Week of Dec. 6-10

Schedule & Supply List

Week of Dec. 6-10

MONDAY, DEC. 6

READING

READING PROBLEMS: Helping Kids Read By Sound

This short exercise, working with six commonly misspelled words, may point up serious deficiencies with phonetic decoding. If you don't "see" the letters in words because you aren't reading by sound, you are likely to misunderstand them, mis-categorize them mentally, and misspell them when you try to use them in your own writing later on. Exercises like this can really help.

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Snack: granola recipe: old-fashioned oats, sliced almonds, coconut, cinnamon, salt, honey, apple juice, raisins, dried cranberries

Supplies: paper and pencil, or big screen and projector

TUESDAY, DEC. 7
WRITING
VOICE: Like I Told You. . . .

Practice communicating in your own "voice," or personality, by first writing a paper, and then telling it to someone, so that you can see which version is most natural and interesting. Then you know . . . that's the real you!

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Snack: peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and glass of milk

Supplies: recording device, pencil, two pieces of lined paper

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8

MATH
STORY PROBLEMS: Clue Words

Like a detective, when you spot these "clues" you are that much closer to being able to solve the "case" - a math story problem!

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Snack: cherries, and cherry juice

Supplies: printout of clue words on this Treat, math textbook, No. 2 pencil with a good eraser

THURSDAY, DEC. 9

HISTORY

Bio Book

Learn history through the people who lived it. Start completing and collecting these brief information sheets and, as you go, you'll have a much better grasp of the past so you can set your course for the future.

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Snack: hero bun, meat, cheese, leaf lettuce, tomato slices, other condiments, milk

Supplies: print out and/or photocopy the information blanks on this Treat, and staple or 3-hole punch and put in a notebook

FRIDAY, DEC. 10

ART
Knock Your (Tie-Dyed) Socks Off

Wearable art is always a fun and memorable gift. Here's how to warm someone's feet and warm their hearts with your thoughtful creativity.

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Snack: salsa, and strips of carrot, celery and jicama

Supplies: socks, tie-dye kit, rubber bands or string, cold water