Cycle 2 Week 5

History

The Hundred Years War

In class we will look at the pictures from CC Connected and sing the song.

Here is a quick overview of the Hundred Years War

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/hundredyearswar.htm

An interesting video on Medieval Castles
 

We are also reading a book called Castle Diary at home.  It is the diary of a young boy who goes to be a page in his aunt and uncles castle.  It is set in the medieval period.  

http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/hundred_years_war.php

English

Objective pronouns

Me 

You 

Him/her/it

Us 

You

Them

We will work on these the same as the others at home.  Sight word ball, writing in journal, spelling.

Geography

European Cities

London

Paris

Rome

Barcelona

Orleans

Math

http://www.teachwithme.com/blogs/getting-to-the-core/item/292-presidents-day-activities-7-abc-123-traceable-cards

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Buggy-Friends-Count-By-Ten

Science

http://ccthemeslessons.edublogs.org/2012/12/01/hibernation/

Adapt

Migrate

Hibernate

Science Experiments

Galaxy

Interesting information on galaxies 

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/galaxies-article/

Barycenter

Art

http://www.kidsfuncorner.com/Perspective-1.htm

Cycle 2 Week 4

History

English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the kings power.  Later, England's King Edward the IIIclaimed to be king of France and began the Hundred Years War in 1337.

In class we will sing the song and look at the picture page from CCC like we usually do.

At home I recommend this website.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/government/magnacarta.htm

This website is great!  It gives a quick simple explanation of the history we have been discussing.

English

In class: 

We use sight word balls (play pit balls with sight words written on them) at home and I will bring them in so we can throw some pronouns around.

At Home:

My girls will use the pronoun word lists in weeks 4-13 for their writing/spelling/sight words.  For Lilly I will write the words on a dry erase board that has handwriting lines on it and have her trace over it with another color.  Reagan will write the words in her writing journal herself.  

We will modify this game to match the pronoun with the noun.

Match the word to the part of speech with Easter eggs.

Science

Water Cycle

"And God said, "Let ther be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."  So God separated the water under the expanse from the water above it.  And it was so.  God called the expanse "sky."  Genesis 1:6

http://pinterest.com/pin/178032991492942010/

http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/2013/03/water-cycle-dominoes.html

Carbon and Oxygen Cycle

http://youtu.be/xFE9o-c_pKg

http://www.legacyproject.org/activities/foodfactories.html

Nitrogen Cycle

http://youtu.be/IaGNSmQQmBc

I'm really excited that this video explains why lightning is an important part of the nitrogen cycle! 

http://www.eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/cycles7.htm

Math

Skip counting the 7's and 8's

You can't beat singing these in class and at home!

7's are sung to the tune of Where is Thumbkin

8's are sung to the tune of If You're Happy And You Know It (We might mix up the clap your hands part, stomp, wiggle, laugh, any other goofy thing we can think of) 

Geography

European Rivers

http://youqueen.com/travel/6-european-rivers-youll-want-to-cruise/

Rhine

The Rhine is often combined with the smaller Moselle and Main rivers.  The Rhine begins in Switzerland and travels through France and Germany before ending in Holland.

Seine

The Seine is for those who want to see France and those who wish to see the landing beaches in Normandy from World War II. It starts in Paris and goes north through Normandy, ultimately ending at the English Channel in Le Havre.Monet fans will enjoy the stop in Vernon, home of Giverny and its gardens which is where Monet lived from 1883 until his death in 1926.Other highlights include Rouen, where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, Les Andelys, home of Chateau Gaillard which was built by Richard the Lionheart in 1196, and Conflans which leads to the Palace of Versailles. From Rouen there are excursions to the beaches of Normandy as well.

 Danube

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The Danube goes through countries that up until recently had been cut off from the western world due to the Iron Curtain. It recalls Vienna’s glory days while also visiting a number of countries that often get overlooked.The river runs from the Black Forest in Germany down through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, and Bulgaria to its end in Romania. For many Vienna will be the highlight.One of the great cities, it was the seat of power of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria for over 700 years. Other highlights include the Neuschwanstein castle which was the model for Sleeping Beauty`s castle, Budapest, Linz and Salzburg.

