4 Friends and Word Families

Here are our beeswax sculptures from our 4 Processes Story. We have Patty Plus who lazily rests under the cherry tree counting his cherries one by one, Max Multiply who cartwheels around quickly filling his bucket with cherries by the handful, Mini Minus, a giver, who feeds all the animals of the forest and tries to make everyone happy, and King Dominic Divide who demands an equal share for every hand. Annie also made a cherry pie to divide. We spent the past 3 weeks with these 4 friends before we moved on to our Word Family block. (more below)

Here is a picture of our Board drawing this week. It is the town of Conso Nant. The family of Oat, who got lost on an afternoon mountain hike, found help in the town with the N,C, Fl,B,V,G, and M houses this week. Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure of the ool/ule family. This chalk drawing was created by Annie, Mom and Em.

(this drawing is 3 feet by 4 feet)

Annie's Story of "OAT"

There Once Was a Goat

There once was a goat and he said at the top of his throat, “ I shall say words that have oat in them because I am a goat!”

And then he said, “ Oat, Oat, Oat I shall say. “ And then he put on his small coat. He wrote small quotes in a note. Then he said, " we shall vote on what my name shall be."

So they voted. Then he said,” What do you think my name shall be?”

One goat said, “I think your name shall be boat.”

Another goat said, “I think your name shall be dote.”

One said, “I want your name to be gloat.”

“I want your name to be tote” said one.

But another said, “I like bloat.”

And then that goat wrote a small note that said, “ I think my name shall be Float the Moat!”

By Annie

8-25-2009

Swimming Pool

We have been too busy swimming in our pool to post on our blog. Yes, that's right we got a swimming pool. It is 15' by 42" round. It is one of those cool blue pools with the blow up ring. It has been so much fun. You see, we've always wanted a pool and when we moved into our last house in 2000 we started a pool fund. We simply collected all of our spare change. There was just one major problem. I didn't know how to swim so I was too nervous to get one. But I have been taking lessons and am swimming laps at the gym. And Annie and Emerson are fish so we decided to get a pool. The coolest part.... Our pool fund covered the cost of the pool!!!! That's what 9 years of saving your change will get you! It helped that the pool was on clearance since it is the end of the season. But we still have 6-10 weeks of swimming in Central Texas.
It really makes these dog days of summer tolerable. Come on over and join us for a swim!!!

Grandpa Chuck and Daddy built a fence with a locking gate for safety.

Oceans

To complement our Ocean studies Mike took the kids to Corpus Christi. They enjoyed the beach and the Texas State Aquarium. He also took them to a Monster Truck show but I'll let him post about that.

Our Ocean Diorama....

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