Helen Keller Chapter 10 and Final Activities

Helen Keller Chapter 10 and Final Activities

Chapter Summary- 
After graduating from Radcliffe College, Helen begins to do all she can to help other blind and deaf people. She writes papers and gives speeches. On October 19, 1936 Anne Sullivan Dies. This is Helen' s biggest loss. Helen continues to travel and tell her story all over the world. She lives to be 87 years old and dies on June 1st, 1968.

What we will cover in this Chapter:
Language Arts- Review Questions
History- World War Two

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a review worksheet about Chapter 10.

History- World War Two
This chapter mentions  World War 2 so it was a great opportunity to talk about it with the kids.I had the kids watch a war movie. War horse is about World War 1 but it is age appropriate and it tells about wartime.  They also completed a worksheet about the World War 2 which i purchased from teacherpayteachers.com  Lily and Aj watched a video of their great grandfather who was a war hero. He was is a paratrooper who Jumped out of a plane on D Day. Their are many videos and story's about his platoon.  The kids  read a book about World War 2. They also explored an old World War 2 fort in New Hampshire. 

Watching War Horse

Worksheet about World War 2

Kids learning about their Great Grandfather 

Picture of the kids Great Grandfather

Exploring Fort Dearborn, Portsmouth Harbor NH 

This property was used during World War 2. Today it is a great hiking and picnicking spot. 

Thanks for reading about all the activities we completed while reading Helen Keller. The kids enjoyed reading about her. 

Helen Keller Chapter 7

Helen Keller Chapter 7

Chapter Summary-
Teacher makes sure that Helen has all of the same experiences that any other child would. Helen gets to go to the zoo, attend the circus, bake Christmas cookies and enjoy a canary for a pet. Helen is dong very well. Soon, she begin to learn to read Braille- the raised symbol language of the blind. In just one year, Helen has learned so much! Teacher knows its time to learn even more.

What we will cover in this chapter:
Language arts- Review questions
History and Geography- The Circus
Science- Primates and Apes 
Fine Arts- Arts and Crafts

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a worksheet about Chapter 7

History and Geography- The Circus
The kids watched a video on the history of the Ringling Brothers circus. They also completed Language Arts worksheets and coloring sheets about the circus. They also enjoyed a picture book about the circus.

Science- Primates and Apes 
Lily and Aj read books about animals that are in the circus

Fine Arts- Arts and Crafts
Lily and Aj made Circus Tents with acrylic paint, construction paper and tissue paper.

Thanks for Reading!

Helen Keller Chapter 4

Helen Keller Chapter 4

Chapter Summary- 
Helen Continues to fight with Annie. The little girl can't understand why this stranger has come to the house! Helen gets angrier and Miss Annie doesn't quite know what to do. Every time she tries to discipline Helen or explain something Helen runs to her parents. After an entire day of Battling with Helen , Miss Annie is at her wits end. She knows Helen has to live away from home but can she convince the Kellers?

What we will Cover in this chapter:
Language Arts- Completing review question
Science- How good is your sense of smell?

Langue Arts- Completing review questions
The kids completed a worksheet about Chapter 4.

Science- How good is your sense of smell?
On page 33 of our story, Helen could tell where the last fat sausage was on the table. It was right on Miss Annie's plate. Helen knew because she sniffed and smelled it out.  For a fun science activity we tried to sniff out the last sausage at breakfast just like Helen.  I cleared away all the sausages from the table accept one. The kids were blindfolded. They enjoyed trying to sniff out the last sausage. After we completed this experiment we talked about if it was difficult or easy to detect a sausage.  We also talked about if Helen's sense of smell was sharper because of her experiment.

Thanks for reading! Check out the next chapter.

Helen Keller Chapter 1

Helen Keller by Margret Davidson


Chapter 1- Summary
In chapter 1 , we are introduced to Mr and Mrs. Keller and their baby daughter, Helen. Helen was born as healthy as any other baby. When she was not quite 2 years old, she was stricken with scarlet fever. Helen was quite sick and nearly died. After a long while, her health began to improve, but her parents soon discovered the severe illness had left their daughter both blind and deaf.

What we will cover in this chapter-
Science: Human: Anatomy-The Eye
Language Arts:  Questions Related to the Chapter
Fine Arts: Making toys for Children


Language Arts- Questions related to the chapter
After reading Chapter 1 Lily and Aj answered questions related to the chapter.

Science: Human: Anatomy-The Eye

Helen is blind because of her illness. Her eyes no longer operate normally. But how do they really work, anyway? This is a wonderful opportunity to share wit my children some information about the human eye. The children watched a Bill Nye the science guy video. They completed work sheets and put together a model of the human eye. We also read some picture books about the human eye.

Fine Arts: Making toys for children

Helen's mom was trying to capture her attention with a can filled with stones. Toys have change Helen's mom was trying to capture her attention with a can filled with stones. Toys have  d in many ways over the past 100 year. I had the kids make there own toys from the 1800's.

Thanks for reading!