Quarterly Curriculum November 2015 - January 2016

The winter quarter is ALWAYS a quarter of half days for us. There is just too much going on between Halloween just finishing up, Thanksgiving, Yule, Christmas, and New Years ahead of us. Plus a birthday. Plus a visit from family. All of this on top of our normal activities - 4H for Optimus Prime & Bumblebee, cloverbuds for Scooby-Doo, and therapy for Scooby-Doo. And then the fact that last quarter we were all such a mess we really need a nice, shorter quarter this year.

So, here it is, our nice, abridged quarter.

Optimus Prime & Bumblebee:

Schoolwork on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday.

Subjects:

Math - Addition, subtraction, time, money, multiplication, etc. 
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - Disney Time & Money (Bendon), Big Workbook Second Grade (School Zone), Strawberry Shortcake Addition and Subtraction (Bendon), Disney Addition and Subtraction (Bendon), Disney Princess Addition and Subtraction (Bendon), Disney Cars: Math (Bendon), Sponge Bob Multiplication (Bendon)
Number of Pages - 3

Spelling - Spelling words & units practiced in print and cursive.
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - None, just loose worksheets.
Number of Pages - 2

English - Phonics, reading comprehension, sentence structure, sentence parts, verbs and nouns, synonyms and antonyms, compound words, etc.
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - Big Workbook Second Grade (School Zone), Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 2 (Workman Publishing).
Number of Pages - 3

Other "Subjects":

Reading - Reading simple storybooks on their own.

Concept Weeks - I just realized I never added Concept Weeks to any of our previous curriculum. I mean, it was implied that we did them the subject just actually wasn't listed. So odd. I have no clue what I was thinking. Anyway, check out our Concept Week pages to see them.

Some final notes:

• Spelling units are still directly tied to what we are reading. This seems to work REALLY well for them
• For this quarter their Concept Weeks are exactly the same as Scooby-Doo's. We're going to see how this works. Obviously, their work will be harder than Scooby-Doo's
• Like last quarter, Optimus Prime & Bumblebee's schoolwork is diverging to better suit their needs. Optimus Prime is doing easier Math and harder Spelling and Reading. Bumblebee is doing harder Math and easier Spelling and Reading. I will no longer be holding back one child in the hopes that the other will "catch up" soon. We did that all last year and it made everyone miserable. 
• Under "Textbooks," the textbooks in red were done by Optimus Prime, the text books in green were done by Bumblebee, and the textbooks in black were done by both.
• Bumblebee did the Sponge Bob multiplication workbook twice.

Scooby-Doo:

Schoolwork on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Subjects:

Handwriting - Practicing handwriting, letters, sounding out letters and words, numbers, and counting. 
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Alphabet Learning Workbook (Bendon), Thomas and Friends Numbers and Counting Workbook (Bendon), Let's Grow Smart Alphabet (Dalmatian Press), Let's Grow Smart Math (Dalmatian Press), Comprehensive Curriculum Pre-K (American Education Publishing).
Number of Pages - 5

Logic - Same/different, mazes, dot-to-dots, etc.
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - Fisher-Price Little People Kindergarten Workbook Volumes 1 &2 (Modern Publishing), Sesame Street Hip Hip Hooray for Friends (Sesame Street)
Number of Pages - 4

Art - Painting, coloring, etc.
Days - Everyday
Textbooks - Various books.
Number of Pages - 5

Other "Subjects":

Concept Weeks - I just realized I never added Concept Weeks to any of our previous curriculum. I mean, it was implied that we did them the subject just actually wasn't listed. So odd. I have no clue what I was thinking. Anyway, check out our Concept Week pages to see them.

Final Notes:

• The local elementary school has denied Scooby-Doo all of his therapy since we will not enroll him there in pre-k. He is, however, still doing speech therapy twice a week.
• Even though Scooby-Doo is only at pre-k age he will be doing kindergarten work this quarter as well as some pre-k.
• Scooby-Doo is doing the same Concept Weeks as his brothers this quarter. His worksheets are easier. Obviously. 
• For Fisher-Price released two versions of their Kindergarten Workbooks. One was released before the other. While they are similar they are not exactly the same even though they are both labeled Volume 1. The same is true for Volume 2. So, there are actually two workbooks named Volume 1 and two workbooks named Volume 2. He is doing all four workbooks this quarter. Twice. I'm hoping the repetition will be good for him and not boring for him.