Labor Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterSeptember 1, 2008


History

Today is Labor Day! Learn more about it with this fun scavenger hunt: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt044.shtml


Reading

Read more about Labor Day here: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question459.htm

Then answer the questions below:

1.What is Labor Day?
2. How long has it been celebrated?
3. Who created the first Labor Days?
4. When was the first Labor Day parade?
5. Which President made Labor Day a national holiday?

Vocabulary

See if you can find these Labor Day words: http://homeschooling.about.com/library/laborword.pdf



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Homeschool Math Challenge Sept 1

Many stores have labor day sales. Mary wants to buy a dress that normally costs $120. If the store has a sale for 40% off, how much will the dress cost her?

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Martin Luther King Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 28, 2008


History

On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Read more about him here: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html


Writing Prompt

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream was for all people, no matter what their skin color, to be treated equal. What is your dream?

Language Arts

Paraphrasing means to write something in your own words. Try it here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/mlk/if/

Reading

Read more about Martin Luther King here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/08/martin-luther-king-fact-or-fiction.html

Math

Practice using a timeline here: http://www.fi.edu/school/math/mlk.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 28

Use the information here to write your own story problem.

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 28

Martin Luther King - Fact or Fiction?

Read the following paragraph and tell if each sentence is TRUE or FALSE.

Dr. Martin Luther King was a preacher and a civil rights leader. He was born in 1929 and died in 1968. He led a boycott against the city bus lines because of their segregation policy.

Because if his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, he was arrested several times in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, he organized the March on Washington, which brought more than 200,000 people together. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1968, he was shot and killed by an assassin’s bullet on the balcony of the motel where he was staying. James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder.

1. Martin Luther King led a bus boycott because of the poor service. TRUE FALSE
2. Dr. King was a civil rights leader, preacher, and Nobel Prize Winner. TRUE FALSE
3. Dr. King assassinated James Earl Ray. TRUE FALSE
4. Dr. King believed that violence was not an effective way to accomplish goals. TRUE FALSE
5. Dr. King could not get anyone to march on Washington. TRUE FALSE

Voting Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 26, 2008


History

On this day in 1920, the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote was ratified.

Writing Prompt

In your opinion, what are the most important qualities that a person running for President of the United States should have?

Vocabulary

Define each of the words below:
Election Vocabulary
1. President
2. Election
3. Ballot
4. Campaign
5. Candidate
6. Convention
7. Caucus
8. Oath
9. Primary
10. Citizen
11. Incumbent
12. Term

Reading

Learn more about electing the US President here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_election.pdf

Math

Presidents at Inauguration Graph: How Old Were They? Find out here: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2089.shtml


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Homeschool Math Challenge

Harry received four times as many votes as his only opponent in an election. If his opponent received 40 votes, what is the total number of votes that were cast?

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Banana Split Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 25, 2008


History

Today is National Banana Split Day!

Vocabulary

See if you can find these ice cream related words: http://homeschooling.about.com/library/icecreamword.pdf


Reading

Read this article about banana splits: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/06/03/tem_the_great_banana.html

Then answer the following questions:

1. Which 2 towns claim to be the birthplace of the banana split?
2. Bananas became popular in the United States around the turn of the ___th century.
3. What ingredient is NOT a part of a banana split? Pineapple topping Strawberry topping Maraschino cherry

Writing Prompt

Explain how to make a banana split.
Math

Practice your division with remainders here: http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/md/not_exact_division.php

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 25

The ice cream store is having a sale on banana splits today! They normally sell for $1.79, but today they are 40% off. How much will you pay today?

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Olympics Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 22, 2008


History

Let’s learn about the Olympics! Use this sheet to research more about the Olympics: http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/writingprompt_olympicrings.pdf


Language Arts

Learn to summarize a story here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/o/olympics_news_summary.pdf

Reading

Read more about the Olympics here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/c/canadian_pairs.pdf

Geography

This year the Olympics are in China! See if you can find Beijing. Color in this map and flag of China: http://media.rd.com/rd/images/rdc/mag0808/olympics-printables/olympics-china.pdf

Logic

Who won the medals? Find out here: http://www.edhelper.com/logic/Logic73.htm


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Math Challenge August 22

If the summer Olympics is held every four years and the winter Olympics are held every alternating four years, how many Olympic games are held during a 174 year period?

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Eye Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 21, 2008


History

August is eye exam month.

