Waffle Day in Actuality

And here’s what actually happened:

I finished the last in the batch of waffles as The Kid woke up. We snuggled in her bed while she ate her waffles and I read two chapters from the Oz book. Her new nickname is Pampered Pimbly (for the alliteration).

We straightened the house and did our chores, then decided to do the activities that we didn’t do yesterday.

First was talking about the parts of a story. She reviewed the chart she made that is hanging in our living room and we discussed her fable.

We got distracted by some egg cartons that could be cut to look like reindeer, then wanted to learn how to draw a reindeer. (http://video.dragoart.com/tuts/773/1/2/how-to-draw-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer.htm)

We used this opportunity to talk about shapes, lines segments, parallel lines, difference between reindeer and Midwestern deer (female reindeer have antlers)

We used an economics book that I found at Goodwill for $.70 (Economics for the Elementary Classroom by Elaine C. Coulson and Sarapage McCorkle). It gives an overview of basic economics for the teacher to supplement any knowledge and help brush up on terms. It’s intended for grades 1-8 and has activities divided by basic age level. The lesson plans include objectives, guiding questions, and worksheets. We talked about opportunity cost as the choice that was given up. Then we did two activity that involved weighing options and making choices based on a variety of criteria.

The plan is to review with the other activities tomorrow.

Worked at ixl.com to practice place value

Spelling practice: tossed ladybugs back and forth while we spelled, then she practiced throwing a ball in the air and catching it with each letter. Success!

The Kid chose to practice decimal addition with two worksheets

Then, independent reading while she ate red beans and grapes.

She worked on her powerpoint presentation and completed the information for inclined planes.

We got a whole lot of nothing done with social studies so far, and we’re both pretty burned out, so she’s going to play the water game (http://www.freepoverty.com/), then we’re going to run around and get the house cleaned up so I can fool my mom into thinking I’m not as messy as I was when I was a kid.

The Kid just said she wanted to learn about shadows. I adore having a kid that wonders about hings and wants to find out the reasons behind the mysteries. I’m off to find cool resources to teach about light and shadows! It will fit perfectly with the guest activities I’m planning when we go to our friends’ house to talk about moon phases. AWESOME!

For tomorrow’s trip to visit my grandmother:

Bring journal, pencils, extra drawing paper, multiplication flash cards

Print out worksheets for metric system of measurement, decimals, resolutions for translation, Newton’s laws of motion, sound worksheets, rock worksheets for review, blank map of the United States for labeling