Science of Seasons Week 12

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Topics: Art: How illustrations are made, using a grid method to draw, seeing negative space, making a wind chime, fall crafts Bible: “Fall” on your knees and pray Language Arts: vocabulary, copywork, writing a recipe, Farmer Boy novel study, journaling, writing ideas Literature: Farmer Boy, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Science: Why leaves change color, wind, fall
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
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. 92 Fall coloring page Vocabulary cards: Sakura, Seder	p. 94-95 Write Your Own Recipe & Recipe Cards Vocabulary cards: Yozakura	p. 97 Copywork Vocabulary: Review all cards	p. 98-101 How I Create Illustrations & Art Lesson Vocabulary: Review all cards	p. 80 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Test cards – Continue working with any “problem” cards.
Science Reading
Explore Spring			Activity: Make a Wind Chime
Why Do Leaves Change Color?	Read this week.
	Another option for this week for younger students is: Feel the Wind (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Older kids (online article to read): Why leaves change color
Other Books
Farmer Boy	Chapter 12	Chapters 13-14	Chapter 15	Chapter 16	Chapter 17
	Read this week.
Notebooking and Printables
	Fall lapbook Fall Unit Study with lapbook and printables Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs lapbook Choose a fall craft. Choose any recipe of your choice to make together. Writing ideas: ✿ Copywork/handwriting: Copy sentences out of any of this week’s books. ✿ Fill out lapbook elements. ✿ Write your own version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Perhaps it’s raining food, animals, or other items! Scholastic Teachables: Click here for fall related printables.
Crafts and Activities
	Leaf chromatography experiment Leaf chromatography video or Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? Experiment Thames & Kosmos Wind Power V4.0 STEM Experiment Kit – Start the projects in this kit.
Extras
Bible	“Fall” on your knees and pray Use the printable lesson and any linked extras like one of the crafts.
Video	Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall? \| Biology for Kids \| SciShow Kids	The Leaf Thief – An Autumn Animated Read Aloud with Moving Pictures	Time lapse of a leaf changing color	AUTUMN Tree COLOR CHANGE Time Lapse
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