Reading

Louis Braille invented "braille", a system of embossed type used across the world by blind and partially sighted people for reading and writing. Read more about him here: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_louisbraille.hcsp
Then answer these questions”
1. Was Louis Braille born blind?
2. Where was he born?
3. How many dots does the Braille system use?

Math

Light travels at about 186,000 miles per second. Calculate how long it would light to travel the following distances:

1. 1 mile
2. ½ mile
Science

Learn more about the eye here: http://www.learningpage.com/images/screens/basics/sense2.gif

Then try this cow’s eye dissection: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/


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Homeschool Math Challenge August 21

Julie is preparing her science fair project. In it she recorded the eye color of various people she knew. The results are below:

40% had brown eyes

10% had green eyes

40% had blue eyes

10% had hazel eyes

If her study involved 30 people, how many had blue eyes?

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Golf Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 19, 2008


History

August is National golf month.

Language Arts

Edit this passage and see how many mistakes you can find: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/editing/editing-mini-golf.pdf

Reading

Tiger Woods is a famous golfer. Read more about him here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/08/tiger-woods-reading-comprehension.html

Art


Make your own golf game here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/c/craft_tabletopminigolf_primary.pdf

Logic

This is a tough one, see if you can figure it out: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking/logic/2/

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Tiger Woods Reading Comprehension

Tiger Woods at age 21 is the youngest person to ever to win a professional golf tournament. One of the reasons for his success is that he can hit the ball over 300 yards, longer than any other golfer.

Many think he is an overnight success because of his young age, however this is not so. His success has stemmed from hard work, devotion to practice, and determination to succeed.
It all started at age two when his father, Earl started giving his son his first golf lesson. By age 4 Tiger was competing and winning against children who were more than twice his age. With his father’s encouragement and help, and his mother, Kultidara’s love and family devotion Tiger grew into a mature, responsible young man.

His mother has also helped him in an unusual way. She thought that wearing red would bring him luck and help him win. Like a good respectful son Tiger followed his mother’s advice and he won!

1. How far can Tiger Woods hit a golf ball?

2. How old was he when he started playing golf?

3. What color is lucky for Tiger Woods?

Homeschool Math Challenge August 19

Your golf game has improved greatly after your free golf lessons and you feel you are ready to compete with the pros. You decide to research driving distances for players on the PGA tour. You learn the that the top ten averages are as follows:

1. Tiger Woods 291.5 yds
2. Scott McCarron 284.8 yds
3. John Daly 282.9 yds
4. Phil Mickelson 282.8 yds
5. John Adorn 279.4 yds
6. Mark Calcavechia 279.3 yds
7. Kelly Gibson 279.0 yds
8. Stuart Appleby 278.6 yds
9. Paul Stankowski 277.6 yds
10. Davis Love 277.6 yds

Find the average driving distance for the top ten players.

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Baseball Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 18, 2008


History

On this day in 1934, baseball great Roberto Clemente was born. Baseball is considered “America’s Pastime.”

Writing Prompt

What is your favorite pastime and why?

Reading

Fact or Fiction? Baseball is a sport filled with quirky characters, superstitious superstars, and tall tales. Read this page and see if you can determine the truth: http://www.mentalfloss.com/worksheets/pdf/worksheet_curse.pdf

Math

Practice your math facts here: http://www.prongo.com/math/

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 18

Palmer buys and sells baseball cards. He bought a Derek Jeter card for $0.40 and sold it for $0.60. A month later she bought it back for $0.75 and then sold it again for $0.90. How much money did she make or lose in all?

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Trains Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 15, 2008


On this day in 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. Read more about it here: http://csrmf.org/doc.asp?id=345


Vocabulary

Learn some train related words here: http://homeschooling.about.com/library/trainsvocab.pdf

Language Arts

Research the history of trains here: http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/a/amtrack_ca_repro6_theriseofrailroads.pdf

Math

See if you can see what time the trains come in here: http://www.edplace.co.uk/worksheets/school/maths/key_stage2/year_4/measures_shape_space/vocabulary_related_time?worksheet_id=267

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 15

A train going to New York travels 75 miles per hour for 1 hour. Then, because of weather problems, it slows to 35 miles per hour for the rest of the trip. If the trip takes 8 hours, how many miles has the train traveled when it gets to New York?

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Smile Week Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 14, 2008


History

This week is National Smile Week!

Writing Prompt

Name one thing that makes you smile. Tell why that thing makes you smile.

