Today was our first day of term two. We got of to a bit of a rough start but I was happy that the children got everything done that I planned for the day.
We are revamping Tom and Amelia's spelling program. They did a progress test and I was a bit disappointed with their results. I have always wondered how to teach spelling and struggled with the program I have written for them both. It is one of the hardest areas of their curriculum for me. I am getting a new program from IEW called The phonetic zoo. From the reading I have done about it, this program has much more success in teaching children spelling and retaining the information. What I find with the spelling we do at the moment is both Tom and Amelia do well in the test I give at the end of the week, but they are not retaining the information long term. That is the main goal so I need to do a revamp. I am glad I have found a program that I can try for this.
We are going to be doing a unit of work this term on the Saints. The children have all chosen a saint that they will study.
Tom is studying St. Matthew. Amelia is studying St. Helen and Christopher will study St. Christopher.
We will also be learning about Divine Mercy Devotion and St. Faustina.
Our time table is still the same as I posted last year except for kindergarten pickups.
Please pray for a cure for Type One Diabetes
Our sons Tom and Christopher and our daughter Amelia are type one diabetics. We pray everyday for a cure. We do not want one by illicit means though so don't support any organisation that contributes to Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Click on the photo of Tom and Christopher to read about why I am against using Embryonic Stem cells for a cure.
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1 comment:
Hello Therese,
I always enjoy reading your blog...it is a real inspiration to me.
My thoughts on improving spelling is this..pretty much teach it as it was taught to you. Give them say 10 spelling words and test more than once a week, every day would be better if you are not able to do it because of your work load, maybe an older siblings could do it instead. But most important is to encourage daily reading, i.e. apart from school time!
God bless your efforts in every way, Gail
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