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)
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)
