Unit 4, Week 1

Yikes! I am behind on lesson planning.

Ok, I have the basic workbook pages planned out. On to the videos!

Unit 4's Reading and Language Arts and Writing focus on poetry, comparative writing and vocabulary expansion. No real videos for that. ;)

This unit of math is all about fractions and decimals.

Here's a cheesy but solid introduction to fractions:

The video goes into his lesson plan, which I just downloaded from Video Math Tutor and looks pretty good. We'll give it a whirl alongside the workbook unit we have and I'll let you all know if it's any good. It's free, so there's that! lol It'll most likely depend on how much the girls like the video approach.

We'll be studying US Geography for a bit. Regions, states & capitols, major bodies of water and mountain ranges. We do this unit pretty much every year. lol I think geography is just the kind of thing that builds up over time. Here's Wakko from Animaniacs going through the capitols:

The song that taught me the 50 states in alphabetical order "Fifty Nifty United States!"

Unit 4 Science is all about Electricity and Magnetism. We've got some cool books and experiments. Here's a catchy cheesy Bill Nye tune to set the mood:

Bill explains static electricity