Contents ©2003-2004
Cathy Waller. Updated August 17, 2003
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Objectives:
Resources (in the order used)
Week 1 End of Summer, Fall Migration
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31
Week 32
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By the end of this school year RiLee will be able to…
- For Science: RiLee will examine and describe living things.
She will be able to identify the characteristics that make trees unique
and identify a few main tree species in our forest. She will be able to
describe the importance of leaves in collecting energy from the sun and
converting it into food and what happens to the tree over winter.
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contents Items in blue
are from the library.
1. Math-U-See
Foundations video and manipulatives
2. File
Folder Games for Math
3. Phonics
Pathways
4. MCP’s
Spelling Workout A
5. Zaner-Bloser
1st Grade Handwriting workbook
6. Usborne
Book of World History
7. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the
World by Marjorie
Priceman
8. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
9.
Outrageous Women by Vicki Leon
10. If
You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to Write…
11. How People Lived:
City-States
12. Video
Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Mesopotamia (935An
jvideo)
13. Pyramids: 50 Hands-On Activities to
Experience Ancient Egypt by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell (932 Ha)
14. 175
Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow and Morgan
15. Reader’s
Digest How Nature Works
16. My Mother Talks to Trees by Doris Gove
17. Steve Van
Matre books
18. Egyptian
Gods and Goddesses by Henry Baker
19. M&
M and the Mummymess by Pat Ross
20. Mummies in the Morning by
Mary Pope Osbourne
21. I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting (Easy
Reader)
22. How People Lived: Secrets of the Tomb
23. Tales Mummies Tell by Patricia Lauber
(393La)
24. Secrets of Mummies by Joyce Milton (393
Mi)
25. Mummies made in Egypt by Aliki (393 Br)
26. Video:
National Geographic’s Amazing Planet: Mummies Unwrapped
27. Ancient
Egypt Treasure Chest
28. The
Usbourne Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World
29. The Life Cycle of the Oak Tree by Paula Z. Hogan
30. Why Do Leaves Change Color by Betsy Maestro
31. Bumble
Bear by James Hoffman
32. Tut’s Mummy Lost—and
Found
by Judy Donnelly
33. Ancient Egyptians Activity Book)
34. The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (398.2
Cl)
35. How
People Lived: on the Nile
36. Video:
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
37. Video:
Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Egypt (935An jvideo)
38. Video:
National Geographic Egypt DVD
39. Cleopatra by Diane Stanley (932 St)
40. Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra by Nobel Iris (921 Cl)
41. Make it Work! Ancient
Egypt
by Andrew Haslam and Alexander Parsons)
42. Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World
43. Nefertiti by Burnham Holmes
(913.2)
44. His Majesty, Queen
Hatshepsut by Dorothy Sharp (PW Juv. Fiction)
45. Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman (292Ze)
46. Ancient India and its Influence on
Modern Times by
Robert Wirsing (915.4 Wi)
47. All Kinds of Kings in fact and
legend from Hammurabi to Louis XIV by Joanna Johnston (920Jo)
48. Science
in a Nutshell
49. Minotaur
of Knossos by Robert Angeletti
50. Theseus and the Minotaur by Warwick Hutton (292 Hu)
51. Math
for Fun Projects
52. The
Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
53. The Odyssey by Joanne Mattern
54. Short
I and Long I: Play a Game
55. The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff (883 Su)
56. The Iliad and Odyssey by Marcia Williams (883 Wi)
57. Ancient Greece by Anne Pearson (938 Pe)
58. The Librarian who measured the Earth
by Kathyrn Lasky
(520 La)
59. Wishbone: Homer Sweet Homer
60. Wishbone: Hercules Unleashed
61. How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz
62. Cereal
Math
63. Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osbourne
64. Today is Monday by Eric Carle
65. Alexander the Great by Charles Mercer (921 Al)
66. Alexander the Great by John Gunther
(921 Al)
67. How
Nature Works
68. People of the Old Testament: for
children by Gloria
Truitt (221 Tr)
69. Tomie dePaola’s book of the Old
Testament (221 Bi)
70. The Sea Traders by Moutland Edey (930 Ed
71. Audio
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (PWL
compact disc)
72. DK
Math Made Easy
73. Benny’s Animals and How He Put Them
in Order by
Millicent Selsam (Pwl Easy Reader)
74. Is a Camel a Mammal? By Tish Rabe (Pwl Easy Reader)
75. Celtic Tales: Legends of Tall
Warriors and Old Enchantments by Barbara Picard (398.2 Pi)
76. How
People Lived: Invaders from the North
77. The
Celtic World by Fiona Macdonald
78. Grandfather Tang’s Story
79. Everybody
has a Body
80. Computer
game DK Human Body Explorer
81. Gobble
Up Science
82. Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osbourne
83. The Dragon’s Tale and Other Animal
Fables of the Chinese Zodiac by Demi (398.2 De)
84. A Sky Full of Dragons by Mildred Whatley Wright
85. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Mah (PWL 979.4Ma)
86. Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill (Easy
Pict)
87. Growing Up in Ancient China by Ken Teague (931 Te)
88. Ancient China by Nicholson & Watts (931 Ni)
89. Video:
Big Bird in China
90. Video:
First Emperor of China DVD
91. The Magic School Bus Explores the
Senses by Joanna
Cole
92. Hearing Things by Allen Fowler
93. Sense-abilities: fun ways to explore
the senses: activities for children 4 to 8 by Michelle O’Brien-Palmer (PWL 612.8 Ob)
94. Feeling Things by Allen Fowler
95. Buddha Stories by Demi (294.3 De)
96. Cow for Jaya by Eva Grant
97. The rumor: A Jahata Tale from India by Jan Thornhill (398.2Th)
98. In the heart of the village: the world
of the Indian Banyon Tree by Barb Bash (583 Ba)
99. They Lived Like this in Ancient
India by Marie
Neurath (915.4 Ne)
100. Rikki Tikki Tavi video
101. What
Your First Grader Needs to Know
102. Tasting Things and Smelling Things by Allen
Fowler
103. People of the Corn: A Mayan Story by Mary-Joan Gerson
104. Journey of the Nightly Jaguar by Burton Albert
105. Rain Player by David Wisniewski
106. The Llama’s Secret: A Peruvian
Legend by Argentina
Palacios
107. Feathers like the Rainbow: An Amazon
Indian Tale by
Flora
108. Maya: Land of the turkey and the deer (972Vo)
109. Hands of the Maya by Rachel Crundell (972.83Cr)
110. Step
Into the Aztec & Maya Worlds (972 Ma)
111. Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition by Ann Stalcup (746.089 St)
112. Vacation on the Volcano by Mary Pope Osbourne
113. The
Romans by Sally Hewitt (part of the Footprints in Time series)
114. I
wonder why Romans Wore Togas and Other Questions about Ancient Rome by
Fiona Macdonald, Pompeii…Buries Alive! By Edith Kunhardt
115. How
People Lived by Anne Millard
116. Classical Kids: An Activity Guide in
Ancient Greece and Rome by Laurie Carlson (938Ca)
