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061201 Friday

* played the memory game with -ain cards; brainstormed words which sound like “ain” and showed her how there are two main spellings (-ain and -ane) and some exception spellings (-ein, -eign, -ayne)* watched Take on Technology (ABC, 10:00); Our … Continue reading

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061130 Thursday

* got home from farm ~10am, then looked after K while I showered, and ran about getting stuff packed for the zoo field trip* in the car, asked if Band-Aids came in black as well for people who don’t have … Continue reading

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061129 Wednesday

* let the chooks out* watched The Colony* visual memory: words using -ain and -ail* watched We Are From: Turkey (ABC, 10am)* word building: more worksheets on -ain and -ail; playing Memory with -ain and -ail picture/word cards* reading: more … Continue reading

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061124 Friday

* fed chickens and checked for eggs* writing: wrote about the visit to the Egypt exhibition yesterday; I suggested she use the technique of finding the spelling by copying from the exhibition brochure, so she did. She spelt “home” and … Continue reading

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061123 Thursday

* delivered back from farm 9:20ish* visual memory: had no difficulty with words like “regular” or “quasar” or “sonar”* writing: edited “The Knights of the Round Saucepan”; wrote me a letter complaining about how much she hates doing this* went … Continue reading

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061121 Tuesday

* fed chickens and checked for eggs* helped tidy dining room* fitted tangrams back in their frame* word-building: -ar worksheet and wordsearch* editing/proofreading letter to Nanny Frog; we read through it first to see if it said what she wanted … Continue reading

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