HomeschoolingK: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Tennis Lesson Plans

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 31, 2009
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History
On this day in 1881, the first U.S. men's single tennis championship was held in Newport, RI.

Handwriting
Tennis starts with the letter T. Practice writing the letter T.

Language Arts
Practice finding the main idea with this worksheet.
Vocabulary
Try this tennis word search.

Math
Practice addition and subtraction.
Don’t forget the math challenge!
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10575832/tennis-word-problems-K-3

Friday, August 28, 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 28, 2009
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History
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous, “I have a dream” speech. You can hear it here.

Writing Prompt
What is your dream?

Reading
Read about Martin Luther King Jr.

Vocabulary
Try this wordsearch.

Handwriting
Martin Luther King Jr.’s name starts with the letter M. Practice writing the letter M.

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10496658/Martin-Luther-King-word-problems-K-3

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mother Teresa Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 27, 2009
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History
Mother Theresa might have been born on this day in 1910. Her birthday is a bit of a mystery. Color in this picture of her.

Writing Prompt
Mother Teresa dedicated her life to helping the poor. What are some things you could do to help the poor?

Handwriting
Mother Teresa’s first name starts with the letter T. Practice writing the letter T.

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10454435/Mother-Teresa-math-probs-K-3

Dog Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 26, 2009
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History
Today is National Dog Day.

Handwriting
Dog starts with the letter D. Practice writing the letter D.

Writing Prompt
Dogs make good pets. Write about your pet here.

Phonics
Dog ends with the letters ‘og’ – write a list of words that rhyme with dog.
Math
Practice counting with this worksheet.
Practice subtraction here.

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10363882/dog-word-problems-K-3

Monday, August 24, 2009

Banana Split Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 25, 2009
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History
Today is National Banana Split Day.

Handwriting
Banana split starts with the letter B. Practice writing the letter B here.

Phonics
Find pictures that start with the letter B here.

Reading
Read this letter B emergent reader.

Math
Practice addition with this banana split themed worksheet.

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10323983/banana-split-math-challenge-k-3

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Volcano Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 24, 2009
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History
August 24, 79 A.D. was an historic date for the world. This was the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted in a huge explosion. It was one of the largest volcanic explosions in recorded history. This is what the eruption looked like.

Handwriting
V is for volcano. Practice writing the letter v here.

Language Arts
Practice reading a table of contents with this worksheet.

Science
Make a volcano with your parents here.
Math
Practice addition here.
Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10279731/volcano-word-problemsK-3

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Mona Lisa Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 21, 2009
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History
On this day in 1911, The "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. It was recovered in 1913.

Handwriting
Mona Lisa starts with the letter M. Practice writing the letter M here.

Writing Prompt
Mona Lisa is a portrait, or a picture of a person. A self-portrait is a picture of yourself. Draw a self-portrait here.

Math
Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10179079/Mona-Lisa-Math-Challenge-K-3

Chinese Valentine's Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 20, 2009
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History
Celebrate love ....Chinese style. Today is Chinese Valentine Day

Handwriting
Valentine’s Day starts with V. Practice writing the letter V here.

Writing Prompt
Write about love with this writing prompt.
Reading
Read more about Valentine’s Day with this emergent reader.

Math
Practice addition with this worksheet.
Don’t Forget the math challenge!
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10163040/Valentines-Math-Challenge-K-3

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Airplane Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 19, 2009
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History
Today is Aviation Day. in honor of the birthday of aviator Orville Wright. The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were pioneer aviators in the United States. Orville was the first person to successfully fly an airplane. His first flight was December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Handwriting
A is for airplane. Practice writing the letter A here.

Writing Prompt
Write about what you think it would be like to fly a plane.
Math
Connect the dots on this worksheet.
Don’t Forget the math challenge!
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10085834/Airplane-Math-Challenge-K-3

Monday, August 17, 2009

Water Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 17, 2009
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History
August is Water Quality Month.

