Dart Guns

What we did

Ezra chose dart gun week last week. I told him if he earned the money we would get him one. He was motivated! He worked hard washing walls, cleaning the garage, organizing drawers, and raking the carpet steps. He was very proud to hand the cashier the money he earned to buy the gun. He was also excited when she gave him money back (his change).

Poem

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Frog sunning on lily pad
as dragonfly darts by.
Thrapp!
(by Bruce Lansky. Copyright 1999 by Bruce Lansky, reprinted with his permission)

The poem was a Haiku. We talked about what that is and how they chose the words carefully to convey meaning with few words.

The poem has nothing to do with dart guns, but it says dart in it. I had the kids dart past me, then walk slowly, then jump, etc, to show them what it means to dart.

http://www.printactivities.com/ColoringPages/Frogs/Frog-on-lilypad3.html

Math

I drew a target on the window with whiteboard markers. They shot the dart gun at the target and recorded their points. It only counted if it stuck. They each got ten shots that stuck. They added their points up on the abacus.

Reading and Writing

art and un word families. I had Noah sound out and write un, then we changed it into gun, sun, zun, fun, etc