The Six Swans (First Grade)

The Six Swans

       This week we have been working on the fairy tale, The Six Swans by the Brothers Grimm.  On Monday I told her the story. On Tuesday, I re-told her the story and then we listened to it on story nory.  Storynory.com is a website of free stories to listen to.  On Wednesday, S. told me the story of The Six Swans and I wrote down her narration in her lesson book.  A few times, I would prompt her with questions to help her remember the story, but all in all she did quite well.  I was going to have her practice writing some  s words, but she became so frustrated and angry when she felt her writing wasn't good enough.  I tried to re-assure her that she was doing a good job. In truth, she really was doing a good job.  She has perfectionist tendencies at time.  As a mom, those can get to be annoying.  I don't tell her that though.  She did calm down and took to cutting out construction paper to make shapes and forms.  Cutting is such an important fine motor skill and one that leads to developing writing skills.
     She has been digging in her grandma's side yard today and yesterday. She collected and washed off some rocks to share with me today.  I hope that can counter some of her time spent on tv, though I do try to be sure that she is watching PBS Kids if she is watching tv.
     We continue to play mini math games with mancala pieces. We call the pieces fairy or gnome jewels.  We did a pattern sequence together on Wednesday using the different colored pieces.  She did well with continuing the pattern.  She also drew some patterns of her own.

Seneca had an impromptu tea party with her grandma's porch bears.

List of Books for First Grade

List of Books for First Grade

Books Read To Seneca
1.Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
3 Katie And The Dinosaurs by James Mayhew
4 Katie Meets The Impressionists by James Mayhew
5 The Bremen Town Musicians  The Brothers Grimm
6 Peter in Blueberry Land by Elsa Beskow
7 Scuffy The Tugboat
8 The Blue Fairy Tale Book by Gordon Laite
9 Saint George And The Dragon by Margaret Hodges
10 The Brave Little Tailor by The Brothers Grimm
11 Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
12 Amos and Boris by William Steig as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume   II
13 The Princess in The Forest by Sybille von Olfers
14 The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie Di Paulo
15 Bumblebee At Apple Tree Lane by Laura Gates Galvin 
16 Ladybug At Orchard Avenue by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Science)
17 Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki (Science)
18 Dinosaurs Big and Small by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Math and Science)
19 Dinosaur Dinners by Lee Davis
20 The Golden Goose retold by Dennis McDermott
21 Annie And The Wild Animals by Jan Brett
22 Cordoruy by Don Freeman
23 The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer (Science)
24 The Hut In the Forest by The Brothers Grimm
25 The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
26 Mary Cassatt by Mike Venezia (Artist Study)
27 The Gift of The Nile by Jan Mike
28 Wooly Mammoth In Trouble  (Science)
29) Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow
30 Rumplestiltskin as retold in The World Treasury of Children's Literature Volume II
31) The Snow Bears by Jan Brett
32) Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
33) Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dreams Come True by Faith Ringgold (Artist Study)
34) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

35) The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy

36) Bill and Pete Go Down The Nile by Tomie Di Paulo

37) Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

Science

James Herriot’s Treasury For Children by James Herriot

Clouds by Anne Rockwell

Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz

All About Birds by Catherine Sill (read by Seneca)

Giant Pandas by Patricia A. Fink Martin

Designing Dandelions: An Engineering Everything Story by Emily Hunt and Michelle Pantoya

Older Than The Stars by Karen Fox

Stories Told To Seneca
The Fisherman and His Wife
Snow White and Rose Red
The Queen Bee
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White
The Six Swans
Mother Holle
Little Red Riding Hood
Brother Acorn

Books Read by Seneca
Dick and Jane: We Look
Dick and Jane: Go, Go, Go
Dick and Jane: Something Funny
Little Bear by Elsa Minarek
Little Bear'sVisit by Elsa Minarek
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Fox In Socks by Dr. Seuss
Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
"Three Billy Goats Gruff"  in Elson's Reader Book One
"Bobbie's Yellow Chicken" in Elson's Reader Book One
Picnic by Bobby Lynn Maslen
The Train by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Princess Sylvie by Elsa Beskow
Chickens by Bobby Lynn Maslen