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Cycle 1 (First 9 Weeks) Lesson Plans

Week 1: August 19th-21st


Wednesday

  1. Health: Getting to Know Each Other (Level 1-3) pg. 17
  2. Peace:Thinking about Peace (Level 1-3) pg. 110

Materials: 3 Large Sheets of Paper

  1. Peace: Examining the Peace Flower (Level 1-3) pg. 112
  2. Peace: Creating a Quiet Time (Level 1-3) pg. 122
  3. Peace: Role-Playing being a Peacemaker (Level 1-3) pg. 132
  4. Peace: Practicing Conflict Resolution  (Level 1-3) pg. 134

Materials: Peace Rose, Information Sheet: Ten Steps to Resolve Conflict

Read Aloud: Good Manners with your Friends by Rebecca Felix

Read Aloud: Have You Filled A Bucket Today? By Carol McCloud

Thursday

  1. Peace: Creating a Peace Place (Level 1-3)
  2. Peace: Exploring Cultural Awareness (Level 1-3)

Read Aloud: The Peace Rose (During Lesson) Zach Apologizes during read aloud time

Friday

Friday Activity: Health: Get to Know me Booklet

Read Aloud: Peace Week in Miss Fox’s Class




Week 2: August 24th-28th


Monday

  1. Peace: Exploring Cultural Awareness (Level 1-3) pg. 142

This is a good time to look at Cultural Celebrations Around the World NAMC pg. 144 (new book)

Read Aloud: The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf

Tuesday

  1. Peace: Exploring Environmental Awareness (Level 1-3) pg. 144

Read Aloud: If Everyone Did by Jo Ann Stover

Wednesday

  1. Physical Geography: Identifying Continents and Their Features NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 113
  2. Cultural Geography: Locating Countries of North America (Level 1-3) pg. 15
  3. Cultural Geography: Finding the Capital Cities of North America (Level 1-3) pg. 18

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Thursday

  1. Health: Discovering Nutrients in Food NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 52

Materials: Samples of foods of four main macronutrients (bread, pasta, rice, olive oil, cheese, butter, tuna, egg, yogurt), and water. Sample of micronutrients (vitamin)

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Friday

  1. Ecology: Introduction to Biomes ETC pg. 45

Friday Activity: Health: Making “A Star is Born” Poster

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey


Presentation: Use the Friday Activity as a visual aid, therefore move presentation time to the afternoon to allow for this.


 

All About You:

Share with your class some interesting things about yourself.  Tell about your family and what you like to do.  Do you have a favorite subject, play a sport, or participate in a certain activity?  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Anything you want the audience to know about you?  You can even bring in a family photo or other visual.

Skill:

3 second rule: Pause for 3 seconds before and after your presentation to prepare your audience for the                   message you are about to share.

Audience Role: Quietly listen with pleasant facial expressions and eye contact.  Show appreciation to speaker when finished and provide positive feedback.



Cultural Arts assignments to be placed on contract:

  1. Complete research questionnaire on North America.
  2. North American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 


Week 3: August 31st-September 4th


Monday

  1. Ecology: Biome Stories ETC pg. 47

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Tuesday

  1. Ecology: Elements of a Biome (1) pg. 49

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Wednesday

  1. Ecology: Elements of a Biome (2) ETC pg. 51
  2. Health: Investigating the Nervous System NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 27

Materials: two plastic cups, nylon fishing line, push tack, paper, pencils, nervous system diagram

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Thursday

  1. Health: Discovering Calories in Food NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 56

Materials: Illustration of the National Food Guide

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey

Friday

Friday Activity: Health: Exploring the National Food Guide NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 54

Materials: old magazine, scissors, poster board, glue, markers, and national food guide visual aid

Read Aloud: The 7 Habits of Healthy Kids by Sean Covey


Cultural Arts assignments to be placed on contract:

