Ice Cream Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 30, 2008


History

On this day in 1848, the ice cream freezer was patented. Learn more about the history of ice-cream here: http://www.essortment.com/all/historyicecrea_ori.htm


Vocabulary

Find some ice cream related words in this word search: http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/icecream.htm

Writing Prompt

Invent your own ice cream flavor here: http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/schools/crestview/ls/Ice%20Cream%20PDF/Inventing%20A%20New%20Ice%20Cream%20Flavour.pdf

Math

Math is always fun when it’s about ice-cream: http://printables.familyeducation.com/tv/printables/0876281390_Icecream.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 30

A survey taken at a local ice cream parlor found that 3/5 of all people surveyed prefered chocolate ice cream. If 15 people prefered chocolate ice cream, how many people were surveyed?

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Eggs Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 28, 2008

History

May is National Egg month. Learn more about where American chickens came from: http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/american_chickens_came_from_wher.htm

Reading

Did you know that eggs get grades too? Read more about it here: http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/getting_good_grades.htm

Then answer these questions:

1. What grade eggs are best for frying?

2. What grade eggs are best for hard cooking?

3. What is the highest grade for an egg?

4. Complete this sentence: The smaller the air cell, the __________ the grade.

5. Complete this sentence: Grading is still called _____________.

Writing Prompt

Have you ever seen a chef's hat? It's called a toque (say this like tow with a hard k on the end). A toque is white, stands up tall and has about 100 pleats. Some cooks say that the pleats stand for all the ways you can cook an egg. Can you think of 100 ways to make eggs?

Vocabulary

Can you name the parts of an egg? Try it here: http://www.eggsedu.org.uk/primary/ks2/ks2_whatisinanegg.htm

Science

Eggs need to be kept refrigerated in order to avoid food poisoning. Learn about food safety here: http://www.aeb.org/Teacher/hentohome/activity_4.htm

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 28

The average laying hen lays 257 eggs a year.

How many hours does it take the hen to lay a single egg?

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Golden Gate Bridge Lesson Plan

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May 27, 2008

History

On this day in 1937, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.

Reading

Read about the Golden Gate Bridge here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_bridge_goldengate_upperelemmiddle.pdf

Language Arts

Practice your editing skills here: http://mrshatzi.com/files/capitalization-ws-2.pdf

Writing Prompt

Imagine you could build a bridge anywhere you wanted. Where would it be? What would it look like? Write a story and draw a picture about your bridge.

Science

Learn more about bridges here: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/bridges/

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 27

The average daily toll on the Golden Gate Bridge comes to $159,244. If the toll charge per vehicle is $3.00, how many vehicles cross the bridge on an average day?

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Kelly

Memorial Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 26, 2008


History

Today is Memorial Day! This holiday commemorates the men and women who have died serving in the U.S. Military.

Writing Prompt:

Use all of the words here to write a story about Memorial Day: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/memorialday/gwrite/index.html

Reading

Read more about Memorial Day here: http://wilstar.com/holidays/memday.htm

Spelling

Fill in the blank to spell each word correctly: http://www.teach-nology.com/gold/mem1.html


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Homeschool Math Challenge May 26

Since the late 1950's on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. On average, how many flags does each soldier place?

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Blue Jeans Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 20, 2008


History

On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans. Well, actually the first "jeans" were called "waist overalls". They weren’t called jeans until 1960. Read more about it here: http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventors/a/Levi_Strauss.htm

Language Arts

Learn more about where your clothing comes from here: http://food_fiber.okstate.edu/clothsli.pdf

Reading

Blue jeans are often considered Cowboy clothes. Read more about Cowboy gear here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_26hjsdrkfc

Science

Jeans are made from cotton. Learn more about cotton here: http://www.cottonsjourney.com/Storyofcotton/default.asp


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Homeschool Math Challenge May 20

Max sees a department store ad announcing that his favorite blue jeans, which have a regular price of $50, are now on sale for 60% off the regular price. Making things even better, Max has a coupon that entitles him to 40% off the sale price of those same blue jeans. Max goes to the store, expecting the blue jeans to be free, but he is dismayed when he is told that even with the 60% off sale, and the coupon good for 40% off the sale price, the jeans are not free. How much do the blue jeans still cost after both discounts?

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Police Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 19, 2008


History

The third week in May is “National Police Week”

Reading

Choose one of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries here to read: http://www.citsoft.com/holmes3.html

Then complete this worksheet: http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks3/genre/sbdetective.html

Writing Prompt

Write a letter or make a poster of appreciation to your local police force.

Language Arts

Police use a special kind of language for spelling things. Learn more about it here: http://www.happychild.org.uk/ifs/00001pla.htm

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 19

There was too much crime in Capital City. The mayor decided to hire 6 more police officers to patrol the neighborhood. His plan seemed to have worked. Before the new officers were hired, there were 1050 crimes reported. After the officers were hired, crimes had gone down to 920 crimes reported. By what percent did the number of crimes decrease?

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Chocolate Chip Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 15, 2008


History

Today is Chocolate Chip Day!

Reading

Read about some yummy chocolate chip cookies here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/reading_comp/elem/ver27/


Geography

Where in the world do the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies come from? All over the World! Learn more about it here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_2154w3g6fz

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 15

A bakery sells 544 cookies per day. 1/4 of them are chocolate chip cookies. How many cookies are NOT chocolate chip?

