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| Topics: Art: northern lights project, kangaroo craft Bible: The Bible is our compass Geography: Australia, labeling a map, salt-dough map Language Arts: The Secret Garden novel study, writing ideas, filling out lapbook items Literature: The Secret Garden Science: northern lights, earth’s poles, making a compass, tree bark, the age of a tree, states of matter, Australian animals | |||||
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| Spine Books | |||||
 The Science of Seasons | Have your kids see if they can find the pages that match this week’s activities as they do them. | ||||
 The Science of Seasons Learn-and-Play Activities | p. 51 Geography, Maps and Globes | p. 52 Northern Lights | p. 53 Northern Lights Art Project | ||
| Science Reading | |||||
 Explore Spring | Activity: Be a Bark Detective | Activity: How Old Is That Tree? | |||
| Other Books | |||||
| Option 1: The Secret Garden | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |
| Option 2: The Secret Garden (Classic Starts) | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |
| Choose 1 or more (or a similar book): | The Mystery on the Great Barrier Reef: Sydney, Australia (Around the World in 80 Mysteries) This is a longer book. Good for a read-aloud or an older child to read. Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #8: The Australian Boomerang Bonanza Australia (Country Guides, with Benjamin Blog and his Inquisitive Dog) | ||||
| Notebooking and Printables | |||||
| States of matter You may want to review or teach the states of matter, so children understand what a “cloud of gas” is in the northern lights lesson in The Science of Seasons Activities. Australian map with animals Australia lapbook Writing ideas: ✿ Copywork/handwriting: Copy any sentence(s) from this week’s books. ✿ Create and label a diagram of a tree. Write what each part does. Here is an example you can copy or work from. ✿ Research and write about kangaroos or another Australian animal. ✿ Explain what the northern lights are to a younger child. ✿ Explain step-by-step how to make a homemade compass. Scholastic Teachables: Coral Reef (Lift-and-Look Mini-Book): Animal Habitats Click here for other Australia related printables. Mini-Book: What Does a Tree Have? Science Riddle Grow an Oak Tree: Science Manipulative Leaf: Shape Book Cover (good for writing a report or facts) | |||||
| Crafts and Activities | |||||
| Video: How to Make a Kangaroo Craft Template for the craft: Template 1 (mama kangaroo) Template 2 (baby kangaroo) Australia Salt-Dough Map – Hands-on Geography | |||||
| Extras | |||||
| Bible | The Bible is our compass Video: Earth and Compasses | Magnetism | Physics | FuseSchool Activity: Make your own compass (for this week’s Bible lesson) | ||||
| Video | Australia | Destination World What’s Matter? – Crash Course Kids #3.1 Properties of Matter for Kids | Science Lesson for Grades 3-5 | Mini-Clip | All About Auroras: Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis for Kids – FreeSchool or TED-ED: What is an aurora? Night of the Northern Lights What is a Gas? | The World’s Tallest Trees! | Explore the Redwoods | SciShow Kids The Kangaroo is the World’s Largest Hopping Animal | National Geographic | SciShow Kids: The World’s Tallest Tree! | Science for Kids Redwoods: The Tallest Trees | National Geographic How Plants Drink Fog! | Explore the Redwoods! | SciShow Kids | SciShow Kids: Life as a Tree! Discover Down Under: Australia and Its Unique Wildlife | SciShow Kids Compilation 19m |
| Online | Seterra: Australia: Surrounding Countries – Map Quiz Game | ||||