Caves and The Great Plains Planet Earth

DJ has finished his lessons on biomes. I was surprised caves were not included as a biome. Caves have their own ecosystem, and structure of life. The two videos below are portions of the award winning Planet Earth series. You can view the whole hour episode for each on Youtube. I tivoed these before Christmas, and DJ will be watching them today. As beautiful as the caves episode was, I couldn't watch it all. Too many bugs and icky critters for me. The Great Plains was very good and I enjoyed it very much.

Lesson Plans For 01/24/11:

DJ:
Art: Google Doodle contest entry
Writing: Fishy Monday: Moon Wrasse
Planet Earth videos
Math: Saxon 54
Spelling: Chapter 14, write each word three times each

Caitlin:
Planet Earth
Sight words game
Math: Addition
Art: Google doodle contest entry
Rabbit care
Clock work, calendar work, skip counting

Wolves In Yellowstone National Park

Because we have a playdate, and library activities on Tuesday, we are doing Science on Monday, this week. Caitlin will be learning about wolves and the importance of their presence in the ecosystem. Reading assignments with review questions, plus the three videos below. This is a several part video, 1-3 this week. This is actually a quite interesting lesson. They have learned that the predator is a very important part of the biome, or ecosystem to maintain balance of the habitat. They have brought the wolves back to Yellowstone National Park and their numbers are increasing.

Lesson Plans For 12/6/10:

DJ:
Science: Wolves in an ecosystem, and transferring heat
Math: Fractions, mixed math
Spelling: Chapter 10 write words three times each
Sign Language
Writing: Fishy Monday Sunshine Chromis blog post

Caitlin:
Math: Addition
Science: Wolves in an ecosystem, weather lapbook winter
Printing Practice
Spelling: List 10
Read sentences to color the picture WS
Language Arts: Contractions, blends
Following Directions: WS
Clock work, calendar work, sight words, skip counting

Biomes: Life In The Grasslands

Tomorrow for Science class DJ is starting Biomes, which is basically a fancy way of saying animal habitats. This will be an easy four weeks for him, because he can probably teach it. Tomorrow's biome is the Grasslands. The video below is for him and his sister to watch. Use it and enjoy it in your lessons. Caitlin is doing insects and the Grasslands. Since the first is on Wednesday I will be sharing our two new ideas for Advent Calendars for the 25 days of Christmas. Be sure to check back, I am ultra frugal, so anyone can make these.

Lesson Plans For 11/30/10:

DJ:
Science: Biomes: Life in the Grasslands
Math: Fractions, mixed math
Spelling: List 9 write each word three times each
Sign Language

Caitlin:
Science: Dinosaur lapbook with last drawing, Grasslands, insects
Printing Practice
Spelling: List 9
Language Arts: Blends, compound words
Read sentences to color the picture: WS
Sight words, clock work, calendar work, skip counting