ADDITIONAL LESSONS (MINI UNIT)

READY TO ROW:

Reading Shelf:

I set out a mostly Thanksgiving themed reading shelf for this row.

Story Disk:

Parker colored the story disk and placed in on the East Coast.

Cover Art:

Parker created his cover art, which included both Maggie and Mr. Whiskers.

BIBLE:

Memory Verse:

I created a Bible verse printable for this mini unit.

You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There’s a bonus FREEbie in the preview.

Parker wrote his Bible verse on the copywork worksheet.

Cultivating Thankful Hearts:

Since we were studying a Thanksgiving book, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to cultivate a spirit of gratitude.

We spent a couple of days reading through the list of Bible verses on the FIAR mini unit board. In addition, I chose a few books which remind us to thank the Lord for all He’s given.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Thanksgiving:

We read many funny, historical and touching Thanksgiving books from our reading shelf.

We read Pilgrim Stories aloud while studying this mini row.

New England:

We read a Rookie Geography book for each of the New England States.

After reading each book, Parker color-coded the New England States on a worksheet from our Cranberry Thanksgiving Story Review.

The Resilient Sarah Hale:

After reading about Sarah Hale, in our FIAR manual, we read Thank You, Sarah.

We also read Mary Had a Little Lamb since Sarah Hale wrote it.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Story Review:

I created another Story Review for this mini unit.

Punctuation:

We read If You Were a Period, If You Were an Exclamation Point, and If You Were a Question Mark.

Afterwards, Parker completed A Bushel of Punctuation worksheet from our Story Review.

Onomatopoeia:

First, we read If You Were Onomatopoeia.

Afterwards, he worked on the onomatopoeia worksheet from the Story Review.

MATH:

Fractions:

Parker read Working with Fractions.

Afterwards, he completed the It’s a Piece of Pie fraction worksheets.

SCIENCE:

Cranberries:

We read Time for Cranberries. This is one of our favorite cranberry books.

Afterwards, he filled out the All About Cranberries worksheet from the original Cranberry Thanksgiving Story Review.

Gulls:

We read Gulls, Gulls, Gulls by Gail Gibbons.

Afterwards, we read Thy Friend, Obadiah.

Afterwards, Parker color-coded the Parts of a Seagull worksheet from the Story Review.

FINE ARTS:

Architectural 1900s New England Housing Design Elements:

First, Parker read The ABC Book of American Homes.

Later, he read Iggy Peck Architect.

Grandmother’s Bread:

Parker scooped, measured, and mixed the ingredients for Grandmother’s bread.

We made this years ago, but I don’t remember it being this delicious. Parker and I agreed that we need to make it every year.

HELPFUL LINKS:

Pinterest Board:

You can find most of the activities, ideas, and printables from this post on our Cranberry Thanksgiving Pinterest Board.

Youtube Playlist:

As with our other rows, we created Cranberry Thanksgiving with read-alouds, music, science, and other clips.