117. Kids Discover magazine on Pompeii
118. Roman Numerals I to MM by Arthur Glisert and Number Art
by Leonard Fisher
119. Spend the Day in Ancient Rome by Linda Honan (937.6Ho)
120. Legend of Mackinaw Island by ? (PWL 398?)
121. Buffaloes Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osbourne
122. Hannah
by Gloria Whelan
123. Two
Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton
124. Michigan Indians: a way of life
changes by Donald
Chaput
125. Nishnawbe: a story of Indians in
Michigan by Lynne
Deur
126. Video
Paddle to the Sea
127. Golly sisters Go West by Betsy Byars
128. Pioneer Cat by William H. Hooks
129. Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the
1860s by Brett
Harvey
130. A place called home: Michigan’s Mill
Creek story: the history of the inhabitants of the Straits of Mackinac by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
131. When Michigan was young: the story
of its beginnings, early legends and folklore by Ethel Rowan Fasquelle
132. Computer
game Oregon Trail
133. Civil War on Sundays by Mary Pope Osbourne
134. If You Lived at the Time of the
Civil War by Kay
Moore (PWL 973.7Mo)
135. The Civil War & Reconstruction by Kallen (PWL 973.7 Ka)
136. Ghosts of the Civil War by Cheryl Harness (PWL 973.7Ha)
137. Fields of Fury: The American Civil
War by McPhorson
(PWL 973.7 Mo)
138. Civil War for Kids: A History with
21 Activities (PWL
973.7He)
139. MCP’s
Spelling Workout B
140. North
to Iron Country: a dream-quest adventure by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
141. Zaner-Bloser
2nd Grade Handwriting workbook
142. Lumber Camp Library by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (PWL Juv
fiction hardcover)
143. Journey back to lumberjack camp: a
dream-quest adventure by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
144. Lumberjack
Lingo by Sorden and Vallier
145. Calked
Boots & Cant Hooks by George Corrigan
146. Tall
Timber by Bacig and Thompson
147. Audio Bunyan & Banjoes
cassette (PWL juv. audio cassettes)
148. Video
Paul Bunyan and Good Man in the Woods (PWL)
149. Big
Annie of Calumet: true story of the Industrial Revolution by Jerry Stanley
150. Rose’s
Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression by Marissa Moss
151. Cornerstones of Freedom: Story of
the Great Depression
by Stein (973.9 St)
152. Know your Marquette County
Government: a citizens guide to Marquette County by the League of Women Voters
153. Read
Squish: A Wetland Walk by Nancy Luenn
154. One
Small Square: Pond by Donald Silver
155. Video See How they Grow: Pond
Animals video
156. Video Magic School Bus
Butterflies video
Week 1 End of Summer, Fall Migration
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) K=C, K, -CK
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on K sounds (goal
page 40-43). Have RiLee read and write as many words from each page. Play the
duck-duck-goose game.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Sunset of the
Saber tooth by Mary Pope Osbourne.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 1 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Digging up History: How archaeologists find out about the past
&First Settlers (up to 8,000 B.C.). Read 4 pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Weaving Basket
out of cattails or coil clay pot or make a miniature mud brick house.
Math: (30 min/day) (REVIEW) Work
on Lesson 3: Skip Count by 2 & Liquid Measure, Lesson 4: Solving
for Unknown & Addition +2 in Math-U-See
Foundations, Lesson 5: Skip Count by 10 & Money 10 cents and
Lesson 6: Addition +9. Watch video and practice concepts using
manipulatives. Complete worksheets. Practice the “1 Quart = 2 Pints” concept by
searching for as many quart & pint combinations in the grocery store.
Practice skip counting by 2s, 10s and 5s. Practice skip counting by 10s
starting on different numbers and backward counting from one ten to another.
Practice adding numbers up to 18 by doing the “Apple Adding” game from File Folder Games for Math, pages
12-17.
Math Materials: pint and quart
containers, dimes & nickels, pattern blocks
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk)
Science Activity:
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on four letter words
with two consonant endings (page 46-56). Have RiLee read and write as many
words from these pages.
Reading: (30 minutes/day)
Spelling: Complete Lesson 2 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) First Cities (8000-5,000B.C.). Read 2 pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a narration page for the
history notebook.
History Activity: Field trip to
Field Museum
Math: (30 min/day) (REVIEW)
Watch Lesson 7: Skip Count by 5 & Money 5 cents and Lesson 8: Addition
+8 on Math-U-See Foundations video.
Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text.
Practice counting with nickels by doing hands-on activities. Weigh different
fruit and determine how much they would cost at 5 cents per pound. Watch Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice
adding numbers up to 18 by doing the “Apple Adding” game from File Folder Games for Math, pages 12-17. Read How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman and
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by
Gail Gibbons. Dry apples and/or make apple tarts or popovers.
Math Materials: apples and other
fruit of various weights, pie crust, nickels & dimes
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Research
and write a report on bears.
Science Activity: Take a hike
and collect leaves from different tree species for a leaf collection. Sort them
into piles based on similar shapes. Select the best one from each.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on four letter
words with two consonant endings (page 46-56). Have RiLee read and write as
many words from these pages. Play a game of jump rope.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Enheduana of Sumer in the
Outrageous
Women by Vicki Leon.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 3 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Brainstorm
and create a list of words which are any way related to trees (examples in If You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to Write…,
pg. 55). Post the list and add to it as the week goes on. Complete 5-6 pages in
Zaner-Bloser 1st Grade
Handwriting workbook per week. Work on completing Van Gogh poem.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Mesopotamia-Sumerians (5,000-2000 B.C.). Read 6 pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a
narration page for the history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read How People Lived: City-States, pg. 14-17
and complete project/activity.
Video: Ancient Civilizations
for Children: Ancient Mesopotamia (935An jvideo).
History Activity: Create a
miniature Mesopotamia River valley (pg. 31, Pyramids:
50 Hands-On Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell (932
Ha) and make a Sumerian royal headdress from the Ancient Arts Jewelry
kit.
