Lesson Plan

Knights & Castles Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

This is the Middles Edition of Knights & Castles: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What was everyday life like for the many people who lived in and around a castle?

The Week

• Mon: Life Inside the Walls (Reading) • Tue: From Page to Knight (Writing & Words) • Wed: Which Tower Is Strongest? (Science & Math) • Thu: Cook a Medieval Pottage (Hands-on Project) • Fri: A Day in the Life (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Knights & Castles has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Which Tower Is Strongest?
• Sequence cards (From Page to Knight) and a cut-and-sort page (Castle, Village or Town?)
• Writing page: A Letter Home from a Squire
• Hands-on project: Medieval Pottage
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 5 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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