Groundhog Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterFebruary 2, 2008


History
Today is Groundhog Day!

Reading
Read this fun groundhog poem: http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN03/images/groundhog.pdf

Writing Prompt
Print out and color this picture of a groundhog: http://www.groundhog.org/teachers/colormephil.gif
Then write a story about him!

Music
Sing these fun groundhog songs: http://songstolearnby.blogspot.com/2009/01/groundhog-wonderland-song.html
http://songstolearnby.blogspot.com/2009/01/im-dreaming-of-great-groundhog-song.html
and
http://songstolearnby.blogspot.com/2009/01/up-at-knob-song.html

Math
Practice your addition here: http://www.groundhog.org/teachers/mathmessage.php


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Homeschool Math Challenge February 1

Groundhogs can weigh as much as thirteen pounds. Phil the Groundhog weighs four pounds. How many pounds does he need to gain before he weighs thirteen pounds?

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Kansas Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 29, 2008

History
On this day in 1861, Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.
Handwriting
K is for Kansas. Practice writing the letter K here: http://www.dltk-teach.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/image/btracek.gif

Science
Kansas is famous for sunflowers. Learn about them here: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/kansas/sunflower.htm
Geography
Color in this map of Kansas: http://www.blackdog.net/refrigerator/coloringbook/usa/kansas.html
Art
Make a sunflower here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/flowers/sunflowerplate/
Math
Have fun with this color by number page: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colorbynumber/sunflower/


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Homeschool Math Challenge January 30

Emma planted 12 sunflower seeds. Seven sunflowers grew from the seeds. How many seeds did not grow?

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Library Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 28, 2008

History
In 1902 Andrew Carnegie, who made millions manufacturing steel, set up a foundation to encourage knowledge and learning. His foundation helped to establish free public libraries in hundreds of American towns and cities. (Before Carnegie, most libraries charged a fee to get a library card.)
Writing Prompt’
What part of the library is your favorite?
Vocabulary
Try this fun word search: http://teacherweb.com/CA/VintageParkwayElementarySchool/Library/InTheLibrary.htm


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Homeschool Math Challenge January 28

Tyler, Cody, and Luke went to the library and checked out some books. Tyler checked out 4 books, Cody checked out 3 books, and Luke checked out 2 books. How many books did they check out all together?

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Alice in Wonderland Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 27, 2008

History
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (he later changed his name to Lewis Carroll) the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was born on this day in 1832.

Writing Prompt
What is your favorite character from this famous story? Why do you like that character?

Language Arts
See if you can out these sentences back together again: http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/alice1.pdf

Reading
You (or your parents) can read the book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland here: http://www.the-office.com/Bedtime-Story/classics-aliceinwonderland.htm

Science
Learn about rabbits here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/farm/Rabbitprintout.shtml

Art
Pretend you are the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland with this fun craft: http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/m-ears.htm

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 27

Alice found a drink that made her shrink. If every time Alice drank from the bottle she shrunk 2 inches, how many times would she have to drink in order to shrink 6 inches?

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Amazon River Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 26, 2008

History
On this day in 1500, the Amazon River was discovered by Vincent Pizon. The Amazon is the largest river in the world, and an important feature of South America.
Reading
Read this poem about the rain forest:
One little squirrel monkey, sitting in a tree.High up in a rainforest, happy as can be.One little squirrel monkey, sad as can be,Watching a bulldozer cutting down his tree.

Science
Can you name these animals who live in the rain forest? http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rfanimals_m.pdf
Name the animals, then color the picture.

Math
Look at this website, then answer the following questions: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/rivers/majorrivers.shtml
1. Which river is the longest?
2. Which river is the shortest listed?
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Homeschool Math Challenge January 26

The Amazon flooded forest boasts an amazing diversity of plants and animals. Scientists exploring a single tree in the rain forest found 72 species of ants and 650 species of beetles. How many more beetles were on the tree than ants?

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Lesson Plan January 23, 2009

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 23, 2008

History
Charles Curtis became the first Senator of Native American ancestry to become a U.S. Senator in 1907. He later became Vice President for President Hoover.

Reading
Read this Native American tale: http://school.eb.com/lm/intoreading/coyote/product.html

Math
Make moccasins from construction paper to match your foot size and use them to measure items around your home.
Writing Prompt
Native Americans traded furs and things they had made at trading posts. Draw a Native American trading inside of a trading post. Write about it.
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Homeschool Math Challenge January 23

There are 535 members of Congress - 100 Senators and 435 Representatives. How many more representatives are there than Senators?

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Kelly

Wild Animals Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 22, 2008

History
Joy Adamson, the author of Born Free, was born in 1910. She advocated restoring zoo animals to their natural habitat, and worked out ways to teach them how to live in the wild. You can watch wild animals here: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/animal_profiles.html

Writing Prompt

What animals live in the zoo? Describe them in sentences; then illustrate them.