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
Lesson: Telling Time in Math-U-See
Foundations. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in
Student Text. Practice telling time and +8 facts by doing hands-on activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) What is a
tree? Read pages 92-103 in 175 Amazing
Nature Experiments by Harlow and Morgan and pages 54-57 in Reader’s Digest How Nature Works. Read My Mother Talks to Trees by Doris Gove. Make a definitions page for the
science notebook (What We Read). Complete 1-2 activities or experiments.
Science Activity: Role play what it is to start as a seed,
then anchor to the soil and grow, endure all that happens around since a trees
can’t go anywhere. (refer to Steve Van Matre books for ideas). Select on
special tree, give it a name, and record data about it (pg. 92 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow
and Morgan).
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) “Y” Suffix
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on “y” suffix
with its common long “e” sound (pages 58-60). Have RiLee read and write as many
words from the “Y” suffix review page as possible. (Maybe make and eat some
candy.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Have
RiLee read Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
by Henry Baker and M& M and the
Mummymess by Pat Ross. Read Mummies in the
Morning by Mary Pope Osbourne and I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting (Easy Reader).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 4
& 5 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
Van Gogh poem. Complete 5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Egypt Old Kingdom (4000-2040 B.C.): First Settlers on the Nile &
Farmers, Food and Drink, Tombs and Life After Death. Read six pages from Usborne Book of World History. Also read How People
Lived: Secrets of the Tomb, pg. 22-23, Tales Mummies Tell by Patricia Lauber (393La), Secrets of Mummies by Joyce Milton (393
Mi), Mummies made in Egypt by Aliki
(393 Br) and complete
project/activity. Locate Egypt on the globe. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Complete project/activity.
Video: National Geographic’s Amazing Planet: Mummies Unwrapped
History Activity: Complete
activities in Ancient Egypt Treasure Chest,
and do a self-portrait in the ancient Egyptian style and dress yourself in
period clothing (pg. 51, Pyramids: 50 Hands-On Activities to
Experience Ancient Egypt by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell (932 Ha).
Experiment with Hieroglyphics stamp kit.
History Material: Paper or
parchment, colored pencils and markers
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
Lesson: Telling Time in Math-U-See
Foundations. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in
Student Text. Practice telling time and +8 facts by doing hands-on activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) What types
of trees live around us? Read pages 92-93 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow and Morgan, pgs. 8-9
“Trees” in The Usbourne Illustrated
Encyclopedia: The Natural World, and pages 54-57 in Reader’s Digest How Nature Works. Read The Life Cycle of the
Oak Tree by Paula
Z. Hogan and Why Do Leaves Change Color
by Betsy Maestro. Make a definitions page for the science notebook (What
We Read). Complete 1-2 activities or experiments.
Science Activity: Assemble the
data on the special tree into a Tree Poster (pg. 92 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow and Morgan). Take a walk
around to locate different types of trees. Make bark rubbings and collect
leaves, flowers/seeds, twigs of the trees. Assemble them in a scrapbook and
record the data-name, date, location, how old.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) Twin Consonant Endings-ll, -ff, -ss, and
-zz
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on twin consonant
endings (page 61). Have RiLee read and write as many words from these pages.
She should also read for fun Bumble Bear
by James Hoffman.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Tut’s Mummy Lost—and Found by Judy Donnelly, an
Egyptian fairy tale (pg. 12-13, from the Ancient Egyptians Activity Book) and the legend The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (398.2 Cl).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 6
& 7 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Egypt Middle Kingdom (2040-1500 B.C.): Building Pyramids and sport
& Leisure. Read four pages from Usborne
Book of World History and read How
People Lived: on the Nile, pages 18-21. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Complete project/activity.
Video: Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile, Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Egypt (935An jvideo), National
Geographic Egypt DVD, and National Geographic’s Amazing Planet:
Mummies Unwrapped.
History Activity: Create a
six-step pyramid out of Legos (pg. 47, Pyramids: 50 Hands-On Activities
to Experience Ancient Egypt by Avery Hart and Paul Mantell (932 Ha) and
build their own tomb with shoeboxes. Consider putting in the boxes what they
would want to take with them.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
9: Skip Count by 3 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete
worksheets in Student Text. Practice skip counting and +8 facts by doing hands-on
activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) How do
trees prepare for winter? Why Do Trees lose their leaves? Why leaves change
color? What happens to all those leaves? To answer these questions, read pages
106-109 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments
by Harlow and Morgan. Make a definitions page for the science notebook (What We
Read). Complete 1-2 activities or experiments.
Science Activity: Assemble a
color wheel from pieces of different leaves or cross a leaf (experiment on pg.
108 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments
by Harlow and Morgan), or put leaves in a covered jar for four weeks and check
regularly to see what happens (experiment on pg. 109 in 175 Amazing Nature Experiments by Harlow and Morgan).
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) -SH, -TH
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on -sh and -th
with two consonant endings (pages 63-65). Have RiLee read and write as many
words from the review page. Have the girls write down a wish.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Cleopatra by
Diane Stanley (932 St) and Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra by Nobel Iris (921 Cl).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 8
& 9 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Egypt’s New Kingdom (1532-30 B.C.): Read five pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a
narration page for the history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read
excerpts from Hatshepsut of Thebes from
Outrageous Women and complete project/activity.
History Activity: Make clothing
and jewelry that the kings and queens may have worn. Make a reed boat (pg.
44-45, Make it
Work! Ancient Egypt by Andrew Haslam and Alexander Parsons). Make a pharaoh’s pectoral from the Ancient Arts
Jewelry kit.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
10: Addition of Doubles and Measurement (3’= 1 yard) on Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice
concepts using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
skip counting by 3s and addition of doubles by doing hands-on activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Is Fungi a
type of plant? Read 2 pages,
“Mushrooms, Toadstools and other Fungi,” from Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World. Make a
narration page for the science notebook.
Science Activity: Grow a pin
mold (from bread) and find out how useful by making bread with yeast.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) -CH, -TCH
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on -ch and -tch
with two consonant endings (pages 66-69). Have RiLee read and write as many
words from the review pages. Play hop scotch.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Nefertiti by Burnham Holmes (913.2) and excerpts from
Hatshepsut of Thebes from Outrageous,
and His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut by Dorothy Sharp (PW
Juv. Fiction).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 10
& 11 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) (2-3 hrs/week) End of the Egyptian empire (10-70-30 B.C.): Read two
pages from Kingfisher Book of the Ancient
World and read How People Lived:
on the Nile, pages 18-21. Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Make and eat
food and dress like an Egyptian. Make up for a pheasant and a queen (pg. 13, Make it Work! Ancient
Egypt
by Andrew Haslam and Alexander Parsons). Make
Fig Cakes (pg. 28-29, Make it Work! Ancient
Egypt
by Andrew Haslam and Alexander Parsons).
