Mon. Oct. 31- Fri. Nov. 4
Pilgrims and Founding of the 13 Colonies Unit Study Week
*Read and completed worksheets on each original colony using the 13 colony books (Library of the 13 Colonies and the Lost Colony) by Whitehurst and various chapters from "This Country of Ours" by H.E. Marshall
*Read "The Landing Of The Pilgrims" by J. Daugherty
*Listened to the audio presentation of "Squanto" from Focus On The Family
*Read the following out loud to siblings: (All related to theme)
Tattered Sails
Sarah Morton's Day
Samuel Easton's Day
Tapenum's Day
The Thanksgiving Story
(Portions of) If you Sailed On the Mayflower in 1620
Historical Recipes Made:
Indian Pudding
Johnnycakes
Three Sister Stew
Math: continue working on Pet Store Math and review problems
Health: discussed diseases early settlers faced such as scurvy and how to prevent
Science: Discussed weather conditions the settlers faced and the challenges these presented them with
Geography: Find various colonial locations and routes taken to arrive there
Mon. Nov. 7-Fri. Nov. 11
Mon-Thurs.
L.A.- Finish reading "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (10 pgs. per day)
Science- Discussed field marks based on readings from Z1 book and made a detailed bird map
Geog- Reviewed Great Lakes region of U.S. on map
Math-daily review of basic operations including word problems
History-Review the wealth of data covered in previous week and begin discussion of Native Americans
Fri.
Nature walk
Read The Legend of New Amsterdam by Peter Spier
Read ch. 1 of The Delaware Indians by Sonya Bleeker
