Here is an overview of January and a few of the things Ainsley did/learned:
1) Memorized two Bible verses and The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20):
"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth." ~ Proverbs 10:4
"Oh, Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" ~ Psalm 8:1
2) Read the book
"Katy and the Big Snow" and memorized the poem
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". (We did activities with these books using
"Five in a Row".)
3) Covered the letters "H", "U", and "B".
4) Learned the difference between vowels and consonants.
5) Learned about pennies, nickels and dimes. (how much each is worth and what is on each coin) With this, she has also learned how to count by fives and tens.
6) Looked at city life, how a city operates and the departments/occupations that keep a city moving a long. (ie - water department, electric department, police department, post office, doctors)
7) Discussed responsibilities and how we all have a responsibility to do our work faithfully. (We discussed Ainsley's responsibilities...as well as mine and her dad's.)
8) Focused on the points of a map's compass and where the different directions are.
9) Learned more about personification. (giving human qualities to non-human objects, animals or things.) She wrote a story and drew a picture using this device.
10) Learned about poetry: what makes a poem and some of the devices used in poetry. (repetition, rhythm, sometimes rhyme, personification, etc.) She also learned about rhyme scheme. (ie - AABA pattern)
grass, sky, George Washington, rainbow, birds, Abraham Lincoln (Honest Abe), flowers, sun, wind, stars, rain and Ainsley
