Lentil
Lentil
Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.
Why are we featuring this book?
Lentil is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for Lentil. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment.
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Author page
Other books by Robert McCloskey
Illustrator Page
The author is also the illustrator.
Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Lentil
Interview with Robert McCloskey
Horn Book Radio Review (Y, A)
Literature resources for younger children
A large number of FIAR resource for specific books as well as general resources that can be used with any literature. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. (Y,M)
Lentil
Lentil is a boy with a unique talent. He cannot pucker. When the town grump, Old Sneep, tries to ruin the town celebration, Lentil saves the day with his unique talent. This story can be used with a science unit on heredity, or when talking about unique talents. (Y)
Lentil Ideas
From Mary'sMill.com (Y)
Supplemental Book List
from the FIAR Message Board Archive (T)
Go-alongs about Veterans Day
Arlington National Cemetary - Official website of the cemetery. If you can not visit the cemetery, check out the site map to this website or the historical information tab located on the home page. (Y, M, O, T)
Cool Facts About Veterans - From VA Kids, K-5th, Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. Grades K-5. (Y, M)
Kids Konnect - Veterans' Day - Webpages created by a retired teacher to help kid safely learn on the internet about Veterans' Day. (Y, M)
Remembrance Day or Veteran's Day Activities - DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids (Y, M)
VA Kids, K-5th - Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. This site is for kids in the Kindergarten through 5th Grade. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day - From SunnieBunnieZZ. Veteran's Day history, information, poetry, and activities. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Activities - From Apples4Teachers.com. Coloring pages, crafts for kids, and word searches. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Crafts, Projects and Printouts - Veterans Day Crafts, Projects, Worksheets, Books, and Printouts. From Enchanted Learning (Y)
Veteran's Day Online - From Kids Turn Central (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Quiz - A quiz from FamilyEducation.com that includes explanations of each answer and links to activities and printouts at the end (Y, M, O, T)
Veteran's Day Word Search - This puzzle is dedicated to the memory of WWI veteran Kenneth R. Potter. (Y, M, O, T)
Veteran's Day: Interview with a World War II Veteran - From Meet Me at the Corner.org a virtual fild trip website. (Y, M, O, T)
Veterans Day Lessons - From About.com. November Teaching Opportunities for Veterans Day (Y, M)
Veterans in my family - Students create a visual of family members who are/were veterans. Grades Pre-K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Architecture
A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering - You will find all kinds of fabulous feats of engineering listed by state so you can take advantage of them while traveling or on day trips. One of the coolest in my area is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. I have been on it once; never plan to again. It is an engineering marvel, though! Each site lists a fun fact about the structure and a link to the structure's website along with the engineering credits. (Y, M, O, T)
From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students examine the look at the design of the White House and some of the changes it has undergone. Grades 3-5 (Y)
How and Why Has the White House Changed? - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students learn about changes the White House has undergone since its construction and why these changes were made. Grades 3-5 (Y)
How Was the White House Designed? - From EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. Students learn about design issues for the official residence of the President of the United States. Grades 3-5 (Y)
Leapin' Landmarks: Locating 10 Man-made Landmarks Around the World - Students identify 10 man-made landmarks around the world. Students will also map and label the continents, oceans, and major mountain ranges of the world as well as do a short research project on one of the landmarks. Grade 3 (Y)
LEGO Digital Designer - The program that lets you build with LEGO bricks on your computer. Works on both PC and Mac.
