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)!