Lesson 21 Resources!

And for the question of the hour... when will I have my lesson plans ready for sale again? Well, I was really hoping to have this tremendous amount of energy while my husband was gone. I was thinking I could get all these plans finished and complete because theoretically I'd have all this "free" time in the evenings.

BUT, I haven't. 

Turns out my man really does help out more than I realized (yes Chris, I know you are smiling as you read this)- and I just didn't have the energy I usually do to work. 

So, instead of selling the plans, I'm just going to post all my thoughts (in a less organized way.) Once my helping husband gets back home, then I can put the hours into making them again.

I know this is a major disappointment to many who have loved the plans, and it is to me as well. But, I am human and need to cut myself a little break every once in a while. :) 

Anyone else out there ready for summer? I am! I need about 1 month of no teaching so I can just focus on my move, selling our house, and getting organized for next year. But, alas, we are not there yet. I still have 4 more weeks to teach, and then I will feel the break I so desperately need.

Ok, so back on track here- 

I've attached what I think are some of the best websites for Lessons 21, and of course my homemade resources for your lovely families. 

As always please link back here if you use these. 

The best part is you will have no problems getting lost on the links or activities. Gotta love easy this time of year! 

For those of you that have wondered what my plans are like... this is essentially a part of what I do for those who buy them. :)

Science

Is this way cool or what? 

I LOVE this picture!

What a great lead in for us to go into Lesson 22!n Although the temp lines aren't exactly the same as the  latitude lines, they show us the general regions.

Here's a great map that you can use to print off and have them identify each one. It will be included in the" Lesson 21 Resource Download" in this post.

A great website for the 5 major circles of Latitude.

http://www.lat34north.com/cities/CitiesLatitude.cfm#namedLatitude

A short video explaining the reason and use of latitude and longitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swKBi6hHHMA

A fun song that talks about the two definitions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDqhLUzCpE

A middle school teacher explaining these. It's great for older kids and connects the parts of the earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWvp0Ncnlk

This is a great video that shows how the water goes down in different directions based on where we are at (northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, equator)- and the best part is it's in Africa! :) Sound is a little bad, but the visual is good enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb69HENUZs8

This is my FAVORITE find of the night!

It's a website that allows us to find coordinates for any place, (even a house) on earth!

http://latitude-longitude.net

So since I love applicable, I'm going to have the kids locate our house, our grandparent's house, aunts and uncles, etc. Then we are going to go to our map and locate exactly where they are using the coordinates.
Oh how I love learning!
Seriously, is this not amazing or what?

History 

1) Overview of the history sentences for this lesson and how they relate globally.

http://www.localhistories.org/canada.html

2) Here is a fun 30 minute movie of John Cabot. It is for older children as it is spoken in Old English and has much dialog. I would guess 10 and older. Or a great movie for you and your kids 8-10 to watch with you. It will take much time to explain it, but is of higher quality than the one below. Maybe a movie night family night?

http://www.nfb.ca/film/john_cabot_a_man_of_the_renaissance/

3) This is a shorter clip (around 7 minutes). I would stop it when they discuss John Cabots's death. Past that they show the Porteguese taking Newfoundland Indians and show a woman's front in the film. It's within context, but ends sadly with them being roped up under a ship. So I would just shorten the clip at his death. It's a good overview of his voyage. Parent preview advised.

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=158264

4) This is a great video on Newfoundland, present day. It's fun and light hearted. It's a very quick overview of the history there. A few bars are featured, but nothing bad is displayed.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/campaigns/explore-canada/videos.php#stjohns

5) Here are my favorite movies for History this week. They are each well made and not too long. The first one is a great follow up from Lesson 18 with the Mound builders. It shows awesome graphics for the land bridge and how they migrated over from Asia. It talks about Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and connects the study together beautifully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCQZTCbzlZk

6) The second one is all about how trading fur started and the partnership between the French and the Native Americans. It does have a battle scene between the Indian tribes, but nothing gory. It is a well made video and appropriate for ages 6 and up, parent previews recommended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0e2Jr00kSU&feature=player_embedded#!

7) Here is a long list of resources available for Samuel de Champlain. It offers worksheets and other resources for you to print off for free.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Samuel_de_Champlain/index.htm

8) This is a general overview of the history of Britain and France including their wars and solutions.

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=ivyb

9) A time line with links for English History. Starts in the beginning to now and covers many of our important events we memorize in our timeline. Just great reference point for you to get the overall picture.

http://www.localhistories.org/timeline.html

10) Here are some links containing random fun facts about Canada- including the flag's history.

http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/01/15_canada.html

http://www.todaysparent.com/activities/funny-facts-about-canada

http://hikebiketravel.com/18950/145-weird-fun-interesting-facts-canada/

Geography and Math

I'm using my cards again. This time I actually fixed them so they are the same size. Ohhh, how sweet that is- anyhow, I'm going to likely just do memory game with these and try to have them associate each one with a shape or animal. 

They can be downloaded in a much clearer version down below. 

And for Math- I will just explain this with items I group. I will likely just grab some toothpicks or magnets to show this on the board. I will post pictures as I do this lesson.

And for all the resources you have seen and more...

Click here to get the History Sentence Template and Lesson 21 Resources I've made.

Some fun crafts you can make...

http://www.dltk-kids.com/canada/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/canada/

http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/education/download/act2_e.pdf

http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade3.html

http://spoonful.com/crafts/foil-fleet

http://www.create-kids-crafts.com/sailboat-crafts-for-kids.html

Why make a boat? They explored with them from Britain to Canada. I'm only doing one of these...

 I like the last link the best as I feel like it's the most accurate looking to the boats they used back then.

And last but not least- a little general math for you to incorporate if you need it. :)

So, we are doing Singapore math and even though I absolutely love it, I know Tony is still needing more reinforcement with place value. Math is a subject I love to teach because of all the manipulatives.

When you have a limitless budget, you can really go all out at an educational resource store, but if you have reached the end of your budget, then you might want to try this instead.

We took coffee filters and glued small marshmallows on the filters. Each filter had a corresponding numeral to match. Lucy simply worked on 1-10. Then I had her sort 1-5, and count out each filter. It was a great activity for her to "see" the value.

Tony worked on his place value. I had him make 5 filters with 10 marshmallows each. Then we wrote out the word, "tens". Second, we made one filter with a single digit number. Lastly, we wrote out "ones".

                   

We concluded by testing his knowledge with the following game. Ignore the blue robe and messy house. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twWGgg7w9-M&feature=youtu.be

And this concludes the cutest math video and longest blog post ever! :)

But I hope it saved you some time searching... 

Many blessings to you all!

-Crecia