🌟Term 1 Favorites🌟
We are at the end of Term 1, and it has been a great start to 9th and 5th grades!
Here are *some* things we loved in Term 1.
🏜️ Ecology
Both the Ecology Bundle from @learningwfriends and the Ecology: A Study of Biomes unit by Jaime Gravitt (Etsy) have been additions to this science stream that have accomplished two things:
1) Made This Subject Accessible for My Youngest
2) Provided a Contextual Reprieve From Textbook Reading for My Oldest
We are at the end of Term 1, and it has been a great start to 9th and 5th grades!
Here are *some* things we loved in Term 1.
🏜️ Ecology
Both the Ecology Bundle from @learningwfriends and the Ecology: A Study of Biomes unit by Jaime Gravitt (Etsy) have been additions to this science stream that have accomplished two things:
1) Made This Subject Accessible for My Youngest
2) Provided a Contextual Reprieve From Textbook Reading for My Oldest
🌎 Climatology
The Renewable Energy Unit Study from Books and Willows has been fun and provided many ideas for further exploration.
We also enjoy “Understanding the Climate Crisis” from Paper Pie (love this series), and “What a Waste” from DK.
📝 “Martin Rising” by Andrea and Brian Pinkney.
This is a poetic biographical account of the last year of MLK’s life, and it brought us each to tears more than once.
I finished the term going back in time a few years in MLK’s life by reading “Let the Children March” by Monica Clark-Robinson and it prompted great discussion.
🦌 Delighting in Animals: Senses, Defenses, and Killer Instincts
Special Studies nearly always makes this list, and these units are always (truly) a delight. This animal focused unit was a HIT.
🐴 Career Studies
Sheldon LOVES the “That’s a Job” series, and this year’s “I Like Animals” edition is a highlight of his week.
🌍 Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin
We’re using many resources for our study of Africa this year, but this is a book EVERYONE should read.
💥 Cartooning
Teddy is loving the biographical interviews in “Comics Confidential” by Leonard Marcus, Sheldon is enjoying “The Essential Calvin and Hobbes”, and we’re all enjoying our lessons from “Art for Kids: Cartooning”.
🕍 Delighting in the World: World Religions
Utilizing my curriculum this term for our study of world religions was particularly special (and emotional) for me.
This unit was a challenge to write, is something I’m proud of, and illuminated a subject that isn’t new to us in a new way for my kids.
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