Animal and Plant Adaptation

Today is Science, and today the kids are studying plant and animal adaptations. Enjoy the two educational videos below. Habitats is something you learn in every elementary grade, right up to fifth grade. It is stressed a lot. Because coloring consumes so much of first grade, Caitlin is surrounded by coloring assignments today.

Lesson Plans For 02/08/11:

DJ:
Science: Adaptation, Bouncing Back reading with questions
Math: Saxon 54
Sign Language
Spelling: Chapter 16 write each word three times each
Language Arts: Nouns
Head of the Class: 30 minutes

Caitlin:
Science: Tadpole life cycle, dinosaur coloring, winter coloring page, owl coloring page, family tree
Printing Practice
Language Arts: Long oo, predict outcomes ws, odd word out ws
Math: Subtraction
Spelling: Numbers word search
Phonics: WS letter a
Clock work, calendar work, sight words, skip counting
Head of the Class: 30 minutes

Teach Kids The Months Of The Year and Taking Care Of A Rabbit

Caitlin has been learning all about calendars. Days of the week, how many days in a month, and months of the year as well. She has the days of the week down, and even dates in a month pretty good. She is not liking learning the order of the months in the year. I am hoping the video below will give her a fun way to learn and remember them. We have a playdate at the park tomorrow with our play group friends. We always look forward to these every two weeks.
DJ will be doing his next chapter in his 4H photography book, which is all about shadows. He is going to ask his friends to make some cool shadows for him. They should have fun. I posted the video below to give him some ideas on taking pictures of shadows. Whomever shot those photos is talented indeed. Caitlin will be getting her rabbit for 4H, in the next two weeks. So now she has to begin learning how to care for a rabbit. See the video below.

Lesson Plans For 10/26/10:

DJ:
Science: Review of chapters 1-6
Spelling: Chapter six review
Math: Division, mixed math
Sign Language

Caitlin:
Spelling: List six
Math: Addition
Science: Weather lap book
Language Arts: Blends sk, finding words in pictures, long vowels
Printing Practice
Clock work, calendar work, sight words, skip counting
Watch care of rabbits video for 4H

History Of Halloween

If you have a child in elementary school, then you know a big part of their education is about our American holidays. While Halloween is not what I define as a holiday it is celebrated like one. The video below explains the history of Halloween. Both my kids will watch this, and then just a short discussion. We are also continuing with our learning of places around the world and Canada is our current topic. To see some cool videos about Canada you can find them in my archives. We will be making a Canadian flag tomorrow, and finishing up with other facts about Canada. DJ also has his other history lessons. By the way anyone who didn't read on my Facebook page DJ got elected to be club photographer at his very first 4H meeting. He is very excited. It was a beautiful day at the park for our playdate today. I love the weather this time of year.

Lesson Plans For 10/13/10:

DJ:
Social Studies: Story of the World Ancient Times chapter 5 with worksheets, plus above
Math: Multiplication, rounding numbers, and problem solving
Spelling: Chapter 5 write each word three times each
Map Skills

Caitlin:
Social Studies: As above, and she is starting map skills
Math: Addition with number line
Language Arts: Blends pr, short vowels, beginning sounds
Finding Words in Pictures: Worksheet
Spelling List 5
Printing Practice
Clock work, calendar work, sight words, skip counting

School On Monday

Lesson Plans For 09/12/10:

DJ:
Sign Language
Math: Fractions, addition, subtraction
Writing: Main idea and details
Language Arts: Spelling list one three times each, proper nouns
Reading: Reading comprehension with worksheet
Writing: Blog post, My Summer Vacation

Caitlin:
Sight Words
Clock Work with skip counting by fives, o clock, and half hour
Calendar Work
Rhyming: Worksheet
Skip Counting by twos
Spelling: Sight words 1-10
Printing Practice
Math: Addition
Language Arts: Short U, blends br, beginning sounds
Same/Different: Worksheet