Thursday, November 19, 2015

Cranberry Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Unit




Here's a repost of Cranberry Thanksgiving ...Just in time for Thanksgiving!


***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
                             Map of 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
               Make a Word Search from Vocab words

  • Simile
               Simile game    

  
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
                Warm Colors
                Warm Colored Pics

    ***Beefing Up


    • Draw a picture using the warm color palette
                    

    Math 


    • Measuring Skills

    *****Beefing it Up!

    Science


    • Starch
             Testing for Starch
    • Leavening Agents
              Leavening
    • Cranberries
               How Does It Grow? Cranberries

    ****Beefing Up


    • Research and write an essay (report) on Cranberries or give an oral presentation.



    Extras


    Thanksgiving CrosswordMake 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:


    Pilgrim Stories
    The Story Of The Pilgrims For Children

    Audios:

    Your Story Hour - Persecuted and Betrayed      Part 1 & 2
    Your Story Hour - The First Thanksgiving          Part 3 & 4




    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




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