History materials: Figs, walnuts, almonds, honey, ground
cardamon
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
11: Skip Count by 6 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete
worksheets in Student Text. Practice skip counting by 3s and 6s doing hands-on
activities. Babylonian math used the counting system based on the number 60.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2 pages, “Mushrooms, Toadstools and other
Fungi,” from Usborne Illustrated
Encyclopedia of the Natural World. Make a narration page for the science
notebook.
Science Activity: Take a hike to
find toadstools then bring them home to make spore prints.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) NG
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on -ng endings
(pages 70-72). Have RiLee read and write as many words from the review pages.
Learn a new song.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman (292Ze).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 12
& 13 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Indus Valley & Mesopotamia/Babylonia (2000-1155 B.C.): Read five
pages from Usborne Book of World History.
Make a narration page for the history notebook. Locate India on the map.
Introduce on the following: Code of Hammurabi, Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
History Activity: Make a stamp
seal
Resources: Ancient India and its
Influence on Modern Times by Robert Wirsing (915.4 Wi) and Hammurabi excerpts from the book, All Kinds of Kings in fact and legend from Hammurabi to Louis XIV by Joanna Johnston (920Jo).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
11: Skip Count by 6 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete
worksheets in Student Text. Practice skip counting by 3s and 6s doing hands-on
activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Perform
1-2 experiments each week in the Science
in a Nutshell “Charge It! Static Electricity” kit or the “Energy &
Motion” kit.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) -NK
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on -nk endings
(pages 73-74). Have RiLee read and write as many words from the review pages.
Before the lesson make sure that the girls change into something pink.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Have
RiLee read The Minotaur of Knossos by Robert Angeletti and Theseus and the Minotaur by Warwick Hutton (292 Hu).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 14
& 15 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Crete: Read four pages from Usborne
Book of World History. Locate Crete on the globe. Make a narration page for
the history notebook. Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Make a Fresco
and/or make a Minotaur Maze from Math for
Fun Projects, pg. 146-47.
History Materials: plaster of Paris, water-based paints,
masking tape, large paper or cardboard.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
12: Doubles +1 & Multiple Digit Addition on Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice concepts using
manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice concepts by doing
hands-on activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Perform
1-2 experiments each week in the Science
in a Nutshell “Charge It! Static Electricity” kit or the “Energy &
Motion” kit.
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contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on simple long
vowels (pages 75-94). Have RiLee read and write as many words from the review
pages. Read Short I and Long I: Play a
Game, and the other books in this series.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Have
RiLee read parts of The Trojan Horse: How
the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little. Read a chapter per session of The Odyssey
by Joanne Mattern.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 16
& 17 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Hittites (2000-1200 B.C.) & Greece-Mycenaeans (1500-500). Read
four pages from Usborne Book of World
History. Locate Turkey and Greece on the map. Make a narration page for the
history notebook.
History Activity: Make a chariot
or and make an ancient Greek brooch from the Ancient Arts Jewelry kit.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
12: Doubles +1 & Multiple Digit Addition on Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice concepts using
manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice concepts by doing
hands-on activities.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Perform
1-2 experiments each week in the Science
in a Nutshell “Charge It! Static Electricity” kit or the “Energy &
Motion” kit.
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contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on simple long
vowels (pages 75-94). Have RiLee read and write as many words from the review
pages. Read Short I and Long I: Play a Game, and the other books in this
series.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Have
RiLee read parts of The Trojan Horse: How
the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little. Read a chapter per session of The Odyssey
by Joanne Mattern. The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff (883 Su), The Iliad and Odyssey by Marcia Williams
(883 Wi).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 18
& 19 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Greece-Mycenaeans (1500-500). Read two pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a
narration page for the history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Work on the
project/activity. Read Ancient Greece by Anne Pearson (938 Pe) and
The Librarian who measured the Earth by Kathyrn Lasky (520 La).
History Activity: Build a Trojan
horse or play the Wishbone Odyssey computer game.
History Video: Wishbone: Homer Sweet Homer and Wishbone:
Hercules Unleashed
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
Lesson: Weight in Math-U-See
Foundations. Read How Much is a Million? by David
Schwartz. Practice concepts by doing “How Many Pieces in the Box?”
activity from Cereal Math, pages
42-43. Discover how many pieces of cereal are in a box using a scale and
multiplication. Then create a chart in which RiLee can graph the quantities of
cereal in each box.
Math Materials: Small boxes of cereal with uniform shape, copy of a
hundreds chart, small paper cups, one-ounce weight, balance scale.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Perform
1-2 experiments each week in the Science
in a Nutshell “Charge It! Static Electricity” kit or the “Energy &
Motion” kit.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) -ING
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on short vowel
words with suffixes (pages 94-95). Have RiLee read and write as many words from
the review pages.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Have
RiLee read Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osbourne.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 20 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Greeks/Persians (1100-700 B.C.).Read four pages from Usborne Book of World History. Locate
Iran and Greece on the globe. Make a narration page for the history notebook.
Have RiLee make a drawing. Read Ancient Greece by Anne Pearson (938 Pe) and
The Librarian who measured the Earth by Kathyrn Lasky (520 La).
History Activity: Make a scroll
out of paper and wooden dowels. Practice writing the Greek alphabet.
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
calendar, days of the week. Read
Today is Monday by Eric Carle.
Complete “Cereal Day by Day” activity from Cereal
Math, pg. 10-12. On Sunday, pick out which cereal to each for each day of
the week and fill out in data sheet. Practice all concepts learned thus far in Math-U-See Foundations.
Math Materials: 7 different
cereals (2 of each kind), construction paper, copy of Cereal by Day data sheet
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 1
page, “Microscopic Life” from Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World. Write a couple of sentences
on a topic covered in the section. Complete project/activity and record results
of any experiments.
Science Activity: View moss
under a microscope, observe osmosis
Science Materials: microscope,
moss, 2 potatoes, sugar, 3 dishes knife
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) -ED, -ER
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on short vowel
words with suffixes (pages 96-97). Have RiLee read and write as many words from
the review pages.
Reading: Read Alexander the Great by Charles Mercer (921 Al) and Alexander the Great by John Gunther (921
Al).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 22
& 21 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Greeks. Read six pages from Usborne
Book of World History. Make a narration page for the history notebook. Have
RiLee make a drawing. Read supplemental library books and complete
project/activity of making a catapult.
History Activity: Make a
catapult
Materials for week: Small
cardboard box, sticky tape, pencil, match box cover, rubber band, matchsticks,
string
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
calendar—number of days in a month. Practice all concepts learned thus far in Math-U-See Foundations. Additional math
activity from Math-in-a-box: a Christmas store activity. Each student receives
a quarter to buy various items to make and angel. They need to stay in budget
and plan out what items they need.
