Schedule & Supply List

Week of Oct. 18-22

 

MONDAY, OCT. 18
READING
Modeling Courage For Kids Facing Racism

An inspiring, true story about a great American astronaut who defeated racism at an unlikely age -- 9 -- in an unlikely place: his hometown library.

http://www.reading.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame135-1016/pressrel6.asp

Snack: Spam, Ritz crackers, grape juice

Supplies: order a used picture book in advance from an online bookstore

TUESDAY, OCT. 19
WRITING
A Garden of Root Words

http://www.writing.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame158-1037/pressrel7.asp

Transform a length of shelf paper into a word garden, showing how words "blossom" off the same root.

Snack: Carrots and orange juice

Supplies: White shelf paper, colored markers, masking tape or sticky-tack

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20
MATH
Math + History: How Much Is 'Four Score'?

What did President Lincoln mean at the start of the Gettysburg Address?

http://www.math.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame119-1019/pressrel4.asp

Snack: 20 grapes and a glass of milk

Supplies: Internet display of Gettysburg Address, or photocopies; scratch paper and pencil



THURSDAY, OCT. 21
SCIENCE
Jelly Bean Crystals

Make a model of the surprising shape of crystals using colorful jelly beans.

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1231-1167/pressrel8.asp

Snack: Angel food cake pieces, sliced strawberries, vanilla ice cream, jelly beans

Supplies: magnifying glass or microscope, salt, black or dark napkin or cloth, water, 24 toothpicks, 16 jelly beans (2 each of 8 colors)

FRIDAY, OCT. 22
ART
Stick Sculpture

Take a nature walk, and leave a silent and beautiful statement behind.

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1201-1142/pressrel10.asp

Snack: Carrot and celery sticks, cucumber and tomato rounds; cup of cocoa and cinnamon stick

Supplies: Fallen and found sticks, branches, leaves and other nature items