spelling. I am also a fan because they are about 99% self-guided. She reads the lesson and then does the work. I grade it, we discuss any issues, and that's that.
She is almost done with her 2nd grade Horizons Math book. We will start the 3rd grade book during Session 3. I am very impressed with this program!! Bug has learned way more than I would have expected for 2nd grade, and we are both excited to see what 3rd grade brings. :)
We also started a reading program with chapter books. Bug's goal is 50 books and then there will be a prize of some sort... no idea what yet :) I guess I should figure that out!! For each book, she writes a few sentences about it, or draws a picture -- I am using the Summer Reading Program we did last summer because I like the little banners and reward cards.
And, our big science project was --- a butterfly garden!!! Bug wrote a report about the different stages after they were all released. It was a fun hands-on adventure for a few weeks. :) Here are a ton (probably way too many!) pictures of how it all went down.
Up next -- Rootvue farm, owl pellets, and Aquafarm. :) We also joined the Desert Museum, so we will take some educational trips there.
Bug is loving her 3rd grade Language Arts books - Winning with Writing, Growing with Grammar, and Soaring with Spelling. I am also a fan because they are about 99% self-guided. She reads the lesson and then does the work. I grade it, we discuss any issues, and that's that.
She is almost done with her 2nd grade Horizons Math book. We will start the 3rd grade book during Session 3. I am very impressed with this program!! Bug has learned way more than I would have expected for 2nd grade, and we are both excited to see what 3rd grade brings. :)
We also started a reading program with chapter books. Bug's goal is 50 books and then there will be a prize of some sort... no idea what yet :) I guess I should figure that out!! For each book, she writes a few sentences about it, or draws a picture -- I am using the Summer Reading Program we did last summer because I like the little banners and reward cards.
And, our big science project was --- a butterfly garden!!! Bug wrote a report about the different stages after they were all released. It was a fun hands-on adventure for a few weeks. :) Here are a ton (probably way too many!) pictures of how it all went down.
Up next -- Rootvue farm, owl pellets, and Aquafarm. :) We also joined the Desert Museum, so we will take some educational trips there.
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