{"id":18722,"date":"2021-09-26T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/?p=18722"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:29:32","slug":"halfway-through-1st-grade-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/halfway-through-1st-grade-3","title":{"rendered":"Halfway through 1st Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are halfway through the assigned Core A material. I’ll be stretching it until next fall with other books by the same author and maybe a bit of review before starting Core B as our 2nd grade year. We have had a good run without many interruptions since regular school started back up. <\/p>\n

For bible, we have morning devotions together. For school, we are working through The One Year Bible for Children. Joel also does a good job memorizing his verse for the week for school and Rangers.<\/p>\n

In history, our main spine is The Usborne Internet Linked Children\u2019s Encyclopedia<\/span> supplemented with Living Long Ago<\/span>. Joel enjoys following the internet links when he has some extra time at home. We also read a biography of Louise Braille called Out of Darkness<\/span> and a missionary book called The Good News Must Go Out<\/span>. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For read alouds we finished up In Grandma’s Attic,<\/span> read The Apple and the Arrow<\/span>, then had a lighter reading with Adventures with Waffles<\/span>. We also read weekly selections from The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Readers will get more interesting as Joel gets better at reading but for now we are on limited vocabulary. We finished I Can Read It! Book 2<\/span> and went straight into book 3.<\/p>\n

We are on pace with LA1. Joel is not a very good speller so we may do the spelling lists again when we are through. We have weekly spelling words, reading lists, grammar with Explode the Code 2<\/span>, cursive with Handwriting Without Tears<\/span>, and a weekly creative assignment.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For math we are in the middle of Horizons 1.<\/p>\n

We are caught up to the correct week with Science A and Ginny tags along until she starts her next core. We’ve been working through various science topics in Usborne Children’s Encyclopedia<\/span>. We also read Caterpillars and Butterflies<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Joel does karate twice a week and Rangers on Wednesdays. He has a weekly piano lesson and supposed-to-be daily practice. He ‘helps’ at Connections by playing with the other kids and doing a little bit of cleaning. His main responsibility at home is feeding the chickens and collecting the eggs. During this unit we had a trip to TN with the Diltz clan and much needed cousin time. We got to go to 6 Flags and Hurricane Harbor and use those passes we bought in May. We had two trips to the zoo and lots of church and Connections activities. We also started fostering a 3 yo which has been good for Joel to not be the baby. \ud83d\ude09 He helps with the little one and with Samwise who still needs lots of love and training. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are halfway through the assigned Core A material. I’ll be stretching it until next fall with other books by the same author and maybe a bit of review before starting Core B as our 2nd grade year. 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