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Showing posts with label Moore Formula. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moore Formula. Show all posts
Monday, January 7, 2019
Friday, November 18, 2016
Cranberry Thanksgiving - 2016 Edition!
***If you can't get the book you can watch it being read here:
Bible
- Memory Verse Psalm 100:4
Social Studies
- Geography - New England
National Geographics New England
What's the Time and Weather in Cape Cod - put it on the thermometer
13 Colonies
Thirteen Colonies - **in depth for beefing up
***Beefing Up
- Research the Thirteen Colonies or Cape Cod or New England and write a report or do an oral presentation.
LA
- Repetition
- Vocabulary
- Simile
Beefing It UP!
- Grammar- Noun - watch Schoolhouse Rock - Noun Using one of the sentences in the book circle or color the nouns in School Journal (composition book) or Worksheet Works (you can do this with verbs, adjectives or adverbs also)
- Play the Nouns and Verbs - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!!
- Write a sentence using a similie
- Write a paragraph (or sentence) using some of the vocabulary words
Art
- Warm Palette
Math
- Measuring Skills
*****Beefing it Up!
- Math Game - Brainie - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!! **math facts
- Inchy Picnic - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!! ***measuring
- Estimation Game 2 - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!! ***estmating
- Match The Fractions - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!! ***fractions
Science
- Starch
- Leavening Agents
- Cranberries
****Beefing Up
- Research and write an essay (report) on Cranberries or give an oral presentation.
Extras
Thanksgiving Crossword- Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!!
Go Along:
The Very First Thanksgiving
Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving ** Excellent but long...shows the providence of GOD
Thanksgiving:
William Bradford Biography Nest Entertainment
Plymouth Plantation Virtual Tour
Virtual Tour of the Mayflower II
The Real Thanksgiving Story - (The Story of Liberty)
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Charlie Brown Mayflower Voyage
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
The Mouse On The Mayflower
Read Alouds:
The Story Of The Pilgrims For Children
Your Story Hour - Persecuted and Betrayed & The First Thanksgiving
Link to a playlist on youtube:
Thanksgiving - haven't viewed all these but on first glance they look okay..probably more for older kids
Thanksgiving Hymns:
We Gather Together (Perry Como) - my son picked this...who knew?? This is the hymn they sing in the book.
Thanksgiving Hymns Playlist - just like being in a cathedral!
Thanksgiving Playlist - this has some classic moderns in it
And For Mom:
The Thanksgiving Promise
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
Friday, November 11, 2016
How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World - Again!!
Social Studies
- Italy, France, Sri Lanka, England, Jamaica, Vermont
Lapbook for France **you need to click on the France tab it downloads automatically so I
link it here"
England/ Great Britain
Lapbook for Vermont - take your pick :)
Color FIAR Disk
Color Flag of Countries
LA
Repetition - make ups stories with repetition, look at poems with repetition
make a game on Zondle
****Beefing Up
- Write a sentence using repetition
- Write a paragraph (or short story) using some of the vocabulary words
Art
Street Scenes, Apple Pie
Make a Picture in the Style of the Artist
Make an Apple Pie
Math
Liquid & Dry Measurement
Liquid Measurement Game - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!!
Gallons, Quarts & Pints - play with water
Cups to Gallons Sequence Game - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!!
Cups to Gallons Sequence Game - Make sure you have an Ad blocker program!!
***Beefing Up
Make up Math Story Problems
Science
Salt, Cinnamon
Introduction to Cinnamon Industry in Sri Lanka - For older students
***Beefing up
- Research and write a report on the history of salt
- Research and write a report on the spice trade or give oral presentation
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Color Your Way To Math Facts!
I've thought about doing what this lady has done a million times but FINALLY someone did it for me.
Color your Multiplication Facts!!
I'm not affiliated just thought I'd pass along this fun way of learning!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Homeschool Only Takes 100 Hours TOTAL!!
"No, the truth is that reading, writing and arithmetic only take about 100 hours to transmit as long as the audience is eager and willing to learn. The trick is to wait until someone asks and then move fast while the mood is on him."
The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher by John Taylor Gatto
This quote is part of the speech Mr Gatto gave after accepting The New York Teach Of The Year Award in 1992. Read the whole thing here
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