Week 12: Letter L

To begin our time studying the Letter L we decided the theme would be about Lighthouses. We were able to find a lot of great books that centered around lighthouses and the role they serve for ships at sea!

For our English time some of the great books we enjoyed were: The L Sound Book by Jane Belk Moncure. Leila at the Library and the Letter L by Cynthia Klingel, Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle, Little Red Lighthouse and Great Gray Bridge by Hidegarde Swift and Lynd Ward, Gracie and the Lighthouse Cat by Ruth Brown. Our poem for the week was titled "Lighthouse" by Roger W. Hancock.

Lighthouse shines in darkest night.

warning of the rocky shores.

Foghorns blow in the thickest mist,

warn of the nearby shores.

Sounding horns and beams of light,

together exist within night's kiss.

 

For Bible time we read the Lords Prayer. I found a very nicely illustrated book called The Lord's Prayer that was done by Tim Ladwig. Our Bible verse was from Numbers 6:24 "The Lord bless you and keep you." I also took to signing this doxology to the girls. They really weren't that interested in it but it has a lot of fond memories for me. 

For math we found things that were similar in color to "lemon yellow". This was good to talk about different shades of colors. We also practiced drawing different types of lines. 
 

For science we looked at some pictures of a lobster, llama, lilac and a lorikeet.We also learned about ladybugs be reading a book called A Ladybug Larva Grows Up by Katie Marsico. A and E liked looking at the pictures and seeing how a ladybug changes from a larva to a ladybug.

For Social Studies we learned about Abraham Lincoln. We read a great book about him by Lola Schaefer. However, A and E really didn't really like this particular book. I thought it was pretty good, but I have always enjoyed history. We also learned about librarians. We read Going to a Library by Rebecca Rissman, We Need Librarians by Jane Scoggins Bauld and Our Library by Eve Bunting.