Math Materials: Construction
paper, ribbon, glitter, sticks, etc.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Evolution,” from Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World. Watch the video on Charles
Darwin. Make a narration page for the science notebook.
Science Activity: Play the a
natural selection game found in How Nature Works, page 22.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on long vowel
words with suffixes (pages 98-101). Have RiLee read and write as many words
from the review pages.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read some of the Songs of Solomon and
the story of David and Goliath from the People of the Old Testament: for
children by Gloria
Truitt (221 Tr). Read Tomie dePaola’s book of the Old
Testament (221 Bi). Also read excerpts on Deborah and Jael of Israel
and Semiramis of Assyria in Outrageous
Women. Read The Sea Traders by Moutland Edey (930 Ed.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 23 in
MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st
Grade Handwriting workbook per week. Create a list of 25 words and then combine any 3 (or more) words into a
phrase (examples in If You’re Trying to
Teach Kids How to Write…, pg. 47).
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Canaanites and Philistines (1500-500), Old Testament Land,
Phoenicians, Assyrians, and
Mesopotamia-Babylonians (1500-500). Read 12 pages from Usborne Book of World History. Locate the countries on the globe. Complete notebook page and
project or activity.
History Activity: Listen to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat music by
Andrew Lloyd Webber (PWL compact disc). Make a crude sailboat and float
or make a model shaduf or make a goddess Ishtar out of clay—inlay with red
stones
Materials for week: string, sticky tape, stick, paper clip,
bottle with screw top, bag, and weight
, air hardening clay, small red
stones
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
months of year. Practice all concepts learned thus far in Math-U-See Foundations. Possibly review adding numbers up to 18 by
doing the “Apple Adding” game from File
Folder Games for Math, pages 12-17. Complete the worksheet on reading a
calendar on page 43 of DK Math Made Easy.
Math Materials: apple adding
game
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 1
page, “Classification of the Natural World,” from Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World. Read Benny’s Animals and How He Put Them in Order by Millicent Selsam
(Pwl Easy Reader) and Is a Camel a
Mammal? By Tish Rabe (Pwl Easy Reader). Make a narration page for
the science notebook.
Science Activity: Develop a
chart of animal divisions and what makes each group unique from each other.
Break down the living from nonliving, vertebrate from invertebrate, and then
define various vertebrate categories. Arrange a living classification chart using previously cut out magazine
pictures.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) K=IC, K=ICK
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on “k” sound at
end of words with suffixes (pages 102-103). Have RiLee read and write as many
words from the review pages.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Celtic Tales: Legends of Tall Warriors and Old Enchantments by Barbara Picard (398.2 Pi).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 24
& 25 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Create a
list of 25 words and then combine any 3 (or more) words into a phrase (examples
in If You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to
Write…, pg. 47). Complete remaining pages in Zaner-Bloser 1st Grade Handwriting
workbook.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) The Celts. Read two pages from Usborne
Book of World History. Make a narration page for the history notebook. Have
RiLee make a drawing. Read supplemental library books and complete
project/activity. Read How People Lived:
Invaders from the North, pg. 26-29.
History Activity: Select an
activity from Step Into…The Celtic World
by Fiona Macdonald such as a Celtic border page 60-61.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
13: Rectangles, Squares & Skip, Counting by 9 on Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice
concepts using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities. Read Grandfather Tang’s Story
and build tangrams that are in the story. Complete the worksheets on square
corners on page 62 and 63 of DK Math Made
Easy.
Math Materials: tangrams
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 3
pages, “A Bare Bones Comparison,” “A Joint Adventure” and “Go on a Bone Hunt,”
from Everybody has a Body. Make a
narration page for the science notebook. Complete project/activity and record
results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Play DK Human Body Explorer computer game.
Assemble a human skeleton. Complete any of the activities in Everybody has a Body.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) SH-, CH-, WH-, TH-, QU-
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on consonant
digraph beginnings (goal from pages 107-117). Have RiLee write word phrases
found at bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day)
Spelling: Complete Lesson 26 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) For each
letter of your name, write a word that is part of a newspaper headline (examples in If You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to Write…, pg. 48).
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Europe-Monument Builders (1500-500 B.C.) and China-Shang
Dynasty/America-Olmecs/India-Aryans. Read four pages from Usborne Book of World History. Locate the countries on globe. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Construct an
edible Stonehenge miniature out of sugar wafers
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
14: Addition: Making Ten on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete
worksheets in Student Text. Practice skip counting by 9 plus making ten math
facts concepts by doing this game: match the math fact with its sum. Complete
the worksheet on skip counting on page 2 of DK
Math Made Easy. Work on Lesson: Measurement in Math-U-See Foundations. Make a time line of the major events of the
child’s life. Measure out the time line using inches and feet and practice
abbreviating months. Complete the worksheet on estimating length on page 15 of DK Math Made Easy.
Math Materials: Math Monsters video on Making Ten, adding machine paper, pencils
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 6
pages on teeth and 2 pages on lungs from Everybody
has a Body. Make a narration page for the science notebook. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Using the play
dough teeth maker and play dough or sculpey, assemble an upper and lower jaw.
Possibly arrange a field trip to Chris Burnett’s to see his animal skulls to
compare different teeth and make some conclusions on diet and teeth. Perform
the experiment on page 170, “What is Your Lung Capacity?” from Everybody has a Body. Complete one of
the experiments in Gobble Up Science,
pgs. 100-102: “Choppers or Chewers,” “Teeth Treats,” or “Soaking Shells.”
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) Bl, fl, pl, cl, gl, sl
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on two consonant
beginnings (goal from pages 117-121). Have RiLee write word phrases found at
bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osbourne, The Dragon’s Tale and Other Animal
Fables of the Chinese Zodiac by Demi (398.2 De), A Sky Full of
Dragons by Mildred Whatley Wright, and the Story of the Dragon King’s Key,
pg. 25-29, Chinese Cinderella by
Adeline Mah (PWL 979.4Ma), and Lao Lao of
Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill (Easy Pict).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 27
& 28 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Have each
kid write 5-10 questions that they wish they could have answered (examples in If You’re Trying to Teach Kids How to Write…,
pg. 61).
