Chapter 9-Sarah Plain and Tall (Final Chapter and activities)

Chapter 9 Summary-
After the storm, Papa keeps his promise to Sarah and teachers her to driver the wagon so she can go to town herself. Caleb and Anna are frightened. The only reason the children can see for Sarah's trip to town is to leave them. Why else would she want to be by herself?

On the following day, Sarah gets dressed and kisses them goodbye as she leaves for town. The day goes by slowly. Caleb sees a yellow  bonnet in the distance as the children watch for Sarah on the front porch.

Caleb shares his worries with Sarah- that her thought she would leave them because she missed the sea. Sarah said she would miss Papa and the children more. Then she showed them her purchases while in town- colored pencils for their pictures of the sea, candles for diner and seeds for her garden and a book of songs to sing.

What we will cover in this chapter-
Language arts-(writing, making connections)
Fine Arts- (Making Jewelry)
Extra Fun-(Watching the Movie)
Field Trip- ( Cahoon Museum, Art Class)



Language Arts-(Writing, and Making connections) The kids continued with their journal. After reading the nine chapter they had to complete a worksheet answering questions about the story and colored a picture of the family.They also made predictions, wrote chapter titles, asked question, and  made connections about the story. (I used www.teacherspayteachers.com for the journal paperwork.)

Fine Arts- (Making Jewelry)

It took about a week for the rock tumbler to finish polishing the rocks but it was worth it. The kids enjoyed making jewelry with their finished rocks. 

Extra Fun-(watching the Movie)

We borrowed  the movie Sarah Plain and Tall from the library. Lily and Aj loved the story and characters. 

Field Trip- ( Cahoon Museum, Art Class) 

Lily and Aj took  an art class today. We also had the opportunity to explore the Cahoon Museum. What a great experience! 

*The class description: Marine animals have been featured in art throughout the centuries. We will look at the way some artists have represented these animals in the past and then create our own. Two dimensional and three-dimensional options/materials will be available.

Lily and Aj Enjoyed the reading story and completing the activities that went along with book Sarah Plain and Tall. After reading the story the kids and I reflected back over the story and decided that the author did a great job writing and telling the story about the Witting family! We cant wait to read the other books in this series including Skylark.

Thanks for Reading! 

Snowflake Bentley

Title: Snowflake Bentley

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Illustrator: Mary Azarian

Copyright: 1998

Award: Caldecott Medal

Summary: From the time he was a boy, Willie Loved Snowflakes. But how could he capture them so the world could appreciate their beauty? This is a warm-hearted story of persistence and passion as Wilson Bentley triumphantly captures a snowflake in a photograph!

This month we ended up with  a snow storm that left us with more then a foot of snow.  It gave us the perfect opportunity to read this book and do fun winter activities. 

Social Studies( Geography- Vermont, U.S.)- 

We placed our story disk on Vermont because the story took place there. We learned about Vermont by completing  2 work sheets and reading 2 books. Lily copied information about Vermont from her children's atlas into her journal. William Bentley is the main character of the story. He was home-schooled for part of his life. This gave us the opportunity to discuss many famous people who were home-schooled. Some of these people included Clara Barton and  Mark Twain. 

Mathematics- (Temperature, Multiplication, Subtraction, 10's, Measuring)

Each of the kids learned about temperature by completing classes and taking a test on the Time For Learning website. Lily also played a game using multiplication while Aj played a game using subtraction. They both did worksheets about counting by 10's and measuring. 

Language Arts (Writing, copy work)- 

Both Lily an Aj did copy work and writing with a winter theme. They each did numerous work sheets which included label the sound, fill in the word and answer the questions. Aj also has been working on reading a story online about snow.

                                      

Art- (Paper Cutting, Carving  and Stamping)

The kids folded paper then cut it to make snowflakes. They all came out different and beautiful. They  also carved styrofoam into snowflake stamps which they used to make prints with white paint and construction paper. The kids had fun making snowman with cotton balls too!

Science-(Microscope)

William Bentley was a scientist who used a microscope to look at snowflakes. We used a microscope to look at insect parts and salt. The kids learned how to make there own slides.

Books Read and Movies Watched-
We watched the Snowflake Bentley movie and read books about winter, snow and polar bears.

Chefs corner- The kids ate snowflakes made from flour tortillas, cinnamon and sugar. They also had a yummy lunch which included Vermont Granola and Maple Syrup.

Field Trip (Weather Discovery Center in New Hampshire and the top of Cannon Mountain)

We learned about weather and Mt. Washington at the Weather Discovery Center. 

At the top of Cannon Mountain it was -15 degrees. The kids had fun ridding the tram to the top. 

Extra fun this month-  Building snowman, sledding, skiing, measuring and checking temperature of snow was some of the other winter activities we did.

Even though we were unable to visit Vermont while reading this book we still had a great time with all the activities.

Thanks for reading!!

*worksheets are from www.3dinosaurs.com*