Tonight for homework, John needed to write six to eight sentences about his favorite book. We worked on a rough draft together and when we were happy with it he started to write out the story neatly. He was very discouraged and immediately said “This is going to take forever.” I cheered him on and… Continue reading Sweet Motivation
John’s homework today was reading a story/article about Bald Eagles. Then he needed to write any sentences that were opinion. The first opinion he found said “It is a beautiful bird.” John said “And that’s an opinion, because maybe you think a Golden Finch is more beautiful!” The next opinion said “The eagle is amazing.”… Continue reading Golden Finch
Tonight for homework, John had to read a story and then answer some questions. The story was about two sisters, Rosa and Blanca. They both had gardens and picked all types of vegetables. One of the vegetables was a chile pepper. John was putting a lot of emphasis on the e. Daddy and I giggled. … Continue reading Chile
The past couple of nights have been typical. Pick the kids up from school, go home, eat dinner, do homework, bathtime and bedtime. The only thing out of the ordinary is that we have given Gillian a workbook to do while John was working on homework. The book has tracing, letters and shapes in it.… Continue reading Gillian homework
While preparing dinner tonight, I had a pot of water on the stove. John came over and blew at the flames on the burner. I said “What are you doing?” He said “What? It’s flambago!” For the past couple of nights, Clover (Gillian’s bunny) has been sitting in the baby seat at the dinner and… Continue reading Dinner and homework
After dinner, last night John was working on his homework and Gillian was working on a new picture. Gillian asked Daddy “Turn on the musgik!” Daddy didn’t understand what she was saying. It took me awhile to figure it out too. She wanted to listen to music while she worked on her picture. Below is… Continue reading Music
John gets a spelling list every week. He is given a list of activities to complete with the spelling words. And you only have to complete 3 activies. A few weeks ago, John told me that he wanted to write sentences with his spelling words. I told him I would write them down after he… Continue reading Sentences
John started golf lessons three weeks ago. He goes every Tuesday. Poppy has been picking John up from school and taking him to the lessons. After John’s first week, he proudly told me “I got the highest score! No one else had a score that high!” We explained to him that in golf you want… Continue reading Golf lessons
John received his first homework assignment today. When we got home I said to him that we need to do your homework now. He said “I’ll do it after dinner. That’s when all the kindergarteners do their homework.” The assignment was a worksheet with his name written out. He had to trace his name twice… Continue reading Homework
John and Gill went up a hill 