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This week I am featuring my 2nd graders boxes. His boxes do not change a whole lot from day to day for the most part. BUT, we have just started a new review for Moving Beyond the Page. These are his boxes from DAY 1 of the unit study.
The front of the boxes. I label them by subject, there is a with Mom card I use if he has to do it with me (teacher guided). There are a few other cards I may sticker here as well, as you’ll see with the history box.
L to R: WriteShop Lesson (another review we are doing), Vocabulary exercise from Moving Beyond the Page, Atlas, Desert Toob and Biomes worksheet (MBP).
L to R: Texas worksheet (MBP) and Texas items from Continent box, Geology book and project items which include Chocolate Chip Cookies, toothpicks, Periodic Elements Table, Data Chart and Graph (MBP), Math U See Gamma Unit 13 test
L to R: Gemstones worksheet (MBP), All About Spelling, Church History Reader
Since History is on the computer, this drawer is empty and I placed a computer tag on the box.
We do not have a particular order we do our boxes in with the exception that Religion is FIRST and History is LAST. I will ask him to do boxes that do not need my assistance in place of those that do IF I am busy with the other kids. Sometimes he doesn’t really feel like doing any of the boxes, and he will be indecisive, in those cases, I choose…otherwise he has the say in the order of which he does his school work.
We Watched:
Roanoke: The Lost Colony – Amazon Prime
We read:
We watched:
Nightmare in Jamestown – Netflix
Jamestown: The Beginning – Amazon Prime
We did:
They played with the figures while I read the books, and made log cabins from Lincoln Logs.
Lapbook – Hands of a Child
We will also hope to attend Homeschool Days at Jamestown in September. They are not selling tickets until end of July though.
Coming up:
We just started reviewing Veritas Press Self Paced History (Explorers to 1815), we will get caught up to Jamestown in that curriculum and then go from there. Next post will be Pilgrims and other early US settlements, but it may be a couple weeks. Stay tuned!!
Update:
See or review of Veritas Press and see our Jamestown Fort model!
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What better way to learn about other countries than through fun and entertaining folk tales from around the world!
Great stories with beautiful illustrations, this book lives up to the great Usborne name of books!
The Baobab Tree - a story from Africa
Baba Yaga the Flying Witch - a story from Russia
The Stonecutter - a story from Japan
Dick Whittington - a story from England
The Three Wishes - a story from Scandinavia
The Fish that Talked - a story from India
King Midas and the Golden Touch - a story from Ancient Greece
Brer Rabbit Down the Well - a story from America
The Magic Pear Tree - a story from China
The Genie in the Bottle - a story from the Middle East
Fun for all ages! A great early reader book for first/second graders or a read aloud for younger children.
Find the country on the map before and after reading. Illustrate the story yourself on a small piece of paper to place on the map for that country/region!
Other Resources for some of the countries included in this book:
Africa -
Free Africa Unit Studies and Lapbooks
Africa Unit Study
Montessori Inspired Africa Activities
Animals from Africa FREE 3-part cards
Short clip about the Baobab Tree
Mosaic Baobab Tree Placemat
Russia -
Free Russia Lapbook
Witch Art Project
How to use a Mortar and Pestle video
Try it yourself if you have one!
Japan -
Free Japan Lapbook
Montessori – Japan
England -
Free England Lapbook
Montessori – England
India -
Free India Lapbook
Montessori – India
Greece -
Free Ancient Greece Lapbook
China -
Free China Lapbook
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