Lesson plans for both bird unit study and US presidents unit study (through Lincoln)
Homeschool Schedule
2016-2017
Fall
Week
1 – September 6 – 9
Monday,
Sept. 5
Labor Day – Make bird feeders and hang them. Need empty juice bottles
Tuesday,
Sept. 6
Field Trip
Wednesday,
Sept. 7
Trial run of schedule – Explain all
the parts of the morning [this was a year which required a very detailed daily schedule so I could be sure to work individually with everyone]
Read Introduction to US Presidents (USP)
Thursday,
Sept. 8
Read p. 21 in Young Explorers
Apologia (YE)
Read pp. 6-9 in Ornithology
Make lap book parts
Friday,
Sept. 9
Make birding journals – need
photocopied sheets
Read and listen to The Goldfinch (#1) [This type of entry always refers to the classical music book]
Week
2 – September 12 – 16
Monday,
Sept. 12
Read George Washington section in USP
Tuesday,
Sept. 13
Read p. 22 in YE
Read Bird Watching with Margaret Morse Nice
Wednesday,
Sept. 14
Read The Story of the US Capitol
(interlibrary loan)
Read George Washington’s Teeth (EPL)
Watch Bill of Rights Preamble –
Schoolhouse Rock
Discuss first ten amendments
Thursday,
Sept. 15
Read pp. 64-65 in Bird Watching (BW)
Talk about Project Feederwatch [through Cornell University, you should go check it out]
Friday,
Sept. 16
Read and listen to Spring (#2)
Make birds on a line thumbprint
project [pretty much all craft projects can be found by doing a Pinterest search]
Need small canvases
Week
3 – September 19 – 23
Monday,
Sept. 19
Read Dear Benjamin Banneker (EPL)
Begin What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story About Benjamin Banneker (EPL)
[NOTE: NEED TO COLLECT HARRIS LOAN BOX: BEAKS & FEET] [If you homeschool and live near the Field Museum in Chicago, check out the Harris Loan Box program. It is awesome.]
Tuesday,
Sept. 20
Read pp. 23-36 in YE
Complete bird part chart (p. 77 Bird Adventures) [I truly do not remember what this book was]
Wednesday,
Sept. 21
Finish Benjamin Banneker book
Timeline work
1789-1797 – George
Washington’s term
1791 – Vermont statehood
1791 – Bill of Rights
ratified
1792 – Kentucky
statehood
1796 – Tennessee statehood
Thursday,
Sept. 22
Read pp. 22-33; 36-37 in Eyewitness
Birds
Fill-in worksheets in Bird Adventures
Friday,
Sept. 23
Read and listen to Birdsong (#3)
Look at Harris Loan Box: Beaks and Feet
Week
4 – September 26 – 30
Monday,
Sept. 26
Read John Adams section in USP
Tuesday,
Sept. 27
Read pp. 2 – 44 in Bird Watching
Wednesday,
Sept. 28
Watch National Geographic: Inside
the Whitehouse (60 min.)
-ORDER DISK FROM NETFLIX
Thursday,
Sept. 29
Read Lesson 3 in YE
Friday,
Sept. 30
Make feather stamping pictures – need feathers, paper, and good ink pads
Week
5 – October 3 – 7
Monday,
Oct. 3
Begin reading Napoleon: Emporer and Conqueror (Interlibrary loan)
Tuesday,
Oct. 4
Read Feathers: Not Just for Flying
(EPL)
Draw and label parts of a feather
Make layered book of five types of
feathers
Look at feathers (ordered)
Wednesday,
Oct. 5
Continue reading Napoleon
Thursday,
Oct. 6
Play bird games
Friday,
Oct. 7
Read and listen to Melancholy (#4)
Read Bird Drawing Basics in Drawing Birds – have sketchpads and pencils, to try drawing one of the birds in the step-by-step portion
Week
6 – October 10 – 14
Monday,
Oct. 10
Finish Napoleon book
(Get Harris Loan Box!)