Elbe

The Elbe is another river that goes through history-heavy areas. It begins in the Czech Republic and ends in Germany.

Po

The Po (Latin: Padus and Eridanus; )is a river that flows either 652 km (405 mi) eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face of Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) through a delta projecting into the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 74,000 km² in all, 70,000 in Italy, of which 41,000 is in montane environments and 29,000 on the plain.^[2] The Po is the longest river in Italy; at its widest point its width is 503 m (1,650 ft).^[1] The Po extends along the 45th parallel north.

The river flows through many important Italian cities, including Turin (Torino),Piacenza and Ferrara. It is connected to Milan through a net of channels callednavigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped design. Near the end of its course, it creates a wide delta (with hundreds of small channels and five main ones, calledPo di Maestra, Po della Pila, Po delle Tolle, Po di Gnocca and Po di Goro) at the southern part of which is Comacchio, an area famous for eels. The Po valley was the territory of the Roman Cisalpine Gaul, divided into Cispadane Gaul (South of the Po) and Transpadane Gaul (North of the Po).

Volga

The Volga (Russian: Во́лга, IPA: [ˈvolɡə] ( listen)) is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows through central Russia and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Eleven of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including the capital, Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage basin. Some of the largest reservoirs in the world can be found along the Volga. The river has a symbolic meaning inRussian culture and is often referred to as Volga-Matushka (Mother Volga) inRussian literature and folklore.

Science Experiments

Our big terms for science are

Inertia

Stationary

Friction

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXAJHitPAY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTkXAJHitPAY

This friction song/video is cute.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBMSx21gKFM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRBMSx21gKFM

Sid the Science Kid explores friction in this video.

Gravity

http://vimeo.com/45603301

This video is more for parents (but fine for kids to watch). It is why we do science experiments in addition to science memory work.  I highly recommend watching it, and trying what they do.  

Orbit

http://youtu.be/lkWyM-M8o0c

Art

http://pinterest.com/pin/234116880598690232/

This is a link to the way our class will make/study abstract art.  I feel like its a very accessible lesson while introducing them to some great art terminology!

I have pinned some other great abstract lessons too.

Cycle 2 Week 3

History

In Class:

We are going to sing the History song in class.  On CCC you can get a sheet that has pictures to go along with the timeline.  I like those.  We will look at that too.  You'll have to check back for what we decide to do as an extended activity with history this week.

At Home

We read the history highlights on CC Connected.  

As a fun activity we watch Disney's Robin Hood, and pointed out people and events that matched up with our history fact.

English

In Class:

Sing and Jump one at a time on to singular people

two at a time onto plural paper

Here is a link to the papers we will jump on 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WqXiGLqhA01LJDquKrfdp-7GGzleJk3CRoWCsyuBFTk/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Extended Activity:

Here is a fun little video and song

http://youtu.be/L8MJg90XKZ8

Science

Food chain pop up book

http://schenkgr4.blogspot.com/2012/04/food-chain-pop-up-for-science-lapbooks.html

I like this idea for keeping Hudson busy

http://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/2010/08/mathliterature-connections-mouse-count.html

Books and shows:

Geography

Here is a link to some images we looked at.

We sang these with a CC Connected song too for review.

https://www.evernote.com/pub/amysthomas/geographyweek3

Timeline

Last year we looked at Cuneiform, early writing of the Phoenicians and others.  If you search cuneiform on google images you get some great results to look at.

We just started studying Exodus in the Friday women's Bible study I go to so we discussed the Israelite Exodus and Desert Wandering.  There are some fun Moses crafts on Pinterest.  

Science Experiments

Images and information from 

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-saturn.html

Storm on Saturn Hubble Space Telescope image of a storm on Saturn. 

Saturn's rings Full-color view of Saturn and its rings. 

Rings in False Color False-color image of Saturn's rings.

 This image came from http://www.universetoday.com/15300/what-are-saturns-rings-made-of/

Art

http://youtu.be/He3-tB0KgT4

Book:  Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

When you draw something upside down you have to look it how the lines actually appear on the page. Not just they way your brain remembers something, but what it's actually seeing.  In class I will ask the kids to draw a simple picture (from memory) then we will flip the picture I have upside down and have them draw it by looking at the upside down image.