Taking a Break from life: January 2015

Thursday, January 29, 2015

1944 meet Molly An American Girl

http://www.victorygardenfoundation.org/victorygardenshistory.htm

http://www.earthlypursuits.com/index.htm

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-and-Buttery-Turnips/Detail.aspx?prop24=RD_RelatedRecipes

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz308934235e1d8.html

http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/diy-halloween-costumes/hula-girl-costume-how-to

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/worldwarii/

http://www.pinterest.com/nelgram/1940s/?z=1
http://www.pinterest.com/karenmcg925/world-war-2/

GEOGRAPHY: Molly's address is listed as 467 Oak St, Jefferson, IL. I suggest instructing your child to color the Illinois state map and indicate where Molly lives. Then have them color in IL on the US map and indicate where on the map (if you live in the US) you live and where Molly lives.

http://americangirl.wikia.com/wiki/Molly_McIntire
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/American_Girl_Lapbook.php

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Maybelle in the soup; Maybelle goes to tea Speck, Katie

http://natalielorenzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Curriculum_guide_Maybelle_in_the_Soup_Speck_pdf.pdf

http://natalielorenzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Curriculum_guide_Maybelle_Goes_to_Tea_Speck.pdf

http://katiespeck.com/katiespeck/Fun_%26_Games.html

Bite of the Gold Bug DeClements, Barthe

Theme/Subject

Westward
Exploration and Expansion
Survivale
Subject:

Alaska

Subject:

Gold mines and mining

Subject:

Alaska Fiction.

Subject:

Historical - United States - 19th Century

Subject:

Gold mines and mining -- Fiction.
http://www.akresource.org/curriculum_cd/rollingstone/sepRs03.pdf

How did each of the chapters get their names? explain the circumstances.
The mosquitoes are as big as hummingbirds —
Itchy wool drawers —
The old man and the little dog —
The golden stairs —
Overboard —
Gold —
Uncle Tanner weakens —
About this book---
http://employment.education.uiowa.edu/beuning/07e161folder/transformationassignment.htm

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/past.html

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/4_2_act2.html

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Bite-of-the-Gold-Bug-Novel-Study-Questions-1269503

Read the word in the book and explain it or look it up to really understand it. write a description or paste a picture of it in a journal.

dumpling
impatience
hardware
sharpshooters
handlebar mustache
claim of land
outfitted
The North West Mounted Police
Chilkoot Pass
Skagway
Dawson city
Lake Bennet
Yukon River
Stampeders
The Seattle Post Intelligencer
Roomers
Sitting Room
Territory
mosquitos
hummingbirds
grizzly bear
fifty cent piece
four bits
waterfront
steamshio
stowing
lifeboat
harmonica
Puget Sound
Vancouver island
shack
barges
tide flats
Parlor
Dyea River
canyon
Scales
Golden Stairs
Klondike
moccasins
flapjacks
spectacles
summit
Norwegian
boiling simmer rapids
sluice box
trough
ribs/riffles
fat iron stove
frostbite
kerosene
hardtack
poke