  1. Complete research rough draft on North America
  2. North American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 
  3. ETC Biome Stories Classify stories under the following labels: primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer
  4. Nervous system Diagram


Week 4: September 8th-11th


Tuesday:

  1. Health: Investigating the Skeletal System NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 30

Materials: Skeletal System diagram and nomenclature

  1. Health: Reading Nutrition Labels NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 58

Materials: Bag of chips that have more than one serving, 6 small bowls, variety of food labels

Read Aloud: Oh No, George


Wednesday

  1. Health: Investigating the Respiratory System NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 32

Materials: 2 balloons, large, clear plastic coke bottle, masking tape, respiratory system diagram 

Read Aloud: Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns We Can All Get Along


Thursday

  1. Health: Building a Food Vocabulary NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 60

Materials: National food guide, food vocabulary chart (found in background information section), resources (cookbook)

  1. Health: Building a Cooking Vocabulary NAMC (Level 2-3) pg. 62

Materials: 3 cooking utensils students are familiar with (wooden spoon, vegetable peeler, knife), 3 less familiar items (spatula, whisk, garlic press), three measuring utensils (spoons, cups, scale), four common foods (apple, garlic, egg, yogurt), food vocab chart, cooking vocab chart, resources

Read Aloud: Giant Steps to Change the World


Friday Activity: Walk to Fresh to see the produce and learn about new ones. Eat gelato on the patio.

Read Aloud: Zach Gets Frustrated


Presentation: 

 

Narration: Favorite Story

To narrate means to say in your own words.  Narrate or act out one of your favorite books.  Tell  us about the characters, the setting, plot, and why you enjoy this book.  Bring in the book or another visual aid.

Skill:

Eye Contact: Maintain good eye contact with your audience throughout your presentation to keep them interested and to help them feel special.

Visual Aid: A visual aid can greatly enhance your presentation when used correctly.  Make sure you practice with your prop or visual so that it is put to the best possible use in your presentation.


Cultural Arts Assignments to be Placed on Contracts

  1. Complete research final copy on North America.
  2. North American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 
  3. Skeletal system nomenclature
  4. Nervous system nomenclature
  5. Respiratory system nomenclature

Week 5: September 14th-18th


Monday

  1. Health: Investigating the Cardiovascular System NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 35

Materials: Timer, cardiovascular system diagram


Tuesday

  1. Art: Discovering Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors NAMC (level 1-3) pg. 116

Materials: red, yellow, and blue paint, cardstock one per child, paint brushes and palette, color wheel

Read Aloud: 

Wednesday

  1. Health: Investigating the Digestive System NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 38

Materials: diagram, two plastic straw, 2 plates, 2 popsicles

Read Aloud: 

Thursday

  1. Art: Introducing Whether Colors are Warm or Cool NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 119

Materials: blue, purple, green, red, orange, yellow paint, card stock one per child, paint brushes and palettes, color wheel, crayons of various colors, picture of stained glass window

Read Aloud: 

Friday 

  1. Activity: Art: Painting an Expressionist Portrait of a Friend NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 122

Materials: primary color paints, examples of expressionist paintings, cardstock one per                  child, paint brushes and palettes, crayons and chalk

Read Aloud: 


Presentation: North America Presentation 


Cultural arts assignments to be placed on contracts:

  1. Make a notecard for presentation and practice three times a day for presentation.
  2. North American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 
  3. Skeletal system nomenclature
  4. Nervous system nomenclature
  5. Respiratory system nomenclature
  6. Cardiovascular system nomenclature
  7. Digestive system nomenclature


Week 6: September 21st-25th


Monday

  1. Art: Making Line Drawings NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 127

Materials: drawing pencils is soft and hard lead, paper, samples by E. H. Shepard and Sir John Tenniel

  1. Art: Creating Art from Shapes NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 131

Materials: examples of Matisse’s paper cuts, pencils and paper, construction paper, glue scissors

  1. Cultural Geography: Locating Countries of South America (Level 1-3) pg. 
  2. Cultural Geography: Finding the Capital Cities of South America (Level 1-3) pg. 
  3. Physical Geography: Using the Flat Pin Maps of South America NAMC pg. 122

Read Aloud: You Get What You Get and You Don’t Throw a Fit

Tuesday

  1. Art: Discovering Light and Shade in Drawing NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 143

Materials: lamp, sphere, white paper, soft drawing pencils, tissues

Read Aloud: How Are You Peeling?

