school with elle: day9.

calendar: per usual
chalkboard: per usual
handwriting: we worked on letter formation for upper and lower case letters, a through c. (admittedly, i'm not a huge fan of isolated instruction in letter formation, and i try not to place too much emphasis on "correct" formation since handwriting is merely a tool for communication.)
journal: elle writes her name, the date, draws a picture, and dictates a story or description. today's entry featured a girl with a raging case of chicken pox.
read: HOW I BECAME A PIRATE by melinda long
math concepts: fractiles 7: elle created her own circular pattern, allowing us the chance to talk a little about rotational symmetry.
math concepts: using geomags, we formed several basic geometric forms: a cube (also one kind of square prism), a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid, a square pyramid. we discussed the shapes making up each face and counted the faces of each form.