This is not meant to be an exhaustive, comprehensive list, but I thought it would be fun to make a list of what we learned this year.
We learned...
...about the history of our state.
...that the first movie was filmed in our state.
...that if we are going to Burlington County, we are traveling South.
...where all the counties are located in our state and what direction we would travel to get there.
...about the Revolutionary War.
...about Jockey Hollow.
...what the soldier's bunks looked like in the Revolutionary War and the conditions in which they survived.
...what hoecakes were & what they tasted like.
...how to read music & play the recorder.
...the difference between refraction & reflection.
...about Amelia Earhart.
...about Clara Barton.
...about the Wright Brothers.
...about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
...about the lives of our family members, through interviewing them on camera.
...(memorized) prepositions.
...about compound subjects.
...imperative sentences.
...interrogative sentences.
...exclamatory sentences.
...infinitives.
....(auxiliary)helping verbs.
...linking verbs.
...direct objects & compound direct objects.
...how to diagram a sentence :)
...verbs can express action or a state of being.
...contractions.
...regular & irregular verbs
...verb tenses.
...subject verb agreement.
...mastering multiplication.
...three and four digit by three and four digit multiplication & division.
...fraction of one.
...how to add and subtract fractions.
...equivalent fractions.
...the rule of four.
...comparing fractions.
...adding multiple fractions.
...mulitplying fractions.
dividing fractions.
...reducing fractions.
...linear measure.
...solving for an unknown.
...mixed numbers.
...all about solids, liquids and gases.
...how to make soap.
...how to make candles.
...about Louisa May Alcott.
...we read Little Women.
...we read The Lightning Thief.
...the girls read over 75 books each.
...about fables.
...about fairy tales.
...about legends.
...about folk tales.
...who Anansi is.
...about folk tales.
...who Anansi is.
...about myths.
...the Greek and Roman names of the gods & goddesses.
...the myth of Perseus & the Gorgons.
...Pandora's Jar.
...Persephone and the Seasons.
...Arachne and the Weaving Contest.
Phaeton and the Sun Chariot.
Bellerophon & Pegasus.
...all about the Minotaur.
...native plants of New Jersey.
...what our state tree, bird & flower are.
...when NJ became a state.
...Trenton is our capital.
...Giotto was.
...who Kandinsky was.
...what an adverb is.
...how to use descriptive details to make our writing more interesting.
...word choices & strong verbs to make our writing stronger.
...P learned cursive.
...the goals of writing.
...how to combine sentences.
...similes and metaphors.
...personification and alliteration.
...how to recognize the main idea and supporting details.
...writing supporting details.
writing topic sentences.
...writing how-to paragraphs.
...writing narrative paragraphs.
...writing compare/contrast paragraphs.
...writing descriptive paragraphs.
...writing persuasive paragraphs.
...writing definition paragraphs.
...how to plan a paragraph using a web.
...place value.
...finding the missing number.
reading pictographs and bar graphs.
...perpendicular and parallel lines.
...perimeter.
...area.
...regrouping.
...writing a check.
...recording checks and deposits.
...venn diagrams.
...quadrilaterals.
...finding elapsed time.
...why history is important.
...all about ancient Egypt.
...about the first writing.
...about hieroglyphs.
...about the Sumerian dictator.
...about the Jewish people.
....about Hammurabi.
...about the Assyrians.
....about the first cities of India.
...about Ancient China.
...about Ancient Africa.
...about the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
...about polytheism and monotheism.
...about the Israelites leaving Egypt.
...about the Phoenicians.
...about Assyria and Babylon.
...where all of the above places are located on a map.
...Life in Crete.
...life in Sparta.
...life in Athens.
about Atlantic.
about Medes and the Persians.
...why ancient peoples worshipped the Gods.
..we watched Clash of the Titans.
...who Alexander the Great was and what he did.
...the Rise of Rome and the Roman Empire.
...Rome's War with Carthage.
...Aryans of India.
...Mauryans of India.
...Chinese Writing.
...Confucious.
Buddhism.
Julius Caesar.
Octavian (Augustus) Caesar.
...Nero.
...Constantine.
...where Italy is located.
...how Christianity began.
...how Rome was destroyed.
...about Pompei.
about the Barbarians.
...about Boadecia.
...about each of the planets.
...the differences between planets and moons.
...about different galaxies.
...about different gases.
This year was about proving to everyone,
including myself,
that I could do this and that it was a
good decision.
Now that we know I can do it and it was a good decision,
next year will not be about that.
This year was about proving to everyone,
including myself,
that I could do this and that it was a
good decision.
Now that we know I can do it and it was a good decision,
next year will not be about that.
