We had a great weekend. Went to the “Jam”, watched the local football team play and just hung out while the rain came down outside.
On Saturday Isabel worked hard on getting her animal report completed. She did a fantastic job but like all things it needs some work and practice. It was a BIG assignment and hopefully she’s learning not to drag her feet for these bigger assignments so she can get out and do more in the day. I guess we’ll see how she does with the next one…
I purchased this awesome writing prompt book at the local thrift store a few weeks ago and each week/day I’m going to add a small writing assignment. Not as big as this animal report but something to get her more into writing and the whole writing process. The ideas in the book are more creative in nature with topics ranging from silly holidays, interviewing animals/people, to expanding on a dream you had last night. Sounds like good stuff to get her more into writing.
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This weeks Bible verse is…
“He was with God in the beginning.” – John 1:2
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We worked hard this morning to get all of the written work completed before lunch and we did it!
I wanted to get some extra work completed for tomorrow since Tuesdays are always such long school days for us. We still have classwork to do but with going to piano practice it’s not going to take us all afternoon to complete it!
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The dictation passage for the week is…
“Lord, your love is as high as the heavens. Your faithful love reaches up to the skies. You are as holy as the mountains are high. You are as honest as the oceans are deep. Lord, you keep people and animals safe. How priceless your faithful love is!” – can’t remember where it’s found…
In our dictation passage we talked about similes and metaphors.
Can you point out the similes in the passage?
- as high as the heavens
- as holy as the mountains are high
- as honest as the oceans are deep
We have gone over similes before back in week 3 of our schooling (she also worked with them in second grade as well). However we have never talked about a metaphor and these were tough. I had to get my thinking cap out and get lots and lots and lots of examples for her to understand because trying to explain it with words wasn’t working!
Metaphors are like similes except that metaphors actually say that something is or does something else.
Examples of Metaphors:
- The world is a stage.
- He is a night owl.
- My kid’s room is a disaster area.
- The peaceful lake was a mirror.
- You are my sunshine.
- It’s raining cats and dogs.
After a few examples, she finally began to understand it and was able to complete her assignment.
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We also went over active-voice and passive-voice.
Active-voice sentences tell you who did the action.
Example:
- She ate the cookies
- That boy wrote on my paper.
Passive-voice sentences, the subject is acted upon but doesn’t act.
Example:
- The cookies were eaten by that girl.
- My paper was written on by that boy.
This a tough assignment as well but we worked through it together and it finally clicked.
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We started a new book this week and it’s so small we’ll finish it Thursday.
“Meet George Washington” by J.Heilbroner.
