Snow Homeschool Plan 2025/26

	A	B	C	D	E	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O
1		Big sister's (Lucy) days off school this week	Dates	open ed classes/events or other special events	Unit Study 2 hrs M-Th	Friday (Fridays Unless otherwise noted)Field Trips - usually coinciding with unit study topic	potential extra recipes/projects	Write Shop Curriculum: Writing Lessons to coincide with unit studies Tues-Thurs 3o min	Book recommendations in writing curriculum	More Books recommended in writing curriculum	Read Aloud books to coincide with unit study	Movie/Film suggestions	Beast Academy Math Lessons 4 days a week 1 hr Mon-Thurs

2	1	monday	9/1-5	T kickoff 9am TH crafty kids sneak peek 10am	Coral Reef, story telling + Ivideo combined unit study - Google Docs	library	Recipes/Projects: Guacamole + homemade tortillas	How to Write a Fable + unique characters and unique voice		📖 Read Aloud: Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau	lights! Camera! Alice!, rockliff library		shapes
3	2		9/8-12		PET ADOPTION - Google Docs	humane society + Rod Rat Rukkus (FRiday)+ making beds with sleep in heavenly places on Saturday the 13th	dog biscuits: 1/2 c swt pot or pumpkin + 1/4 c pb + 1 egg + 1 c oats bake at 350 for 15 min - write recipe and add to book	How to Write a Fable + unique characters and unique voice			Read Aloud: Because of Winn-Dixie		shapes
4	3		9/15-19	(check open ed emails for next month's offerings)	You Are Special Literature Study (see download files) - Google Docs	true juice 10:10-11:30 am + Schole meetup (gma bday celebration on wed evening) -	grandma's recipes: pineapple upsidedown cake, chicken and dumplings, pb cookies, breakfast bites	How to Write a Fable + unique characters and unique voice		You are Special, lucado, thrift	read grandma's stories and use matt's program to create books		skip counting
5	4	friday	9/22-26	M 10am choc chip muffins; no museum this week - closed	Oregon State Study Unit (4th Grade) - Google Docs	rogue creamery 10:30 - less than 12 kids then gma's house for a science project and Lucy works for her	make your own recipe for grilled cheese - competition - anything you want - judges	Humor: Humor and dialogue	Homer Price (at library mccloskey)		Cowgirls, Branzei, library + From here we speak, poetry by Wendt & St.John, library + O is for Oregon, Oregon Wildflowers by Magley E 582.13 Ma		skip counting
6	5		9/29-10/3		Radio Play Unit Study	3 mile farm (gourds) art along the rogue this weekend	📌 Recipes/Projects: Old-timey sound effects kit	Humor: Humor and dialogue		Pippi Longstocking (we own)			perimeter/area
7	6	friday	10/6-10	Engineering club Tuesday at noon, mix it at 9 AM Thursday	Halloween Unit Study - Google Docs	(perimeter/area challenge at pupkin patch)	Recipes/Projects: Honey candy	Humor: Humor and dialogue	Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (at the library)	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (cleary, library)	The pumpkin patch parable, the legend of the pumpkin patch, the legend of spookley the swaure pumpkin, a pumpkin prayer, the halloween tree, God Blesses us with Thanskgiving		perimeter/area
8	7		10/13-17	wed - cupcake decorating 10am, Engineering club Tuesday at noon, mix it at 9 AM Thursday	Halloween unit study 2 weeks (start big foot before hike hopefully):	play date at schole		Adventure: Scene and Setting	Hatchet (paulsen, library or carter)	The Adventures of Munford (aramini, thrift)			perimeter/area
9	8		10/20-24	Engineering club Tuesday at noon, mix it at 9 AM Thursday	Bigfoot - Google Docs	big foot hike - jacksonville park with schole		Adventure: Scene and Setting	Redwall, jacques library		Read Aloud: The Bigfoot Mystery: The Adventure Begins		multiplication
10	9	friday	10/27-31	no school friday - Halloween, Engineering club Tuesday at noon, mix it at 9 AM Thursday	Snow chooses maybe wilderness survival and choose my side of the mountain as a book			Adventure: Scene and Setting	Caddie Woodlawn, brink library	Sign of the Beaver, speare library			multiplication
11	10		11/2-7		Veteran’s Day Unit Study (cut down to 2 weeks)		Pottery canvas and stone	Science Fiction: Blending Fiction with Scientific Fact	Andrew Lost, greenburg library (younger)	The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, thrift	📖 Read Aloud: H is for Honor by Devin Scillian	🎬 Movie: Taking Chance	multiplication
12	11	mon and tues	11/10-14	no school monday, field trip tuesday Saturday Open Ed day at the Y	Thanksgiving and pioneer history (2 weeks)	glass forge or pioneer museum (mon/tues)		Science Fiction: Blending Fiction with Scientific Fact	Chocolate Fever, library smith		📖 Read Aloud: Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac	🎬 Movie: Plymouth Adventure	perfect squares
13	12		11/17-21		thanksgiving, cont.	no friday field trip - hopefully we can get to native lands over the weekend		Science Fiction: Blending Fiction with Scientific Fact	the plant that ate the dirty sock, thrift	Top Secret, thrift			perfect squares
