Cycle 2 Week 12

Timeline:
Stand in big circle. March in place while singing. When you get to "Marco Polo" say with hands cupped around mouth like a megaphone. March through "the hundred years war" grab neck at "Black Death" then end on China's Ming Dynasty with hands locked in front of you singing high
.

History:
First find out if there are any students that are opposed to being sprayed with a water bottle mist. You don't want to end up with any tears! Put any kids that don't want to be sprayed together at one end where you won't spray. 
Sing through the song spray a misting on the kids when you say "Waterloo". Kids drop at the end of song "defeated".


Latin:
Say Latin in funny voices that the kids choose.

English:
Use Action Sticks or Action Dice.

Science:
I happen to have small blow-up globes in my room. I am going to print out these spaceships. Each kid gets one spaceship and a globe. Do actions of each mission using spaceship and globe. You demonstrate first before passing them out. If you don't have enough globes for everyone you could use one and take turns or just have the kids use their fist to represent the earth.

Motions:
M- Spaceship leaves earth then comes back (short)
G- Spaceship leaves earth for extended time then comes back (longer)
A- Spaceship leaves globe, pretend to land it on the moon, then bring it back to globe.
Sh- Made multiple flights into orbit...move your rocket back and forth from globe to space.

Math:
Sing and hold up correct number of fingers.
Sing in a whisper while squatting. Pop up and sing LOUD!!! 


Geography:
Locate and trace each sea with dry erase maker. Go over them a few times saying each one as you point to them. Then have kids point to the sea that you say.

Cycle 2 Week 11

Timeline:
Hide timeline cards. While singing, each kids finds one then sits down. Once all the cards are found, the kids put them in the correct order. Kids close eyes while you remove a card. Kids sing through the song to figure out which card is missing.

History:
Sing and do motions:
...stormed - stomp feet.
...fought - wave pretend sword
...Man - fists on hips stand up tall, chest out.
...Terror - hands like claws by face.
...guillotine - pretend to chop off your own head with your own hand.

Latin:
Learn Latin using finger puppets.



English:
Use Action Sticks or Action Dice. Do the action while singing the English memory work.


Science:
Have 5 kids come up at a time and each time you say a different solar body one kid shoots his pom pom out of his pool noodle shooter. Rotate kids.


Here's a video on how to make the shooters.

Math:
Cubes: Write out numbers on index cards. Kids have to put them in the correct order while singing.

Geography:

My Mnemonic Story:  Story with Map

Remember when I said, “I can’t stand it no more!” (Constantinople/Istanbul) and I ended up jumping on Ma’s cow (Moscow) to rush (Russia) out of there? Well, my friend Kev-in (Kiev) said he saw a Siberian Tiger (Siberia) following me!

Cycle 2 Week 10

Timeline:
Limbo with pool noodle or meter stick while singing.

History:
3 sheets of paper. On one paper write, "900's". On another, "400's". On the last write "1700's". Tape the papers up in different spots around the room. While singing, walk to first paper while holding hands like an open Bible. Walk to second and pretend to build by stacking fist upon fist. Walk to 3rd paper and expand hands out wide.

Latin:
Review using Action Sticks or Action Dice. 

 

English:
Chant a few times then play "Telephone". Whisper it to a friend, that friend passes the whisper on down the line until it gets to the last student who then says it out loud. Do it a few times. 

Science:
Illustrate Moon phases on the board. 

Math:
Squares: Write them on the board. Use pointer to point while singing. Let kids have turns using the pointer while singing.

Geography:  Story with Map

My Mnemonic Story:

1. Afghan, Stan! (Afghanistan)
2. Pack it, Stan! (Pakistan)
3. In the uh…(India) hole...
4. that Cal cut (Calcutta) in the floor,
5. while trying to dig to China!

Cycle 2 Week 9

Timeline:
Sing with timeline cards. Remove card see if kids can guess which card is missing. Sing to see if they're right. Remove two cards see if they can figure out which ones are missing. Mix up order then sing through it as kids put them back in correct order.

History: 
We are going to sing this with shakers. You can bring in toy ones if you have them or make them out of empty water bottles or plastic Easter eggs and put rice or dry beans inside. 
 Make sure to glue or tape shut!!!! 


