Beginnings: K4-2nd Grade; Week 14
History
K4-2nd GRADE: WEEK 14
Unit 5 - Asian Civilizations: Qin Dynasty
Time Span:
- c. 500 BC – 221 BC
Key Events:
Confucious teaches his code of ethics.
Lau-tzu founds Taoism.
Qin Shi Huangdi conquers the seven warring kingdoms of China to form one united Chinese empire.
Qin Shi Huangdi builds the Great Wall of China, implements standardization, practices censorship, and builds 7,500 terracotta soldiers to be buried with him.
NOTE: * denotes the memory fact required for the Memory Market.
Memory Fact:
*Tell me about Qin Shi Huangdi.
Qin Shi Huangdi of China
Built the Great Wall
And had 7,500 life-size soldiers
Buried with him, weapons and all.
Lesson Plan
Asian Civilizations: Qin Dynasty
- Discussion: (10 minutes)
- Using the slideshow, provide context for this week’s memory fact and the map.
- Map: Using the last few slides in the slideshow and the Map Directions,
- Option 1: Have a discussion (5 minutes)
- Option 2: Guide students in completing their blackline map. (20 minutes)
- Required Resource: Uncle Josh’s Blackline Map: Asia
- Read Aloud: (10 minutes)
The Emperor Who Built the Great Wall by Jillian Lin
Confucius by Braintree Academy
- Tikki, Tikki, Tembo by Arlene Mosel
ELA and Bible
K4-2nd GRADE: WEEK 14
Option 1:
Letter of the Week:
- M
Read Aloud:
Activity:
- M is for Mouse
Resources/Materials:
- LOTW Activity:
- Peachy-pink construction paper – 1 per 5 students
- Black construction paper – 1 per 5 students
- Googly eyes; medium – 2 per student
- Circle cut outs (for ears)
- Rectangle cut outs (for whiskers)
- Grammar Activity:
- None
Option 2:
Read Aloud:
- Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Activity:
- Play a Kinesthetic Game and Create a Chicken Hat
- Student Interviews – What did you learn?
Resources/Materials:
- Literature Activity:
- Printed Worksheet on Cardstock (see Activity Resource)
- Stapler (for teacher use)
- Coloring Pencils and Scissors
- Grammar Activity:
- Printed Worksheet
Option 1
Option 2
Letter of the Week: I
Poetry: (5 minutes)
- “The Little Man Who Wasn’t There”
Read Aloud: (10 minutes)
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Letter Craft: (15 minutes)
- M is for Mouse
Activity Ideas: (5 minutes)
- March to music.
- Play on monkey bars.
- Measure their height or different items.
Grammar: (5 minutes)
- Introduce memory work: Articles
- Activity: Understanding Articles – A, An, The
Oral Comm.: (20 minutes)
- Show-and-Tell: M
Bible: (10 minutes)
- Sing the Word from A to Z
- Topic: The Unmerciful Servant
- Verse: M: Be Merciful – Luke 6:36
- ABCs of the Names of God
- M
Lesson Plan
Literary Work: (5 minutes)
- Review and introduce memory work
- The Destruction of Sennacherib
Literature: (45 minutes)
- Read Aloud: (10 minutes)
- Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
- Discussion and Activity Introduction: (10 minutes)
- Activity: (15 minutes)
- Play a Kinesthetic Game and Create a Chicken Hat
- Student Interviews: What did you learn?
- Sharing and Wrap Up (10 minutes)
Grammar: (5 minutes)
- Introduce memory work: Articles
- Activity: Understanding Articles – A, An, The
Oral Comm.: (20 minutes)
- Digging Deeper Report
Bible: (20 minutes)
- Topic:
- The Ten Commandments/Tabernacle
- Read Aloud: CICB
- “The Ten Commandments”
- “A Place to Worship”
- Exodus 20:1-3 (I Am With You: “No Other Gods”)
Science
K4-2nd GRADE: WEEK 14
Unit 5 - Other Vertebrates: Reptiles
Activity:
- Reptile Bingo
Resources/Materials: (per student)
- Printed Bingo Card
- Markers: 1-2 pkgs Smarties
NOTE: * denotes the memory fact required for the Memory Market.
Memory Fact:
Tell me about Class Reptilia.
*Class Reptilia creatures are cold-blooded
With dry scaly skin or bony plates.
They reproduce by laying eggs.
Turtles, crocodiles, Lizards, Snakes.
They have four legs
Or no legs at all.
Most can swim
And they slither or crawl.
Lesson Plans:
Other Vertebrates: Reptiles
Discussion: (10 minutes)
- Using the slideshow, provide context for this week’s memory fact and the activity.
Read Aloud: (10 minutes)
Reptiles by Jill McDonald
The Reptile Club by Maureen Fergus
Wild Reptiles: Snakes, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Turtles by Martin Kratt and Chris Kratt
Activity: (20 minutes)
- Reptile Bingo – Students will identify and review characteristics and examples of reptiles while playing a fun, interactive bingo game.
Art
1st-2nd GRADE: WEEK 14
Unit 5: Claude Monet
Week 1 of 3:
- Master Artist – Biography and Art History
Resource/Materials:
- Meet the Masters
- Track A
- Level 2 (Intermediate)
