Bible
-Weekly Sunday School attendance
-Family reading of James, Galatians
-Jordan's current reading book is, "Bible Stories to Read" by Rod and Staff
-weelky verse through writing
Reading through Apologia-Who am I? with family
-Fruits of the spirit
-growing strong roots
-weeding out sin
-Worldview focus-Meet Jin-Ho
-Worldview focus-Meet Sage
-We created prayer sticks where we write down prayers on possible sticks and draw a prayer before each meal
-Each child is picking a Bible verse that is relevant to something they are going through right now and they are memorizing it.
Regular visits at the senior's home to spend time with residents, participate in activities and play the piano. Playing Bingo.
Math
-Playing 99, a fast paced addition game
Completed! Singapore 2B. Working on review of topics for the month of May
-multiplication
-money
Language Arts
-weekly spelling
-weekly writing of a verse (A Reason for Handwriting)
-daily reading
-First Language lessons
-poem memorization
-noun memorization
-notebooking
Social Studies
Topic
Aboriginals of the coastal Indians
Books
The Old Ways by Susan Margaret Chapman
Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard
From Time Immemorial -The First People of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Diane Silvey
Ideas read and discussed
living together-families and villages
-social organization/class
-ancestry
-laws
-stories and legends-The Training of Tano
-families raise the children
Big Question-Family all worked together to raise children. Do you think this is a good way to raise children?
-nature is important to everything
living in balance with the sea
-fish-a food staple
-types of fishing methods
-spiritual beliefs related to fish
-story-The First Salmon Festival
living in balance with the land
-animals were hunted
-shellfish and plants were gathered in the seasons
-what food was for what seasons
-methods of cooking
-food preserved for winter
-hunting and gathering connected to spiritual beliefs.
Big Question-Do you think respect for living things has been lost in modern society?
Shelter and Clothing
-different styles of houses
-clothing made from cedar bark
-all the uses of the cedar tree
Big Question-now that we have other choices of clothing, do you think people should kill animals for clothes?
Travel by land and sea
-different canoes
-canoe making
Big Question? Do you think it is important for the First Nations people to keep traditional skills in canoe building?
Living With the Sprits?
-Shamans
-Potlachs
-Ceremonies
-Story Telling
Big Question? Would you enjoy learning through story telling like the Aboriginal did?
Expressing a Culture-Art, Drama, Music and Gmes
-totem poles were carved to commemorate a person or event
-Pictographs and petroglyphs are found
-Drama, music, masked dancers were an important part of winter ceremonies
-As in all parts of the world, games were played with friends to pass time
Big Question-Why is it important to pass down artistic skills to younger generations?
Living with other Nations-Trading and Warfare
-trading and bartering
-trade language created to help with language barrier
-shells used as currency
-war was started to seek revenge
-insults and wrongs dealt with in the longhouse
Big Question?-How did the Aboriginals obtain metal tools?
Contact with Strangers-Explorers and Traders
-Technology used in exploration
-Exploration by sea
-Exploration by land
-Trade
-monopoly of the fur trade
-middlemen
-trading posts
-disease
-The impact of mining
-The impact of settlement
-Missionaries
-Residential schools
We studied an aboriginal carved mask that we own that was given to Sean from the local reservation in Powell River. Through looking at examples we determined that the mask is of a wolf. The kids used the mask to draw their own examples.
Community
Read Understanding our Community (Rod and Staff)
Chapter 1-What is my place in the Community?
-Farms
-God's People in the Community
-What is a map?
Books
Lets Meet a Doctor by Bridget Heos
Lets Meet a Teacher by Bridget Heos
My Name is Blessing by Eric Walters
Canada Map Book 1
-Map of Canada
-Provinces and Territories
-North America Map Puzzle
Science
Force and Motion
Books
Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Egg Drop by Mini Grey
Gravity by Joseph Midthun
Experiments with Sinking and Floating by Mark Weakling
I fall Down by Vicki Cobb
Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy Carlson
The Moccasin Goalie by William (Aboriginal story)
Magnets by Anne Schreiber
What Makes a Magnet? by Franklin Branley
Amazing Magnetism by Scholastic
Videos
-Force (Discovery Education)
-Sid the Science Kid (Discovery Education)
-The Magic School Bus-Force and Motion (Discovery Education)
-Gravity (Brain Pop Jr(
-Simple Machines (Brain Pop Jr)
-Pushes and Pulls (Brain Pop Jr)
-Magnets (Brain Pop Jr)
-Sink or Float (Brain Pop Jr)
-The Magic School Bus Magnets (Netflix)
-Static Electricity (Discovery Education)
Activities
-testing cars on different surfaces to see friction in action
-notebooking facts about motion and force.
