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| Topics: Art: Making a Papier-mâché globe and other craft options Bible: The parable of the sower Geography: continents & oceans Language Arts: Filling out lapbook information, writing ideas, Miracles on Maple Hill novel study materials Literature: Miracles on Maple Hill Math: angles, using a protractor Science: soil temperature, germination and seed growth, photosynthesis (basic), soil, hydroponics, tilt of the earth, whales | |||||
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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. 30 The Science of Seasons p. 31 Cut out the pieces and store for tomorrow | p. 33 Protractor activity | p. 34-37 Papier-mâché globe project | Let the globe continue drying. | Let the globe continue drying. Review the Greek & Latin root cards. |
| Science Reading | |||||
 Explore Spring | Read: Chapter 2 Green, Green, Green Activity: Soil Warm up Supplies: 2 soil thermometers Activity: The Great Sprout Race | Printable: seed growth (paste in order) Design your own seed packet Video: time-lapse mung beans sprouting Video: time-lapse corn | Activity: These Seeds are All Wet! Hydroponics experiment | ||
| The soil warm up test can be adapted for any time of the year. Just pick a sunny spot of the yard vs. a shady spot and compare soil temperatures. The activity says to use soil thermometers, but you can probably use a digital thermometer. | |||||
 For younger students: Whales: The Gentle Giants | Read this week. | ||||
 For older students: National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Whales | Read this week. | ||||
| Other Books | |||||
 Miracles on Maple Hill | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |
 What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? | Read today. | ||||
 The Greedy Triangle | Read today. | ||||
 Explore Earth’s Five Oceans | Read today. | ||||
| Notebooking and Printables | |||||
| Types of angles Angle steering puzzle Laser Angles Spider web angles Weaving a web angles Other angle worksheets: https://www.education.com/worksheets/angles/ Just put in your child’s grade on the left-hand side to get worksheets at his level. Whale lapbook – Choose items you’d like to do this week. You don’t need to do all of it. Whale vocabulary Seaworld Whales K-3 Guide Seaworld Whales Guide grades 4-8 Ocean’s lapbook printables (scroll down the linked webpage for even more) Continents and Oceans (color and label) Younger students: Label the continents Continents and Oceans worksheet Plants lapbook: Choose a lapbook (or lapbook elements). You can do a bit over the next several weeks, if desired. Other option: Botany lapbook Writing Ideas: ✿ Copywork/handwriting: Choose any sentence(s) from this week’s work to copy. ✿ Fill out some of the lapbook material. ✿ Write a report or facts about Pythagoras. ✿ Tell a story about a child who lives on or in the ocean. Where does s/he live? On a boat? The back of a giant whale? As a mermaid? Be creative! ✿ Research an animal that lives in the ocean and write about it or create a poster. ✿ Design some sea animal fact cards. Put the picture of the animal on the front and write about it on the back. Some facts to consider: What does it eat? How long does it live? How does it take care of its babies? How does it keep safe from predators? ✿ Explain step-by-step how to make an ocean in a jar (based on the activity linked below). Scholastic Teachables: Ocean (Mini-Book): Animal Habitats Life in the Sea: Science Manipulative Click here for lots of other ocean related printables. | |||||
| Crafts and Activities | |||||
| Paper plate whale Video: Make the Ocean in a Jar! | |||||
| Extras | |||||
| Bible | The Parable of the Sower Parable of the Sower coloring page 2nd option: Parable of the Sower coloring page Video: God’s Story : Seeds and a Farmer Printable poster | ||||
| Video | SciShow Kids: Where Does Soil Come From? Angles Song Two Beautiful Humpback Whales Dance | Animal Attraction | BBC Earth TED-Ed: Why do whales sing? | Soil Is Alive! | SciShow Kids Blue Whales: The Biggest Animal EVER! | SciShow Kids A Blue Whale’s Tongue Weighs More Than An ELEPHANT! | Wild Bites | BBC Earth Kids | SciShow Kids: Why Different Soils Feel Different Watch a Seed Sprout! | Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids I Could Watch Time Lapses Of Seeds Growing All Day | TED-Ed: Is this the most valuable thing in the ocean? (whale poop) SciShow Kids: What’s the Dirt on … Dirt? Growing Plants Without Soil! | Squeaks Grows a Garden! | SciShow Kids | Oceans of the World for Kids SciShow Kids: Let’s Learn the Ocean Zones! SciShow Kids: Why Can’t We Drink the Ocean? |
| Note: There are lots more TED-Ed videos about whales. You may want to sub some in for the Sci-Show videos, if you have an older student. Click here to browse the titles | |||||
| Online | Alien angles game | ||||
