Mythological story and arts and craft

We read a story about Medusa, Athena and Perseus. Then kids made the charters in a craft project.

Night of the Moonjellies ( 2017)

Title: Night of the Moonjellies

Author: Mark Sasha

Illustrator: Mark Sasha

Copyright: 2007

Summary: After the last customer at his Gram's hot dog stand is served, Mark, who is spending the summer with his grandparent, sails off with Gram and finds a nighttime sea full of moonjellies.

The second time rowing this story was more fun than the first time. The kids are older and wiser.... They were able to learn more about jelly fish and really put there hart into the activities. 

Social Studies- (New England) 

The kids completed a worksheet on the New England states.

Mathematics-( Word Problems)

The children completed a word problem worksheet. The questions related to the story and were addition, subtraction and multiplication.

Science-(Jelly fish)

The children spent time watching videos and learning about Jellyfish. They learned about their life cycle, migration pattern and body. They also learned about what they eat. They made a life cycle paper chart.

Field Trip- (Ocean exploration-finding Jellyfish)

The kids went Jellyfish fishing. They caught jellyfish in nets and examined them with their eyes. We learned that the Ones we found were called Sea Nettles. They also found a few crabs!

Extra fun-(Art- coloring)

The kids colored a picture of the ocean.

Field Trip to the Boston Aquarium

Looking at Jelly fish at the aquarium.

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Chapter 1- The Choice

Chapter Summary-
The story starts off in 1758. Betsy Ross is just 6 years old. This chapter is about Betsy and her early experiences with sewing. Her mother gives her her first  silver thimble and she tries woodworking. Betsy learns to be true to herself and not doing things just to prove to others wrong. Betsy knows to be true to her own heart.

What we will cover in this chapter-
History and Geography- Thee and Thou
Language Arts- Personification
Fine Arts- Wood Working 


History and Geography- Thee and Thou
After reading the first chapter I asked the children what they noticed about the language of this book.  They said that they recognized that the form of speech was different then what they use today. (Thee and Thou) I explained that it was "King James English" and it was used as part of the religious group know as the Quakers.

Language Arts- Personification
"Betsy though of the winning old saw that had hit her over the head and bitten  her in the finger". The author used personification in this sentence. This gave us the opportunity to learn about this literacy device.The kids completed a personification worksheet after we discussed what personification was.

Fine Arts-(Wood Working)
Lily and Aj worked with tools to build things out of wood and nails. Even thorough they never finished there project, they had fun and learned about working with tools.

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Betsy Ross- Introduction

Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag 

(Childhood of Famous Americans)

Written By Ann Weil

This Book recreates the childhood of the woman traditionally remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776.

We have decided to read this story from the curriculum "Beyond Five In A Row" next. Please read each chapters posts.

Activities the children completed before starting the story

The kids watched a video from you- tube about Betsy Ross's life and they also went on a tour of her home in Pennsylvania on the computer. They read an article to learn about Betsy Ross and completed a worksheet and coloring page. ( These worksheets came from www.teacherspayteachers.com)

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Textile art of the Chiapas Maya

Lily and Aj learned about Mayan woman who weave designs into their cloth. They tried drawing the flower design. They both did a fantastic job!

Link to the website that we used!

Chapter 6- Wheels of Progress- Final Chapter and Activities

Chapter 6- Wheels of  Progress

Chapter Summary-
This chapter is about the "modern way" to build homes- mass production! with a few mishaps along the way, the homes are soon finished and all of Centerburg turn out for the 150 year celebration of Centerburg!

What we learned in this Chapter-
Language Art- Review Questions
Art- Whistler's mother and James Abbott Mcneill Whistler 


Language Arts- Review Questions
Lily and Aj completed a review worksheet about this chapter.

Art- Whistler's mother and James Abbott Mcneill Whistler 
Lily and Aj learned about James Whistler and colored a a copy of his famous painting.

This is the last chapter of this book. The kids were sad to have it come to an end! They really enjoyed all the excitement and antics that Homer was involved with. We will be starting the next book soon. 

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Thanks For Reading!