READING/LITERATURE
Hooked on Phonics 1st Grade is completed and Trevor has been reading 3 Little Bear books, HOP Chapter books, and "A Fly Went By" as well as whatever is in his hands or in front of his eyes.
Trevor completed Reading Egg 78. He has only 2 more to go to unlock level 9
Trevor finished listening to "In Grandma's Attic" read by me and 10 cd's from the fantasy novel "Dandelion Fire"
Trevor practiced writing non-fiction stories and identifying plot in short stories.
Writing practice is going better than expected. It's difficult for him and he doesn't enjoy it. We focus every time on getting spaces between letters, capitalizing the first word of the sentence, and ending with punctuation--- but overall not being afraid to write. This summer we will begin-(again)- phonics with Spelling Road to Writing and Reading which I think will alleviate the fear or frustration he has about spelling a word wrong. I encourage him to sound out the word and not be afraid.
MATH
Trevor has completed Math lessons through Lesson 77 with good understanding. I skipped lesson 76 because it was pushing his level a little too much with adding double digit numbers that carried a one. Mentally. I know he'll be able to do it soon, but I will instead focus on fluency for the addendums under 20 because I think this will help him do Lesson 76 without frustration. He has good ability in Math and seems to only be limited when he doesn't practice.
Using Dreambox as a practice tool is perfect because it's visual and re-inforcing Right Start Math concepts in a fun way and without a pencil! There isn't much wasted activity in this program because the "Arcade" is more math practice and story problem challenges. Trevor has completed ALL kindergarten curriculum here, has only a handful of problems in place value and story problems to finish ALL of 1st grade curriculum and has completed 112 lessons. He seems to be approaching his threshold on math and I will continue to play games with him a
SCIENCE
Completed all units easily and tests in Science Fusion. Thankfully the curriculum taught is much more in-depth than the tests which were very basic for the Kindergartner.
Trevor studied force, energy, solar systems, and ears in his science clubs and classes.
We watched Magic School Bus videos on solar systems, ants, bees and butterflies. We read Magic School Bus books on Electricity and the Human Body.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We use Brain Pop Jr. and Library books as well as books from Sonlight curriculum and books recently purchased from IDEA's resource center.
Trevor studied jobs, careers, Chief Joseph, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Irodquois, Branches of Governmenet, President, Local and State Government, Statue of Liberty, Rights and responsibilities.
HEALTH
Trevor is training for the Main Street 1/2 Mile for kids. He shaved 1 minute off his time in just one month. Gymnastics class is weekly on Thursdays. Trevor is on page 39 of 60 in his Health and Fitness workbook.
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