Whippoorwills & Turnips

That's what Mane has been learning about these past few days as we read Down, Down The Mountain. We also reviewed Onomatapoiea and learned about Alliteration. Mane made pages in her notebook for those literary devices, some new vocabulary words, a map of the Blue Ridge Mountains, whippoorwills, and turnips! It's been a busy few days.

We've been working our way through set B of the Bob Books...leaning about "ar," "or," "aw," and "ed." Mane told Mango last week that she didn't used to be able to read, but she has "had a change" in her life, and now she can read. I've been noticing her reading signs and books covers.

And we continue to practice math addition facts. I've been telling Mane 3 part problems out loud (4+4+1=___) and having her figure the answers in her head. She's also been using more of the drills on the Math U See website. I'm looking for some new websites for math games and hoping to get her quick enough with addition facts to move on to subtraction in a week or two.