Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lapbook

My good friend, Sonia, from Homeschool Treasure Trove, has created a wonderful lapbook and other activities to go along with Narnia's  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  This movie will be in theaters this Christmas and the book is excellent.  This would be a great study before treating your kids to the movie.


Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lapbook - Overview
Voyage of the Dawn Treader Activities and Discussion Questions
Voyage of the Dawn Treader ABC's - A-M (Manuscript)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader ABC's - N-Z (Manuscript)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader ABC's A-M (D'Nealian/Modern Manuscript)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader ABS's N-Z (D'Nealian/Modern Manuscript)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader Coloring Pages

For those looking for a great way for your younger kids to experience Narnia during the Christmas season while you are busy, you might want to consider the Focus on the Family Radio Theater Complete Set.  This is a dramatized set, but very well done and will keep your kids interest.  We listened to these as a family several year ago and LOVED them!

Thanks, Sonia for such a great resource!!!

Book List for History

I usually have my book lists for the year all made up by the time we start school, along with tons of resources and notebooking pages all made up. But this summer was so extremely busy that I've only made up a small part of my book list and nothing else. However, I do have lots of books in mind. We are studying American History this year, picking up where we left off last year. We will begin with the French and Indian Wars.

We typically spend 1 to 2 weeks on each section. I'm hoping to get through a lot this year, but that's always my goal ;) Life has a way of getting in the way most of the time! As I decide on more books, I'll add it to this post, along with links to other resources I find to go along.

Our spine for history this year is All American History Volume 1... we started in Unit 3. Although, we will also be using parts of A New World of Adventure, as well.

French and Indian Wars - 1690-1765

Group Literature - Calico Captive

• Easy Fun School Study Guide
• About Elizabeth George Speare (Author)

Melanie - The Real Benjamin Franklin

Christian - Benjamin Franklin (In Their Own Words)

American Revolution - 1765-1783

Unit Study by Cindy Downes

Group Literature - Johnny Tremain

• Spark notes for Johnny Tremain
• Lesson Plans
• Study guide - 1 - includes information about author
• Study guide - 2
• Study guide - 3
• Johnny Tremain movie

I found the audio book of Johnny Tremain at my library. 

Melanie - Lives of the Signers

Christian - George Washington's Socks 

Framing a New Government - 1783-1800

Group Literature - Winter Hero

Melanie - The Real Thomas Jefferson

Christian - Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States (Childhood of Famous Americans)

Pre-Civil War - National Growth/Western Exploration

Group Literature: Of Courage Undaunted

Melanie - ????

Christian - Francis Scott Key (Sower Series)

Well, that's all I've got so far... like I said I still have a long way to go. But, I'm getting there and with a little luck, I'll have it all figured out soon!

By the way, my kids are posting most of their assignments on their school blogs this year. As I mentioned earlier I've been busy and looking for resources and making them is something I just don't have time for right now. They are basically adding narrations to their blogs and we have group discussion as well. It's working really well so far. Plus, the great thing about blogs is that it's like keeping a portfolio of all their work online, where it can't get lost.

Anyway... this post is UNDER CONSTRUCTION! More to come soon, I hope!!!

Freebies - Point of View

Point of View Notebooking Pages and Mini-book

Basic and primary lined pages or choose the mini-book - 4 pages

Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook

We are currently reading Island of the Blue Dolphins while using a unit study from Learning Adventures, A New World of Adventure.

I hope you enjoy putting this lapbook together as much as we are. If you think of another mini-book that you'd like to see added please let me know by leaving a comment. I'll post pictures of our completed lapbooks as soon as we are finished.

UPDATED 4/8/10

Here's a complete file including mini-books and notebooking pages to compliment this book.

Minibooks:

Cover Page

Vocabulary

Main Characters

Juana Maria

San Nicolas Island

Santa Catalina

Aleut Hunters - Pelts

Shelters

1st Person

Copywork Scripture Verses on Courage

Sea Otter

Dolphins

Elephant Seal

Island Fox

Seagulls

Seal

Cormorants

Octopus

Links to help with minibooks:

Juana Maria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_Maria

http://www.meyna.com/chumash.html

http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/lowom.htm

San Nicolas Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicolas_Island

Santa Catalina Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Island,_California

Aleut Hunters

http://home.comcast.net/~mishkabear/island/people1.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/aleuts.html

Pelts

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/zoo00/zoo00942.htm

Sea Otter

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/sea_otter.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_otter

Dolphins

http://www.dolphins-world.com/Dolphins_for_Kids.html

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/dolphin.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dolphin

Elephant Seal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Elephant

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/elephant-seal.html

Island Fox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Fox

http://www.nps.gov/chis/naturescience/island-fox.htm

Seagulls

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull

http://www.celestin.com/seagulls/faq.html

Seal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Seal

http://www.swbg-animals.org/animal-info/info-books/harbor-seal/index.htm

Cormorants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Double-Crested_Cormorant/id

http://greennature.com/article85.html

Octopus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus

http://animal.discovery.com/invertebrates/octopus/

UPDATED 10-22-09

I just found another Free Island of the Blue Dolphins Lapbook. I'll be using a few of these mini-books in our lapbook as well. I love finding free resources!

Freebie - Language Arts Pages

I put these pages together for our Language Arts notebooks. I'm sure I'll be adding more as we go along in our school year. Click on the thumbnails for full size jpegs and the links for pdf format.

Five Types of Conflict in a Story

Plot Line Shows Action in Five Parts

Book Review Form

Types of Paragraphs

Freebie - Trumpeter Swan Notebooking Pages

Notebooking pages that would be great while studying The Trumpet of the Swan, by E. B. White. Available in both basic and primary-lines.

Trumpeter Swan Notebook - Primary

Trumpeter Swan Notebook - Basic

Purchase The Trumpet of the Swan