What's lovelier than a poem to ease us into our Five in a Row learning? Especially on the first day of winter.
Winter is here and we have been getting lots of snow so I thought this one would be a great way to ease into our Five in a Row learning adventure. The lessons for Stopping By Woods on a Snowing Evening are short and meant to be used with the Review Week plans, so I thought it would be a nice and easy row while waiting for baby to come.
"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sounds the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
We focused on poetry, animals (as illustrated in the book), winter time and snowflakes.
Simple Animal Poetry
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| by Malachi |
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| "Owl in a forest." by Eliana |
All my poem ideas come from Amy @ Early Bird Homeschool, but her blog is no longer available.
Animals in the Story
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| Writing animal names |
Whose Footprints?
Animal Tracks Booklet (I added this in this week because it is such a great go-along for this book.)
Animal Tracks Booklet (I added this in this week because it is such a great go-along for this book.)
Animal Classification
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| Birds and Mammals |
"The darkest evening of the year."We read this book on the first day of winter ~ "the darkest evening of the year," so I talked to the little ones about seasons and length of days and explained that the days will start to be longer now by pointing out that sunset will be a little later each day now.
Our Winter Acrostic Poem ~
Winter
Icicles
Nature
Tree covered with snow
Evergreens
Roads closed
Snowflakes ~
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| Making snowflake prints. |
Make a crystal snowflake
Sorting Snowflakes
Snowflake Necklace
Edible Snowflakes
Catching Snowflakes
Delightful Links:
Audio of the poem and Soundscape video of the poem ~ we liked the sounds of crunching snow, jingle bells and horse clops.