Wednesday

  1. Art: Drawing a One-Point Perspective NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 147 

Materials: examples of drawings that lack perspective, examples showing perspective, pencils, erasers, paper, ruler, red marker

Read Aloud: Sneaky Weasel

Thursday

  1. Art: Exploring Proportions of the Human Face NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 138

Materials: chart showing proportions of the human face, pencils and paper

Read Aloud: Paul Bunyon

Friday Activity:

  1. Art: Exploring the Proportions of the Human Figure NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 135

Materials: measuring tape one per child, chart paper, marker, chart showing proportions

  1. Art: Sculpting the Human Figure NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 140

Materials: modeling dough, chart showing proportions

Read Aloud: 


Cultural arts: 

  1. Complete research questionnaire on South America.
  2. South American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries
 

Week 7: September 28th-October 2nd

Monday:

  1. Botany: Reviewing the Parts of a Herbaceous Plant NAMC (Level 1) pg. 16

Material: Nomenclature parts of a plant, live herbaceous plants, fruit or vegetable from herbaceous plant (tomator, pepper, cucumber, squash, labeled diagram of herbaceous Plant, labeled diagram of fruit and vegetable from herbaceous plant

  1. Botany: Identifying Common Flowering Herbaceous Plants NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 16

Material: Three varieties of common garden flowers with labels, pictures of plants and labels, 

Read Aloud: 

Tuesday

  1. Botany: Reviewing Parts of a Tree or Shrub NAMC (Level 1) pg. 26

Material: photographs of coniferous, deciduous trees, and shrubs, diagram parts of a tree, parts of a tree nomenclature

Read Aloud:

Wednesday

  1. Botany: Comparing the Five Main Characteristics of Plants and Animals NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 36

Materials: plant, animal, table summary of plant and animal characteristics 

Read Aloud:

Thursday

  1. Botany: Botany: Learning Which Organisms are Plants NAMC (Level 2-3) pg. 38

Material: algae, moss, fern, herbaceous plant, tree or shrub, mushroom, lichen, magnifying glass, name cards of living and non-living

Read Aloud: 

Friday 

Friday Activity: Botany: Growing Bulbs NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 133

Materials: Daffodil bulbs. 

Botany: Growing Common Garden Flowers NAMC (Level 1-3) pg. 131

 Materials: seeds, planters, soil

Read Aloud: 

Presentation

 

Recitation: Bible Verse or Famous Speech (Quote)

Do your best to memorize your passage.  Share with us how it has impacted your life.

Skill:

Confidence: Trust and rely on your efforts in practicing.

Posture: Practice keeping arms, legs, shoulders, etc. relaxed and calm so as not to distract the attention of your audience.


Cultural Arts to add to contract:

  1. Complete research rough draft on South America
  2. South American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 
  3. Nomenclature Part of a plant
  4. Make and color a drawing of the plant under study, labeling each part.
  5. Make and color a drawing of one of the flowering plants studied, including the plant name.
  6. Draw and label a tree or shrub they examined outside.
  7. Draw a labeled picture of a plant, showing the five main characteristics.
  8. Draw two columns and list two examples each of plants and non plants discussed in the Activity 2: Learning which Organism are Plants
  9. Parts of a tree nomenclature
  10. Herbaceous and Woody Stems Nomenclature ETC BS-3
  11. Evergreen and Deciduous Plants Nomenclature ETC BP-4
  12. Parts of a Plant Nomenclature ETC BP-1
  13.  Parts of a Plant Nomenclature ETC BP-2

