Truman's Aunt Farm
Truman's Aunt Farm by Jama Kim Rattigan
When Truman sends away the coupon for an ant farm given as a birthday gift by his Aunt Fran, he gets more than he bargained for when aunts start showing up and he must train them all.
Why are we featuring this book?
Truman's Aunt Farm 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 Truman's Aunt Farm. 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. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.
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Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Truman's Aunt Farm
GeoSafari Cards
Geosafari and vocabulary Laptop games by Educational Insights to go with Five in a Row lessons and other topics. (Y.M)
Our Five in a Row Adventures vol. 3
Highlights and suggestions from a mother who has used FIAR vol 3 in her homeschooling adventure. (Y)
Insect or Not
Worksheet identifying insects or other animals. (Y)
Ants Anatomy
Worksheet - One page. Identfying parts of an ant (Y)
Supplemental Book List
from the FIAR Message Board Archive (T)
Truman's Aunt Farm - Mr. Fargan's Reading Pages
Grade 3 (Y)
Go-alongs about
Amber - Freezing Gold - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)
antARK - antARk is an introduction to Myrmecology: the study of ants. This site aims to introduce and uncover the impossibly large world of ants. (Y, M, O, T)
Hands-On Science: Butterflies and Bugs - Although this site is geared toward selling caterpillars and other insects (which can be a fun science integration), it also has fact sheets and printables available for free. If you have elementary-aged children and have never raised butterflies, consider doing so. Kids love watching the transformation. (Y)
Honey Unit Study - This unit includes recommended reading as well as the history, science, and home economics of honey and bees. (Y, M)
Insect Crafts - Insect crafts uses household items and is rated for Ages 3 through 6. (Y)
Monarchs & Migration. - Teachers, students, and families across the country are exploring Monarchs, butterflies, and the mystery of migration. You're invited to join us. (Y, M, O, T)
Myrm's Ant Nest - Life cycles, origins, anatomy, ant jelly, how do ants communicate… if you need ant answers, this is the place! (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick’s
6th Grade Class in 2004
(Y, M)
Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - From NASA. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
(Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom.
(Y, M, O, T)
Blast Off Boutique - (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Discovering Uranus - from thinkquest.org (Y, M, O, T)
Earth science & Astronomy science projects - (Y, M)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Hands on activity guide introduces scientific concepts involving space. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - A ThinkQuest Junior project. (Y)
Kennedy Space Center Educator Resources - The NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex provides educational resources available include videos, slides, lesson plans, publications and lunar & meteorite samples. (Y, M, O, T)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA Teaching Materials - Extensive database of downloadable educational materials searchable by subject, grade level and product type (Y, M, O, T)
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ - (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - Ology means "the Study of". (Y M)
On the Moon Activity Guide - Six activities that bring engineering and NASA's moon missions to life. Two activities—Launch It and Touchdown—are for grades 3-8 (and work well at events). Three activities—Roving on the Moon, Heavy Lifting, and On Target—are for grades 6-12. One activity—Feel the Heat—is for grades 9-12. (Y, O, M, T)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Animated Virtual Planetarium - (Y, M, O, T)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Nine Planetss - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System:
one star, eight planets, and more (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
The Virtual Sun - (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Uranus - from solarviews.com (Y, M, O, T)
Uranus - from EnchantedLearning.com (Y, M, O, T)
Who discovered Uranus? - from coolcosmos (Y, M, O, T)
WorldWide Telescope - WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
