Social Studies - Week 5

We are reading through Sonlight Core D - American History as well as New World Explorers by Homeschool in the Woods. J craved a more hands-on-approach to school and New World Explorers has fit the bill. 

This week, J learned about Brendan the Navigator and Leif Erikkson. She worked on a notebook page for each. We read a book about who really discovered America.

J is practicing cursive handwriting so I write it out for her to make it easier for her to copy.

J added mini explorer books to her timeline. Rather than keep her timeline in a notebook, I hung it on the wall for easy reference..

We will be adding explorers to it weekly. When the unit is done, I will transfer it to her notebook.

This is our learning mini pocket chart. We add to it each time we learn something new. We also use it for review before each lesson.

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J worked on mapping Leif Erikkson's travels. Not only did she trace his route on a map for her notebook but also placed his route on our world map.

J is still working on her state notebook and she added Rhode Island to it. She is practicing her states and capitals.

J worked on her notebook pages for the state. She will hopefully have at least 25 of the states and capitals memorized by the end of the year. Not too much of hands-on stuff but we still had a good week. Hope you did too. See you soon.