King Tut Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterNovember 26, 2007

History

On this day in 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C. Watch this video about King Tut’s tomb: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/04/king.tut.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

You can read more about King Tut here: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tut/story.asp

Reading/Vocabulary
Read this News story about King Tut: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/newsforyou/pdfs/newsforyou078.pdf
Define the words listed in the News Word Box.
Writing Prompt
If you had a tomb of all the important things in your life, what would be in there?
Geography
King Tut was the ruler of Egypt, but, where in the World is Egypt? Use an atlas or this on-line atlas http://www.atlapedia.com/ to fill out this worksheet: http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/egypt_where.PDF
Science
Make your own mummy here: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp102.shtml

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Buttons Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterNovember 16, 2007

History

Today is Button Day! Learn more about buttons here: http://www.goines.net/Writing/button_button.html


Writing Prompt

How do you think people fastened their clothes before buttons were invented?

Math

Guess my button. Practice your logic skills with this fun game: http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/buttons/

This one is a real challenge: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/buttons.html

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Marie Curie Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterNovember 7, 2007
History
Scientist, Marie Curie, was born on this day in 1867. Read more about her here: http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdcurie.htm
Watch this movie about her: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/mariecurie/

Use what you learned to answer the questions here: http://gardenofpraise.com/testb29.htm
Writing Prompt
Imagine you have just discovered a new element. Write about it! Send what you wrote to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point!
Vocabulary
Define each of the words here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/11/marie-curie-vocabulary.html

Editing
Practice your editing skills with this passage about Marie Curie: http://cambridgeesol.org/teach/cae/useofenglish/activities/one_step_worksheet.htm

Science
Read more about Marie Curie’s discoveries here: http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_5/unit_B/chap_1/act_2/1.htm
Then answer the questions here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/11/marie-curie-reading-questions.html


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Marie Curie Vocabulary

1. compound

2. element

3. energy

4. mineral

5. physicist

6. radiation

7. radioactivity

Basketball Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterNovember 6, 2007
History


On this day in 1861, James Naismith, the inventor of Basketball was born. Read more about him here: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm


Writing Prompt
Write an acrostic poem for the word basketball: http://www.abcteach.com/free/a/acrostic_basketball.pdf

Vocabulary
Practice your basketball terminology with this crossword or word search: http://bogglesworldesl.com/basketball_worksheets.htm

Math
Practice your word problem solving AND your basketball skills here: http://mathplayground.com/mathhoops_Z1.html


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Halloween Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 31, 2007
History

Today is Halloween. Read more about it here: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/story/0,6079,58038,00.html

Reading
Learn about where Halloween came from with this reading comprehension activity: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_elementary_halloween_origins.pdf
Creative Writing
Choose one of these writing prompts to write a story: http://www.abcteach.com/Halloween/storystarters.htm
Send your story to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point!

Language Arts
Fill in the blanks of this fun scary story: http://printables.familyeducation.com/tv/printables/tv00012S3.pdf

Science
Learn about human bones here: http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp (Select English, and then skeleton). If it interests you, check out the other sections as well!)
Label the bones on this skeleton using what you learned: http://worksheetplace.com/php_uploads/displaySheet.php?sheet=Halloween1

Math
Practice ordering decimal numbers here: http://www.math-drills.com/halloween/hal_orderhundredths_spider_001.pdf (print out the 1st page – the 2nd page has the answers!)




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Math Challenge October 31

Cody went trick or treating and collected 52 candy bars. His father snuck 15 pieces out of his bucket, and his mom took ten less than his dad. Then Cody ate 6 pieces. How many pieces does he have left?

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Kelly

Math Challenge October 25

Many firefighters were called to battle the wildfires. on Monday there were 356 firefighters. On Tuesday, an additional 89 joined the fight, and on Wednesday there were 92 more. By Thursday, 23 firefighters needed to rest and 56 more joined. How many firefighters were there on Thursday?

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Kelly

Mary Had A Little Lamb Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 24, 2007
History

On this day in 1788, Sarah Hale, writer of Mary Had A Little Lamb was born. Sarah has also been credited as the “Mother of Thanksgiving”. Read more about her here: http://www.quiltersmuse.com/sarah_josepha_buell_hale.htm

Read Mary Had A Little Lamb here: http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/10/mary-had-little-lamb.html

Language Arts

Can you find the proper nouns and common nouns with this worksheet? http://www.kwiznet.com/p/takeQuiz.php?ChapterID=2310&CurriculumID=16

Science

Learn more about sheep here: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Sheep/


Math

Today’s math challenge involves the metric system. Learn more about it here: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/367.shtml

Practice using this worksheet: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/reproducibles/work_metric2.shtml

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Soccer Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 23, 2007
History

On this day in 1940, soccer player, Edison Pele was born. Read more about him here: http://expertfootball.com/players/pele/


Writing Prompt
Check out this fun writing prompt: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/soccer-writing-prompt.html
Send your writing to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point!

Vocabulary
Brush up on your soccer vocabulary with this drag and drop game: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/gamefootball.htm

Geography
Practice your researching skills with this fun soccer worksheet that matches flags to the different countries: http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/wcs_geo_all.pdf

Math
Practice your multiplication facts here: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fract.cgi?A1=s&A2=2&A15=0
When you master that, try this: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fract.cgi?A1=s&A2=5&A15=0

For the more advanced, try multiplying fractions here: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/fract.cgi?A1=s&A2=5&A15=1


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Math Challenge October 23

Twelve children were at soccer practice. 1/3 of the players went out to pizza after practice. They each ate 2 slices of pizza. How many pieces of pizza did they eat?