Tuesday,
Oct. 11
Go to zoo
Wednesday,
Oct. 12
Read Goya book
Timeline work:
1797-1801 – John Adams
presidency
1799 – Rosetta Stone
discovered
Add a couple Napoleon dates
Thursday,
Oct. 13
Read pp. 57-60 in YE
Read Birds: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machines (EPL)
Friday,
Oct. 14
Read and listen to The Bird (#5)
Look at Harris Loan Box: Built for
Flight
Watch Flight: The Genius of Birds (Interlibrary loan – DVD)
Week
7 – October 17-21
Monday,
Oct. 17
Read Thomas Jefferson in USP
Tuesday,
Oct. 18
Read pp. 61-70 in YE
Read How do Birds Find their Way (EPL)
Wednesday,
Oct. 19
Game day – catch-up – President game
Thursday,
Oct. 20
Read pp. 207-232 in BW
Friday,
Oct. 21
Watch Fly Away Home (Netflix DVD)
Week
8 – October 24-28
Monday,
Oct. 24
Read book about Robert Fulton
Tuesday,
Oct. 25
Read Lesson 5 in YE
Wednesday,
Oct. 26
Read Beethoven book
Listen to Beethoven’s 5th
symphony
Timeline work:
1801-1809 – Jefferson’s
presidency
1803 – Ohio statehood
and Louisiana Purchase
1804 – Lewis and Clark
expedition begins
1805 – Battle of
Trafalgar
1807 – First steamboat
1808 – Slave trade ban
Thursday,
Oct. 27
Read The Magpie’s Nest (EPL) and
Mama Built a Little Nest (EPL)
Catch-up with lapbook books
Friday,
Oct. 28
Read and listen to Hens and Roosters
(#6)
Try to build cup nests – find sticks and stuff – make mud
Week
9 – October 31 – November 4
Monday,
Oct. 31
No School
Tuesday,
Nov. 1
Read The Boy Who Drew Birds – Audubon
(EPL)
Look at Audubon’s Aviary (Interlibrary loan)
Wednesday,
Nov. 2
Read James Madison in USP
Thursday,
Nov. 3
Read For the Birds: the life of Roger Tory Peterson (EPL)
Friday,
Nov. 4
Field Museum trip to sketch birds
Week
10 – November 7 – 11
Monday,
Nov. 7
Read Old Ironsides: America Builds a Fighting Ship (Interlibrary loan)
Tuesday,
Nov. 8
Bird games
Wednesday,
Nov. 9
Read Tchaikovsky book
Listen to the 1812 Overture
Thursday,
Nov. 10
Read ch. 4 of Fastest Things on
Wings
Begin Least of These
Friday,
Nov. 11
Read and listen to Aviary (#8)
Make paintings from Museum sketches
Week
11 – November 14 – 18
Monday,
Nov. 14
Read By the Dawn’s Early Light (EPL)
Try singing
Tuesday,
Nov. 15
Finish The Least of These
Read Maggie: The One-Eyed Peregrine Falcon (EPL)
Wednesday,
Nov. 16
Finish any reading and adding to timelines
Thursday,
Nov. 17
Begin reading Bird Ambulance
Friday,
Nov. 18
Papier Mache birds – begin
Two Week Thanksgiving Break
Week
12 – December 5 – 9
Monday,
Dec. 5
Read James Monroe in USP
Read A Picture Book of Simon Bolivar (Interlibrary loan)
Tuesday,
Dec. 6
Finish Bird Ambulance
Wednesday,
Dec. 7
Thursday,
Dec. 8
Catch-up days – Finish timeline items and lapbook books
Friday,
Dec. 8
Finish Papier Mache birds
Christmas Break
Winter
Week
1 – January 9 – 13
Monday,
Jan. 9
Read The Santa Fe Trail
Tuesday,
Jan. 10
Begin Reading Raptors – Ch. 1
Wednesday,
Jan. 11
Do map work on pp. 6-7; p. 15 of Santa Fe Trail Activity book
Thursday,
Jan. 12
Read Raptors, pp. 43-55
Friday,
Jan. 13
Read and listen to The Swan (#13)
Dissect owl pellets (need to order!)
Week
2 – January 16-20
Monday,
Jan. 16
Read John Quincy Adams (USP)
Tuesday,
Jan. 17
Read Raptors, ch. 3 & 4
Wednesday,
Jan. 18
Read The Erie Canal by Peter Spier
(EPL)
Add dates to timeline
Thursday,
Jan. 19
Read Raptors, ch. 5
Read American Eagle
Friday,
Jan. 20
Read and listen to Dance of the
Little Swans (#9)
Watch Cruising America’s Waterways: The Erie Canal (Netflix DVD)
Week
3 – January 23 – 27
Monday,
Jan. 23
Read Andrew Jackson (USP)
Begin What Was the Alamo? (Interlibrary loan)
Tuesday,
Jan. 24
Read Raptors, pp. 15 – 41
Read California Condor
Wednesday,
Jan. 25
Finish Alamo book
Add dates to timeline
Thursday,
Jan. 26
Watch Nature: Birds of the Gods (Netflix DVD)
Friday,
Jan. 27
Use sand clay (recipe pinned on Pinterest) to make models of the front of the Alamo
Week
4 – January 30 – February 3
Monday,
Jan. 30
Read Martin Van Buren (USP)
Begin Amistad
Tuesday,
Jan. 31
Read A Natural History of the
Chicago Region pp. 347-352
Look at passenger pigeons on Google image search
Wednesday,
Feb. 1
Continue Amistad
Thursday,
Feb. 2
Read Dodos (Interlibrary loan)
Look at Google images
Friday,
Feb. 3
Begin embossed bird project (Pinterest)
Week
5 – February 6 – 10
Monday,
Feb. 6
Continue Amistad
Tuesday,
Feb. 7
Read Watching Water Birds
Wednesday,
Feb. 8
Continue Amistad
Thursday,
Feb. 9
Pelicans (Research book!)
Friday,
Feb. 10
Complete embossed bird project
WEEK OFF - February 13 – 17
Week
6 – February 20 – 24
Monday,
Feb. 20
Finish Amistad
Tuesday,
Feb. 21
Read about Flamings (need book)
Wednesday,
Feb. 22
Game Day
Thursday,
Feb. 23
Read about Storks (need book)
Friday,
Feb. 24
Begin Winter Bird pictures (on Pinterest)
ORDER EGGS AND INCUBATOR!
