Math Challenge January 1

Like many other people, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to lose weight. I weighed myself this morning to get a starting weight to see how many pounds I would like to lose. My 3 younger boys thought it would be fun to weight themselves too!

Tyler weighed 62 pounds, Cody weighed 34 pounds, and Luke weighed 27 pounds.

How much did they weigh all together?

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Kelly

Math Challenge December 31

Each year, millions of eyes from all over the world are focused on the sparkling Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. This year in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the event, they will be getting a new ball.

The new ball has 672 crystal triangles, 168 more triangles than last year’s Ball. How many crystal triangles were on last year's Ball?

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Kelly

Math Challenge December 21

This year, Santa has 17 elves helping him. Last year, only 11 elves helped. How many more elves does Santa have this year?

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Kelly

Louisiana Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 20, 2007

History

Today is Louisiana Purchase day.

Reading

Learn more about Louisiana’s flag here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/flags/louisiana/louisianaflag.shtml

Geography

Color in this map of Louisiana: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/louisiana/map.htm

Science

The state bird of Louisiana is the brown pelican. Color in this picture of a brown pelican: http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/images/kids/coloring_pelican.jpg

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Math Challenge December 20

Louisiana was purchased by the United States in 1803. How long ago was that?

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Kelly

Oatmeal Muffin Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 19, 2007

History

Today is national oatmeal muffin day.
Science
Oatmeal muffins are part of a healthy breakfast. Learn more about eating healthy here: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk1_lesson2.pdf
Handwriting
Muffin starts with the letter M. Practice writing the letter M here: http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/learning-letters/m.htm

Music
The Muffin Man
Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man, the muffin man.Do you know the muffin man He lives on Drury Lane. Yes, I know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man. Yes, I know the muffin man. He lives on Drury Lane.

Art
Try one of these oatmeal art projects:
Make an oatmeal Christmas wreath ornament: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtChristmasWreathOrnamentsIdeaK2.htm
Make oatmeal clay dough: http://www.kinderart.com/kitchen/oatmeal.shtml

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Math Challenge December 19

I have 6 boys. If I make oatmeal muffins, how many do I have to make in order for them each to have 2 muffins?

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Kelly

Hong Kong Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 18, 2007

History
On this day in 1941, Japan invaded Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is not an independent country, but a territory. In 1898, after a war between Britain and China, the two countries signed an agreement that gave Britain control of Hong Kong for 99 years. In 1997, it was returned to China. However, unlike socialist China, Hong Kong has a market economy, one of the world's most prosperous.
Geography
Learn more about Hong Kong and color its flag here: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/hong-kong-coloring-page/
To see what colors to use, look here: http://worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/asia/hongkong.htm
Handwriting
Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese. Practice writing the number 3 in Chinese: http://www.edhelper.com/ChineseNumbers53.htm

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Math Challenge December 18

On July 1, 1997 Hong Kong was returned to China from the British. How many years ago was that?

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Math Challenge December 17

The plane the Wright Brothers flew weighed 605 pounds when it was empty. When Orville flew in the plane it weighed 750 pounds. How much more did the plane weight with Orville in it?

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Alabama Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 14, 2007

History

On this day in 1819, Alabama became the 22nd state.

Lots of Arrowheads have been found in Alabama. Learn more about them here: http://www.archives.state.al.us/activity/actvty11.html

Reading
Learn more about Alabama’s state flag here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/flags/alabama/alabamaflag.shtml
Geography
Color this map of Alabama: http://www.archives.state.al.us/activity/actvty46.html

Science
Color the state’s insect, the monarch butterfly here: http://www.archives.state.al.us/kids_emblems/dr_monarch.html

Cooking
Make cookies that look like Alabama’s flag here: http://www.archives.state.al.us/alday/stateflag.html

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Math Challenge December 14

The signers of the Alabama Constitution were 18 lawyers, 4 doctors, 4 planters, 2 ministers, 1 merchant, and 1 surveyor. How many signers were there in all?

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Kelly

Cocoa Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 13, 2007

History
Today is National Cocoa day!
Vocabulary
How many words can you make out of hot chocolate?
http://bogglesworldesl.com/files2/hotchocolate.doc
Music
Hot Chocolate Song(to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?")
Nice hot chocolate,Nice hot chocolate,Yum, yum, yum,Yum, yum, yum!
Marshmallows are floating.Whipped cream is melting.Yum, yum, yum,In my tum!

Coloring Page
Color in these pictures associated with winter and the cold: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/wonderful-winter-coloring-page/

Science
Enjoy the taste of chocolate with thus yummy experiment:
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/educators/lessons/chef-combo/chef-act-tasteofwinter.asp

Math
Practice Number Recognition with these hot chocolate math mats. (would make a great file folder game)
http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/hot_cocoa_math_mats


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Math Challenge December 13

Tyler and Cody spent the entire afternoon playing in the snow. When they came in they decided to have some hot chocolate to warm up. Tyler added 6 marshmallows to his mug. Cody dropped 7 marshmallows in his hot chocolate. How many marshmallows did they use all together?

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Math Challenge December 12

Poinsetta plants are on sale at the store for $18. If you give the cashier a twenty dollar bill, how much change will you get back?

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Kelly

Plymouth Rock Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 11, 2007

History
On this day in 1620, the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock.
Vocabulary
How many words can you make from Plymouth Rock? http://www.dltk-holidays.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/images/b-wordmine2.gif
Writing Prompt
The Pilgrims went on an adventure. Write your own adventure here: http://printables.familyeducation.com/tv/printables/botr/botr_020_23-23.pdf

Coloring Page
Color this page of the Pilgrims’ ship: http://www.plimoth.org/kids/pdfs/ship.pdf

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Math Challenge December 11

The top part of Plymouth Rock (the part you can see) weighs about 4 tons. The bottom portion (under the sand) weighs about 6 tons. How much does Plymouth Rock weigh all together?

