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Geography~ Africa
Source~ Wikipedia
We located all the countries on our CCM map and labeled them with the stickers. It's amazing that even at their age they want to argue on who goes first. Silly kids. I guess as long as they are eager to learn that is what matters.
The kids worked on their maps throughout the 2 weeks. I had them coloring the outline maps of the countries (if I could find them) and the countries flags.
Cape Verde Map Coloring Page
Cape Verde's Flag Coloring Page
Mauritania Flag and Map Coloring Page
Senegal Map Coloring Page
Senegal's Flag Coloring Page
Gambia Map Coloring Page
Gambia's Flag Coloring Page
Guinea-Bissau Map Coloring Page
Guinea-Bissau's Flag Coloring Page
Guinea Map Coloring Page
Guinea's Flag Coloring Page
Sierra Leone Map Coloring Page
Sierra Leone's Flag Coloring Page
Liberia Map Coloring Page
Liberia's Flag Coloring Page
History~ Inventions & the Industrial Revolution
To help us learn about this time period, we used the History Through the Ages Time Travelers American History Study~ The Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression in America.
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse Website
Samuel Morse Coloring Page
Samuel Morse worksheet
Morse Code
A fun activity to do with the kids is to have them create their own message in Morse Code. My kids both wrote one and then swapped with each other to translate. After they did that, we went online and plugged it into the Morse Code Translator and they were able to hear it.
FYI** make sure they space out their letters when they are writing them with dots and dashes. We had a problem with them being a little too jumbled together.
If you have time, the kids can make their own telegraph. We fell behind so we didn't get a chance to do this. It could be a fun extracurricular activity to do with the kids in the summer.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell coloring page
Alexander Graham Bell Lesson for K-3rd grade
Alexander Graham Bell Information
Can You Hear Me? project....
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison coloring page
Thomas Edison Bio
Lesson # 1, Lesson # 2, Lesson # 3 for grades 6th-8th
Thomas Edison Museum
The Wright Brothers-Kitty Hawk
The Kitty Hawk coloring page
The Wright Brothers Coloring Page
The Wright Brothers Information
Wright Brothers Lesson Plan from the Air and Space Museum
Activities to go along with the Wright Brother Lessons
The Aircraft Parts of the Wright 1903 Flyer
Create a diorama of the Wright 1903 flyer
Religion~
Prayer- What is it?
Prayer is when we have our minds & hearts focused to God. There are all types of prayer. We can pray quietly, aloud, by our selves, with friends and family, and at Mass. Mass is the greatest prayer. A fun craft to do with kids is the Hands of Prayer craft from Look to Him and be Radiant.
Another fun idea for younger kids, is to create a door hanger that says they are praying and spending time with God. Of course, saying our nightly prayers is a great way to encourage children to pray everyday.
Latin~
Gloria
We are still learning the Gloria using our Chant Cd. I have to say we most down pat at this point.
Here's a friendly reminder on how we study Latin.
How we work through Latin......
Each day we listen to the hymn and sing along. By the end of the week, we have the section down. At least, we hope to have it. If not that's O.K. since we will continue to sing it the following weeks.
Having older children write out the prayer is a great way to help them memorize the words.
We have a Latin notebook. In the notebook, the kids each have a copy of the prayer to read over daily on their own. They add their loose leaf pages of the written parts of the prayer. By the end of the prayer, they will have copied the prayer down in full.
So for the O Salutaris....
Week 1~ copy the lines being learned for that week
Week 2~ copy the previous section, as well as, the new section being learned
Week 3~ copy the first 2 sections learned and add the section being learned for the week
Week 4~ copy the first 3 section and add the final section for a completed prayer
Science~
Process of Plant Growth
This week learned about the 3 processes needed for plant growth. They are Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Transpiration.
I found this website that explains it extremely well and it even has a video.
Math~
Multiplies of 10
These are the easy multiples to learn. For younger children, they can practice the multiples by counting dimes. Another fun idea would to have a bean bag toss and have them add the points. Label each bin 10 and they can practice some more.
Great Words~
The Gettysburg Address
We are still memorizing this speech given by President Lincoln.
Till Next Time,
Monique
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