I'm Back!!! With Learning Goals!!

Wow...June? Really? I'm such a slacker. But now I'm back with a renewed vigour! Maybe you should ask me if I still feel that way in a few weeks when I have THREE babies under 26 months...

The two we already have are sure getting big!

Anyways, I am really trying to be deliberate and organized with my homeschooling, especially for Lily. In an attempt to accomplish all of the things that I would like to in a given time span, I have decided to make two week lists of learning goals.

So, here is our list of goals for this week and next:

Science

• Understands how polar bears keep warm

• Can identify/name basic Arctic animals
• Can identify/name basic Antarctic animals
• Can sort Arctic and Antarctic animals

• Understands what camouflage is
• Is familiar with how several Arctic/Antarctic animals camouflage
• Knows at least one fact about each Arctic/Antarctic animal studied

Geography

• Can locate Antarctica on a map
• Can locate the Arctic circle on a map
• Can locate 25 countries on the world map
• Can locate all Canadian Provinces on Canada map
• Is familiar with appearance/homes of Arctic peoples

Math

• Can identify the widest/wider/narrowest/narrower of a pair or group
• Can sequence narrowest to widest
• Can identify the thickest/thicker/thinnest/thinner of a pair or group
• Can sequence thinnest to thickest
• Can predict which of two objects will be heavier or lighter
• Can choose the group of items with more/less/most/least

Language Arts

• Can recite “The Caterpillar” by Christina G Rosseti
• Can define “noun”
• Can define common nouns, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousin.
• Can identify the letter (the capital) that makes a noun a “proper noun”
• Can read 20 sight words
• Can say the sounds made by the letters b, c, f, h, m, p, r, s, and v.
• Can read all cvc “at” family words (bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat)

Foreign Language

• Can say the Chinese word for “cold”
• Can say the French word for “cold”
• Can name 5 objects in Chinese
• Can name 5 objects in French
• Can sing one French song
• Can sing on Chinese song
• Can sign “cold” in ASL
• Does the ASL actions to “Humpty Dumpty” (wall, fall, horses, men, together, again)

Bible

• Can name the first man and woman God created
• Can name where the first man and woman lived
• Can tell why Adam and Eve had to leave Eden
• Can tell who told Eve to eat the apple
• Can recite Genesis 1:1
• Can recite James 1:17
• Says evening prayer alone at least one time

Music Theory/History/Appreciation

• Can tap one simple rhythm
• Can choose between a C and F when hearing the notes played
• Can identify portraits of Beethoven and Bach
• Can choose composers portrait (between Beethoven and Bach) based on recited facts
• Is familiar with the music of Beethoven
• Is familiar with “throat singing”

Performing Arts

• Can perform three basic tap dance steps
• Can perform the basic Cha Cha step
• Can play one guitar chord (Em?) while holding guitar in proper position

Art

• Is familiar with the works of Van Gogh
• Can name at least three Van Gogh works
• Can identify Van Gogh From a portrait
• Knows at least three facts about Van Gogh
• Knows what secondary colours combined primary colours make

Phys. Ed.

• Can do three yoga positions when named
• Can play one game on the Zippity

Misc.

• Can play a basic mouse control game
• Can differentiate between left and right

Wish us luck! I'm sure we will need it!