-soda pop can jump
-Coin sliding
-creating marshmallow tossers
-magnetic scavenger hunt around the house
-Making balloon powered Lego cars
-making marble run
-Balloon experiment to make static electricity
The Earth, Sun and Moon
-digital unit study from Heritage
Books
Owl Moon
All the Stars in The Sky by C.J Taylor (Aboriginal Tales about the sun, moon and earth)
Videos
Earth, Sun Moon (Learn 360)
Sun (Brain Pop Jr)
Moon (Brain Pop Jr)
Closer Look at Space: Moon (Discovery Education)
Seasons (Brain Pop)
Understanding Latitude (Learn 360)
Fall (Discovery Education)
Spring (Discovery Education)
Winter (Discovery Education)
Spring (Discovery Education
Moon phases (you tube)
Tides (Learn 360)
Hibernation (Discovery Education)
Hibernation (Brain Pop)
Migration (Discovery Education)
Migration (Brain Pop)
Nocturnal Animals (Discovery Education)
Activities
Eating Sun/Moon Artwork
Creating Spring Flowers Art
Creating Summer Foot Print Art
Creating Fall leaf print
Oreo Cookie moon phases
Creating sun/moon/earth demonstration
Caterpillar/Butterfly
-We have caterpillars and are watching them go through their metamorphosis and life cycle.
-Bought 10 more to watch the cycle again!
Videos/Books
The Bog Beast-Magic School Bus (Discovery Eduation)
-Painted Lady Life Cycle (You Tube)
-Gotta Go!
-When Butterflies Cross the Sky by Sharon Cooper
-Airplanes in the Garden by Joan Calder
-What if there were no needs? by Suzanne Slade
-Flight of the Honeybee by Raymond Huber
Health and PE
-daily activity-trampoline
-Visited Energy Plex and climbed and jumped!
Bike Rides
Weekly swimming (Fridays)
Learning to do front flips on the trampoline
Daily scooter riding around the block several times and at Polson Park skate park
Visited GArdom Lake for archery, canoeing, high ropes course and rock climbing
Hikes to explore different parts of Vernon
Read
What Does It Mean to Be Safe? by Rana DiOrio
What Does it Mean to Be Green? by Rana DiOrio
Jason Takes Responsibility by Virginia Kroll
Good Neighbour Nicholas by Virginia Kroll
Ryan Respects by Virginia Kroll
One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul (Creating items out of recycled materials)
Green City by Allan Drummond
-Digital Citizenship -Heritage kit
Books
How to Handle Cyberbullies by Ann Truesdell
-What is a cyberbully?
-Why do kids bully?
-If it Happens to you
-Stop it Before it Starts
-Don't just stand there!
The Defeat of the Cyberbully by Ben Halpert
Videos
Internet Safety (Learn 360)
Internet Safety Tips (Learn 360)
Internet Safety (Brain Pop Jr)
Netiquette (Brain Pop Jr)
Hector's World
Discussion
personal information
-online safety
-online identity
-cyberbullying
-online predators
-online identity vs. personal identity
Drugs/Alcohol Abuse
-We had a discussion of what to do if we find a needle in a public place. Discussed the effects of getting pricked by a needle-risk of disease, drugs. Came up with a safe plan.
Discussed the effects of drug use.
Videos
Brain Pop-Drug Abuse
Brain Pop Jr-Smoking
Brain Pop Jr-Drugs
Career
Read
The Berenstain Bears Dollars and Sense-discussed using money wisely.
The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials-not buying into commercialism.
Fine Arts
-regular piano lessons
-daily practice
-Art activities
Visit to the Art Gallery-print making
-Learned to dye eggs using old silk ties
Technology
-Tynker (Completed all lessons)
Lesson 1-welcome
2-connect code blocks
3-follow the path
4-recognize the pattern
5-sequencing
-6-conditional logic
7-draw simple shapes
8-squares triangles
9-sequencing review
10-use repeat loops
11-complete multiple tasks
12-conditoinal loops
13-life cycle of a frog
14-life cycle of a dragonfly
15-butterfly life cycle
16-what do magnets attract?
