Norse Mythology and Vikings Thematic

Illustration by Tina Solstrand

Day 1	Math	Word problem Journal: 144 Jötunn
	Extra	Runic Alphabet http://www.flickr.com/photos/30136170@N06/4848787494/in/photostream/ knotwork name plate
	LA	Norse Mythology YouTube1-3 http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less1.htm Yggdrasil Drawing  http://tiffvsart.tumblr.com/image/13914735906 http://pinterest.com/pin/40110252903046111/
	Science	Sun stone http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/not-just-the-stuff-of-legend-famed-viking-sunstone-did-exist-believe-scientists-8521522.html
Day 2	Math	·         http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/measurement.shtml ·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         Write about creation myth to go along with drawing. ·         Norse Mythology YouTube 4-6 ·         http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less2.htm
	Social Studies	http://sciencenordic.com/legendary-viking-town-unearthed Viking Paper Doll http://practicalpages.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/paper-dolls-ancient-vikings.jpg ·         Horrible Histories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrBnIoONit0
Day 3	Math	·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         Norse Mythology YouTube 7-9 ·         http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less3.htm ·         Pick 10 facts interesting to you.  http://www.getthespecialists.co.uk/101_Viking_Facts.html
	Science	Pigment Activity
Day 4	Math	·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/beliefs_and_stories/ ·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/
	SS	·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Norse_mythology ·         http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/numeric-reckoning.shtml ·
Day 5	Art Project	·         Build a Viking long boat http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/viking_longboat.htm or http://www.looledo.com/index.php/viking-ship.html ·         Musical Instruments http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep02/17vinstr.html ·         Start Papier-mâché helmet
	Movie	·         Beowulf
Day 6	Math	·         Word problem journal: 63 Vikings
	LA	·         http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less4.htm ·         Vikings.doc ·         Assign Odd and the Frost Giant/summary
	History	·         Days of the week got their name http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/funfacts/daysoftheweek.htm ·         Draw each god and a paragraph about each
Day 7	Math	·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         Children of Odin ·         http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less5.htm ·         http://bogglesworldesl.com/files8/VikingCloze.doc
	Science	·         Bog Bodies ·         http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2011-01-16-bog-bodies_N.htm ·         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/iron-nf.html ·         http://www.amazon.com/Bodies-Archaeological-Imagination-Karin-Sanders/dp/0226734056/ref=rec_dp_0
Day 8	Math	·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/prose_edda.html ·         Writing Your Personal Myth. Have students come up with their own personal mythology story.
	History	·         Usborne Encyclopaedia of Religion pages on Norse Mythology and the accompanying internet links
Day 9	Math	·         Word problem journal
	LA	·         http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/poetic_edda.html ·         Finish undone work
	Science	·         http://sciencenordic.com/what-vikings-really-looked ·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-13064786
Day 10	Activity Day	Papier-mâché helmet http://minabema.blogspot.com/2009/09/viking-bread-recipe.html
	Movie	Undecided

5 misconceptions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYzfKiIWN4g

http://www.heathengods.com/library/poetic_edda/index.htm

Pigments Activity http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/3205_vinland.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/

http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/104/The%20Vikings%20of%20Scandinavia.pdf

Math Gingerbread House

We did these last year, but Kiddo got to participate more in the prepping this year.

You will need:

1-  9”x12” paper of their choice, this is the ground.

1- 9”x12” brown piece of construction paper

1-      3” x9”  of both red and green

Half a sheet of white construction paper.

 

With the short end toward you, fold the brown paper  horizontally into thirds and cut along the folds.  Fold each piece in 1/2. Open and fold the short ends in 1/2 an inch.

Fold the red paper into fourths and cut. Glue 1/4 of the red paper to the middle of a folded brown piece. Cut the remaining 3/4 of the red paper in halves. Glue 1 to the opposite side of your door, and another to a blank brown section.

Using a protractor, create 8- 1 inch diameter circles. Cut them out and fold each circle in half.

Apply glue to 1/2 of the circle and adhere to the edge of the last blank brown paper, to create snow on the roof line.

 Fold the green paper into fourths and cut. Cut 1/2 of the pieces in half. Cut the other 1/2 diagonally in half.
Take 1/2 of the triangles and glue together at the right angles. Glue another triangle to the top of the new triangle.
Cut the remaining triangle in half. Glue on top of the other triangles, on top of each other. Fold the bottom triangle in 1/2 an inch and glue to your ground.


