Columbus Day Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 13, 2008


History
Today is Columbus Day! Learn more about it here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

Vocabulary
Find these Columbus Day words: http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/columbus.html

Geography
Make a map of the New World here: http://crafts.kaboose.com/new-world-map.html

Reading
Read this poem about Columbus: http://www.theholidayzone.com/columbus/poem3.html
Define the words: din, gales, cargo
Writing Prompt
Convincing the QueenColumbus made many appeals before he finally convinced Queen Isabella of Spain to finance his first voyage. Put yourself in his place. What arguments would you have used to sell a king or queen on financing such a venture? Consider the time in history, the risks involved in sailing, and the uniqueness of Columbus's dream. Prepare a four to five minute speech to "sell" the voyage, and deliver it to your class or family.

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Homeschool Math Challenge Oct. 13

Columbus's ships averaged 150 miles per day. They left on August 3, 1492, and arrived in the Americas on October 12, 1492. How many miles did they travel all together?

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Kelly

Dinosaur Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 6, 2008


History
October is dinosaur Month!

Spelling
Find these dino words: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/dino/search/

Language Arts
Learn about similes and alliteration here: http://www.abcteach.com/free/p/poetryprompts_dinosaur.pdf

Reading
Read more about dinosaurs here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/dino/read/

Science
Do the research! http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/dino/research/

Math
Practice expanded notation here: http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/pdfs/grade_3/g3mth02/g3mth02_01.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge Oct. 6

The largest three dimensional balloon sculpture ever built was of a Diplodocus dinosaur. The sculpture stood 88 ½ feet tall. A real Diplodocus was 16 feet tall. If you stacked 6 Diplodocuses on top of each other, would they be taller or shorter than the sculpture? By how much?

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Kelly

Pizza Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 3, 2008


History
On October is Pizza Month! Read about pizza’s history here: http://www.pizzajoe.co.uk/pizzanet_uk/pizza_history2.htm
1.Pizza as we know it could not have evolved until ____.
2. Modern pizza was born in _____.
3. In ____ the first American pizzeria was opened.

Reading
Read this story and answer the questions (p. 3-7 ) http://www.doe.state.la.us/LDE///////uploads/3740.pdf

Vocabulary
Find these pizza related words: http://www.learningtreasures.com/suite101/pizza_wordsearch.jpg

Math
Practice fractions here: http://math.about.com/library/pizza.pdf

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Homeschool Math Challenge Oct. 3

It's pizza time! Your mom knows that everyone is hungry, so she orders two pizzas. Each pizza is cut into 8 slices. There are four people in your family. If each person gets an equal number of slices, how many will each person get?

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Kelly

Safety Pin Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterSeptember 30, 2008


History
On this day in 1849, William Hunt invented the safety pin. Read about it here: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/safepin.htm
1. What other things did William Hunt invent?
2. How much did he sell the rights for?
Language Arts
Write a report about William Hunt here: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/invent/4/

Writing Prompts
Pick one of these writing prompts: http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson161/Student_overview.pdf

Art
Make this fun project with safety pins:
http://loguelikevogue12.blogspot.com/2007/05/horse-beaded-safety-pin.html

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