Week
7 – February 27 – March 3
Monday,
Feb. 27
Finish any reading and add dates to timeline
Tuesday,
Feb. 28
Bird games
Wednesday,
Mar. 1
Read William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (USP)
Thursday,
Mar. 2
Read pp. 89-95 in YE
Read Hatch! By Roxie Munro (EPL)
Friday,
Mar. 3
Finish Winter Bird pictures
Week
8 – March 6 – 10
Monday,
Mar. 6
Learn Morse code
Do timeline
Tuesday,
Mar. 7
Do egg experiment (p. 95 – YE)
Do egg worksheet (in unit study book)
Wednesday,
Mar. 8
Read James Polk and Zachary Taylor (USP)
Thursday,
Mar. 9
Read pp. 95-99 in YE
Work on lap book books
Friday,
Mar. 10
Movie day (Choose fun movie)
Week
9 – March 13 – 17
Monday,
Mar. 13
Read Chopin book
Listen to Revolutionary Etude
Add to timelines
Tuesday,
Mar. 14
Games
Wednesday,
Mar. 15
Read Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce (USP)
Thursday,
Mar. 16
Read Chick Days: Raising Chickens from Hatchlings to Laying Hens (Interlibrary loan)
Friday,
Mar. 17
Rizzo bird paintings (Pinterest)
Week
10 – March 20 -24
Monday,
Mar. 20
Read A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale (Interlibrary loan)
Tuesday,
Mar. 21
Continue chicken book
Wednesday,
Mar. 22
Finish reading and timelines
Thursday,
Mar. 23
Finish chicken book
Friday,
Mar. 24
Read and listen to The Song of the
Lark (#10)
Recycled bird nest craft (Pinterest)
Week
11 – March 27 – 31
Monday,
Mar. 27
Read James Buchanan (USP)
Tuesday,
Mar. 28
Read That Quail Robert
Wednesday,
Mar. 29
Read Ride Like the Wind: The First Ride of the Pony Express (EPL)
Thursday,
Mar. 30
That Quail Robert
Friday,
Mar. 31
Read and listen to Lark Ascending
(#11)
Quail craft (Pinterest)
Week
12 – April 3 – 7
Monday,
April 3
Read Many Thousands Gone, pt. 2
Tuesday,
April 4
Continue reading That Quail Robert
Wednesday,
April 5
Continue reading Many Thousands Gone, pt. 2
Thursday,
April 6
Continue reading That Quail Robert
Friday,
April 7
Read and listen to Ballet of the Unhatched
Chicks (#12)
Flamingo finger puppets (Pinterest)
Holy
Week – April 9 – 16
Spring Break – April 17 – 23
Order Harris Loan Box: A Good Egg
Spring
Quarter
Week
1 – April 24 – 28
Monday,
April 24
Read Thee, Hannah
Tuesday,
April 25
Begin watching The Life of Birds (Netflix DVD/3 disks – 3 hours each)
Wednesday,
April 26
Continue Thee, Hannah
Add to timelines
Thursday,
April 27
Continue The Life of Birds
Friday,
April 28
Read and listen to Toccata with
Cuckoo Scherzo (#13)
Harris Loan Box: A Good Egg
Week
2 – May 1 - 5
Monday,
May 1
Read Abraham Lincoln (USP)
Tuesday,
May 2
Continue The Life of Birds
Wednesday,
May 3
Read Many Thousands Gone, pt. 3
Thursday,
May 4
Continue The Life of Birds
Friday,
May 5
Read and listen to The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (#14)
Week
3 – May 8 - 12
Monday,
May 8
Continue reading Many Thousands Gone, pt. 3
Tuesday,
May 9
Continue The Life of Birds
Wednesday,
May 10
Timelines
Thursday,
May 11
Continue The Life of Birds
Friday,
May 12
Read and listen to The Robin (#15)
Week
4 – May 15 – 19
Monday,
May 15
Begin reading Civil War Diary and Eugene Diven diary [an ancestor of J.'s and whose diary we have access to]
Tuesday,
May 16
Continue The Life of Birds
Wednesday,
May 17
Diaries
Thursday,
May 18
Continue The Life of Birds
Friday,
May 19
Read and listen to 3rd Movement of Concerto #17 (#17)
Week
5 – May 22 – 26
Monday,
May 22
Diaries
Tuesday,
May 23
Continue The Life of Birds
Wednesday,
May 24
Diaries
Thursday,
May 25
Friday,
May 26
Read and listen to the story of The
Magic Flute (picture book and bird disk)
Papageno and Papagena (#16)
Week
6 – May 29 – June 2
Monday,
May 29
Read and listen to The Raven (#18)
Tuesday,
May 30
Read and listen to Toy Symphony (#20)
Wednesday,
May 31
Read and listen to Dance of the
Firebird (#19)
Firebird craft (Pinterest)
Thursday,
June 1
Construct lapbooks
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