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| Topics: Art: Various crafts Bible: The Day the Sun Stood Still Greek & Latin roots: equinox, vernal, perihelion, aphelion, solstice, latitude, migrate, hibernate Language arts: spelling “ph” words, writing a report, writing lapbook information, writing ideas, Miracles on Maple Hill novel study Literature: Miracles on Maple Hill Science: The sun, stars, constellations, what causes day and night, tilt of the earth, make sun prints | |||||
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | |
| Spine Books | |||||
 The Science of Seasons | p. 5 (Review this page for today’s activities.) | p. 6 (Review this page to lead into today’s activity) | p. 7 (Use to write the report about the sun) | ||
 The Science of Seasons Learn-and-Play Activities | p. 10-11 Seasons cootie catcher – Use the storybook to find the answers! | p. 22-26 Greek & Latin Root Cards Cut out and store in a plastic zipper storage bag. Learn: equinox, vernal p. 27-28 Abigail’s Spelling Lesson | Greek & Latin Root Cards: Learn perihelion, aphelion | Greek & Latin Root Cards: Learn solstice, latitude p. 29 My Report on the Sun – Feel free to allow your child to research more facts about the sun. | Greek & Latin Root Cards: Learn migrate, hibernate Play the memory game! |
| p. 22-26 Greek & Latin Root Cards These Latin & Greek root words are also featured in the vocabulary cards: latitude, perihelion, aphelion, solstice, equinox, and vernal. Your child will learn the ROOTS first. When it’s time to learn the vocabulary words, it should be easier, as s/he will know the foundations of these words! It’s easiest to learn a couple of new cards each day. Review the old cards each day while learning the new ones. Some children may need more time to memorize the meanings. Schedule out the cards to match your child’s learning speed. p. 27-28 Abigail’s Spelling Lesson These are some tough words to spell, especially for younger children. Go over the spelling strategies and show your child how to break the words down into smaller pieces to memorize. It’s optional to test your child on these words. I recommend encouraging him to go ahead and try to learn them as a challenge. Show him that he can attack tough challenges and actually get the job done! Sometimes learning is hard work, but kids are often up for more than we think they are. 😉 If you want to test these words and are working with a younger child, allow more time to study and learn them. Provide assistance as necessary and try testing words throughout the day in a fun way like calling out a word before you hand over lunch and so on. | |||||
| Science Reading | |||||
 Explore Spring | Exploring Spring – Read: Chapter 1 The Sun Makes the Seasons *Skip the flashlight activity. You will be doing it later via The Science of Seasons Activities book. | ||||
 Why Do Elephants Need the Sun? | Read today. | ||||
 The Sun | Read today. | ||||
 Younger students: The Sky Is Full of Stars | Read today. | ||||
 Older students: Star Finder! | Read/browse this week. | ||||
| Other Books | |||||
| Miracles on Maple Hill | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 |
| If you’d like language arts related assignments for this book, you may want to browse through the novel studies for this book on Teachers Pay Teachers. Choose one that matches the skills you want your student(s) to work on. | |||||
| Notebooking and Printables | |||||
| Space lapbook | Significance of the sun tabbed booklet | Sun layers booklet | Sun facts petal fold | Five sizes of stars (Which size is our sun?) | Shining stars (Reinforce that our sun is a star among billions of other stars!) |
| Printable booklet: Our Star, the Sun Layers of the sun printables Writing ideas: ✿ Copywork/handwriting: Copy any sentence(s) from this week’s books. Christians: Look up Bible verses about the sun or stars. Copy your favorite. ✿ Write a short report or make a poster about the sun or stars with information facts. You can use the sun notebooking pages here. ✿ Write the step-by-step instructions on how to make a sundial. Extra: Research how sundials were used in the past and write about it. ✿ Research and explain how different cultures throughout history thought of the constellations. ✿ Write a story about what would happen if the sun stopped shining for a month. Scholastic Teachables: The Sun and the Weather: Make & Learn Project Night and Day (Earth Rotation) Other sun related printables | |||||
| Crafts and Activities | |||||
| Make a sundial printable A more kid-friendly sundial printable Optional: Purchase a real sundial and put it in your yard. Variety of sun crafts (pick one) Tedco 8″ X 10″ Sun Art Paper Kit – Make sun prints with this kit. Marshmallow constellations (with printable constellation cards) | |||||
| Extras | |||||
| Bible | Lesson options for this week: The Day the Sun Stood Still Bible lesson (Adapt for home use.) God and the Sun lesson Lesson: The Stars Proclaim His Glory (for younger kids) | ||||
| Video | SciShow Kids: What Is the Sun? Super Stars (Constellations): Crash Course Kids #31.1 | Earth’s Rotation & Revolution: Crash Course Kids 8.1 TED-Ed: The Sun’s surprising movement across the sky | Dark Secrets of the Sun (Nova) TED-Ed: Reasons for the seasons | What Makes Day and Night? Read aloud Let’s Look at Constellations! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids | SciShow Kids: What Are Stars? What Color are Stars? | The Science of Colors! | SciShow Kids Super Stars (Constellations): Crash Course Kids #31.1 |
| Online | NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – See current images of the sun Use Stellarium to help you find constellations in your night sky. You can view it online via the link or download the app. There are also other great (free and paid) apps for viewing constellations. Do a search for your device. | ||||