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) China. Read two pages from Usborne
Book of World History. Make a narration page for the history notebook. Have
RiLee make a drawing. Read Growing Up in Ancient China by Ken Teague (931 Te) and Ancient China
by Nicholson & Watts (931 Ni). Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Make your own
printing block (pg. 17, Ancient China by Nicholson & Watts (931 Ni)
or make a Chinese wall hanging
Materials for week: paper, dowel
rod, tape, water colors, brush
Video: Big Bird in China and First Emperor of China DVD
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
15: Skip Count by 4 & Liquid Measure on Math-U-See Foundations video. Practice concepts by grocery shopping
and locating gallons and quarts and skip counting by 4 the number of each.
Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice skip counting by 9s as well as
4s. Complete the worksheet on measurement problems on page 21 of DK Math Made Easy.
Math Materials: quart and gallon
containers
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read
selections from chapter 3 and 4, “Vision,” and “Hearing,” from Everybody has a Body. Also read the
parts on sight and vision in The Magic School Bus Explores the
Senses by Joanna
Cole and Hearing Things by Allen
Fowler. Make a narration page for the science notebook. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Make an
appointment with the eye and ear doctors to have their vision and hearing
tested and to explore the eye and ears with the doctors. Make an edible eye out
of an egg, olives and mayonnaise (or try other edibles to build an edible eye).
Also try the activities: “Shake It, Match It,” “Tunneling tones,”
“Complimentary Colors,” ”Spot the Creeper,” and “Eye Memory Quiz” from Everybody has a Body and Sense-abilities: fun ways to explore the senses: activities for children
4 to 8 by Michelle
O’Brien-Palmer (PWL 612.8 Ob).
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on fun and games
page (goal from page 122).
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osbourne, The Dragon’s Tale and Other Animal
Fables of the Chinese Zodiac by Demi (398.2 De), A Sky Full of
Dragons by Mildred Whatley Wright, and the Story of the Dragon King’s Key,
pg. 25-29, Chinese Cinderella by
Adeline Mah (PWL 979.4Ma), and Lao Lao of
Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill (Easy Pict).
Spelling: Complete Lessons 29 in
MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) China. Read two pages from Usborne
Book of World History. Make a narration page for the history notebook. Have
RiLee make a drawing. Read Growing Up in Ancient China by Ken Teague (931 Te) and
complete project/activity.
History Activity: Make your own
printing block (pg. 17, Ancient China by Nicholson & Watts (931 Ni)
or make a Chinese wall hanging.
History Video: Big Bird in China and First Emperor of China DVD
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
Lesson: Quarters in Math-U-See
Foundations. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete the worksheet
on coins on page 10, 19, & 20 of DK
Math Made Easy. Make wrapping paper printers using quarter turns (from Math for Fun Projects, pgs. 148-49).
Math Materials: potatoes, paint,
ruler, pencil, knife, big sheet of paper
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Touch,” from How Nature Works.
Also read the parts on touch in The Magic School Bus Explores the
Senses by Joanna
Cole and Feeling Things by Allen
Fowler. Make a narration page for the science notebook. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Try the two
experiments on pgs. 168-169 in How Nature
Works: “Mapping your sense of touch” and “testing the skin sensitivity.”
Also try the activities: “What’s the Shape” and “Identify the Object” from Sense-abilities: fun ways to explore the senses: activities for children
4 to 8 by Michelle
O’Brien-Palmer (PWL 612.8 Ob).
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on two consonant
beginnings (goal from pages 123-128). Have RiLee write word phrases found at
bottom of each page.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 30 in
MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Buddha Stories
by Demi (294.3 De), Cow for Jaya by Eva Grant, The rumor: A Jahata Tale from India by Jan Thornhill (398.2Th) and In the heart of the village: the world of
the Indian Banyon Tree by Barb Bash (583 Ba).
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) India: Buddha. Read two pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read They Lived Like this
in Ancient India by
Marie Neurath (915.4 Ne) and complete project/activity.
History Activity: Watch Rikki Tikki Tavi video.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
16: Addition: Making 9 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by playing the game “Find the Mystery Number” on page 252-53 in What Your First Grader Needs to Know.
Math Materials: index cards,
marker or crayon, number cards 0-12, countable objects such as beans
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read
selected pages from chapters five and six, “Taste” and Smell,” from Everybody has a body. Also read the parts on taste and smell in The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole and, Tasting Things and Smelling Things by Allen Fowler. Make a narration page for
the science notebook. Complete project/activity and record results of any
experiments.
Science Activity: Try the two
experiments on pgs. 170-171 in How Nature
Works: “Testing your taste threshold” and “Mapping your tongue.” Also try
the activities: “Map Taste Buds” and “Identifying Tastes” from Sense-abilities: fun ways to explore the senses: activities for children
4 to 8 by Michelle
O’Brien-Palmer (PWL 612.8 Ob). Complete one of the experiments in Gobble Up Science, pgs. 15-21: “Mouth
Map,” “The Nose Knows,” “How Sweet It Is,” “Sweet or Salty,” or “Senses
Shutdown.”
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) Ar, or, ur
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, review “r” modified
vowels (goal from pages 133-142). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom
of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read
various Mayan myths such as People of the Corn: A Mayan Story by Mary-Joan Gerson, Journey of the Nightly Jaguar by Burton
Albert. Rain Player by David
Wisniewski, The Llama’s Secret: A
Peruvian Legend by Argentina Palacios, Feathers
like the Rainbow: An Amazon Indian Tale by Flora.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 31
& 32 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Early Americans & The Maya. Read two pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a
narration page for the history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read Maya: Land of the turkey and the deer (972Vo) and Hands
of the Maya by Rachel Crundell (972.83Cr). Complete project/activity.
History Activity: Select an
activity from Step Into the Aztec &
Maya Worlds (972 Ma).Or try out some weaving after reading Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition by Ann Stalcup (746.089 St).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
17: Skip Counting by 8 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts using manipulatives. Complete
worksheets in Student Text. Practice concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Review geometric shapes. Complete pages 24 and 25 on 2-d shapes in DK Math Made Easy.
Math Materials: pattern blocks
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Mammals,” from The Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Complete project/activity and
record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Select a
specific group of mammals to read and write about. Write a few sentences the
animal selected.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) A, E, I ,O, U
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on long vowel
diagraphs (goal from pages 143-156). Have RiLee write word phrases found at
bottom of each page. Sing the AEIOU song from “Alice and Wonderland.”
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Vacation on the
Volcano by Mary Pope Osbourne. The
Romans by Sally Hewitt (part of the Footprints in Time series), I wonder why Romans Wore Togas and Other
Questions about Ancient Rome by Fiona Macdonald, Pompeii…Buries Alive! By
Edith Kunhardt , Diane
Stanley’s Cleopatra.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 33 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Romans: The Rise of Rome. Read two pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a narration page for the
history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read How People Lived by Anne Millard and complete
project/activity and complete project/activity.
