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 … Continue reading Cranberry Thanksgiving (Mini)
READY TO ROW: This year seems to be a FIAR mini unit adventure. We’re catching up on all the units we missed. Each book boasts a treasure-trove of learning delights. If You Find a Leaf was the perfect autumn row for our learning journey. Reading Shelf: I added some of the suggested books along with … Continue reading If You Find a Leaf
CAMPING OUT BIBLE: Memory Verse: Jordan added Proverbs 17:1 as his Bible verse for this chapter. SOCIAL STUDIES: Life Skills - Compromise: Compromise is a learned lifeskill. We’ll never get our way all the time and we shouldn’t. We try to teach our kids to be unselfish, listen to others, and take turns. The best … Continue reading Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer (Ch 6)
READY TO ROW: Reading Shelf: I was excited to set out our woodland themed books for this row. Story Disk: Parker colored the disk and put it over California. After all, we have many beautiful deciduous forests on the west coast. Cover Art: Parker created an adorable representation of the “night animals” for his cover … Continue reading Night Animals
SOCIAL STUDIES: Roosevelt Family: We went online and read about the Roosevelt family. Two years ago, we studied FDR and his wife, Eleanor. Parker remembered when we read about Eleanor Roosevelt in A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, a warm-hearted story about a family during the Great Depression. LANGUAGE ARTS: Types of Literature: First, we talked … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 3)
SOCIAL STUDIES: Geography - Egypt: Parker recently studied ancient Egypt in his Mystory of History lessons, so today he read Living in Egypt. Afterwards, he located Egypt and the Nile River in his World Atlas book. Then he used the Around the World worksheet to color-code all the places Teedie visited. Character - New Homes: … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 6)
SOCIAL STUDIES: Character - Bullies and Self Defense: After discussing bullying, we sat and read Sticks and Stones. This was a wonderful story about true friendship from Patricia Polacco’s childhood. Birds and Bird Calls: Though the bird unit was from the previous chapter, we continued it through the topics of chapter five. During our study … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 5)
LANGUAGE ARTS: Poetry: We’ve read poetry to our kids since they were little. Parker is currently reading Favorite Poems Old and New. He says he’s not a huge fan, but he loves many of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems. Perhaps, he may come to love poetry, but at least he’s had exposure to great and varied … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 4)
BIBLE: Since we started the first chapter of this book while still rowing Night Animals, we didn’t use the Bible verse for this book until the second week. Memory Verse: I created a Bible verse printable to go along with this row. You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There's a bonus … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 2)
READY TO ROW: We quickly added this book to our school year journey after reading about it in our Night Animals mini unit. Reading Shelf: We lined our reading shelves with almost everything we would cover throughout this beautiful picture book. Cover Art: Parker decided to sketch some of the animals, in this story, as … Continue reading You’re on Your Way Teddy Roosevelt (Ch 1)
