Gingerbread Baby Math Challenge

Use the data in the chart above to answer the following questions:

1. Which character is liked the most?

2. Which characters received  the same number of votes?

3. Draw a bar graph to display the data above.

Elapsed Time Math Challenge

How many hours can you buy sushi according to the sign above?

Happy Birthday to the Florida Everglades!

Did you know? 

Everglades National Park celebrates it's birthday on December 6th!  On December 6th, 1947, the government set aside 1.5 million acres of protected land (a small fraction of its original size) as Everglades National Park.

 

Before there was an Everglades National Park there was Everglades, the ecosystem. This Everglades has been around for 5,000 years!

The original Everglades used to reach all the way from the Orlando area to Florida Bay. It was a big wilderness of wetlands containing sawgrass marshes, freshwater sloughs, mangrove swamps, pine rocklands and hardwood hammocks.

Reading

Learn more about the Everglades with these Everglade alphabet picture cards.

Alligators live in the Everglades, and start with the letter A.  Read more about things that start with the letter A with this emergent reader. 

Handwriting

Practice writing the letter A here.

Vocabulary

 Draw a picture to help you remember the meaning of each of the words below:

Plants
Animals
Habitat
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore

Math

Alligators and crocodiles both live in the Everglades. Practice greater or less than with this alligator themed worksheet.

Clock Math Challenge

1. What time does the clock above show?
2. What time will it be in 1 hour?
3. What time will it be in 2 hours?
4. What time was it 1 hour ago?
5. What time will it be in 15 minutes?
6. How many hours will it take for the clock to look this way again?

Veterans' Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter 

November 11, 2010

History

Today is Veterans' Day!  "Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is usually observed on November 11. ... It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)" The United States also celebrated Armistice Day on November 11th until Al King, an Emporia, Kansas shoe store owner campaigned to update it to 'All' Veterans Day. With the help of then U.S. Representative Ed Rees and President Dwight Eisenhower, "Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing 'Armistice' with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day (official spelled without apostrophe) since." - Wikipedia

Language Arts

Try this Veterans' Day Word Search.

Writing

Send a postcard to a Veteran thanking them for their service with this website.

Math

Try this Math Challenge.

Veterans' Day Math Challenge

Veteran's Day was originally called Armistice Day. The name changed in November of 1954. How many years ago was that?

Constitution Day Lesson Plan

Handwriting

Practice writing the Preamble to the Constitution with this worksheet.