Latin:
Learn new Latin using finger puppets.


English:
Who Stole the Cookies song and print out by mkbry on CC Connected.

Science:
Sing and point to planets. Use a print off or a book with the planets.

Math:
15's Dot to Dot (Rocket)

Geography:  Story with Map

My Mnemonic Story:

1  That cube, uh…(Cuba)...

2  Did you make it (Jamaica)?

3  I hate it (Haiti) when...

4  the mimi ken (Dominican) is in public (Republic)!

5  Put it in the Portal, Rico! (Puerto Rico)!

Cycle 2 Week 8

Timeline:
Sing while walking in circle holding hands like "Ring Around The Rosie". On the last one (Western Roman Empire Falls to Barbarians) every one drops to the floor.

History:
Print out World Map and mark the exploration routes in different colors. Print off ships and have each kid use their paper ship to trace the exploration route on their own map as you sing each one.

Latin:
Present new Latin with finger puppets.

English:
If you have enough hand held mirrors each student could hold one while chanting the Reflexive ("Reflective") pronouns. If you only had one you could take turns holding it then pass it to a friend. Or you could hold it and walk around while singing and hold it up to the student's faces.


Science:
Get under desks or tables (Why? Because it's fun!) and sing the science song. Use different funny voices.

Math:
14's: Write out in chalk on chalk board and use wet paintbrush to let students take turns erasing one number at a time then singing through the 14's each time another number is erased. If you have a white board instead of chalk board use could use dry erase markers and a dry paint brush to erase the numbers.


Geography: Story with Map

My Mnemonic Story:

In Africa there was a man with a cape who had good hope. (Cape of Good Hope)

He went straight to Magellan. (Strait of Magellan)

Together they made a treaty with the tortoises (Treaty of Tordesillas), who took them to see the canaries on the islands (Canary Islands).

Cycle 2 Week 7

Timeline:
Hide cards around room. Sing while kids find one and sit down. Once all 7 cards are found. Sing the song and put them in the correct order.

History:
While singing, take turns "hammering" the 95 Theses to the door (or wall) with a piece of paper, wall putty, and a toy hammer.






Latin:
Introduce Latin with my stuffed animal and finger puppets for the students.


English: 
Action Sticks or Action Dice


Science: 
Sing and do hand motions.

G - Arms up high, make yourself tall.
D - scrouch down make yourself small.
V - Open and close hands like twinkling.
Nv - Hands open, arms out like exploding.
Nt - Hands clasped together and move in a circle.

Math: 
13's: Dot to Dot (Star)


Geography: Story with map

My mnemonic story:

No Way (Norway) would I eat sweets (Sweden)! That would be Scandalous (Scandinavian Peninsula)!!!

That poor girl (Portugal) from Spain, selling candy-bars alone (Barcelona)! I can hardly bare it (Iberian Peninsula)!

She stepped on an apple of mine (Apennine Peninsula) with her Italian boot (Italy)!

It left a big bulking, (Balkan Peninsula) greasy (Greece) stain!

Cycle 2 Week 6

Timeline:
Pool Noodle Limbo while singing the Timeline song.

History:
Popsicle Stick Puppets. I've attached my document of pictures of each Renaissance person that I found on Google Images. I cut them out and glued them to Popsicle sticks. You could print out one set for you to use or if you're feeling generous, print out enough for your whole class to use and then let them take them home.

Latin: We are going to try our Latin this week with a fun game of Duck Duck Goose. They run on "bunt".

English:
We'll use the Action Cube. Each kid will get a turn rolling the dice. We will then do the action it lands on while chanting our English.






Science:
Motions with song
N- say loud with hands cupped around mouth
A- say it while pushing air out of your mouth
W- make waves
L- drop down and hit the floor with both hands
Th- (stay low) hug self and shiver
R- Jump up from floor like you're exploding

Math: 
11's - Play "Paint Away" while singing through the 11's. 

12 - Sing through a couple of times them do the Dot to Dot while singing them and then sing a few more times while pointing to numbers on Dot to Dot. 




Geography: 

Click here for the story and map.

