Energy For Kids

My third grade books, that I purchased for my son, did not cover Gravity and Electricity. Gravity and Electricity, were a part of our curriculum, so I have been scouring the internet to find free programs on Gravity and Electricity. About.com had several, and then I also found this website, http://www.scribd.com/doc/1115/Energy-for-Kids/

It covers electricity, gravity, atoms, heat and sound. It is nothing fancy, easy to read and use, with questions for your child to answer. The answers are provided in the reading, and then you can make a post test after.

Tomorrow is test day, so there are no lesson plans to post.

Friday December 5th, is the first tree lighting ceremony here in Gilchrist County. They will be having cookies with santa, horse carriage rides, christmas caroling, and other great family activities. It goes from 6pm-8pm with downtown businesses staying open late. It is hopefully going to draw the community together, and promote the downtown businesses. If anyone from the Gilchrist County area, reads my blog, please be sure and try to attend.

Have a great Thursday, everyone.

Take A Virtual Tour Of A Christmas Tree Farm, and Call Santa

I have two awesome websites, to share that I have found. For Social Studies, all this month, we are studying various Christmas activities. Today we will be going on a virtual field trip to a Christmas tree farm http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/

There are many different activities, on this website, including the virtual tour. It is a great way for your child to learn how the Christmas tree is grown. There is real tree facts, and holiday helpers, just to name a few. Check it out, your kids will love it.

My husband found this cool website, http://www.callsanta.org/index.php
We tried it last night, with my son, and it works great. He was so excited to think he actually talked to Santa. It is free, and your kids will love it too.

Lesson Plan for 12/3/08:

Our reading book was changed to Sunset of Sabertooth, as DJ could not find the other one.

Reading: Read chapter 3 of Sunset of Sabertooth
Writing: Write a want ad, for a reindeer
Social Studies: Virtual Tour of a Christmas tree farm
Spelling: Lesson 11 write each spelling word and circle the consonants
Vocabulary: Lesson 11 Write a synonym for each vocabulary word
Language Arts: Contractions, phonics review
Math: Addition, multiplication, division
Spanish: Food and utensils, part two

Lesson Plan for 12/4/08:

Writing: Write a letter to Santa, online, at www.northpole.com
Reading: Read chapter 4 of Sunset of Sabertooth
Health: The dairy group
Spelling: Lesson 11 put your spelling words in alphabetical order
Vocabulary: Lesson 11 write each vocabulary word, and meaning 2x each
Langauge Arts: Verbs, phonics review
Math: Addition, multiplication, division
PE: 30 minutes
Spanish: Food and utensils part two

Have a great Wednesday, everyone.

Why Not Bundle Up This Winter

You see advertisements all the time, to bundle up your phone, internet, and cable. Well now you can bundle them all at a great price, get a free 250 dollar gift card, and enter a sweepstakes to win a Xbox 360. Wow, black friday Charter is offering this great deal, for a limited time only.

You can buy one of Charter's services separately, or you can take advantage of the Ultimate Service Bundle. The Ultimate Service Bundle includes: High speed internet service, TV including Showtime, Starz, and HBO; phone with unlimited calling. You would get all this for $165.97, plus be entered into the sweepstakes for the Xbox, and get a free 250 dollar gift card. The gift card, and Xbox entry, are valid only with the Ultimate Service Bundle. Go to http://connect.charter.com/landing/cpg/learnmore_PPC.asp?ID=197&OriginatingID=420136
to see all their options available at this time. For complete Xbox rules, go to https://connect.charter.com/XBox/rules.html

Charter is definitely offering the best deal on bundled service, right now. Be sure to check it out, and see if their services can help you save some money, and bundle up this winter.

The Decorating Is Done, The Christmas Cards Are Sent

It has been a busy, and hectic weekend. I can almost say I am glad it is Monday. My husband had 4 days off, wow that does not happen very often. My job canceled me for both of my scheduled nights, so I got a ton of work done here at home. The Christmas decorations are all up, the cards are ready to go out in the mail today. I made out our lesson plans, for the whole month of December. I would love to share this website with you http://www.northpole.com/
Your kids can send Santa a letter, right online, and they get a letter back online. No stamps needed. Plus there are all kinds of activities, and even lessons for teachers, and homeschoolers. Be sure to check it out, your kids will love it. I found two prospects for online work, and am hoping they work out. I have two lesson plans to post, because I did not post one yesterday. I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Lesson Plan for 12/1/08:

Writing: Write how to clean your room
Reading: Read chapter 1 of Afternoon in the Amazon
Art: Draw a Christmas tree, and Santa advent calenders
Spelling: Lesson 11- write each 2 times each, once in print, and once in cursive
Vocabulary: Lesson 11- look up the definition for each vocabulary word
Math: Addition, Fact families, multiplication
Spanish: Food and utensils part 2
Language Arts: Verbs, phonics review
Word find: Music

Lesson Plan for 12/2/08:

Science: Simple machines
Writing: Write about your least favorite food
Reading: Read chapter 2 of Afternoon on the Amazon
Spelling: Lesson 11 write each spelling word, and circle the vowels
Vocabulary: Use each vocabulary word in a sentence
Language Arts: Verbs, phonics review
Math: Fact families, multiplication, division
Spanish: Food and utensils part 2
PE: 30 minutes
ITP: Music class