Decorate your house, using the extra red and green pieces to create a walkway.

Tada!

Have a happy holiday season and a wonderful New Year.

A Different Advent

 I fondly recall the crappy chocolate advent calendar I longed for as a child. My mom only purchased them a couple of times, but I was eager to punch out those doors and get the sweet, oily candy that would melt as soon as my fingers touched it. I've gotten Kiddo one once, aside from the fact they are cheap crap, she doesn't handle chocolate well. I certainly don't want 24 days of her wandering in after bed time complaining of stomach pain. Last year we did a Lego advent, it was a blast and she still plays with it. However, it is out of our price range this year. Paper advent away!


I saw these jokes a few days ago and thought it would be perfect for a paper chain advent. Practically free (my favorite) and quite festive! I snipped the jokes in half, putting the question on the outside and the answer inside. Maybe next year I will make a felt and Velcro one.




Yes. I do save Christmas cards. I love each one of them dearly. I plan on doing the Gingerbread Fraction House again this year as well as some other fun things. Stay tuned! 

Thanksgiving

While it's important to be thankful all year round, Kiddo and I have written something we're thankful for each day this month. It is a lot harder than you would think!I enjoyed watching her come up with the most unexpected things. She's thankful for clouds, turkeys, blankets, and spending time with family. 

I've baked pie and the rolls are rising in the fridge.  Down below there are a few freebie printable links. Have a wonderful day tomorrow!








Would you rather... Thanksgiving style
Thanksgiving Mad Lib

Halloween

Gak. Poetry. Plotted pictures. Fun.

6 & 7 & 8!

We've just gotten back from a long but extremely FUN weekend with our girl scout troop. They learned to dance; crafted their little hearts out; hiked, and had a pajama fashion show. I'm very thankful for these positive social experiences!

EPGY: As a curriculum, unimpressed. It is not the all encompassing curriculum I was told it was. It is, however, a great supplement and practice device. My only wish is that I could control which parts to let her do. We'll still be using it in a supplementary way.

Books: Go read a banned book! We talked about banned books and why/how they get challenged and she was pretty shocked she's read so many banned books and the reasons seemed really silly to her or she couldn't see where the issue was. Example: Hunger Games was challenged for being anti-ethnic and the ethnicity of the Districts v. Capitol never occurred to her. In honor of banned books, we're reading The Giver this week. I've been careful to not force dystopian literature on her but I can't help but do a little dance whenever she picks one of my favorites.

There's not enough weeks in October to do all the Autumn/Halloween stuff we love so much. I am looking forward to making next few weeks lessons themed. Her math answer this week was 13 crows and she learned that you'd call it a murder of crows.

We checked out the Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions from the library and have really had a lot of fun with the links. Definitely a book I'll need to keep an eye out for to purchase. She asked if one of our summer "destinations" could be Norse Mythology. Score!

Week 4 and 5

Week 4

While it always seems like a great idea to have a long weekend and a short schooling week, it always gives us troubles. Neither of us wanted to do our work; we still don't have our EPGY login information (see week 5); and she magically lost her book report on Island of the Blue Dolphins and had to start again which meant a battle of the wills ensued.... it was a struggle of a week. When we struggle, I try to slow things down and make it more fun. We finished reading Little Women and watched the movie. We spent more time playing games. We started Alice in Wonderland and she devoured White Fang. We made pretty birthday cards because September is a very popular month to be born.

 Week 5

I picked up a book and CD curriculum for Latin. It's much easier for kiddo so I count it as a win. Since it's a Christian Latin book, there's 2 prayers to memorize, so it has also been good for discussion about religions.

We're working through NaNoWriMo's Young Novelist Workbook, it's been a lot of fun. I love seeing the neat characters and backgrounds she comes up with. Definitely need to come up with more advanced spelling lists so its a challenge. I've been pulling her bonus word from the orange section and she's gotten a couple wrong. She's having so much fun with the activities but I still think she needs to push outside her comfort zone.

EPGY- We still do *not* have any information. The person that was supposed to register her not only dropped the ball but rolled it under the refrigerator of DOOM then went on vacation. So now I'm considering alternative curricula for math and language arts and have given them an already too generous extension to fix it by Tuesday.

Kiddo's special interest classes start back today. She was bummed the cooking class filled up but she got into sewing and a creativity class. I need a few dozen good books to keep me company during her classes, it's pointless to 40 minutes each way back home when she'll be there less than 3 hours.