Here are some books we are reading this month!
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Andy and the Lion
Author: James Daugherty
Illustrator: James Daugherty
Copyright:1938
Category: Classic
Summary: There is no Doubt this story is fiction. It is Packed with all the warmth of a country boy-full of life, and of course, a lion!
Social Studies(Geography-Setting)
This story is set in Andesonville but it never mentions what state its in. We do notice the illustration of the lion statues at the entrance to the New York Public Library. Because of this illustration we place our story disc on New York city. The kids also found New York in our atlas and colored worksheets about the state. They love talking about New York and cant wait to visit one day. I listed the books we read.
Mathematics: (counting, word problems)
While reading this book we counted many different objects. Some example are books,animals etc.. The kids also did 3 pages of word problems related to the book.
Science: (Lions)
The kids learned a lot about lions. We read books and did 4 science based worksheets on what we read. We talked about lions being carnivores, mammals and their lifespan among other facts.
Language Arts- (Aesop's Fables,copy work, library skills)
Lily read the story of The Lion and the Mouse out loud to her brother. Then the kids answered questions about the story. We also discussed the ways the Aesop's fable and Andy and the Lion were similar and different. The kids found that each story is about kindness and we shared memories about kindness repaid. Lily and Aj copied a page from the story in their best handwriting. They also did a work sheet L is for Lion. Last but not least went on a trip to the library where the kids learned how to find books using the computer catalog. Lily and Aj also wrote a list of their favorite books.
Art: (arts and crafts)
The kids made paper plate lions with glue and crayons.
Extra Fun:(circus)
We went to an arcade where the kids could play games and ride on rides. They colored there own paper circus and watched a movie and read a book about circuses.
Illustrator: James Daugherty
Copyright:1938
Category: Classic
Summary: There is no Doubt this story is fiction. It is Packed with all the warmth of a country boy-full of life, and of course, a lion!
This was a book about friendship and kindness. Lily and Aj enjoyed all of the activities that went along with reading this book.
Social Studies(Geography-Setting)
This story is set in Andesonville but it never mentions what state its in. We do notice the illustration of the lion statues at the entrance to the New York Public Library. Because of this illustration we place our story disc on New York city. The kids also found New York in our atlas and colored worksheets about the state. They love talking about New York and cant wait to visit one day. I listed the books we read.
While reading this book we counted many different objects. Some example are books,animals etc.. The kids also did 3 pages of word problems related to the book.
Science: (Lions)
The kids learned a lot about lions. We read books and did 4 science based worksheets on what we read. We talked about lions being carnivores, mammals and their lifespan among other facts.
Language Arts- (Aesop's Fables,copy work, library skills)
Lily read the story of The Lion and the Mouse out loud to her brother. Then the kids answered questions about the story. We also discussed the ways the Aesop's fable and Andy and the Lion were similar and different. The kids found that each story is about kindness and we shared memories about kindness repaid. Lily and Aj copied a page from the story in their best handwriting. They also did a work sheet L is for Lion. Last but not least went on a trip to the library where the kids learned how to find books using the computer catalog. Lily and Aj also wrote a list of their favorite books.
The kids made paper plate lions with glue and crayons.
We went to an arcade where the kids could play games and ride on rides. They colored there own paper circus and watched a movie and read a book about circuses.
* worksheets came from havefunteaching.com, learningpage.com, twistynoodle.com and homeschoolshare.com
Thanks for reading!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
The Finest Horse in Town
Title: The Finest Horse in Town
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Author: Susan Gaber
Copyright:1992
Summary: A horse, three stories and a summertime of entertainment and possibilities.
This story talks about the Forth of July. I decided to take the opportunity to discuss our country. It so happens we rowed this story on the week of Memorial day so we decided to learn about Memorial holiday instead of the Forth of July. We had a fun and educational week. Take a look at all the activities we have done.
Social studies: (Maine, Memorial Day)
This story takes place in Maine so we placed our story disk on the state of Maine. The kids colored a map and we read about Maine in an atlas. Lily and Alex spent time learning about Memorial Day. We read a book and watched a movie about the holiday. Then we went to the cemetery to thank our grandpa and all the other people who fought and died for our country.
Science:( Trees)
The children learned about different kinds, the parts of and the life cycle of trees. We talked about the difference between conifers and deciduous trees. We read books, did a work sheet and went on a nature walk to Fort Hill Trail. On our nature walk we talked all about trees!
Science:(Horses)
We are lucky enough to be part of a homeschool horsemanship class where the kids learn how to take care of horses and ride them. This week we spent some time learning about the body parts of a horse. We did this by labeling a work sheet and using books to learn how to draw pictures of horses. The kids also measured each other the way you measure a horse. Lily and Aj love reading books about horses.
Language arts: (writing a story, vocabulary)
Lily and Alex learned new vocabulary words. They traced the words in their best handwriting. They also found the words in a word search and wrote stories using some of their new words.
Mathematics: ( skip counting, word problems, numbers 1-30)
The kids practiced their skip counting by 2's and writing numbers from 1-30. Then they each did two word problems. We finished up with reading a couple chapters about numbers in a book.
Art: (Painting, Poppies, American flag)
Inspired by a painting in the book we decided to paint Poppies. We first painted the grass with green paint. Then we used sponges dipped in red paint for the poppies. Finally we used black paint for the center of the flowers. The kids also used construction paper and stickers to make the American flag.
Music:(Harmonica)
We looked up how to play the harmonica online. We found a web site and learned how to play "Row, row, row your boat"
Thanks for reading!
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