History Activity: Work on
activities in Ancient Rome treasure chest or select an activity from Classical Kids: An Activity Guide in Ancient Greece and Rome by Laurie Carlson (938Ca).
Create a mosaic out of foam mosaic shapes. Make a Pompeian necklace from the
Ancient Arts Jewelry kit.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
18: Addition: 3+5, 4+7, 5+7 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Lions & Tigers,” from The
Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a couple of
sentences on one of the topics covered in the section. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity:
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) S=C, E= EI
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on S=C and e=ei
sounds (goal from pages 157-159). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom
of each page.
Spelling: Complete Lessons 34
& 35 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A.
Writing: (30 min/day)
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Vacation on the Volcano by Mary Pope Osbourne.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Romans: Life in the Roman Empire. Read six pages from Usborne Book of World History. Make a
narration page for the history notebook. Have RiLee make a drawing. Read
sections on Rome in How They Lived
and supplemental Kids Discover magazine on Pompeii
and complete project/activity.
History Activity: Roman Numerals I to MM by Arthur Glisert and Number Art
by Leonard Fisher and learn how to read and write the Roman numerals on
the grandfather clock. Have a Roman feast, dress in togas, Use examples of food
found in Spend the Day in Ancient Rome by Linda Honan (937.6Ho).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
18: Addition: 3+5, 4+7, 5+7 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Bears, Pandas, and Raccoons,” from The
Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a couple of
sentences on one of the topics covered in the section. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Take a night
hike and record “Who’s Awake.” Cover a flashlight with red plastic wrap. Dress
as warmly as the weather requires. Select an spot to look and listen. Sit
quietly and record observations.
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Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) Oi and Ou
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on vowel
diphthongs (goal from pages 160-164). Have RiLee write word phrases found at
bottom of each page. Make something out of flour-let the girls pick out a
recipe from their cookbook.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Legend of Mackinaw Island by ? (PWL 398?), Buffaloes Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osbourne, and Hannah by Gloria Whelan. Also consider reading Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 36 in MCP’s Spelling Workout A. File words
frequently misspelled in Trouble Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Settling the State. Michigan History: Settling the
State. Read about the three Native American tribes that had first settled in
Michigan: The Ottawa, Potowatami and Ojibwa. The Dreamers, Doers, and Deeds: History of Marquette section on
Native Americans contains several pages on the Ojibwa. Read Michigan Indians: a way of life changes by Donald Chaput and Nishnawbe: a story of Indians in Michigan by Lynne Deur.
History Activity: Make fried
bread, work on simple beadwork crafts, draw pictographs from charcoal and brown
chalk on rocks. Visit Charlie and Charlotte Kawbawgam’s grave in Presque Isle.
Try one of the activities from Medicine
Cards.
History Video: Paddle to the Sea
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
19: Skip Counting by 7 on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages, “Whales,” and “Hares & Rabbits,” from The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a
couple of sentences on one of the topics covered in the section. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Make a cast of
tracks
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) J=GE, GI, GY, -DGE; Y, F
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on different J
sounds (goal from pages 165-170). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom
of each page. It is time to make some fudge with the kids.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Golly sisters Go West by Betsy Byars, Pioneer Cat by
William H. Hooks, and Cassie’s Journey:
Going West in the 1860s by Brett Harvey.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 1, Consonants
in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled in Trouble
Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Settling the State. Read about the arrival of the Europeans
into Michigan. Refer to the The Dreamers,
Doers, and Deeds: History of Marquette section on arrival of Europeans in
Marquette County. Read A place called home: Michigan’s Mill
Creek story: the history of the inhabitants of the Straits of Mackinac by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos and When Michigan was young: the story of its
beginnings, early legends and folklore by Ethel Rowan Fasquelle.
History Activity: Create a
trading post for the day, learn a voyageur song like “Alouette, pack a covered
wagon and play Oregon Trail computer
game, build a model plank road and locate the plank roads in Michigan.
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
20: Regrouping on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 5
pages on Reptiles from The Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a couple of sentences on
one of the topics covered in the section. Complete project/activity and record
results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Field trip to
Children’s Museum to see exhibit on the local turtles. Green Sea Turtle (pg. 57
Kid’s N.H.)
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) OO
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on two new vowel
sounds (goal from pages 171-177). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom
of each page. Take a look at some good cookbooks.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Civil War on Sundays by Mary Pope Osbourne, Golly sisters Go West by Betsy Byars, Pioneer Cat by William H. Hooks, and Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the 1860s
by Brett Harvey.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 2, Consonants
in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled in Trouble
Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Civil War. Read selections from If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War by Kay Moore (PWL 973.7Mo), The Civil War & Reconstruction by
Kallen (PWL 973.7 Ka), Ghosts of the
Civil War by Cheryl Harness (PWL 973.7Ha) or Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by McPhorson (PWL 973.7 Mo).
History Activity: Make a civil
war drum and flag, paint a civil war quilt, local civil war heroes in
Marquette. Or complete one of the activities in Civil War for Kids: A
History with 21 Activities (PWL 973.7He).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
20: Regrouping on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages on birds from The Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a couple of sentences on
one of the topics covered in the section. Complete project/activity and record
results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Watch
different bird species come to the feeder and record each of their flight
patterns.
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on three
consonant beginnings (goal from pages 178-180). Have RiLee write word phrases
found at bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Civil War on Sundays by Mary Pope Osbourne.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 3, Short-Vowel
Sounds for a & u in MCP’s
Spelling Workout B. Copy rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words
frequently misspelled in Trouble Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book. Complete 5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Civil War. Read selections from If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War by Kay Moore (PWL 973.7Mo), The Civil War & Reconstruction by
Kallen (PWL 973.7 Ka), Ghosts of the
Civil War by Cheryl Harness (PWL 973.7Ha) or Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by McPhorson (PWL 973.7 Mo).
History Activity: Make a civil
war drum and flag, paint a civil war quilt, local civil war heroes in
Marquette. Or complete one of the activities in Civil War for Kids: A
History with 21 Activities (PWL 973.7He).
Math: (30 min/day) Review place
value concepts up to at least one hundred. Watch Lesson 21: Column Addition on
Math-U-See Foundations video.
Practice concepts using manipulatives.
Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice concepts by doing hands-on
activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 2
pages on birds from The Usborne
Illustrated Encyclopedia: The Natural World. Write a couple of sentences on
one of the topics covered in the section. Complete project/activity and record
results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Locate and
examining owl pellets. Continue to make observations on birds coming to the
bird feeders.
