FIAR Unit Study- Ferdinand

Geography/Culture:
Found Spain on the map and placed story disk (reviewed each day)
Colored Map of Spain/Outline Map of Spain
Learned to count in ten in Spanish, learned words for mother and father in Spanish, learned how to say hello in Spanish, too
Listened to Teach Me More...Spanish
Made Spanish/English Dictionary at co-op (learned color words and words for seasons)

Language Arts:
Short Story Writing Lesson at co-op (introduced to four short story elements-- setting, character, conflict, resolution); given a book to write his own story at home
Animal Fiction Lesson from FIAR Manual
Wrote short story in book given at co-op (template used from Ferdinand; Elijah wrote The Story of Jakes; I will post his story later)

Vocabulary Cards (acted them out/discussed them/found them in the story/filed them in his box)

Art
Drama lesson from FIAR Manual

Science
Cork Tree lesson from FIAR Manual
Read different books about trees
Tell Me Tree by Gail Gibbons
The Life of the Forest
Meeting Trees by Scott Russell Sanders
A Tree is a Plant (Let's Read and Find Out Science)
Our field trip was science related.  We learned all about trees-- the lifecycle of a tree, all about apple trees (even tasted some cider), learned how trees make food/get water, observed a large tree cookie (and a small one), learned new terms like xylem and phloem. Elijah also made a vest that turns him into a tree complete with leaves, xylem, and phloem.

Phonics
Completed ABeka K-5 Phonics Lessons 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Read BOB Books
Played Spell Time

Handwriting Without Tears
K- slate work
pg. 13 in Letters and Numbers for Me
reviewed all letters learned so far using grey block paper

Other
My First Book of Mazes- completed six mazes
My First Book of Cutting- completed activities #7 and #8

Played Animal Lotto a few times
Went on a "leaf hunt" -- we brought the leaves home and made them into fun leaf people!