Week 4

D is for . . . Duck, daisy, drum, doll, dog and diamond

- hidden pictures worksheet for D

-writing lower case v and w

-sticker book for "D"s

Shapes: Triangles

Opposites: wide and narrow

Week 4: Sept 28 - Oct 2

Religion & Bible

personal study - book of James

Reading

Robin Hood

Writing

book report on Robin Hood

MaTh

Story problems with

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division

Science

Solids, Liquids and Gases

-kinetic theory

-Brownian motion

Measuring Substances

-volume = length x breadth x height

-mass

-weight

-density = Mass/Volume

Experiment: Find the volume of an irregularly shaped solid

tools: measuring cup, cake mixing bowl and a dishpan

place the mixing bowl in the dishpan. Carefully fill the bowl with water up to the brim.

Take the object that you want to measure and hold it just on top of the water's surface.

Let the object sink into the water. Water will spill over the side of the mixing bowl and be caught in the dishpan.

Take the mixing bowl out of the dishpan and pour the water from the dishpan into the measuring cup. The volume of water is equal to the volume of the object.

Language/Spelling/Grammar

Spelling list - the "f" sound

full feeling felt

feeder photo rough

tough family cough

enough fit golf

football puffy roof

from shelf

-review words-

agree phone main

*bonus word

difference

History & Geography

The Christian Church 1500-1600

* Luther writes his list of 95 suggested reforms

* Henry VIII declares himself the head of the English Church

* Calvin starts his church

* The Counter-Reformation

* Religious wars in France

* St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Assignments:

-time line

-discuss Luther's changes

Art & Music Appreciation

free drawing - Tuesday

community choir - Thursdays

U.S. History

P.E.

Week 3

C is for . . .cookie, cat, cow, cake, carrot, cabbage

-hidden picture worksheet for C

-writing: learning to write lower case l and i

-sticker book "C"s

Shapes: Rectangle

Opposites: Long and short

Week 3: Sept 21-25

Religion & Bible

personal study - the book of James

family devotions

Reading

Usborne's Stories From Around the World

Usborne's Stories From India

Writing

letter to a family member or friend

begin to make a journal of creative writing ideas:

list possible story titles

MaTh

Story problems with multiplication and division

Science

Molecules

-shells and bonding

-water molecules

Chemical Formulae

-O = symbol for Oxygen

-Au= symbol for gold

-Fe = symbol for iron

-K = symbol for potassium

Study models of molecules:

water

carbon dioxide

Language/Spelling/Grammar

Spelling list - the "s" sound

super fastest pass

since silly saved

mice ice cents

space seven sick

price silver race

taste sometimes

-Review words-

getting can't Sunday

*Bonus word

scissors

History & Geography

The Mogul Empire 1500-1860

* Babar wins the Battle of Panipat

* Babar is the first Mogul Emperor

* Akbar is Emperor

* Shah Jahan is Emperor

* Aurangzeb is Emperor

* The Hindu princes start to win land

* The Persians invade northwest India

* The last Mogul Emperor gives up his throne

Assignments:

- Map the Mogul Empire

- time line of important Mogul dates

- draw a picture of the Taj Mahal and tell about it

Art & Music Appreciation

picture study - Tuesdays

community choir - Thursdays

U.S. History

P.E.

Week 2

B is for . . .butterfly, bird, baseball, banana, balloon,

bat, brush, bee, boat, book, button and bell

- Hidden picture worksheet for B

-writing: tracing over curved lines

-sticker book "B"s

Shapes: Squares

Opposites: fat and thin

Week 2: Sept 14-18

Religion & Bible

personal study: the Psalms

family devotions

Reading

Writing

write one page on an assigned topic:

-choir

-roosters

-our new house

-leaf collection

MaTh

subtraction/addition story problem worksheets

multiplication review

Science

Atomic number

Atomic theory

isotopes

Language/Spelling/Grammar

spelling list - long vowel sounds

came made main

Friday shape tray

agree meal deal

deeper time kite

pie hold home

told phone blue

cute used *amazed*

History & Geography

The Ottoman Empire 1500-1918

*Sultan Suleiman rules the Ottomans

*The Ottomans attack Vienna

*The Battle of Lepanto

* The Ottomans attack Vienna for the last time

*The end of the Ottoman Empire

Assignments:

- time line

-map the Ottoman Empire

Art & Music Appreciation

free drawing - Tuesday

community choir - Thursdays

U.S. History

P.E.

Week one

A is for . . .apple, ant, arrow, acorn, airplane, asparagus

- Hidden picture worksheet for A

- writing: tracing over straight lines

- sticker book "A"s

Shapes: Circle

- learning to identify and draw

Opposites: Big and Little

Fall Term, week one: Sept 8-11

Religion & Bible

personal study: the Psalms

Family devotions

Reading

-How to be an Explorer; An Adventurer's Guide

by Sir Henry Hardcastle

-Magellan

Writing:

write one page on a given subject

-Aunt Jayme

-things you do with Daddy

-Papa and the flat tire

-my bike

MaTh

Begin review of multiplication tables 1 -6

Story problems for addition and subtraction

Science

Introduction to the Atomic Structure

becoming familiar with the terms:

atom, particles, nucleus, protons, neutrons and quarks

electrons move around the nucleus

energy levels = shells

Language/Spelling/Grammar

Spelling list - short vowel sounds

grass well fox

fact b ending summer

hands getting plus

camping smell Sunday

can't will *Bonus word*

else fishing invention

kitten think

spins drops

Day one: write each word twice

Day two: write a sentence for each word

Day three: put the words in alphabetical order

Day four: spell the words out loud in a drill

Day five: spelling test. Write any missed words five times each

History & Geography

Exploring the World 1500-1600

* Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztecs

* Magellan's ship sails around the world

*Spanish conquistadors conquer the Incas

*Cartier explores Eastern Canada

*Orellana sails along the Amazon

*Frobisher reaches northern Canada

*Drake sails around the world

* Barents reaches the Arctic Ocean

Assignments:

