Penguin Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
April 29, 2008

History

Today is “penguin day”

Writing Prompt

Do a little research about penguins here: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts.htm

Then use what you learned to make your own penguin fact book.

Cover page: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/ws4.htm

Lined pages: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/ws5.htm

Reading

Make and read this fun penguin book: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/ws13.htm

Math

Have fun with this penguin color by number: http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/animals/penguins/4.gif

Science

Learn more about penguins with this coloring sheet: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/ws3.htm

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

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Homeschool Math Challenge April 29

An emperor penguin can run two miles per hour. How far could an emperor penguin go in six hours?

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Good Luck!

Kelly

James Monroe Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
April 28, 2008

History

On this day in 1758, our 5^th President, James Monroe was born. Learn more about him here: http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdmonro.htm

Writing Prompt

Write a letter to the President here: http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/presletter.htm

Coloring Page

Color this picture of James Monroe: http://www.chartjungle.com/education/jamesmonroe.html

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

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Homeschool Math Challenge April 28

James Monroe was president from 1817 to 1825. How many years was he president?

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Good Luck!

Kelly

Arbor Day Lesson Plan

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April 25, 2008

History

Today is Arbor day! Read more about it here: http://www.arborday.org/arborday/history.cfm

Writing Prompt

A simile compares two things using the words like or as. Write some similes about trees, and things related to trees: http://abcteach.com/trees/similes.htm

Vocabulary

Learn some tree related words with this word search: http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/wordsearch_trees_easy.pdf

Reading

Learn more about trees here: http://www.abcteach.com/trees/treeparts.htm

Art

Make your very own tree here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/arborday/papertree/

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2008/04/homeschool-math-challenge-april-25.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge April 25

A maple tree grows about 9 inches per year. If the maple tree in Joshua's yard is 27 inches tall now, how tall will it be in 1 year?

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Good Luck!

Kelly

Baseball Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
April 23, 2008

History

Today is Home Run Day in Honor of Hank Aaron hitting his first home run on this day in 1954.

Reading

Read about the baseball hall of fame here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/short/5/

Then answer these questions: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/short/5/mc/

Math

Use these worksheets for making a math (or letter) matching game. You can write numbers (1,2,3, etc.) on the mitts and the words that go with them (one, two, three) on the balls. You can also use capital and lowercase letters as well.

Mitts: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/seasonal/baseball/baseball-activity-page.pdf

Balls: http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/seasonal/baseball/baseball-activity-page1.pdf

Practice your math facts with math baseball: http://www.funbrain.com/math/

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2008/04/homeschool-math-challenge-april-23.html

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