CHAPTER 2 – “In Which I Go Up in the World and Am Glad to Come Down Again”

BIBLE:

FIAR Bible Supplement:

Parker read both the scripture and the lesson material for this chapter, from the FIAR Bible Supplement Guide.

Bible Verse:

Parker wrote and memorized Genesis 1:27 as his Bible verse for this chapter.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Native Americans:

First, Parker read North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline.

Afterwards, he read Fry Bread, another one of our previous FIAR books that was also about Native Americans.

Life Skills – Courage:

As suggested by the FIAR manual, Parker read Jabari Jumps.

Afterwards, he read Thunder Cake, another FIAR row which exemplifies courage in the young girl’s character. Storm in the Night is another great FIAR book about courage.

Life Skills – Racism and Words:

Parker read Who Owns the Sun?, another FIAR book that deals with the nasty topic of racism.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Writing & Discussion Question:

Parker answered this chapter’s writing and discussion question in his FIAR notebook.

Vocabulary Words:

Parker completed the vocabulary worksheet for this chapter.

Foreshadowing:

First, Parker read Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse as an example of foreshadowing in children’s literature.

Afterwards, he read Owl Moon, one of our previous FIAR books, which also exemplifies foreshadowing in the storyline.

Afterwards, he watched a clip about foreshadowing on our Hitty playlist.

SCIENCE:

Prairie Flowers:

Parker read P is for Prairie Dog: A Prairie Alphabet on our EPIC app. Afterwards, he sketched prairie flowers in his FIAR Prairie Notebook

Parker continued to add prairie flowersin the Prairie Notebook he started while rowing Sarah, Plain and Tall.

Parker continued to sketch the prairie flowers mentioned in this chapter. The author mentioned Queen Anne’s Lace, Golden-rod, Wild Prairie Roses and more.

FINE ARTS:

Cooking – Raspberries:

Parker created raspberry jam using our recipe from the Seasons Afield Teacher Guide from Beautiful Feet Books. Unfortunately, neither of us took any pictures of the actual cooking process. It was delicious, though!

HELPFUL LINKS:

Chapter Book GRAB BAG:

I started creating a GRAB BAG for Hitty: Her First Hundred Years Chapter Book Unit. The Grab Bag series is a collection of worksheets and/or activities that I create while studying the FIAR Chapter Book units with my children. You can purchase our Hitty Grab Bag at our TPT Store HERE.

*NOTE: Please be aware that any printable from the Grab Bag series may have worksheets that are similar and/or the same as those available in our other printables. We try to include anything that could enhance a student’s learning experience while rowing the chapter book series.

Pinterest Board:

You can find most of the books, activities, ideas, and printables from this post on our Hitty: Her First Hundred Years Pinterest Board.

Youtube Playlist:

As with our other rows, we created a Hitty: Her First Hundred Years playlist.