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Kelly

Scotland Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 13, 2008


History

On this day in 1568, Mary Queen of Scots was defeated. Learn more about Scotland here: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/scotland.htm


Language Arts

Write a report about Scotland here: http://www.abcteach.com/countries/generalreport.htm

Geography

Label this map of Scotland: http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/ScotlandMaps.pdf

Science

Learn more about Loch Ness here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_17cfbct6g8

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 13

Mary Queen of Scots lived to be 44 years old. She was imprisoned for 19 years of her life. What percentage of her life was spent in prison?

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Robin Hood Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 12, 2008


History

On this day in 1938, the movie, Robin Hood premiered. You can read the play version here: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/forest.htm


Reading

Read more about Robin Hood here: http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/southwold/project/local/RobinHoodBallard.htm

Then answer the questions here: http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/southwold/project/local/robinques.htm

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks to complete this story about Robin Hood: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/countries/robin_hood.htm

Math

Practice adding and subtracting decimals to see how much money Robin Hood has: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_15r3ngr8hn

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 12

Robin Hood entered an arrow shooting contest. He made 7 different attempts to hit the bulls-eye, and hit it 5 times. What percentage of shots did he make?

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Sock Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 8, 2008

History

Today is no socks day!

Writing Prompts

Create your own sock here: http://www.lorislesynski.com/activities-dirtydog-3.html

Then write a paragraph describing it.

Reading

Read more about socks day here: http://www.teach-nology.com/gold/maya.html

Math

The sock goblin strikes again! What is the probability that the sock goblins will steal one from each pair of socks?? http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/math_probability_elem.pdf

(Scroll down to page 4)

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 8

Your sock drawer contains 24 white socks and 30 black socks. The lights in your room are off, so you cannot see the color of the socks. How many socks must you grab to ensure to have at least one matching pair?

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Reading is Fun Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 7, 2008

History

This week is reading is fun week! Learn about the parts of a book here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/research/book/basic/index.html

Writing Prompt

Two Characters Meet. Pick a favorite character from each of two books and write a new story or play in which they meet.

Language Arts

Learn about the Dewey Decimal Classification System here: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp261-02.shtml

Vocabulary

Solve this sweet riddle (and learn some new words!): http://www.rif.org/assets/Documents/rif_week/RIF_Week_05/SolveTheSweetRiddle.pdf

Art

Bookmarks for bookworms! Make your own bookworm bookmark here: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/bookworm-bookmark-coloring-page/

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 7

Chloe is almost finished reading her book. The book has 367 pages in it and she has read 300 of them. What percentage of the book does she still have to read?

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Kelly

No Homework Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 6, 2008

History

Today is National No Homework Day! Take a break!

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Math Challenge May 6

If it takes Madison 20 minutes to complete 1/5 of her homework, how long will it take her to complete 1/2 of her homework?

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Kelly

Cinco De Mayo Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMay 5, 2008


History

Today is Cinco De Mayo. Learn more about it here: http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/holidays/home.html

Research Mexico and write a report here: http://www.abcteach.com/mexico/generalreport.htm


Writing Prompt

Mexico and the United States share a common border. Do you think it is important to learn each other's languages? Why or why not?

Geography

Learn about Mexico’s geography here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Mexico/Mapquiz.shtml

Spanish

Learn to count to ten in Spanish here: http://www.abcteach.com/mexico/counting.htm

Math
Enjoy a math fiesta here: http://www.teachingk-8.com/teachersk8/images/content/pdf/CincoDeMayoMath_0506.pdf

(Page 2 has the answers)

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 5

Last year, 18,436 people attended the Cinco de Mayo festival. 25% more people attended this year than last year. How many people attended the festival this year?

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Kelly

Postcard Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 2, 2008

History

The first week in May is National Postcard week.

Writing Prompt

Pretend you are a pioneer with this fun postcard writing prompt: http://www.spreeweb.org/pdf/curriculum/worksheet32.pdf

Language Arts

Have fun with this “Mad Libs” type activity where you write your own postcards describing a wonderful trip and a “not so wonderful” trip: http://www.insideout.net/resource-packs/4-intermediate/IO-INT-11B-postcards.pdf

Science

Do some research about a moon and then make a postcard describing what you learned: http://www.lpb.org/education/classroom/opom/otherhtm/009howto.htm

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 2

Nick wants to send postcards to as many friends as he can while he is on vacation. The postcards cost $0.50 and the stamps cost $0.20. He must buy one stamp for each postcard. What is the greatest number of postcards he can send if he has $3.00?

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Empire State Building Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & Newsletter
May 1, 2008

History

On this day in 1931, The Empire State Building had its official opening. At the time it was the tallest building in the World. Learn more about the Empire State building here: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761580859

Reading

Read more about the Empire State Building here: http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/building/topic22.html

Then answer these questions:

1.What was the estimated cost of the Empire State Building?

2. Who were the main investors?

3. What president of the US turned the lights on for the opening ceremony?

Math

How tall is the Empire State Building? Find out here: http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/lengthheight.asp

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Homeschool Math Challenge May 1

Admission to the Empire State Building is

Adults (18-61)$14
Youth (12-17) $13
Children (6-11) $9
Seniors (62+) $13
Toddler (5 & younger) FREE

In our family we have my husband and I, Parker (15), Powell (13), Palmer (11), Tyler (7), Cody (5) and Luke (2). How much would it cost for our family to visit the Empire State Building?

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Kelly