17-types of force
18-water cycle
19-types of clouds-blogging
-Weekly Sunday School attendance
-Family reading of James, Galatians
-Jordan's current reading book is, "Bible Stories to Read" by Rod and Staff
-weelky verse through writing
Reading through Apologia-Who am I? with family
-Fruits of the spirit
-growing strong roots
-weeding out sin
-Worldview focus-Meet Jin-Ho
-Worldview focus-Meet Sage
-We created prayer sticks where we write down prayers on possible sticks and draw a prayer before each meal
-Each child is picking a Bible verse that is relevant to something they are going through right now and they are memorizing it.
Regular visits at the senior's home to spend time with residents, participate in activities and play the piano. Playing Bingo.
Math
-Playing 99, a fast paced addition game
Completed! Singapore 2B. Working on review of topics for the month of May
-multiplication
-money
Language Arts
-weekly spelling
-weekly writing of a verse (A Reason for Handwriting)
-daily reading
-First Language lessons
-poem memorization
-noun memorization
-notebooking
Social Studies
Topic
Aboriginals of the coastal Indians
Books
The Old Ways by Susan Margaret Chapman
Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard
From Time Immemorial -The First People of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Diane Silvey
Ideas read and discussed
living together-families and villages
-social organization/class
-ancestry
-laws
-stories and legends-The Training of Tano
-families raise the children
Big Question-Family all worked together to raise children. Do you think this is a good way to raise children?
-nature is important to everything
living in balance with the sea
-fish-a food staple
-types of fishing methods
-spiritual beliefs related to fish
-story-The First Salmon Festival
living in balance with the land
-animals were hunted
-shellfish and plants were gathered in the seasons
-what food was for what seasons
-methods of cooking
-food preserved for winter
-hunting and gathering connected to spiritual beliefs.
Big Question-Do you think respect for living things has been lost in modern society?
Shelter and Clothing
-different styles of houses
-clothing made from cedar bark
-all the uses of the cedar tree
Big Question-now that we have other choices of clothing, do you think people should kill animals for clothes?
-different canoes
-canoe making
Big Question? Do you think it is important for the First Nations people to keep traditional skills in canoe building?
Living With the Sprits?
-Shamans
-Potlachs
-Ceremonies
-Story Telling
Big Question? Would you enjoy learning through story telling like the Aboriginal did?
Expressing a Culture-Art, Drama, Music and Gmes
-totem poles were carved to commemorate a person or event
-Pictographs and petroglyphs are found
-Drama, music, masked dancers were an important part of winter ceremonies
-As in all parts of the world, games were played with friends to pass time
Big Question-Why is it important to pass down artistic skills to younger generations?
Living with other Nations-Trading and Warfare
-trading and bartering
-trade language created to help with language barrier
-shells used as currency
-war was started to seek revenge
-insults and wrongs dealt with in the longhouse
Big Question?-How did the Aboriginals obtain metal tools?
Contact with Strangers-Explorers and Traders
-Technology used in exploration
-Exploration by sea
-Exploration by land
-Trade
-monopoly of the fur trade
-middlemen
-trading posts
-disease
-The impact of mining
-The impact of settlement
-Missionaries
-Residential schools
We studied an aboriginal carved mask that we own that was given to Sean from the local reservation in Powell River. Through looking at examples we determined that the mask is of a wolf. The kids used the mask to draw their own examples.
Community
Read Understanding our Community (Rod and Staff)
Chapter 1-What is my place in the Community?
-Farms
-God's People in the Community
-What is a map?
Books
Lets Meet a Doctor by Bridget Heos
Lets Meet a Teacher by Bridget Heos
My Name is Blessing by Eric Walters
Canada Map Book 1
-Map of Canada
-Provinces and Territories
-North America Map Puzzle
Science
Force and Motion
Books
Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Egg Drop by Mini Grey
Gravity by Joseph Midthun
Experiments with Sinking and Floating by Mark Weakling
I fall Down by Vicki Cobb
Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy Carlson
The Moccasin Goalie by William (Aboriginal story)
Magnets by Anne Schreiber
What Makes a Magnet? by Franklin Branley
Amazing Magnetism by Scholastic
Videos
-Force (Discovery Education)
-Sid the Science Kid (Discovery Education)
-The Magic School Bus-Force and Motion (Discovery Education)
-Gravity (Brain Pop Jr(
-Simple Machines (Brain Pop Jr)
-Pushes and Pulls (Brain Pop Jr)
-Magnets (Brain Pop Jr)
-Sink or Float (Brain Pop Jr)
-The Magic School Bus Magnets (Netflix)
-Static Electricity (Discovery Education)
Activities
-testing cars on different surfaces to see friction in action
-notebooking facts about motion and force.
