Cycle 2 Week 15

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:
Print out flag or color a simple representation of each flag on a piece of paper. (Or, simply write the name of each country.) Tape one flag to each child to represent that country. Have all the remaining kids be the US. 
Great Britain, France and Russia stand together. (Allies)
Austria-Hungary, and Germany stand together and flex muscles (Central Powers).
US enter and stands with the Allies.

Latin:   
Roll Action Cube.
Do what it says while reciting Latin.

English:
Declarative -Hands on hips-making a statement
Exclamatory - Hands up-excited voice
Interrogative - Scratch head- say in question form
Imperative - Shake finger-say like giving a command

Science:
My boys have a toy bow and arrow. Each kid will get a turn showing potential energy by loading the arrow and pulling it back. The class will yell "Potential". Then the student will shoot the arrow and the class will yell "Kinetic" I'll then ask the science question again before the next student loads the arrow.

Math:
I have small 10 cm rulers with Super Mario on them. (You could probably find similar ones in a package at the dollar store.) We are going to count the lines to see that 10 mm = 1 cm then line up 10 of the rulers showing that 100 cm = 1 meter. And then imagine 1,000 meters which equals 1 km. Then we'll sing through it and each kid will get to take one of the 10 cm rulers home.   

Geography:

Trace locations ahead of time. Tell silly little story and point to locations. Have students mark each location with item of your choice. You point, they say. You say, they point.

I saw her stick a turkey(Turkey) in her side purse(Cyprus)! “This girl needs serious help”(syria), I cried!  After I racked(Iraq) my brain on what to do, I ran (Iran/Persia) to her and yelled “kuWAIT!”(Kuwait)!

Cycle 2 Week 14

Timeline:
We'll sing through the timeline cards then I'll have one child remove a card and give it to me while the other kids close their eyes. Then we'll see if they can guess which card is missing. We'll sing through it again and another kid will get a turn to remove a card. We'll do this until every kids has had a chance to remove a card.

History:
C3 has a great printout of the countries' flags and leaders. I will have theses printed off and we will point to the flag of the country we are singing and the picture of each leader we sing.

Latin:
We will squat down and whisper the singular endings then jump up and shout the plural endings.

English:

Parachute. Sing while holding ends of parachute and waving in up and down. When we get to the end of the song "under what condition" we will all go under the parachute. If you don't have a parachute you could use a sheet.

Science:
Pair up students. One student is an Acid and one students is a Base. Acid donates a Hydrogen Atom (object of your choice - like a ball or unifix cube or other math counter) to Base while singing song. 

Math:
I have cards with each Linear Equivalent on them. We will match them up and sing them.

Geography:
Use chocolate chips as location markers. Locate, Mark with chip, Say out loud, Answer "Where is...?" by pointing, Answer "What is this?" by saying out loud.

Cycle 2 Week 13

Timeline:
I hide the Timeline cards around the room before the kids arrive. We sing the Timeline song for week 13 as they look for the cards. Once they locate a card they sit in the middle of the room and wait for their friends. When all the cards have been found we will put them in order and sing through them.

History:
Motions and Song:
"steam engine" - fists up and down like pistons in engine
"power loom" - weave fingers together
"cotton gin" - crank "handle" in circular motion with hand
"Industrial Revolution" - hands together over shoulder, like holding a pickax, swing in downward motion 

Latin:
We will squat down and whisper the singular endings then jump up and shout the plural endings.

English:
Action Cube

Science:
I will let the kids help choose some fun motions to do for this one.

Math:
Draw "Land of Gallon" on the board while quickly saying the story.

Story: Once upon a time in the Land of Gallon (Draw G) there lived 4 Queen Quarts (Draw Qs). Each Queen Quart had a Prince Pint and a Princess Pint (Draw Ps). And each Prince and Princess Pint had 2 cats (Draw Cs) who drank 8 ounces of water a day.

Point to letters and sing song.

Geography:
Noway (Norway) would I eat sweets (Sweden) on the fin (Finland) of a shark! 
Denmark