(Y,M)
National Building Museum - Created by an act of Congress in 1980. (Y, M, O, T)
The OCTA-TETRA Construction Set - FREE geometric construction set instruction Booklet? E-mail: uncledan@homespun4homeschoolers.com
(Y,M)
This Old House - Family Projects - Many different "How to's" including videos and step-by-step photos. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Music
Appalachian Riddle Song - Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the pentatonic scale and Appalachian culture. (Y, M)
Basic Music Theory - Elements you need to start learning basic music theory (T, Y, M, O)
Boombox Classroom - Boombox Classsroom is a series of curriculum-based music lessons for kids in grades K-5 based on the national standards for Music Education. We have more than 200 artists on the shows each year, performing live -- both world and classical music. We celebrate diversity and promote appreciation of other cultures. Boombox Classroom teaches kids the fundamentals of music, such as rhythm, harmony, melody, timbre and form. We integrate the music lessons with geography, science, anthropology, math, language, literature, and a lot of history. (Y)
Children's Music Archive - Here you will find lyrics, sing-along suggestions, colouring sheets and activities for many children's songs. (Y, M, O, T)
Didjeridoo - From the Aboriginal Australia Art & Culture Centre in Alice Springs. (Y, M, O, T)
Ideas for teaching music - Includes links to some wonderful Music toys and games, recommended books about Music, and some links to other useful Music sites. (Y,M)
KidsGov Music Portal (K-5) - The music listing in the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. The site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center and provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. (Y)
Making Musical Instruments - Carol Raedy, a musician and educator from Charlotte, NC, has put instructions online for making simple music. Using common household items you can guide your students to make a banjo, bass, dulcimer, drum, rainstick, and thumb piano. (Y, M, O, T)
Paul Taylor Didjeridoo - Australian storyteller, didjeridoo player and traveller. He comes to the U.S. from Adelaide, South Australia, on the invitation of Bobby Bridger and the Adelaide-Austin, TX, sister city program. Bridger is a descendent of the legendary western pioneer, Jim Bridger. In 1986, Paul acted as guide for Bobby Bridger on an extensive tour of South Australia. Bridger performed his acclaimed one-man show "Ballad of the West," on a tour of the outback and to the Pitjantatjara Aboriginal community in the red heart of the country. (Y, M, O, T)
Popular Songs in American History - If your student loves music, he will love learning these songs and their place in history. My kids have enjoyed learning songs like Wait for the Wagon and Yankee Doodle Dandy and this site offers not just the songs, but the background and lyrics. (Y, M, O, T)
San Francisco Symphony's Kids' Page - The San Francisco Symphony's kids' page is an appealing interactive site where children can learn the basics of music notes, learn about tempo, play in the music lab, and more. (Y,M,O)
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame - This art-deco museum honors great jazz artists with ties to the state of Alabama. While furnishing educational information, the museum is also a place for entertainment. Exhibits convey the accomplishments of the likes of Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Erskine Hawkins and the music that made them famous. Within this fine musical collection, visitors travel from the beginnings of boogie woogie with Clarence "Pinetop" Smith to the jazz space journeys of Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Space Arkestra. (Y, M, O, T)
The Sound Site - The Sound Site is part of the Sound Project, a partnership between the Science Museum and the Minnesota Orchestra. The site's purpose is to present activities, discussions and multimedia explorations about sound, both from a scientific and artistic perspective. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Senses
American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller - From The American Foundation for the Blind (Y, M, O, T)
Audition (Hearing) - Neuroscience for kids (Y)
Braille - From Omniglot - writing systems and languages of the world (Y, M, O, T)
Come to your senses - Use an online Mr. Potato Head to learn about the senses. (Y,M)
Decibel Levels - From CoolMath4Kids.com (Y, M, O, T)
Ear Anatomy - From Enchanted Learning. (Y)
Eggs filled with sound - Plastic eggs will be filled with various objects and children will need to use their sense of hearing to figure out what is inside. Preschool, K, 1-2 (Y)
Hele Keller - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Helen Keller - From Surfing the Net with Kids (Y,M)
Helen Keller Biography - From The Braille Bug (Y,M)
Helen Keller Birthplace - Ivy Green is the birthplace of Helen Keller. (Y, M, O, T)
Helen Keller Kids Museum Online - An interactive virtual experience from the American Foundation for the Blind. (Y,M)
Helen Keller Unit Study - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Kids Konnect - Helen Keller - Webpages created by a retired teacher to help kid safely learn on the internet about Helen Keller. (Y,M)
Let Us Have Faith by Helen Keller - From MyHero.com (Y,M)
Our 5 senses - Hands on activities for teaching the 5 senses (Y)
Senses - BrainPop movies explain balance, hearing, taste, vision problems, eyes, smell and touch. (Y,M)
Senses, The Five - Mathematics, Science and Language objectives; Vocabulary and Concept Web Grades K, 1, 2, 3 (Y)
Sight (Vision) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers vision lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Smell (Olfaction) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Olfaction lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Stick out your tongue and say "aah" - from Kids' Health, lots of info about the tongue and taste (Y,M)
Taste (Gustation) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers gustation lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Teaching children about the five senses - from the Illinois Extension office, lessons for teaching the senses (Y)
The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses - Designed for a group, but contains good questions to spark discussion. Lessons fore different age levels. (Y, M, O, T)
The Life of Helen Keller - From the Royal National Institute of the Blind. Helen Keller, the deafblind woman who became a role model for millions of people (Y, M, O, T)
The Senses Working Together - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Touch Experiments - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12. (Y, M, O, T)
We need all five senses - uses experiments to show our need for the senses (Y)
You've Got Braille - Fill in the dots to write your name in braille. (Y)