Vocabulary

Bone up on your dental word knowledge here: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/archive/972332113.html

Science

Learn about tooth anatomy here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/teeth/toothanatomy.shtml

Then use what you learned to label this worksheet: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/teeth/label/labeltooth.shtml

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 14

Sharks lose teeth all of the time. Each lost tooth is quickly replaced. If a shark replaces an average of 4 teeth a week, how many will be replaced in a year?

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Cowboy Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 13, 2008


History

On this day in 1860, Annie Oakley was born. Read more about her here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oakley/peopleevents/p_oakley.html


Writing Prompt

Apply to be a Cowboy with this fun writing prompt: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2008/08/cowboy-writing-prompt.html

Math

See how far money could go for a cowboy in the 1800s here: http://www.cartermuseum.org/edu_guides/smith/resources/Cowboy_equipment_clothing_activitypage.htm




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Homeschool Math Challenge August 13

Annie Oakley helped at a roundup. She earned $1.50 for every cow he caught. The first week, she caught 99 cows. The second week she caught 273. How much money did she earn altogether?

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Computer Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 12, 2008


History

On this day in 1981, IBM announced their new PC.


Reading

Read about computer safety here: http://parenting.kaboose.com/education-and-learning/learning-resources/comp_les10.html

Then answer the questions here: http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/computer/worksheet/ws_c10_safety.pdf


Vocabulary
Learn names of computer parts here: http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/computer/worksheet/ws_c1_label.pdf


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Math Challenge August 12

The computer store has a 25% off sale on computers this week. If a computer normally sells for $550, how much is it on sale for?

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Sand Castle Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 11, 2008


History

Today is “National Play in the Sand Day.”

Writing Prompt

Describe what your ideal sandcastle would look like. Don’t forget to include a sketch.


Language Arts

Learn about subjects and predicates here: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/subjectpredicate/subject-predicate-a.pdf

Math

Go on a treasure hunt here: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/pdfs/010615pm.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 11

Palmer is building a sand castle. His bucket holds 3 2/3 cups of sand. If he removes 1 1/3 cups of sand, how much sand will be left in the bucket.

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Archaeology Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 7, 2008


History

On this day in 1903, anthropologist and archaeologist, Louis Leakey was born. Learn more about archaeology here: http://www.pastexplorers.org.uk/fun/archaeology and here: http://www.kidsdigreed.com/discovery.asp



Reading

Read more about archaeology here: http://www.astarte.com.au/html/still_digging.html
Then answer the following questions:

1. To run a medium size excavation, the archaeologist would require how many staff members?
2. Trenches may vary in size from _____ to _____.
3. What is stratigraphy?

Spelling

Have fun with this word search: http://www.kidsdigreed.com/games.asp


Writing Prompt

Look at these pictures of a dinosaur dig : http://www.dinosaursafaris.com/welcome.html
Then write a story pretending you were on the dig.

Science

Try your hand at archaeology here: http://www.astarte.com.au/ThisIsArch.pdf


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Homeschool Math Challenge August 7

A group of archaeologists found some dinosaur eggs. Solve the equation below to find out how many eggs they collected.

X-16=59

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Neil Armstrong Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 5, 2008


History

On this day in 1930, astronaut, Neil Armstrong was born. Read about him here: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html


Writing Prompt

If you could travel to outer space, where would you like to travel to and why?


Language Arts

Practice past tense verbs here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_66hrc2xfch

Reading

Learn more about Neil Armstrong here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_56cfzk24cr

Math

A person weighs different amounts in space. Calculate how much you would weigh on different planets here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgrd93zn_63pvk7qchd

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 5

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first astronauts to walk on the moon. They brought back 46 pounds of moon rocks. If objects on the moon weigh 6 times less than they do on Earth, how much did the rocks weigh on the moon?

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Coast Guard Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 4, 2008


History

On this day in 1790, the Coast Guard was established. The Coast Guard is a branch of the U.S. military and is involved with search and rescue, assisting mariners, and playing a role in maritime law. There are a number of branches in the U.S. military.

Reading

Learn about the parts of a boat here: http://www.diybob.com/lesson1.htm

Writing Prompt

Have you or any of your friends ever been on a ship? What kind was it-- general, military, or commercial? Describe a ship you have been on or in, tell how big it is, how it looks inside, what it carries, how many people may be aboard, and how fast it travels. Tell about where you traveled. Draw a picture of the ship as well.

(If you have never been on a ship, pretend you are going to go on one)

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Homeschool Math Challenge August 4

A Coast Guard boat traveled 12 miles in 15 minutes. At the same speed, how far will the boat travel in one hour?

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