-soda pop can jump
-Coin sliding
-creating marshmallow tossers
-magnetic scavenger hunt around the house
-Making balloon powered Lego cars
-making marble run
-Balloon experiment to make static electricity
The Earth, Sun and Moon
-digital unit study from Heritage
Books
Owl Moon
All the Stars in The Sky by C.J Taylor (Aboriginal Tales about the sun, moon and earth)
Videos
Earth, Sun Moon (Learn 360)
Sun (Brain Pop Jr)
Moon (Brain Pop Jr)
Closer Look at Space: Moon (Discovery Education)
Seasons (Brain Pop)
Understanding Latitude (Learn 360)
Fall (Discovery Education)
Spring (Discovery Education)
Winter (Discovery Education)
Spring (Discovery Education
Moon phases (you tube)
Tides (Learn 360)
Hibernation (Discovery Education)
Hibernation (Brain Pop)
Migration (Discovery Education)
Migration (Brain Pop)
Nocturnal Animals (Discovery Education)
Activities
Eating Sun/Moon Artwork
Creating Spring Flowers Art
Creating Summer Foot Print Art
Creating Fall leaf print
Oreo Cookie moon phases
Creating sun/moon/earth demonstration
Caterpillar/Butterfly
-We have caterpillars and are watching them go through their metamorphosis and life cycle.
-Bought 10 more to watch the cycle again!
Videos/Books
The Bog Beast-Magic School Bus (Discovery Eduation)
-Painted Lady Life Cycle (You Tube)
-Gotta Go!
-When Butterflies Cross the Sky by Sharon Cooper
-Airplanes in the Garden by Joan Calder
-What if there were no needs? by Suzanne Slade
-Flight of the Honeybee by Raymond Huber
Health and PE
-daily activity-trampoline
-Visited Energy Plex and climbed and jumped!
Bike Rides
Weekly swimming (Fridays)
Learning to do front flips on the trampoline
Daily scooter riding around the block several times and at Polson Park skate park
Visited GArdom Lake for archery, canoeing, high ropes course and rock climbing
Hikes to explore different parts of Vernon
Read
What Does It Mean to Be Safe? by Rana DiOrio
What Does it Mean to Be Green? by Rana DiOrio
Jason Takes Responsibility by Virginia Kroll
Good Neighbour Nicholas by Virginia Kroll
Ryan Respects by Virginia Kroll
One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul (Creating items out of recycled materials)
Green City by Allan Drummond
-Digital Citizenship -Heritage kit
Books
How to Handle Cyberbullies by Ann Truesdell
-What is a cyberbully?
-Why do kids bully?
-If it Happens to you
-Stop it Before it Starts
-Don't just stand there!
The Defeat of the Cyberbully by Ben Halpert
Videos
Internet Safety (Learn 360)
Internet Safety Tips (Learn 360)
Internet Safety (Brain Pop Jr)
Netiquette (Brain Pop Jr)
Hector's World
Discussion
personal information
-online safety
-online identity
-cyberbullying
-online predators
-online identity vs. personal identity
Drugs/Alcohol Abuse
-We had a discussion of what to do if we find a needle in a public place. Discussed the effects of getting pricked by a needle-risk of disease, drugs. Came up with a safe plan.
Discussed the effects of drug use.
Videos
Brain Pop-Drug Abuse
Brain Pop Jr-Smoking
Brain Pop Jr-Drugs
Career
Read
The Berenstain Bears Dollars and Sense-discussed using money wisely.
The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials-not buying into commercialism.
Fine Arts
-regular piano lessons
-daily practice
-Art activities
Visit to the Art Gallery-print making
-Learned to dye eggs using old silk ties
Technology
-Tynker (Completed all lessons)
Lesson 1-welcome
2-connect code blocks
3-follow the path
4-recognize the pattern
5-sequencing
-6-conditional logic
7-draw simple shapes
8-squares triangles
9-sequencing review
10-use repeat loops
11-complete multiple tasks
12-conditoinal loops
13-life cycle of a frog
14-life cycle of a dragonfly
15-butterfly life cycle
16-what do magnets attract?
17-types of force
18-water cycle
19-types of clouds-blogging
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