Remember the poor girl from Spain with the pair of knees (Pyrenees)? She really needed help (Alps)! She got hurt roaming (Romania) around on a car path (Carpathians) leading up the mountains. She called her sis (Caucasus), but it was Earl (Ural) who rushed (Russia) up and down looking for her!

Cycle 2 Week 5

 

Timeline:

I have some cardboard blocks that are already in the church classroom that I use for CC. This would be a good week to build a tower while we sing through the timeline song like the "Jews rebuilding the temple". Once we sing through it enough and we have a nice big tower, we can "destroy the temple". So if you happen to have access to any type of blocks, even small ones, it might be a fun chance to use them! 

History:

My mom happens to have a stuffed rat! So, we will send one of our room moms out in the hallway and hide the rat. We'll have her come in and look for the rat while we sing our history song. As she gets closer we'll sing louder and as she gets further away from the rat we'll sing quieter. Kind of like playing hot or cold. We'll continue to sing until our mom finds the rat. Once the rat is found we'll send another mom out and do it again until we get through the song at least 7 times.

If you don't have a stuffed rat you could use a toy or print off a picture of a rat or even draw a simple rat face to use.

Latin: 

We will be learning new Latin endings this week so we will be getting help from our Hedgehog friend, Erin.

Science:

We will sing and do motions:

(I'm  abbreviating to make sure I don't copyright.)

Adpt- turn around, like changing
Mgt- pretend to fly
Hbnt- go under desks, like going into a cave. If you can't go under the desks then you could just lay down on the floor and pretend to sleep.

English:

We will pair up with a partner and sing our English while tossing a ball back and forth. There are already small blow-up beach balls in my room. But you could bring in any type of small soft object for the kids to safely toss back and forth.  

Math:

9's:  We will either play erase away with the chalk board, water, and a paintbrush. 

Or, we'll use the activity sticks or cube depending on how much energy the kids have!!

 

10's:  We will partner up and give high tens as we skip count the 10's.



Geography:

Here's my Geography story for the week:

When the Queen of England lended (London - 1) me her iron, I told her about the poor girl from Spain who sold candy-bars alone (Barcelona - 2). She would often stand or lean (Orleans - 3) against the case with the pair (Paris - 4) of fancy Italian boots in it, dreaming of the day she would roam (Rome - 5) around in them!

I'll tell then the story while pointing to the locations on the map. Then, we'll find the locations together and go through the story again a couple of times. We'll do a quick "Show me where...is/ Tell me what this is".


Fine Arts:

I found this coloring page a couple years back and love the way it shows perspective. I cut out all the main objects in the picture so that the kids can see the different sizes and how ridiculous they look when you take away the perspective of the overall picture. This would work with any picture that has perspective in it. just print off two pictures and cut the main pictures out of one of them.


This is the picture we picked to do and a link to the site describing the project.

Cycle 2 Week 4

Timeline:

Bring in fake, homemade campfire. Since it starts with Early Native Americans this week, it would be fun to sing the timeline sitting around the fire. I got this idea from Everyday Memories.  That cord is to some Christmas lights hidden in the fire. You could plug in your fire and turn the lights off.

I realize this is not stick in the sand and not very doable for a classroom setting. For the classroom you could simply bring in a few sticks and if you wanted add a crumpled up piece of orange or red construction paper on top of it. If this is too much for you just simply use your imagination and pretend there is a fire. You might even want to do a "Indian" walk around the fire while singing.

History:

Tape a large feather to a dry erase marker and have each student come up to the board and "sign" the Magna Carta while singing the History song. 

If you don't have a feather, and don't want to purchase one, here is a simple way to make a quill out of paper.


Latin:
I'll split the class in half. One half will stand up and yell the singular endings then sit down while the other half of the class stands up and yells the plural endings. We'll do this a few times then switch sides.

English:

I think I'll be using the Activity Cube for this one. My students have been asking for me to bring it back in! 

Science:

Sing and do motions.
(I'm trying really hard not to post any of the memory work do to copyrighting...so I'm just going to list the motions. I think you'll be able to figure out which cycle each goes with. Thanks for understanding.)

-Wiggle fingers in a downward, rain motion.
-Move hands away from then towards chest to show lungs filling up with air.
-Pretend to dig in the dirt with your hands on the floor.