Handwriting
Water starts with the letter W. Practice writing the letter w here.

Writing Prompt
What things do you use water for?

Science
Learn about the water cycle here. Then try this experiment.

Math

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9985132/water-Math-Challenge-K-3

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Golf Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 14, 2009

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History
August is National Golf month.

Handwriting
Golf begins with the letter G. Practice writing the letter G here.

Language Arts
Correct the sentences on this worksheet.

Math
Fill in the missing numbers on this worksheet.

Don’t forget the math challenge!
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9837956/golf-word-problems-K-3

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Deer Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 13, 2009
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History
On this day in 1942, Disney's Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

Geography
Deer live in all parts of the World except for Australia and Antarctica. Print out this map and color in all of the continents where deer live.

Handwriting
Deer starts with the letter D. Practice writing the letter D here.

Math
Practice addition here.

Don’t forget the math challenge!
http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-13.html

Homeschool Math Challenge August 13

deer word problems K-3 -

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Homeschool Math Challenge August 12

Model T math challenge K3 -

Monday, August 10, 2009

Babe Ruth Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 11, 2009
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History
On this day in 1929, Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 500 career homeruns.

Phonics
Which words end with un like run? http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9651067/home-run-phonics

Writing Prompt
Write a story about hitting a homerun.

Math
Solve the addition problems with this fun baseball themed worksheet: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9075954/baseball-addition

Practice multiplication with this fun baseball themed file folder game:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8795079/baseball-multipication-file-folder

Don’t Forget the math challenge!

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-11.html

Homeschool Math Challenge August 11

Baseball word problems -

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Missouri Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 10, 2009

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History
On this day in 1821, Missouri became the 24th state.

Handwriting
Missouri starts with the letter M. Practice writing the letter M here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8988827/letter-m-handwriting

Geography
Color in this map of Missouri: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjgeog/ss/missouriprint_10.htm

Science
The state insect is the honeybee. Learn about it here: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjgeog/ss/missouriprint_8.htm

Don’t forget the math challenge!

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-10.html

Homeschool Math Challenge August 10

Missouri Math Challenge K-3 -

Friday, August 7, 2009

Lighthouse Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 7, 2009

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History
Today is national lighthouse day. Take a virtual tour of a lighthouse here: http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/vtours.htm

Handwriting
Lighthouse starts with the letter L. Practice writing the letter L here:
Reading
Learn more about lighthouses with this emergent reader: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9544747/lighthouse-emergent-reader

Language Arts
Correct the capitalization errors in this worksheet: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9535697/Capitalization-worksheet

Math
Practice fact families with this lighthouse themed worksheet: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9542734/Fact-Families-lighthouse

Don’t forget the math challenge!
http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-7.html

Homeschool Math Challenge August 7

lighthouse Math Challenge K-3 -

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Clowns Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 6, 2009

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History
This is national clown week.

Handwriting
C is for clown. Practice writing the letter C here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8966334/c-is-for-cat-handwriting

Letter Recognition
Find the letter C in this clown themed letter recognition worksheet: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9510008/Find-the-Cs---Letter-Recongition

Reading
Read this emergent reader about clowns: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9510889/Clowns-emergent-reader

Writing Prompt
What if you were a clown? Write about it here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9511168/clown-writing-prompt-K---3rd

Math
Practice addition with this fun clown addition worksheet: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9509935/clowning-around-addition-worksheet

Don’t Forget the math challenge!
http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-6.html

Homeschool Math Challenge August 6

clown math challenge K3 -

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Neil Armstrong Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 5, 2009

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History
On this day in 1930, astronaut Neil Armstrong was born.

Reading
Learn about Neil Armstrong with this emergent reader: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9424095/Neil-Armstrong-emergent-reader

Writing Prompt
Write about what you think it would be like to visit the moon here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9422933/Trip-to-the-Moon-writing-prompt

Don’t Forget the math challenge!
http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2009/08/homeschool-math-challenge-august-5.html