This past week, we did Five in a Row Very Last first time, by Jan Andrews.
We had SO much fun!!! The kids were so bummed when our adventure was over.... =) can't blame them, there was alot of fun stuff in this study! =)
I seem to do one FIAR book, and then take a week off, at least as i looked back on this past year so far, that's what i have been doing... I just can't seem to do one book a week..we need more time... =) then by the time it's finished, I need a break to gear up and plan for the next one. =)
About the book: Eva Padlyat had often walked on the bottom of the sea with her mother. This extraordinary-sounding feat is routine for the Inuits of Northern Canada, who lower themselves through the thick winter ice at low tide to search for mussels on the ocean floor. It is now time for Eva's first trip under the ice alone. She and her mother pull their sleds across the snow until they find a place to chisel a hole; then Eva carefully lowers herself into the darkness. Lighting a candle, she begins to look for mussels; she then goes exploring. When she hears the tide coming in and drops her candle, she feels panicky, but she soon finds her matches and another candle to light her way back to the ice hole. On the surface of the ice once again, Eva sums up her adventure as her "very last first time" for walking alone on the ocean floor.
Our Studies included, Canada, Inuit culture, Igloos, Arctic Wildlife (polar bears, seals) , & Arctic lifestyles
We first started out with making Igloos from Sugar cubes and Glue... Bad combo.. didn't work well at all. =( they made their own stickyness and melted each other... )
KT was still very proud!
JT refused to finish it, even though it wasn't working....
Here is our super fun and "playable" cotton ball igloo! I just washed an icing cup, turned it upside down and cut out a door... We used a tin baking sheet, that we covered with foil, and they could easily pick up their project and move it.... (2 weeks later they are STILL playing with it!)
We learned all about Canada! they colored the map, and we located it daily on the globe....
We located Ungava bay, and printed it out for our lapbook. They loved to say the word "Ungava.." =)
For Art, we talked a little bit about pointille, and how many of the illustrations in teh book were made with tiny dots, to bring together all teh pretty colors....
Here is KT and her version of pointelle.... she loved it! We used oil pastels.
This is the picture they copied.... above is Kt's and below is Jt's.... not to bad !!!
We also did lapbook fun!
KT did some fun with words that start with "C" for Canada.... she really enjoyed it! JT worked on vocabulary words from the story, and practiced writing his letters all that week.
Here is our vocabulary print out of an igloo- and I chose the words and we hung it up for the week.
In the story the girl. Eva gets scared, and panics... we talked a little bit about what we should do when that happens, and how we can handle situations like that.
Next, quite possibly the most fun thing of all was bring the snow "IN!" This was a huge hit! we just threw in some of our Arctic animals... polar bears, penguins, seals.. and of course Sid the sloth ( ice age)
making caves for the bears.......
Notice the first picture it is daylight... notice this picture above, the snow is melting, and it is now dark... they stayed there for over 4 hours playing!~ once it started melting we added blue food coloring.... made it that much more fun!
A side trail, was animals in the arctic!
So, we made another lapbook for this.... Polar Animals.
A great book was this one we read: Very informational...
Polar wildlife is no longer available new, but it is GREAT if you can get a copy it was really informational for this age level... and it covered all the Arctic animals...
We also did an Inuit craft, of carving... we used Soap.... and made Fishies!
They worked really hard on them, and it was pretty tough! So I helped with some of it too!
Here is KT's!
We also watched several you tube videos on how to build an igloo, ice sculptures, and snow forts.
We also watched a neat video on the Inuit throat sing.. which is what Eva was doing under the sea.... it was really neat.
We talked about the culture, and the area in which they live, and they survive... We talked about how they eat alot of meat, and use most of all the animal parts when possible for clothing, household use, etc....
The little Eskimo doll I had was a great visual for fur clothing, and boots... if you can pick one up, it's great to have!
Here arethe additional resources we used:
Malamute printout
words that start with C print out
Canada dot to dot
igloo craft
How Igloos Work
ice fishing coloring page
Penguin snack (even though they aren't arctic!)
All about the Inuit
preschool Eskimo maze
Eskimo coloring page
Ungava Bay Map
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