Math:

7's:  I'll write the 7's on the chalkboard and we'll erase one off (with a paintbrush and water) each time we sing through them. We'll continue until each kids has had a turn with the paintbrush. We did this for the 3's and the kids loved it!

8's:  Dot-to-Dot 

We'll sing through the 8's a few times them I'll pass out the Dot-to-Dot quill and have the kids complete it as we sing through the song. Once it's complete we'll point to the numbers on our Dot-to-Dots and sing through a couple more times.  

Geography:

I'll tell them the geography story I made up while pointing to the locations on the map. We'll locate the rivers together and I'll say the story a few times while they point to the rivers. Then I'll ask them, "What river is this?" and "Can you point to the ______ river?"

(I had to remove the map since I had it on a CC map. I am doing my best to make adjustments.)

Fine Arts: 

I will read the book "The Noisy Paint Box" by Barb Rosenstock. It is about Vasily Kandinsky, one of the first abstract painters.

For our project we will be making 3D hands. Here is a link showing you examples of 3D hands along with a video showing how to draw one yourself.

Cycle 2 Week 3

Timeline


I'll show the kids each timeline card as we sing this week's portion of the Timeline song. Then I'll mix up the cards on the floor and have the students put them back in the correct order. We'll sing through the song, pointing to each card, to see if it's right. We might do this a few times and then I may remove a card or two and see if they can figure out which card or cards are missing.

History

Illustrate the History sentence on the white board or chalk board while singing. I got this idea from Ari at Everyday Memories 

For older kids you might want to have them Illustrate along with you on their own papers. I'll have my own kids illustrate this at home. But, for my younger classroom, I'll just illustrate on the board. You can then either give turns having the kids come up to the board and use a pointer to point to the pictures as the class sings or play "Take Away" and allow the students to erase one picture each time you sing through the song.

Here are some examples of how you might want to illustrate the sentence.

Here is a key with some ideas:

Latin

Introduce with our Latin Helpers from week 1.

Science

I am going to print off pictures of enough "P"s (grass) and "C"s (cows) for each student to have one of each. I am going to print them on quick dissolving paper called Paper Solvy.




I'll have a clear container of water on the table. I drew on it with wet erase markers.

 I'll have one student come up at a time. We'll sing through the song and when we get to "D" they can place their grass and cow in the water and gently stir with their finger.
Here's a video that shows how fast the paper dissolves in water. Pretty cool!

I realize not everyone has access to dissolvable paper. In this case you could just put them in an empty container like they are decomposing into the ground. Or simply make up fun hand motions to do instead.

English

I have Crayola Stamp Markers with smiley faces but you could also use a pen or nothing at all, just your fingers.

1st p.s. -hold up 1 smiley face finger on 1 hand
2nd p.s. - hold up 2 fingers on 1 hand
3rd p.s - hold up 3 fingers on 1 hand

1st p.p. - hold up 1 finger on 2 hands
2nd p.p. - hold up 2 fingers on 2 hands
3rd p.p. - hold up 3 fingers on 2 hands

Math

5's - High five a partner while skip counting or for older kids you could have them do a simple hand jive with a partner. (Example: clap, high five with right hands, clap, high five with left hands, clap, etc...say number each time you high-five partner)

I also saw one of you post a fun idea on facebook. I tried to find it again so I could give credit but was unable. Sorry! It was using the clock to count the minutes by fives. Here's a print out clock with the minutes on it.

6's - Dot-to-Dot

You can get the Dot-to-Dot 6's here.

Geography

Tell the kids the Geography story while pointing to the locations. Help them find locations. Say story a couple more times while they point. Then, pause during story, letting them say the locations as they point. Ask them, "What is this?" as you point to location. Ask them to point to a specific location. If  they get it wrong reinforce with story. 

Fine Arts

For the younger crowd, I decided to make my own simple drawings for them to attempt the upside-down drawing project. I went along with our Science Memory Work and drew a producer (tree), a consumer (cat) and a decomposer (mushroom). 

I will place each drawing one at a time in a large envelope upside-down. the students will slowly pull the paper out a little at a time drawing what they see.