Unit 12 is all about the letter Gg and goats. Caleb learned that before Jesus died on the cross for our sins goats, sheep, and other animals were given to God for people's sin. Our words to remember were "Jesus died for my sins."
I introduced goats; these look much different than the ones we see in farms. We were supposed to compare the taste of goats milk with cows milk, but it's too expensive to buy and goats milk does not come in little tiny cartons. Instead Caleb had a great time singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm using his farms animals on a stick.
Caleb would have to hold up a farm animal and say it's sound. He loved it!
Do you see the mistake? Caleb had to match the baby farm animals with the adults. I thought for sure he misplaced two baby farm animals.
It wasn't until Caleb was putting his Baby Farm Animal Book together that I realized lamb and kid did not go together. Sigh! I had to look it up on the computer. Now I know kid goes with goat and lamb goes with sheep. Yep, as simple as it sounds I (Mom) learned something very basic. The best part Caleb was able to read his little book all by himself. I mean he really read the words. I was thrilled and still am. We also practiced finding rhyming words like goat and coat or pig and wig.
Handwriting practice.Recognizing the as a sight word and reading the sentence. They are all words he has learned in previous lessons. I love how My Father's World build's on previous lesson to give a strong foundation.
Sound discrimination page. Caleb now has a system where the x represents a non Gg sound and the v (aka, check mark) has the Gg sound.
First we review the words and then he has to match the words with the pictures independently. I check his work and then he gets to clue.
Dictation page. He must tell me which vowel sound he hears first before identifying the first and last letters. I have to really emphasize the middle sound otherwise he doesn't seem to hear it. I'm hoping by asking him to repeat the word to himself it will start to click.
Following directions. I will say, "with your purple crayon circle the word gas" and he does. Two through five are covered with blank sheet so he doesn't get confused with all the other words on the page. He likes to anticipate what I am going to say next and get in a hurry sometimes. I remind him that hurrying does not mean better and lots of mistakes can be made.
Math this week was learning to tell time and how to write it.
I thought this a was cute picture of him sitting on his foot and using his wooden clock to help him.
We finished our studies by reading "The Year at Maple Hill Farm." A delightful book that walks through the seasons and how all the farm animals change. Caleb carefully studying the month of September since that is the month we are currently in.
Caleb's rendition of the month of September. He still does not like to try and draw what he sees. Most of his drawings are abstract.
In the book it talked about how the horse had to be shod. Caleb wanted to know what it meant. I said, "it's when the horse receives horse shoes." Just to make sure I was right we looked it up in the dictionary. He is pointing to the word "shod" meaning shoe. Caleb will know how to use that dictionary in no time. Every time he asks me what does that word mean we look it up. What a great easy way for a child to learn. To him the dictionary is big story book like the Bible. Too cool!
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