Mom share is what The Thomas Jefferson method uses in my opinion to ensure that even though you let kids choose and move at their own pace you still need to introduce things in order for kids to even know to choose them! I am using the "What your 3rd Grader Needs to Know" as my guide. I have laid out the remainder of the school year to hopefully at least introduce all the topics that my 3rd grader needs to know!!
Yesterday, I gave Will a little geography quiz. We discussed the 7 continents, 4 oceans, what a legend is and a few other basic geographical terms and concepts. Then we did a word sort. This is where you take a word, break it down into its letters and then make other words with that word. You can use this to discuss vocabulary, spelling and grammar rules. Beth gave me a web site called wordplays.com that breaks down all the possible words for you so you know what topics and rules you can discuss. As a final little part Will had to use all the letters to make one big magic word. I did the word continents. He had fun and I felt like he learned a lot from the two activities.
Also his daily plan is going well and I started "pillow talk" in hope to get him writing a little more. This was another suggestion from Beth. I told Will if he wrote me a letter before he went to bed I would answer it and put it under his pillow for him to find in the morning. I had to laugh when I got his letter asking me if I knew how people made fish food! The things kids think about is hilarious!
Anyway, another peaceful day. I so hope we can maintain!
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