Week 8: October 5th-9th

Monday:

  1. Botany: Identifying Roots and Their Function NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 44
  2. Botany: Learning How Root Hairs Contribute to Root Function NAMC (Level 2) pg. 46

Read Aloud: 

Tuesday

  1. Botany: Demonstrating Circulation in Plant Stems NAMC (Level 2) pg. 53
  2. Botany: Identifying the Parts of the Stem NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 55

Read Aloud: 

Wednesday

  1. Botany:  Determining the Age of a Tree by Counting Its Rings NAMC (Level 2-3)pg. 57

Read Aloud: Ben Has Something to Say: A Story About Stuttering

Thursday

  1. Botany: Demonstrating that Leaves Transpire NAMC (Level 2-3) pg. 65

Read Aloud: Ben Has Something to Say: A Story About Stuttering

Friday Activity: Botany: Illustrating Trees and Shrubs NAMC (Level 2) pg. 28

Read Aloud: Train Your Angry Dragon

Cultural Arts to add to contract:

  1. Complete research final copy on South America.
  2. South American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 

 ETC Growth through the decades (ETC)

  1. Parts of a root nomenclature
  2. Parts of a stem nomenclature
  3. Parts of a leaf NAMC and ETC BL-1
  4. Photosynthesis nomenclature (homemade)
  5. Kinds of Roots Nomenclature ETC BR-2
  6. Parts of a Root Nomenclature ETC BP-1
  7. Extra Leaf Nomenclature from ETC: Kinds of Compound Leaves  BL-3; Leaf Venation BL-4, Compound and SImple Leaves BL-2, Positioning of Leaves on the Stem BL-5, Broad-leaved PLants and Conifers BP-3, Leaf Morphology LM-2
  8. Sessile Stems ETC nomenclature BS-2
  9. Parts of a Woody Stem in Winter ETC nomenclature BS-4
  10. Growth Forms of Plants ETC nomenclature BP-5

Week 9: October 12th-16th

Monday:

  1. Botany: Demonstrating that Plants need Light to Make Food and to Stay Healthy NAMC (Level 2)pg. 67
  2.  Botany: Identifying the Parts of the Leaf NAMC (level 1-2) pg. 70

Read Aloud: Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America 

Tuesday

  1. Botany: Defining Leaf Shapes NAMC (Level 2-3) pg. 72
  2. Botany: Relating the Parts of the Flower to Flower Function NAMC (level 2) pg. 77

Read Aloud: Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America 

Wednesday

  1. Botany: Learning the Functions of Fruits and Seeds NAMC (Level 2) pg. 82
  2. Botany: Demonstrating that Plants Need Water and Warmth to Grow NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 90

Read Aloud: Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America 

Thursday

  1. Botany: Demonstrating that Most Plants Need Soil to Grow NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 94
  2. Botany: Demonstration that Plants Require Nutrients for Growth NAMC (Level 1-2) pg. 96

Read Aloud: Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America 

Friday 

  1. Botany: Exploring the Properties of Different Soils (Level 1-2) pg. 98

Read Aloud: Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America 

  1. Activity: Making Grass Cup People NAMC Advanced Practical Life pg. 91

Materials: tacky craft glue, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, grass seed, potting soil, clear cup, markers and masking tape

Presentation: South America

Cultural Arts to add to contract:

  1. Make a notecard for presentation and practice two-three times a day for presentation.
  2. South American: plants, animals, places, capitals, and countries 
  3. Types of leaves nomenclature
  4. Parts of a flower nomenclature NAMC and ETC BFL-1
  5. Parts of a seed ETC nomenclature BS-1
  6. Simple and Compound Pistils ETC Nomenclature BFL-4
  7. Types of Ovary Position ETC Nomenclature BFL-7
  8. Parts of the Pistil ETC Nomenclature BFL-3
  9. Parts of a Stamen ETC Nomenclature BFL-2