June Curriculum

May 31, 2008 at 7:55 PM by KickButtMama
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It's that time again...this month we're expanding on our learning of the Earth - Last month we focused on the Earth's layers (for my older son) and the Earth' placement in the solar system (for my younder son)....now we'll take a look at Volcanoes a bit more in-bepth than we did....we'll also work on the weather for my younger son.....all the following curriculum is built off of that....I often receive questions on how I compile my curriculums, the truth is I find a single topic and work from there. Using the above listed topics I'll figure out the vocab list of the month (usually common to the theme or letter of the month) then I'll find books and stories and worksheets from there..

That being said, I really only do about 2 hours max of formal paperwork a day...oh we'll spend more time on reading or working on projects, but as my children are young I would rather we not face the frustration of trying to force their attention for extended periods of time....another trick I use - the t,.v. is off all day long - from about 9:30 am (after my daily dose of coffee and the Today Show) till about 3pm (when I watch People's Court)...so during this 4.5 hours we will color, or play in the garden or waht-have-you, all of this play is also carefully thought out to have a tye-in with the theme of the month.....so they really do do school work all day long, they just areen't stuck at the table doing worksheets.

This is also a work in progress that I will update as needed....as this isn't set in stone I'll sometimes skip whole topics and come back to them at a later time....so you might want to check back periodically for new updates...

June Calender of Events: http://members.enchantedlearning.com/activitycalendars/2008/jun.shtml

Volcano Bulletin Board / Experiments:

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/science/volcano/

(Great overview of volvanoes for kids! http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/109/27/ )

Xander (4 y/o)

Letter of the Month: Ss
Number(s): 5, 55, 105
Word: Basic

Science: we're gonna delve deeper into Volcanoes....what they're made of, where they're located, why they erupt, etc....then we'll finish the month by making our own....

Reading: Read to the kids each night from Tales of the Arabian Nights. Also books that have the "S"' in them. - "s" Rhymes http://members.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Writing: Letter "S"

Phonics: S vocab words

Math - Concepts: Comparing similar, different, same

Math - Basic: Addition

Geography: Ring of Fire (volcano locations)

History: Famous Volcano eruptions in history.

Daniel (6.5 y/o)

Week 1: Volcanoe Types

Volcano Types : http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/types/index.shtml

Volcanoes Composite & Worksheet:

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ / http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/labelvolcano.shtml

MATH: Counting By 2, Re-Writing

* counting by 2's up to 100 (2, 4, 6, etc)

* Re- writing 22, 34, 66, 78, 82, 100

Reading Comp

*Un- & Re-

*Volcano/Geologic Word List ": Active volcano, Andesite, Ash, Ash-Flow, Ash-Fall, Basalt, Bench, Blister, Block, Cauldera, Central Vent, Cinder Cone, Composite Volcano, Compound Volcano, Conduit, Continental Crust, Continental Drift, Crater, Curtain-of-fire, Dacite, Dome, Dormant Volcano, Ejecta, Episode, Eruption, Eruption Cloud, Eruptive Vent, Fault, Fire Fountain, Fissure, Fumarole, Geothermal Energy, Geothermal Power, Harmonic Tremor, Horizontal Blast, Hot Spot, Hydrothermal Reservoir, Juvenile, Kipuka, Lapilli, Lava {Dome, Flow, Fountain, Lake, Shield, Tube}.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/glossary.html

Famous Eruptions

*Pompeii

WEEK 2: How Volcanoes Work

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html - How volcanoes work

Forming Volcanoes

http://science.howstuffworks.com/volcano2.htm Magma can also push up under the middle of a lithosphere plate, though this is much less common than magma production around plate boundaries. This interplate volcanic activity is caused by unusually hot mantle material forming in the lower mantle and pushing up into the upper mantle. The mantle material, which forms a plume shape that is from 500 to 1000 km wide, wells up to create a hot spot under a particular point on the earth. Because of the unusual heat of this mantle material, it melts, forming magma just under the earth's crust. The hot spot itself is stationary; but as a continental plate moves over the spot, the magma will create a string of volcanoes, which die out once they move past the hot spot. The Hawaii volcanoes were created by such a hot spot, which appears to be at least 70 million years old.