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Kelly

Nuts Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 20, 2007
History

Today is National Nut Day! Learn more about nuts here: http://www.nutcrackermuseum.com/history_nuts.htm


Vocabulary

Learn some “nutty” words with this word search: http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/nuts.html

For Fun

Try to crack the code with this fun worksheet! http://www.walnuts.org/pdfs/California_Walnut_CracktheCode.pdf

Science

A tough nut to crack! Try this fun science experiment. (You can substitute a different nut if you want!) We will be using a food scale to weigh the nuts. http://food_fiber.okstate.edu/tuffnut1.pdf

Math
Today’s math challenge involves multiplying money. Learn about it here: http://www.mathscore.com/math/free/lessons/Hawaii/5th_grade/Money_Multiplication_lesson.html
And then practice here: http://www.mathscore.com/math/free/lessons/Hawaii/5th_grade/Money_Multiplication_sample_problems.html

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Math Challenge October 22

Fred sells a nut mixture made with two types of nuts. The Brazil nuts
sell for $5.25 per pound and the Cashews sell for $6.50 per pound. If
he mixes 10 pounds of Brazil nuts with 15 pounds of Cashews, how
much (per pound) should he charge for the mixture?

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Alaska Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 17, 2007
History

Today is Alaska Day! Alaska Day is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the territory and the raising of the US. flag at Sitka on October 18, 1867

Reading
Read about Alaska’s flag here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/flags/alaska/alaskaflag.shtml

Language Arts
Make this book about Alaska: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/geography/usstate/

Geography
Learn more about Alaska here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/alaska.shtml

Science
Read this article about Walruses landing on the Alaskan shores: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/environment/2007-10-05-alaska-walrus_N.htm
Answer the questions here: http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/walrus-questions.html
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Math
The math challenge today uses ratios. Practice here: http://www.edhelper.com/math/ratios215.htm


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Walrus Questions

1. What do Walrus feed on?

2. September ice was ___ % below the long-term average for m 1979 to 2000.

3. Walrus need either ____ or _____ to rest.

Math Challenge October 18

Ashley is going to visit her aunt in Juneau. She will travel by ferry from her home in Sitka. If the trip takes 8 hours and 45 minutes and is 150 miles, how many miles per hour does the boat travel?

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Earthquake Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 17, 2007
History
On this day in 1989, many baseball fans were surprised when the World Series game they were watching was interrupted by an Earthquake. Read more about it here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/. Learn more about Earthquakes here: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm

Geography
Learn about where earthquakes might be more likely to happen here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/earthquakes.html
And with this coloring page: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/coloring/hazmap.pdf

Creative Writing
Pretend you are a newspaper reporter and write a story as if you were reporting an Earthquake that had just occurred. Send your story to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point.
Language Arts
The Causes of Earthquakes. Read this passage and fill in the blanks: http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/earth_quake_3.PDF
Vocabulary
Learn some earthquake vocabulary here: http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/earthquakes.html
And this crossword puzzle: http://www.edhelper.com/Earth_theme12.htm

Science
Try this fun candy quake experiment: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1113

Math
Try this earthquake math puzzle: http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00494/Earthquake/05_Earthquake_Games_Solution.htm


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Dictionary Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 16, 2007
History
On this day in 1758, the father of the dictionary, Noah Webster was born. Learn more about him here: http://noahwebsterhouse.org/biography.html

Vocabulary
Try this dictionary crossword puzzle: http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_crossword.shtml

Language Arts
Here is a lesson on how to use a dictionary: http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/805/824728/apx/henry_apx_e.pdf
Practice using a dictionary with these worksheets: http://www.rhlschool.com/ref8n1.htm
And http://www.rhlschool.com/ref7n2.htm
Learn about guidewords here: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/essential/PDFs/Finding%20words.PDF

For Fun
Try this fun dictionary game: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/games/dictionarygame.html

Math
Learn about number prefixes here: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math55.txt

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Poetry Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 15, 2007
History
Today is National Poetry Day. Learn about some famous poets here: http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poet.htm

Creative Writing
Write a poem about yourself using this worksheet: http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pdfs/SDR0603t_3.pdf

Vocabulary
Poetry comes in many different forms. Learn about the different names of poems here:
http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html
then complete this worksheet here: http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.classbrain.com/artteach/uploads/poetry_worksheet.pdf

Math
Practice some math poetry here: http://www.trottermath.net/humor/poemmath.html

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Farm Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 12, 2007
History

Today is national farm day! Take a virtual tour of a farm here: http://www.greenheyes.com/pages/page1.htm

Writing Prompt
What do you think is the most important crop? Why? Send what you wrote to kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net to earn a point!
Reading
Learn more about scarecrows with this reading comprehension activity: http://www.abcteach.com/free/r/rc_scarecrows_elem.pdf
Spelling
Practice your farm vocabulary with this word search: http://www.abcteach.com/farm/wordsearch2.htm
Write each word 3 times each and use in a sentence.
Science
Learn more about cows here: http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/food/milkbio.htm
Math
Brush up your multiplication and addition skills with this fun game: http://www.prongo.com/farm/

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