St. Patrick's Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMarch 17, 2009


History
Today is St. Patrick’s Day!
Writing Prompt
Write a story about a leprechaun here: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/leprechaun_writing.pdf

Reading
Learn more about Ireland here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_irish_history.pdf

Math
Practice multiplying decimals here: http://www.kidzone.ws/math/patrick/multiplication6.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge March 17

A group of kids are selling green Kool Aid on St. Patrick's Day. A large cup of Kool Aid is $1.56 and a small cup of Kool Aid is $0.53. Customers at their stand purchased 91 large cups of Kool Aid and 234 small cups of Kool Aid. How much money did they earn?

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Kelly

Math Challenge Weekly Winner March 14, 2009

Congratulations to this week's winner - Laura S.!

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Kelly

Davy Crockett Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMarch 16, 2008


History
On this day in 1955, The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes reaches the number-one spot on the pop music charts. The smash hit sells more than 7 million records and stays at number one for five straight weeks. The legend of Davy Crockett had captured the American imagination and coonskin caps start popping up everywhere. Read more about him here: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=192834

Reading
Read more about Davy Crockett here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/people/c/crockett/coloring.shtml

Vocabulary
Define the following words: legislator, formal, and narrative

Language Arts
Practice verb tenses here: http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writingc/handouts/verbforms1.htm
Learn about subjects and predicates here: http://mrshatzi.com/files/subs-preds-ws-1a.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge March 16

Davy walked every step of a 400-mile journey, keeping cattle together for Mr. Siler. At the end of the trip Mr. Siler paid Davy $5.00 dollars. How much money did Davy make per mile of his trip?

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Kelly

Florida Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMarch 3, 2009


History
On this day in 1845, Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America. Learn more about Florida with this worksheet: http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjgeog/l/blstateform.htm


Reading
Read about a boy who lives in Florida here: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/unitssubjgeog/ss/state001.htm

Then answer the following questions:
1. Shark Valley is in the _____________ part of the Florida Everglades.
2. The Florida Keys are a chain of _______ islands.
3. Key West is ____ miles from Cuba.
4. Many Cuban immigrants settled in Florida after fleeing __________’s government in Cuba.

Writing Prompt
When I awoke this morning, I saw an alligator in my backyard. Finish the rest of this story.

Geography
Use this worksheet: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/florida.shtml to complete this one: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/label/states/florida/

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Homeschool Math Challenge March 3

Alligators are a very important part of the Florida wetlands. If there were 1,200 alligators in one of these areas, but the population decreased by 2.5% every year for five years, how many alligators would be left at the end of the five-year period?

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Kelly

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Kelly

Read Across America Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterMarch 2, 2008


History
Today is Read across America Day! It is also Dr. Suess’s birthday. Learn more about Dr. Suess here: http://www.seussville.com/morefun/ted.html


Writing Prompt
Write a letter to a younger child explaining why learning to read is so important.

Vocabulary
Try this Dr. Suess word search: http://homeschooling.about.com/library/seussword.pdf

Science
Make oobleck here: http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physical_Sciences/PHY0205.html

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Homeschool Math Challenge March 2

The more things that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. If you read 25 pages in 45 minutes on Monday, 25 pages in 42 minutes on Tuesday, and 25 pages in 41 minutes on Wednesday, what is the total time in hours that you read in all 3 days?

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Kelly