So what happens to the magma formed by these processes? We saw that the magma produced at ocean ridges just hardens to form new crust material, and so doesn't produce spewing land volcanoes. There are a few continental ridge areas, where the magma does spew out onto land; but most land volcanoes are produced by subduction zone volcanism and hot spot volcanism.

When the solid rock changes form to a more liquid rock material, it becomes less dense than the surrounding solid rock. Because of this difference in density, the magma pushes upward with great force (for the same reason the helium in a balloon pushes up through the denser surrounding air and oil pushes upward through denser surrounding water). As it pushes up, its intense heat melts some more rock, adding to the magma mixture.

The magma keeps moving through the crust unless its upward pressure is exceeded by the downward pressure of the surrounding solid rock. At this point, the magma collects in magma chambers below the surface of the earth. If the magma pressure rises to a high enough level, or a crack opens up in the crust, the molten rock will spew out at the earth's surface.

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

MATH: Counting By 5, Re-Writing

* counting by 5's up to 100 (5, 10, 15, etc)

* Re- writing 5, 15, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95 = {15 = 15+0, 14+1, 13+2, etc}

Reading Comp

* -ing, -ed

*Sight Words (same as week 1)

Famous Eruptions

*Pelee

WEEK 3: Ring of Fire

Volcano Bulletin Board / Experiments:

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/science/volcano/

Ring of Fire Printout & Worksheet: http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ringoffire/ / http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ringoffire/labelplates/

Volcano Printout http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/printout.shtml

Volcano Cloze Printout:

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/cloze/general.shtml

Ring of Fire : http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ringoffire/

all about volcanoes http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/volcanoes/default.htm

MATH: Counting By 5, Re-Writing

* counting by 10's up to 100 (5, 10, 15, etc)

* Re- writing 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90 = {10 = 5+5, 7+3, 8+2, 9+1, 10+0, etc}

Reading Comp

*Tenses: Past, Present & Future

*Volcano/Geologic Word List ": Maar, Magma, Magma Chamber, Nuees Ardentes, Pahoehoe, Pele Hair, Pele Tears, Phreatic Explosion, Phreatomagmatic, Pillow Lava, Pipe, Pit Crater, Plinian Eruption, Plug, Plug Dome, Pumice, Pyroclastic, Repose, Rhyolite, Ring-of-Fire, Scoria, Seamount, Shield Volcano, Silica, Sky-Light, Spatter Cone, Spatter Rampart, Spines, Stratovolcanic, Strombolian Eruption, Surge, Tephra, Tilt, Trachyte, Tremor, Tuff, Tuff Cone, Tuff Ring, Tumulus, Vent, Vesicle, Viscosity,. Volcanic {Complex, Cone, Neck}, Volcanian.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/glossary.html

Famous Eruptions

*Krakatau

WEEK 4: Rieview.

*Making Our Own Volcano: http://members.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/nature/volcano/

*even numbers / odd numbers define and list to 100

*review counting by 2, 5, 10

Reading Comp

*Review: Re & Un,. Tenses, -ing & -ed

*Sight Words Test:

!) Name the types of volcanoes:

2) Name the type of gases that can escape a volcano.

3) What type of debris is ejected from a volcano?

4) What type of formations block the volcano?

5) What type of formations carry the magma to the surface?

6) Where does the magma come from?

7) Where are the most active volcanoes?

8) What is a non-active volcano called?

9) What's the difference between Lava & Magma?

10) Label the volcano diagram: http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/labelvolcano.shtml

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/quizprintout.shtml

Famous Eruptions

*Mt. Saint Helens

MONEY

Well also be introducing and delving further into Money as Daniels birthday is at the end of next month and he usually get's money for his b-day.We'll be using http://www.kidsbank.com/ for the intro.

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