Week 15 Notes

World Religions Week 1

I am really excited about this month! The older children are doing a block on World Religions, and the younger children have a block of Jataka Tales.

Monday, Jan 2

SSR

taste Kaua'i Sugarloaf White Hawaiian Pineapple in Foods of the World (Oceania)

Math for Plastic Utensils - Weekly Math Packet grade 6 & grade 8, play Battleship

Math for Pterodactyls - read Journey to Cahokia: A Boy's Visit to the Great Mound City by Albert Lorenz and discuss the idea of a fair trade (in preparation for dynamic addition), string popcorn for the birds, carefully record number of pieces of popcorn on each child's string



Snack - read Porcupine chapter of All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss



Lunch - read Common Eastern Firefly chapter

Art Party - finish 2023 calendar artwork (Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov)

send home finished calendars

Tuesday, Jan 3

SSR

introduce The Animal Game, start to brainstorm a list of animals and what letter they might begin and end with, draw animal pictures and label them with "best guess spelling"

begin Weather Tree from All Year Round



Math for Plastic Utensils - Weekly Math Packet grade 6 & grade 8

Math for Pterodactyls - use the Golden Bead Material to add the four numbers from yesterday (140 pieces of popcorn!), hang the popcorn strings outside for the birds

Art History - finish up Jackson Pollock-inspired artwork (outside)

Snack - read Meadow Vole chapter

Jataka Tale - read The Monkey and the Crocodile retold by Paul Galdone



Knit

Lunch - read Eastern Fox Squirrel chapter

Board Games - Pengoloo, Bugs in the Kitchen, Scrabble, Bananagrams

Wednesday, Jan 4

SSR

Math for Plastic Utensils - Weekly Math Packet grade 6 & grade 8

Math for Pterodactyls - read Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray (in preparation for multiplication as repeat addition)



Snack - read Red Fox chapter

New Math Game - Pica, Firma, Nada (page 14 of PDF)

the children really enjoyed this game! it is similar to Wordle and Mastermind, but you're finding the digits in a mystery number

Lunch - read Northern Cardinal chapter

Kindness Curriculum lesson 1 - bell meditation, noticing the breath, paper straws & cotton balls

World Religions: Buddhism - color mandalas



Art History: Ruth Asawa - read A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D'Aquino



Science Club: Air Pressure - complete notes for Jan 4 are here

Thursday, Jan 5

SSR

Math for Plastic Utensils - Weekly Math Packet grade 6 & grade 8

Math for Pterodactyls - recall Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray, solve 83 x 12 using repeat addition and the Golden Bead Material (the children each solved 16 x 12, I solved 19 x 12, then we added it up)

Jataka Tales - do artwork for "The Monkey and the Crocodile," read The Brave Little Parrot retold by Rafe Martin



Snack - read Lake Trout chapter and the end of All Creation Waits

World Religions: Buddhism - read "Buddha, the Enlightened One" from Charles Kovacs book, Ancient Mythologies (pp.75-87)

- The Gentle Prince Sidhartha
- Journeys Beyond the Palace Wall
- A Meeting with Death
- Sidhartha, the Homeless Beggar
- Enlightenment Under the Fig Tree



Board Games - Kids Create Absurdity (remove some of the cards before playing), Jump Two

Art History: Ruth Asawa - lesson #1 from Art History Kids (Magnificent Modern Art Course), Minimalist Self Portrait assignment

New Math Game - Nim with salt & pepper packets (page 14 of PDF)

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