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| Topics: Art: make a pop-up card, animal habitat crafts and diorama Bible: Satan is our enemy (other options: animals) Geography & Culture: Japan and Japanese writing systems, traditions, etc. Language Arts: Writing ideas, The Secret Garden novel study Literature: The Secret Garden Science: baby animals, camouflage, animal homes and habitats, predators, colors are warnings | |||||
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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. 69 Hanami coloring page | p. 70 Learning About Other Cultures | p. 71 Pop-up card | p. 73 Learning About Other Cultures continued | p. 122-128 Cut out the vocabulary cards |
| Science Reading | |||||
 Explore Spring | Chapter 5: Spring is for Babies Activity: Build a Bird’s Nest | Activity: Camouflage Treasure Hunt | |||
 Amazing Animal Journeys | p. 72-87 | p. 88-103 | p. 104-119 | p. 120-134 | p. 136-147 |
 For younger students: A Strange Place to Call Home | Read this week. | ||||
 For older students (or all ages): Habitats of the World (DK Panorama) | Read this week. | ||||
| Other Books | |||||
 Option 1: The Secret Garden | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | Chapter 25 | Chapter 26 | Chapter 27 (End of book!) |
 Option 2: The Secret Garden (Classic Starts) | Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | What do you think? Afterword (End of book! |
 Japanese Traditions | Read this week. | ||||
| Notebooking and Printables | |||||
 Creation Camouflage One-Week Unit Study / LapbookYou must purchase this item. There are five days of activities in this unit study. Do them over the week. Writing ideas: ✿ Describe an animal habitat. Use lots of different adjectives. ✿ Write about some animals that use camouflage. ✿ Fill out some of the lapbook items ✿ Copywork/handwriting: Copy any sentences from this week’s books. ✿ Write a story about a type of camouflage that can make people invisible. What kind of mischief can someone get into with something like that? ✿ Create and label a drawing of an animal habitat. Explain the purpose of the items in your drawing. ✿ Write your own bird’s nest recipe (see the one linked below for inspiration) Recipe: Bird’s Nest Breakfast Cups Scholastic Teachables: Mini-Book: Habitats Mountain (Back-to-Back Diorama): Animal Habitats Ocean (Mini-Book): Animal Habitats Grassland (Double-Sided Diorama): Animal Habitats River (Mini-Book): Animal Habitats Marsh (Lift-and-Look Mini-Book): Animal Habitats City (3-D Panorama): Animal Habitats Island (Map-Like Manipulative): Animal Habitats Desert (Back-to-Back Mini-Book): Animal Habitats Tundra (Hemisphere-Shaped Manipulative): Animal Habitats Click here for lots of other animal habitat printables. On Defense: Predators and Prey Mini-book: Sneaky Animal Shapes: Science Riddle | |||||
| Crafts and Activities | |||||
| Scholastic Teachables: 3-D Animal Habitats: Science & Art Activity $ 3D Paper Animal Habitat Dioramas $ Professional looking habitat diorama printables Other option: Look at habitat dioramas online for ideas/inspiration and have your student design one. Build an animal habitat Field trip idea: Visit a local nature preserve or other type of area that is an animal habitat. Bring sketchbooks and observe the local plants, animals and birds, water sources, etc. Discuss the food sources for the creatures that live there. | |||||
| Extras | |||||
| Bible | Option 1: Bible lesson: Satan is our enemy This lesson goes with the theme of animal camouflage (animals have enemies). These lessons go with the theme of animals, since we are studying their habitats this week): Option 2: God Wants Us to Take Care of His Animals Option 3: Bible Lessons with God’s Amazing Animals | ||||
| Video | SciShow Kids: Camouflage: Animal Hide & Seek | Can you find the camouflaged animals? | Amazing Animal Camouflage Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids #21.1 | Camouflage Queen | Wonderfully Weird Habitats for Kids | Learn all about deserts, forests, grasslands, mountains, and more | Kings of Camouflage |
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