CHAPTER 4 – “In Which We Go to Sea”

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 Psalm 23:1 as his Bible verse for this chapter.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

History – Horse Hair:

To cover this topic, Parker watched clips from our Hitty Playlist.

Geography – Cape Hatteras:

Parker read more about North Carolina in Travels with Charlie Down South.

Afterwards, he color-coded North Carolina on his U.S. Map from our Hitty Grab Bag.

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 both the third and fourth chapter.

Ship Jargon:

Parker completed the ship jargon vocabulary words for this chapter.

Characters – Dynamic, Static and Stereotypical:

Parker watched clips on our Hitty Playlist to cover the topic of fictional characters in our story.

SCIENCE:

Ocean Waves:

We began this unit, by reading Swashby and the Sea, because the storyline was a great tie in and we wanted to re-read as many of our previous FIAR books as we could this year.

Parker also read about waves in Julia Rothman’s Ocean Anatomy. Afterwards, he color-coded the Parts of the Wave worksheet from our Hitty Grab Bag.

Afterwards, Parker read about waves in W is for Waves an Ocean Alphabet and About Habitats Oceans on our EPIC app.

The Science of Sailing:

Parker re-read Arabella and My Blue Boat, because both books were about sailing the ocean. Rereading old FIAR books has become such a sweet way to end our FIAR homeschooling years before High School.

Parker completed a worksheet about sailing terms that we studied while rowing Arabella. He covered topics such as “heading up”, “bearing off”, “coming about or tacking” and “gybing”.

Parker also read Sarah’s Boat: A Young Girl Learns the Art of Sailing on Internet Archive.

He also read The Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown, just for fun!

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Research Project:

Parker decided to study “Coral Reefs” for his research project. As a result, he began reading and studying about coral reefs around the world.

Parker read Coral Reefs by Gail Gibbons and completed a few worksheets from our Hitty Grab Bag.

Service Project:

Parker continued collecting cans and bottles for money to donate toward Operation Christmas Child.

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 your copy HERE at our TPT Store.

*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.