Year Two is rather varied.
Small Boy has read all of Spud Goes Green (Giles Thaxton) and most of Dinosaur Pox (Jeremy Strong). He loved Spud Goes Green, Dinosaur Pox is rather hard and needs to be read out loud.
Work seems to be going ok at school, he is still happy to tell me what he's been doing.
Behaviour is not great - this seems to be the biggest problem. On the other hand, he's saving it for school and has been lovely for home (in a "so they can deal with it" mood tonight!).
Trying very hard to improve his diet (again) but it's still pretty rubbish :(
Monday, 3 October 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Sunday Workday
Must do:
1. get Small Boy to read
2. Supervise horn practise
3. Update literacy planning
4. Do maths planning
5. Bake flapjack
6. Put beef in slow cooker
8. Clean out car
9. Handwriting - Small Boy
1. get Small Boy to read
2. Supervise horn practise
3. Update literacy planning
4. Do maths planning
5. Bake flapjack
6. Put beef in slow cooker
8. Clean out car
9. Handwriting - Small Boy
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
oh dear!
Oh dear, good job I'm really not home schooling! Holidays and other things got rather in the way. Maybe we'll try again tomorrow! There is definitely a postcard owed to start with.
Over the last month although we haven't had any formal lessons, I have noticed Small Boy writing more without being prompted - he has done puzzles, written lists, written down things he needs to remember (like the name of the song and band he needed to google!), scores for games and other similar things. Which is all good and I'm pleased with.
I will sit with him again before we go back to school to remind him of the writing tips and tricks I've taught him, and to do some handwriting to get him used to it again.
Over the last month although we haven't had any formal lessons, I have noticed Small Boy writing more without being prompted - he has done puzzles, written lists, written down things he needs to remember (like the name of the song and band he needed to google!), scores for games and other similar things. Which is all good and I'm pleased with.
I will sit with him again before we go back to school to remind him of the writing tips and tricks I've taught him, and to do some handwriting to get him used to it again.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Session 7
1. 2 mins handwriting - o - very quick at this today
2. discuss the book he read he wants to write a review for - this took a bit of dragging out - he kept saying it had a beginning, middle and end and the author made it interesting! Even by asking specific questions I still couldn't get a sensible answer ("I like the punctuation!"). Eventually I wrote the start of sentences and he finished them off. This site helped - http://www.thebookchook.com/2010/07/how-do-kids-write-book-review.html. It was incredibly hard work and he was extremely awkward, finding every excuse possible not to do anything. It took about 40 minutes!
3. write book review in rough - part of above
4. best handwriting - book review for library - no problem! Funny boy!
Edited to add:
Small Boy also read a book for Circus Stars and did some horn practise. Marvellous!
2. discuss the book he read he wants to write a review for - this took a bit of dragging out - he kept saying it had a beginning, middle and end and the author made it interesting! Even by asking specific questions I still couldn't get a sensible answer ("I like the punctuation!"). Eventually I wrote the start of sentences and he finished them off. This site helped - http://www.thebookchook.com/2010/07/how-do-kids-write-book-review.html. It was incredibly hard work and he was extremely awkward, finding every excuse possible not to do anything. It took about 40 minutes!
3. write book review in rough - part of above
4. best handwriting - book review for library - no problem! Funny boy!
Edited to add:
Small Boy also read a book for Circus Stars and did some horn practise. Marvellous!
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Oops...
Well, it's a good job I am not home schooling as we don't seem to be able to get into a holiday routine at all!! Oh well.
On thing Small Boy has done a lot of this holiday is read. He has read three library books, a book on my kindle and a book of his own today. I can't complain about that! He's now read 5 of the required 6 library books for his Circus Stars challenge. In 5 days. The books he is reading are a suitable reading level for him, but none of them are particularly long. We really need to work on that. One challenge is to write a book review, so that's a plan for tomorrow.
On thing Small Boy has done a lot of this holiday is read. He has read three library books, a book on my kindle and a book of his own today. I can't complain about that! He's now read 5 of the required 6 library books for his Circus Stars challenge. In 5 days. The books he is reading are a suitable reading level for him, but none of them are particularly long. We really need to work on that. One challenge is to write a book review, so that's a plan for tomorrow.
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