Unit Study

Move, Flex, Learn! A Kid’s Guide to Bones and Muscles

How many bones are in the adult body? What is the largest bone? What if vertebrae did not have cartilage between them? Which muscle helps your lungs to breathe?

Learn about the bones and muscles in the human body. Make a model of a skeleton and a muscle pair. Write a limerick and cinquain about muscles.

Learn to diagram sentences with a compound direct object and adjective phrase. Understand the meaning of common idioms. Use pattern blocks to discover relationships between shapes. Locate rational numbers on a number line, and identify equivalent fractions. Apply the Associative Property and Commutative Property of Addition. Write decimal numbers to the thousandths place value. Measure items to the nearest sixteenth of an inch.

Student workbook pages are designed to reinforce the daily concepts and are included within the unit.

 

Includes:

  • Documentation of skills taught within the unit study
  • Detailed lesson plans
  • Step-by-step instructions for teaching your child
  • Activities for different learning styles
  • Enrichment activities to challenge advanced learners
  • Handwriting guidelines
  • Worksheets for practice with each lesson
  • Reading practice pages
  • Literature List
  • Materials List
  • Templates for resources:
    • Calendar
    • Sight Word Bingo Game
    • Bingo Markers
    • Pattern Blocks
    • Sight Word Flashcards
    • Hundred Chart
    • Finger Spelling Chart