A Post From the Past (February 2017): We planned to row The Red Carpet last year, but we ran out of time. This year we had a date with the rolling red carpet and nothing would stand in our way. We created a mix of police, maps, community helpers, vehicles, and career themed printables. We … Continue reading The Red Carpet
Every year, we select an ocean themed book to row as our last FIAR unit of the school year. This year we chose Hello Lighthouse. READY TO ROW: We kicked off our row with an overnight french toast casserole that closely resembled the rocky island foundation of the lighthouse in our book. Story Disk: Jordan … Continue reading Hello Lighthouse
BIBLE: I printed the last verse (verse 11) of our Psalm 42 tracer pack. You can grab a FREE copy here at our TPT Store! On Monday, the boys traced, illustrated, and added their verse to their Bible notebook. They recited all eleven verses at the end of the day! Way to end the year, … Continue reading Sonlight Level D (Week 36)
READY TO ROW: Kick-off Breakfast: I made chocolate chip “horseshoe” pancakes to kick off this row! Story Disk: Jordan colored our story disk and we added it to the Nantucket area of our world map. Cover Art: The boys sketched and colored a cover page in their FIAR Notebook. BIBLE: Memory Verse: I created a … Continue reading The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar
BIBLE: Memory Verse: I printed the tracer for I Samuel 17:47. You can download your FREE copy here at our TPT Store. On Monday, the boys traced their verses. On Wednesday, I cut apart their tracers and the boys cut and pasted them in their Bible notebook. SOCIAL STUDIES: Lewis & Clark: I created a … Continue reading Sonlight Level D (Week 28)
BIBLE: Bible Verse: The boys finished memorizing their poetry a couple weeks early, so they worked on memorizing Galatians 1:10 for Jordan’s The Hat Maker’s Sign FIAR unit. You can purchase your copy here at our TPT Store. There’s a FREEbie tracer in the Preview! Sea Fever: The boys successfully recited their poetry, so we … Continue reading Sonlight Level D (Week 25)
We chose to row The Hatmaker’s Sign right after Paul Revere’s Ride. We were on a patriotic roll! READY TO ROW: Tea Party: We kicked off our new book with a toast to Paul Revere’s Ride. We celebrated with our own tea party! I set out the new tea set My husband bought me for … Continue reading The Hatmaker’s Sign
BIBLE: Our Sonlight and FIAR units have been focused on early American history. As a result, we’ve continued to memorize our poetry selections as well as the FIAR Bible verses. Bible Verse: I created a Bible verse tracer to accompany Jordan‘s Paul Revere’s Ride unit. You can purchase your copy of the tracer and the … Continue reading Sonlight Level D (Week 23)
READY TO ROW: Story Disk: Bub colored our story disk and placed it on Massachusetts. Cover Page: Since the illustrations in Paul Revere’s Ride were created with watercolor, I asked the boys to use watercolor to create their cover art too! BIBLE: Bible Verse: I created a Paul Revere’s Ride Bible Verse pack. You can … Continue reading Paul Revere’s Ride
READY TO ROW: Saturdays is pancake day at our house. This week, I made “sheepy-cakes” in honor of our new book, Warm as Wool. Story Disk: Jordan colored our story disk. He placed the story disk on Ohio. Cover Art: I normally ask the kids to draw something inspired by the illustrations in the book. … Continue reading Warm as Wool
