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(est. 2009) Executive Director/Principal, Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr.
and Founder, Vice-Principal & Manager/Co-Founder, Mrs. Adrian Beckles
Tutors/our children: Christian, Dashia, and Jaylan Beckles.
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Here is our plans/activities for Week 2! We are just finishing this up this week.
Cooperation: States and Regions - Augusta, Georgia (May one day relocate.)
Week 2 of 14
Day 1
Bible: Phillipians 1:6 (review founding of America/New England with The Light and the Glory)
Songs: Seafaring songs and “This Little Light of Mine”
Writing: Older - report on whaling process
Middle - report on making maple syrup
Younger - report on 3 whales with pictures
Pick/assign books for individual reading/reports
Add New England states pages to the 50 States Notebook
Family Reading (for the next 2 weeks): Carry On Mr. Bowditch by jean Lee Latham
#31 - discussion - what comes to mind when you think of New England…see Volume for details
#32 - Add landmarks to big map &/or maps in notebook
#33 - Look at map, answer questions on page 110
#34 - Business to start in New England?
#36 - Plan 2 week field trip to New England..see Volume for ideas
#37 - Visit travel agency for info on New England
#38 - Observe New England architecture..see Volume for more details
Books used: United States Coloring Book by Rod & Staff Publishers
Heroes of History Maps of the United States by Emerald Books (YWAM)
Facts About the 50 States by Sue Brandt
Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
The Light and the Glory for Children
Hello! My name is, Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., The Director and Principal of The Childrens Learning Center, and I have been able to keep everything updated this year like I wanted to! I hope to be able to keep up with posting what we are doing with our unit through the end of the year. This is a 14 week unit..so we will be working on it through the end of June!
We are having a lot of fun already!
I will do a separate post for each week’s worth of activities..with an outline of what we did/resources we used and pictures! Depending on how many pictures there are, I will probably do a slideshow….it is the easiest way to post a lot of pictures and still be able to explain what we are doing!
If you have any questions about our activities, please let me know!
We use the KONOS curriculum. The unit we are doing is from Volume 3. The numbers/pages referenced are from Volume 3: Cooperation-States and Regions
Week 1 of 14: Overview
Day 1
Bible: Romans 12:18
#1 - attempt to draw outline of US..practice throughout unit
#2 - attempt to label states on wordless map
#10 - Where would you find major natural disasters (see book)
Day 2
Bible: romas 14:19
Writing: #14 (older) - write book about USA..various options in Volume
#15 - Make “States” notebook– add to it as you go through the unit
#21 - Learn to spell states
#22 - Learn two-letter state abbreviations
#24 - learn cities and identify on map
#25 - learn time zones
(older) #13 - Plan family trip to National Parks.
Day 3
#21 continue
#22 continue
Day 4
Bible: 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Give students pages with state names and abbreviations for notebook reference
#26 - Learn National parks (see pg 109)
#27 - Do puzzles of US
#28 - use puzzle, find missing state
#30 - Use puzzle..sort by region (see Volume)
Mark regions on big map
#3 - build own big US Map or make large map (see book for details)
#4 - take pictures of work in #3
#5 - Add lakes,, rivers and mountains to map(s)
Learning the State names and abbreviations..part 1
Part 2 of Learning the State Name spellings and abbreviations
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