Reading
Read this story about the zoo: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rebus_zoo_bw.pdf

Spelling
Try this zoo animal spelling packet: http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/sp_zooanimals.pdf

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Bonus Math Challenge

We went to the zoo and saw 4 snakes, 15 giraffes, 25 lions, and 11 elephants. How many animals did we see altogether?

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 22

When we went to the zoo we saw 2 giraffes, 2 zebras, 2 elephants, and 2 lions. How many animals did we see altogether?

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Bubblegum lesson plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 21, 2008

History
On this day in 1933, William Wrigley III was born. He made a fortune making chewing gum and bought the Chicago Cubs, who still play in Wrigley Field.

Reading
Read about the lady who blew the world’s biggest bubble here: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/bubble-gum-bubble-coloring-page/

Music
Try singing this song: http://www.lessonsense.com/songs/if-all-the-little-raindrops-song.html

Math
Watch this video about subtraction with bubble gum.
http://www.mylearningtube.com/media/589/Bubble_Gum_Math/
Then try this worksheet:

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 21

Amy bought some bubble gum. She ate 6 pieces and her sister ate 7. How many pieces did they eat all together?

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Kindergarten Sight Words

Practice reading your sight words here!

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Inauguration Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 20, 2008

History
Today Barack Obama will be sworn in as America’s 44th president. The President lives in the White House. Take a tour here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/video/index.html

Writing Prompt
What do you think it would be like to be President? Write about it!

Reading
Learn more about Barack Obama here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/obama/

Art
Barack Obama will live in the White House while he is president. Make your own White House here: http://crafts.kaboose.com/craft-stick-white-house.html



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Homeschool Math Challenge January 20

Tickets for Obama's inauguration are on sale for $25 each. How much will it cost a family of 4 to attend?

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Martin Luther King Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 19, 2008

History

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Learn more about it here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/MLK.shtml

Reading
Read this book about Martin Luther King: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6459/mlk.html

Writing Prompt
Martin Luther King gave a famous speech called “I have a dream”. Draw an outline of a cloud and, inside the cloud, write a sentence or two that tells about one of your hopes or dreams.

Music
Sing these songs about Martin Luther King :
http://songstolearnby.blogspot.com/2009/01/freedom-freedom-let-it-ring.html
http://songstolearnby.blogspot.com/2009/01/martin-luther-king.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 19

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929. If he was still alive today, how old would he be?

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 12

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 12, 2008


History

Lots of places have snowy weather in January.

Reading

Read about the clothes you wear when it snows here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/booklet_clothes_winter.pdf

Spelling
Learn how to spell these snow related words: http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/wordbank_winter.pdf

Writing Prompt
Write a story about the snow here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/snow_forts.pdf


Science
Learn more about snow here: http://library.thinkquest.org/5818/snow.html
If it doesn’t snow where you live, you might want to try this fun science activity: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/experiment/00000137 (you have to order the snow maker).

Math
Practice skip counting by 5s here: http://www.mathwire.com/themes/frosty5.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 12

Tyler and Cody were playing out in the snow. They thought it would be fun to throw snowballs at the boys playing next door. They threw a lot of them before the boys figured out where they were coming from. Cody threw seven snowballs. Tyler threw ten snowballs. How many snowballs did they throw altogether?

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New Mexico Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJanuary 6, 2008


History
On this day in 1912, Mexico became the 47th state in the United States. Learn more about New Mexico here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newmexico/
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Writing Prompt
Write an acrostic poem about New Mexico here: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/new-mexico/printables/acrostic.html

Science
Color in this picture of New Mexico’s state bird and flower: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjgeog/ss/newmexicoprint_7.htm

Geography
See how many cities from New Mexico you can find in this word search: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/new-mexico/printables/word-search-cities.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 6

Each October Albuquerque, New Mexico hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta. 268 people brought their hot air balloons on Thursday, and 354 showed up on Friday. How many were there in all?

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Wyoming Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterJan 5, 2008


History
On this day in 1925, Wyoming elected the first woman governor in the United States. Her name was Nellie Tayloe Ross. Learn more about her here: http://www.nellietayloeross.com/history.html

Research
Learn more about Wyoming here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/wyoming/index.shtml
Then complete this worksheet:
http://www.homeschoolviews.com/unit-studies/wyomingstate.pdf

Handwriting
Wyoming starts with the letter W. Practice writing it here: http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_dn1/w3.htm

Writing Prompt

While visiting the Cheyenne Rodeo, in Wyoming, you notice that there is one horse that seems happier than the others. Write a story as if the horse talks to you and tells you why he’s so happy.

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Homeschool Math Challenge January 5

Mackenzie had five dollars, two quarters, eight dimes, and ten nickels to spend at the Yellowstone State Park gift store. How much money did she have in all?

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Math Challenge January 1

Your friend owes you $1.23. Would you rather be paid, 1 dollar, two dimes, and three pennies, or 123 pennies? Why?

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