14	13	wed-fri	11/24-12/28		Thanksgiving Break
15	14		12/1-5		The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Literature study by 7 Sisters (not downloaded yet)	jacksonville	have a tea party	no writing curriculum for the month of december	the miracle of jonathan toomey, library		The chosen		distributive property
16	15		12/8-12		Christmas Unit Study	ice skating in Ashland					Where the mountain meet the moon doesn't have to do with the new year, but it does have to do with China and a family is good fortune		distributive property
17	16		12/15-19		christmas unit cont.								distributive property
18	17	all	12/22-26		Christmas Break
19	18	all	12/29-1/2		Christmas Break
20	19	friday	1/5-9		New Year’s Day Unit Study (4th Grade) - Google Docs	honey bee farm	variables challenge: honey bees	Mystery: Using elements of mystery to write a story	The Cul-de-Sac Kids, cleary library				variables
21	20		1/12-16		Bee unit from Campfire Curriculum (cut down to 2 weeks)	MLK Event with the Remembrance Project		Mystery: Using elements of mystery to write a story	Nate the Great, sharmat library	Encycopedia Brown, library sobol	📖 Read Aloud: Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen		variables
22	21	mon-MLK day	1/19-23	no school monday, attend MLK event on the 17th	bees, cont.	none - play day with homeschool co-op and/or catch a swarm of bees!	beeswax lip balm	Mystery: Using elements of mystery to write a story	Cam Jansen, alder library				variables
23	22		1/26-30		Butterflies (2 days)	buy plants to start polinator garden	📌 Recipes/Projects: Butterfly feeder	Writing a personal narrative: Story about a personal experience			📖 Read Aloud: Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly		division
24	23		2/2-6		Snow chooses subject and/or we do the snow dogs lesson from the national parks website - plan trip?	sarges serpents		Writing a personal narrative: Story about a personal experience					division
25	24	friday	2/9-13		Valentine’s Day Unit Study - Google Docs	Beef Cakes bakery - valentine cookie baking lesson	division challenge: baking receip	Writing a personal narrative: Story about a personal experience					division
26	25	monday	2/16-20		Presidents’ Day Unit Study (4th Grade) - Google Docs	social event: remote control cars at B street jumps with friends	rock tumbling	Descriptive Narrative: Personal story describing three items or events	📖 Read Aloud: So You Want to Be President?				measurement
27	26		2/23-27		Train Yourself to be a Private Investigator Unit Study - Google Docs	thursday field trip (go early to medford and go to the crater rock museum), Friday finish unit, watch movie and practice for talent show	📌 Recipes/Projects: Invisible ink with lemon juice	Descriptive Narrative: Personal story describing three items or events					measurement
28	27		3/2-5		private investigator week 2		measuring challenge PI	Descriptive Narrative: Personal story describing three items or events			nancy drew	meg mackintosh and the case of the curious whale watch, thrift + Mrs. Heins reads "Mac B. Kid Spy: Mac Undercover" THRIFT Chapters 1-2 + encyclopedia boy brown held at library	measurement
29	28		3/9-13		snow chooses a topic			Writing a Book report: responding to literature					fractions
30	29	friday	3/16-20		St Patrick's Day Unit Study - Google Docs								fractions
31	30	all	3/23-37		Spring Break
32	31		3/30-4/3		Easter Unit Study 1 week	none- gardening with grandma	fraction challenge: gardening	Writing a Book report: responding to literature					fractions
33	32		4/6-10		hawaii - Google Docs (or other location)	none- pack for hawaii		Writing Nonfiction report: Collecting facts			📖 Read Aloud: Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis + 📖 Read Aloud: The Goodnight Gecko		estimation
34	33	friday	4/13-17		April Break - trip to hawaii big island
35	34		4/20-24		April Break - trip to hawaii big island
36	35		4/27-5/1		Compare and contrast Mexico to Hawaii + Study on Table Rock History	Table Rock - Google Docs	https://www.blm.gov/learn/kids/junior-ranger-missions	Writing Nonfiction report: Collecting facts					estimation
37	36		5/1-8		4 week unit study on Gardening by Campfire Curriculum - pair down to 2 weeks	The Herb Pharm and start calendula salve	estimation challenges at the herb pharm	Writing Nonfiction report: Collecting facts					estimation
38	37		5/11-15		gardening, cont.	homeschool talent show		no writing curriculum for the rest of the school year			📖 Read Aloud: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman	🎬 Movie: The Secret Garden	area
39	38		5/18-22		Memorial Day Unit Study (4th Grade)	smoke jumpers museum in Cave Junction	📌 Recipes/Projects: Red poppy crafts				📖 Read Aloud: Twenty-One Steps by Jeff Gottesfeld	🎬 Movie: The Wall (animated short)	area
40	39	Monday	5/25-29		Summarizing the year, put together a portfolio and end of year presentation	wildlife safari	animal enclosure math challenges (area)					Smokejumper movie	area
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