-complete a time line for the dates studied in this unit

-draw a sea monster

Art & Music Appreciation

picture study - Tuesdays

community choir - Thursdays

U.S. History - begins 2nd term

P.E.

outside activity

Grammar School: Third Grade Lesson plan

Language

- spelling 15 minutes per day

- reading 30 minutes

- formal grammar 20-30 minutes per day

- memory work 10 minutes per day

- read fun books 30-60 minutes per day

- continue penmanship

Writing

- working on longer letters to friends and family, once a week

- beginning creative writing

- book reports

Math

learning a concept or doing a drill 40 - 60 minutes a day

- multiplication tables 7-12

- roman numerals

- adding/carrying with large numbers

- subtracting/borrowing with large numbers

- rounding

History - Late Renaissance - early modern times (1600-1850) - 3 hours a week

-reading history books to the child

-assigning easy biographies

-making a history notebook

-List of historical topics to cover:

the Mayflower

early American settlements

Russia under Peter the Great and his successors

Prussia in the eighteenth century

the Enlightenment

the agricultural revolution

Native American cultures

the British in India

the French Revolution

British-French conflict in Canada

the American Revolution

the Napoleonic Wars

the industrial revolution

Simon Bolivar's fight for independence in South America

the siege of the Alamo

the California gold rush

Australia's beginnings as a penal colony

-List of great men and women to cover:

Mary Stuart Queen of Scots

Tokugawa Ieyasu

James I of England

Queen Nzinga of Angola

Shah Jahan

Oliver Cromwell

Charles I

Rembrandt

John Milton

Robert Boyle

Louis XIV of France

Isaac Newton

William Penn

Peter I (Peter the Great)

Yoshimune

Johann Sebastian Bach

Frederick William I (Frederick the Great)

Benjamin Franklin

Qianlong

Maria Theresa

Catherine the Great

George Washington

Franz Joseph Haydn

Thomas Jefferson

Betsy Ross

Phyllis Wheatley

Louis XVI

Marie Antoinette

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

George III of England

Eli Whitney

Captain James Cook

Tecumseh

Napoleon

Ldwig van Beethoven

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Simon Bolivar

Shaka Zulu

Sacagawea

Nat Turner

Science: basic chemistry twice a week 60-90 minutes each session

Latin: memorize vocabulary; study daily

Religion: learning about world religions through the study of history and our family's faith during family time - at least 15-20 minutes daily.

Art: at least 1 hour per week doing picture study and art projects

Music: spending 1 hour per week listening to classical music and studying a composer

Piano lessons

U.S. History: Studying the Presidents and the beginning of our country

Pre-school Lesson plan

Lessons with my 2 and four year olds will be three days a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We will focus on the alphabet, counting, shapes, opposites

I'm using Usborne First Learning:

Opposites

Shapes

Starting to Add

Ready for Reading

Usborne ABC Sticker book

Five in a Row by Jane Claire Lambert

and

Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons

And always with The Well-Trained Mind as my guide.

Grade Three Basic Schedule

Our week looks something like this. I don't have specific times because our schedule is flexible, but we get most done in the morning. The kids are up between 7:30 and 8 and do their devotions and chores in the morning before breakfast. Lessons usually begin by 9.

Third grade schedule

Monday:

Bible

- begin memory verse for the week

- personal Bible study

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano practice

Reading

Latin

Tuesday:

Bible

Math

Writing

Handwriting

Grammar

Science

Piano practice

Reading

Latin

Wednesday:

Bible

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano lesson

Reading

Latin

Thursday:

Bible

Math

Writing

Handwriting

Grammar

Science Experiment

Piano practice

Choir (winter term)

Reading

Music

Latin

Friday:

Bible

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano practice

Library

Reading

Art

Latin

Pre-school basic schedule

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9-noon :

Opposites 10 - 20 minutes - first term

Shapes 10-20 minutes - first term

Letters 10-20 minutes - first, second term

Reading 30 minutes - first, second & third term

ABC sticker book 10-15 minutes - first, second term

Ready for reading workbook 10-20 minutes - second term

Starting to Add workbook 10-20 minutes - second term

Five in a Row and 100 easy lessons for reading beginning third term

Coloring

manipulatives

physical activity

Scripture memory

Music

Fall term 2009

These are the subjects we will cover this year for grade three:

Language

Writing

Penmanship -

Mathematics: addition and subtraction of larger numbers, place values, multiplication, division, fractions, roman numerals, geometry

World History: Late Renaissance - early modern times; the last 500 years (1600 - 1850)

U.S. History: Our country's beginning, learning the Presidents

Science: Chemistry

Latin - third term

Religion

Art

Music: continue with piano lessons, continued specific study of classical composers

Choir: first term- children's community choir

Physical Education