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Kelly

Math Challenge December 10

Santa and Mrs. Claus want to see THE NUTCRACKER. How much will it cost if adult tickets are $20 each?

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Sensory Play Contest

Engage your child's five senses (and green thumb!) with this sensory garden dome . The self-contained plastic terrarium comes with easy to grow seeds for your child's very own indoor garden. The dome comes complete with soil and 5 varieties of seeds, including: herbs for taste, aloe for touch, eucalyptus for smell, a polka dot plant for sight, and a rustling cabbage palm for sound!

Retails for $24.95, but can be yours free with this sensory playtime contest

Head on over to enter! They also have a great newsletter filled with ideas for sensory play!

Bonus Math Challenge

President Franklin Pierce was the first president to put a Christmas tree in the White House in 1856. If the White House has had a Christmas tree every year, how many Christmas trees have been in the White House?

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Kelly

Math Challenge December 7

Hawaii is 10,932 square miles. Hawaii is the 43rd largest state in the USA. How many states are smaller than Hawaii?

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Christmas Tree Lesson

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 6, 2007

History
The opening ceremony for the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree will be held tonight at 5:00 p.m. in Washington D.C. Read more about it here: http://usparks.about.com/cs/parkhistory/a/xmastree_2.htm
Coloring Page
Have fun coloring this Christmas tree: http://www.abcteach.com/free/t/tree_2_m.pdf
Vocabulary
Make a large cut out of a tree using a poster board (you might also use wrapping paper or an unfolded paper bag.
cut some yellow stars out of construction paper. Write one of the following words on each star... Saturday, bowl, ham, snow, flour, supper, buggy, sugar, sweet potatoes, cookies, woods, hominy.
Introduce each vocabulary word by placing one star at a time on the large cutout of the tree.

Art
Make decorations for a Christmas tree here: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/472.shtml

Math
Practice your math facts with Christmas tree bingo here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/bingo/numbers/0-11/xmastree/
Practice number recognition with this tree dot to dot: http://www.abcteach.com/free/d/dtd_christmas_tree_to50.pdf

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Math Challenge December 6

Matthew is decorating the Christmas tree. He has already put up 12 stars on the tree, but there are 30 stars in the box. How many more stars does he need to put on the tree?

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Rosa Parks Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 5, 2007

History
On this day in 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott begins. Planned in part by Martin Luther King, Jr., the boycott is a protest against the city's segregation laws, following the arrest of NAACP secretary Rosa Parks. Read more about it here: http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/12/rosa-parks-history.html

Poetry
Wouldn't it be terrible? Wouldn't it be sad? If just one single color was the color that we had? If everything was purple? Or red? Or blue? Or green? If yellow, pink, or orange was all that could be seen? Can you just imagine how dull world would be If just one single color was all we got to see?
Handwriting
B is for bus. Practice writing the letter B here: http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/modern/b-b.gif

Coloring Page
Color this bus after your parent reads the quote from Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.daniellesplace.com/images/buscolorsheet.gif



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Math Challenge December 5

There were 5 men, 1 bus driver, 2 women, and 4 kids on a bus. How many people in all were on the bus?

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Kelly

Rosa Parks History

One day, a black woman named Rosa Parks was riding home on a bus after a long day of work. She was very tired. She got on the bus and sat in a vacant seat.

In those days her city had a special law: if there weren't enough seats on the bus for white people,black people were supposed to give up their seats to them. Soon after she got on, the bus seats were full, and then more people got on. The white people expected Rosa to get up from her seat.

Rosa was very tired. She said, "No," and wouldn't give up her seat.

Rosa Parks was arrested and put in jail. Many people heard what happened; some didn't think it was fair. So the black people in her town said, "We aren't going to ride the bus any more until the law is changed."

For one year they didn't ride the bus. Finally, the law was changed! Rosa Parks wanted African Americans to be treated fairly. All across the country, people began to insist on their civil rights.

Cookie Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 4, 2007

History
Today is National cookie day!

Reading
Learn about Tiffany’s famous cookies here:
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/elem/ver27/
Vocabulary
Find words from the book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie here: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/puzzles/edupratt/html/P39736DSVIUL.html
You can practice reading some of these words here: http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/if_you_give_a_mouse_a_cookie_words

Math
Feed the cookies to the mouse with this fun math activity: http://kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/feed_the_mouse_math_mat


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Math Challenge December 4

There are 12 cookies on the counter. If there are 2 boys, how many cookies can each one get?

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Kelly

Heart Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterDecember 3, 2007

History
On this day in 1967, the first successful heart transplant was conducted.
Language Arts
Try to find all of the hearts in this worksheet as you practice reading the words heart and red: http://www.suzyque.us/February/Heart-Shape-Worksheet.htm (Parents may want to add other color words for the other shapes as well!)
Math
Practice your math facts with this fun broken heart game: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathLAAdditionSubtractionMendBrokenHeartIdea23.htm
(Would also work great as a file folder game – using upper and lower case letters, or sight words)
Play dominos here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/h/heart_dominoes_set_bw.pdf
Practice multiplication here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/h/hearts_set_mult.pdf
Science
Color in this picture of your heart: http://akidsheart.com/hheart/hheartcolor2.htm

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Math Challenge December 3

On an average, the heart of an adult beats about 72 times a minute and that of a child beats between 90 and 120 times a minute. If your mom's heart rate is 72 times per minute and yours is 100 times per minute, how much faster is your mom's heart?

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Kelly