Gracessential: BFIAR: Blueberries for Sal

Reading
We read "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey. We also read Ruth 1:16 and related Ruth following Naomi to Sal following her mother. We talked about staying alert in public to not get separated.

The wood-burning stove in Sal's kitchen was interesting to talk about and compare to our gas stove. She also would like to use an old-fashioned egg beater like the one in their kitchen drawer! The old car in the front yard was another interesting illustration.

We completed another book report this week as well. Verbally summarizing stories is getting easier for her.

Prepositions
We used Homeschool Creation's pdf pages 10-14 for the "Where is Little Bear?" booklet. It was great practice for directional words and prepositions.

Rhyming
Page 20 from Homeschool Creation's pdf was a wonderful worksheet for rhyming.

Phonemics
Mrs.Ricca's Kindergarten blogpost includes beginning sound and middle sound stamp workpages. This was wonderful practice for Addie. This can be difficult, but it is so very important to work on phonemics before phonics!

We used pages 7-9 of this ending sound activity from Teachers Pay Teachers.

I printed and laminated a few of these Elkonin boxes from The Measured Mom! I did the same with these rhyming sorting mats. I love her site's resources.

And we taped boxes on the floor to sound out words in similar fashion to Elkonin boxes!

Math
We used a printable from this mom's printable pack. We used pages 7-8 of the pdf and some blue mold-able clay to compare amounts of blueberries in the pails. We also used page 10 of the pdf to practice addition.

Letter of the Week: F
Here was our project for letter F!

Science
We discussed blueberries and their season in our area. Unfortunately, their season is over now, but I would love to go blueberry picking together next June-August! In the meantime, she created her own pail out of tin foil and finger painted the blueberries on with paint.

Talking about the animals in "Blueberries for Sal," we discussed crows, partridges, and bears. She specifically asked me while reading our book, "Why are they gathering food for winter?" I thought this was a wonderful way to start talking about hibernation! These video from YouTube explained well. We talked about different animals who hibernate, animals who migrate, and animals who don't do either - like us.