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on short vowel
spelling patterns and contractions (goal from pages 181-189). Have RiLee write
word phrases found at bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read North to Iron Country: a dream-quest
adventure by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 4, Short-Vowel
Sounds for u & o in MCP’s
Spelling Workout B. Copy rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words
frequently misspelled in Trouble Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Work on
developing ideas for Young Author’s book. Complete 5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Mining. Read about mining in Michigan. Refer to The Dreamers, Doers, and Deeds: History of
Marquette section on mining in Marquette County.
History Activity: Set up a
mining store with supplies, then pay the “miner” with scrip. Assign a family
per group and have the family go shopping for the week. Take a field trip to
Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee (opens May 1).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
21: Column Addition on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read a
book on bird nests. Write a couple of sentences on one of the topics covered in
the section. Complete project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Take apart a
nest to find out what materials it is made of.
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on silent letters
(goal from pages 190-197). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom of
each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Lumber Camp Library by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (PWL Juv fiction
hardcover) or Journey back to lumberjack
camp: a dream-quest adventure by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 5, Short-vowel
sound for e in MCP’s Spelling Workout
B. Copy rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled
in Trouble Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade
Handwriting workbook per week. Complete rough draft for “Young Author’s”
presentation.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Lumbering. Read about logging in Michigan. Refer to
The Dreamers, Doers, and Deeds: History
of Marquette section on logging in Marquette County. Read sections from Lumberjack Lingo by Sorden and Vallier, Calked Boots & Cant Hooks by George
Corrigan, and look at the pictures from Tall
Timber by Bacig and Thompson.
History Activity: Make a
matching sheet of Lumberjack lingo (selected from Lumberjack Lingo by Sorden and Vallier), take a hike to locate
stumps and an old logging camp (in the spring), set up an activity in which
everyone brings a piece of wood in and attempts to identify it, create a
logging camp play with everyone taking on a different character. Listen to Bunyan & Banjoes cassette (PWL juv. audio cassettes).
History Video: Paul Bunyan
and Good Man in the Woods (PWL)
Math: (30 min/day) Work on
Lessons: Measurement & Weight in Math-U-See
Foundations. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Read How Much is a Million? by David Schwartz. Practice concepts
by doing “How Many Pieces in the Box?” activity from Cereal Math, pages 42-43. Discover how many pieces of cereal are in
a box using a scale and multiplication.
Math Materials: Cereal with
uniform shape, copy of a hundreds chart, small paper cups, one-ounce weight,
balance scale.
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) plants
Science Activity: Experiment
with plant pigments (florist flowers okay) and test a potato for starch.
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on long A
spelling patterns (goal from pages 198-200). Have RiLee write word phrases
found at bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day)
Spelling: Complete Lesson 6, Review
in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled in Trouble
Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade
Handwriting workbook per week. Complete edits for “Young Author’s”
presentation.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Rural life and farming. Read about farming in
Michigan. Refer to The Dreamers, Doers,
and Deeds: History of Marquette section on farming in Marquette County.
History Activity:
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
22: Subtraction on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
subtracting numbers up to 18 by doing the “Fun at the Fair” game from File Folder Games for Math, pages
18-23.
Math Materials: Make copies of
game and assemble
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 6
pages, “Growth and movement”, “Structure of flowers,” and “Studying Flowers,”
from How Nature Works. Write a short
science report on one of the topics covered in the section. Complete
project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Experiment
demonstrating how plants search for light (potted plant), dissect a flower
(florist flower okay) or transpiration (carnation flower).
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day) Z, F, K
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on f, z, and k
sounds (goal from pages 201-205). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom
of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Big Annie of Calumet: true story of the Industrial Revolution by
Jerry Stanley.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 7, Long-vowel
sound a in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled in Trouble
Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade
Handwriting workbook per week. Complete final version for “Young Author’s”
presentation.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan History: Factories
History Activity:
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
22: Subtraction on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
subtracting numbers up to 18 by doing the “Fun at the Fair” game from File Folder Games for Math, pages
18-23.
Math Materials: Make copies of
game and assemble
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read 4
pages, “Fruits and seed dispersal” and
“Seed germination” from How Nature Works.
Write a short science report on one of the topics covered in the section.
Complete project/activity and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Experiment
demonstrating how plants search for light (potted plant), dissect a flower
(florist flower okay) or transpiration (carnation flower).
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, work on more modified
r vowel sounds (goal from pages 206-207). Have RiLee write word phrases found
at bottom of each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day) Read Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in the
Great Depression by Marissa Moss.
Spelling: Complete Lesson 8, Long-vowel
sound i in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade
Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan history: Great Depression. Read sections of Cornerstones of Freedom: Story of the Great Depression by Stein (973.9 St).
History Activity: Take a field
trip to the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum in Grayling (opens Memorial
Day).
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
23: Double Digit Subtraction on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) Read pages
62-63, “Plants without flowers (ferns, lichens, moss),” from How Nature Works. Write a short science
report on one of the topics covered in the section. Complete project/activity
and record results of any experiments.
Science Activity: Take a hike to
Laughing Whitefish waterfalls and use the “Linnaeus Wildflower Challenge” to
learn how a botanist looks at different wildflowers. Try growing ferns from spores (late spring-early summer)
Return to table of
contents
Sound of the Week: (15 min/day)
Phonics: (3x/wk) In Phonics Pathways, finish remaining pages
in book (from pages 208-224). Have RiLee write word phrases found at bottom of
each page.
Reading: (30 minutes/day)
Spelling: Complete Lesson 9, Long-vowel
sound o in MCP’s Spelling Workout B. Copy
rules and file in Spelling Rules. File words frequently misspelled in Trouble
Words.
Writing: (30 min/day) Complete
5-6 pages in Zaner-Bloser 2nd Grade
Handwriting workbook per week.
History & Geography: (2-3
hrs/week) Michigan government. Read
Know your Marquette County Government: a
citizens guide to Marquette County by the League of Women Voters.
History Activity:
Math: (30 min/day) Watch Lesson
23: Double Digit Subtraction on Math-U-See
Foundations video. Practice concepts
using manipulatives. Complete worksheets in Student Text. Practice
concepts by doing hands-on activities.
Math Materials:
Science: (2-3 hrs/wk) fish. Read
pages 74-75, “Freshwater animals of lake and streams” from How Nature Works. Write a short science report on one of the topics
covered in the section. Complete project/activity and record results of any
experiments. Read Squish: A Wetland Walk
by Nancy Luenn and One Small Square: Pond
by Donald Silver. Watch See How they Grow: Pond Animals video.
Science Activity: Trap
underwater nightlife on a lake and build your own pond to raise tadpoles and
salamander larvae.
Butterflies: Watch Magic School Bus Butterflies video.
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