Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Goals for December 7, 2010

Here’s the deal. I’m not as organized as I should be. Even when I was in the classroom, there were times that I would be ‘flying by the seat of my pants’. It’s something I can do, but it’s not the most relaxing way to live. I try to plan out the week’s activities and goals, but life gets in the way of a steady schooling atmosphere. What I’m going to try to do with this website is post my goals and vague lesson plans so that there is some accountability for what we’re supposed to be doing.

As time goes on, I’ll also post some of the activities and projects we’ve done in the first half of the year (you know, when I have some spare time).

Note: I’m not affiliated with any of the websites listed below. I just use them for their knowledge.

Language arts

Misspelled words list: spelling practice

Review parts of a story (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

Revise fable to follow model (student created)

Science

Review simple machines, create booklet or ppt presentation

Introduce formula to show that machines make hard work easier

Social studies

Continue to look at resolutions form Seneca falls convention

(http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/book-sum/seneca3.html)

Translate from gobledegook to 2nd grade language

Play matching game for states (http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm)

Math

Review multiplication facts for 1-5, 9-12, squares

Practice addition facts (http://www.kidzone.ws/math/addition.htm) worksheet

Introduce decimal addition

Review metric system and link to decimal addition

Other:

Review sign language song (from ‘Once More with Feeling’) (http://www.aslpro.com/)

Paint homemade spoon ornaments

Economics introduction (opportunity cost)

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