Date
|
Curriculum Topic
|
Activity
|
Link
|
Sept.
|
Constitution
Constitution Day
|
Read about
the Constitution online and check for learning
|
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Oct.
|
planets
|
Get facts
about your planet for your slide show.
|
Enchanted
learning - planets
World Book Online (type in the name of
your planet in the search box.) |
Nov
|
Health and Nutrition |
Bones and Nutrition |
1.Big
Story on Bones
2.The
Bone Zone
3.
Welcome to the Skeletal System
4.
Your Gross and Cool Body - Sk
|
| Nov- Dec |
Reading Workshop |
web quest |
White Tailed Deer |
| Nov - Dec |
U. S. Government |
Web quest |
Ben's
Guide |
| Dec |
Birds |
Animal Research
(Work Shop)
Ms. Lyles |
Cinnamon Teal (cyanoptera)
Green Winged Teal (crecca.html)
Coot
Egret
Bufflehead |
| Dec |
Imagination |
See Ms. Lyles |
Louis Braille |
| Jan |
Inventions and Inventors
Mrs. Keefe
(There are many print resources available in addition to these
web sources) |
1. Pick an invention/inventor that interests
you. 2. Learn about the inventor's life, what the invention was,
how the invention came about, and differences between how it
worked then and how it works now.
3. Share your knowledge in a slide show. |
Inventor
of the Week
Ideafinder/Inventors
Inventor's
Hall of Fame
Smithsonian's
Inventors and Innovations
Zoom
Inventors and Inventions
Forgotten
Inventors (inventors
of lesser-known inventions like the can opener, feather
duster, and frisbee
National
Inventors Hall of Fame
Black
Inventors
Google/patents
|
| Feb |
Ms. Lyles |
Biography Summaries |
W.W.
Law , Ralph
Bunche,
Carter
Woodson, Alvin
Ailey,
Ronald
McNair, Robert
Smalls,
Paul
Robeson, James
Weldon Johnson,
Marian Anderson,
Matthew Henson, Thurgood
Marshall,
Fannie Lou
Hamer, Malcom
X,
Mae
Jemison, Langston
Hughes,
Besse
Coleman, Patricia
McKissack,
Lorraine Hansberry 1, 2,
Ella Fitzgerald
|
| March |
Language Arts |
Seuss' Birthday |
Seuss
Biography |
| March-April |
Language Arts |
U.S. Mint web quest |
U.S. Mint for Kids |
| April |
Oak Park |
Kid's Guide to Oak Park |
Oak Park
Tourist
People
Village
of Oak Park
Oak
Park Area
Park
District of Oak Park
Park District 2 Cheney Masion
Hephzibah |
| April |
Countries and Cultures |
What would my life be like if I lived as
a ____in _______. |
World
Book
DLTK's
Countries and Cultures for Kids
Kids
cultures:
Culturegrams (OPPL) ask Mrs. Cox for
help |
| April |
Insects |
Map Insect information |
Insect
Process |
| May |
Oak Park |
Write
a paragraph on your chosen topic. Place your topic on
a timeline of Oak Park History.
|
OPRF
High School History
Village
of Oak Park
OPRF
Historical Society
O. P. Public Library (about)
Farmer's Market History |
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