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
