Tuesday, 1/2/17

Today flew by!  It was great to be back... even if it was freezing cold!

We began our day with a spelling review of lists 14 & 15.  In lieu of a spelling test, we used letter tiles to create crossword puzzles using the spelling words from the list.  After math time, the class broke up into their language arts groups. 

Ms. Hilary taught the classes about poetry.  They discussed different aspects of poetry, such as the stanzas, different rhyming structures, and the rhythm of the poem.  The class has been working on reading with good tone, and they will be continuing this with their poetry lesson.  Each student will be working on a poem of their choice to read aloud in class on Thursday.  They will share their poem with their peers, and Ms. Hillary will be listening for good rhythm and tone.


In grammar class, the happy horse group reviewed the ways to diagram different types of sentences.  We worked through some examples together, and they will be continuing to practice at home tomorrow.  The girly goats group has been learning about prepositions before the break.  Today, we reviewed prepositional phrases and objects of the preposition.  The class then learned about prepositional phrases that describe the subject of a sentence.  I was very impressed with their ability to grasp this concept so quickly!  They learned to diagram these prepositional phrases in class, and they will be working on these type sentences at home tomorrow.

In history class, the group talked about Westward Expansion.  The class learned that, at this time period, the United States was more like a toddler than an infant... and that toddler was expanding to new areas!  The class enjoyed learning about the gold rush, and about the difficulties faces on such long travels.

Baby, it's COLD outside!  Until it warms up out there, we will have some little visitors in our classroom!

In agriculture class today, the kids learned about different ways that medication is given to livestock.  They learned about medications and wormers that are given as pastes, drenches, and injections.  We talked about how activated charcoal is used as a drench during situations of poisoning or accidental injection of toxins.  This is used in animals as well as people!  The kids learned how the charcoal binds to the toxins, thus allowing them to pass through the animals' bodies without causing harm.  Next, the students learned about intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.  We had a little math lesson.  The class learned that injections are given in cc's or ml's, and that 1cc=1ml.  They learned that a cc is a cubic centimeter.  After discussing what that means, the kids then watched me administer a SubQ injection to one of our goats who had gotten into some moldy hay during the break, causing her to get very sick.  The class did a wonderful job watching, learning, and helping!