The Nutcracker and The Mouse King

A lap book for the Christmas Season. 
The story of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King
By
E.T.A. Hoffmann

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Details About Lap Book

Here is a detail list of the information that comprise this project.
After reading the book. You want your students to find words to tell back the story. 
Some of the images are left black and white with the purpose of getting your class 
hands on coloring.

Title Page
Clara
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Timeline
Sugar Plum Fairy
The Chocolate Dance
Dancing to a Waltz
The History of the Nutcrackers
Compound Words
Nutcracker Facts
Vocabulary Words
A Sleigh Ride
The Spell is Broken
Christmas Day
The Mouse King
How do you celebrate Christmas?
Fritz
Grandfather Drosselmeyer
At Midnight
The Nutcracker

Other Supplies You Will Need

You will need a one file folder and an extra card stock insert 
to complete this project. 
Besides the necessary materials like 
Glue
Scissors
and Tape

All instructions are given inn the form of 
already finished projects.

Please view the pictures below for details.

The inside of the lap book will hold a lot of information. 
And
You can also have students copy off the book as dictation mode. 


We have changed the name of Clara to Maria. 
The book we were reading was an edition of The Nutcracker.
Also, your download will have the name of Clara. 

There is also room for holding information about the history of the Nutcrackers
The composer of the ballet
and of course the author.

The last two are left empty so your class can research about it. 





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Sharks Unit Study

Hands on Activities. We are so excited we even wore our Shark T-shirt

If you are able to teach about sharks whether in your class or homeschooling.
This unit if for you.
It is extensive enough for older kids 
and
has a lot of reinforcement activities for the young ones.

We are still working on it
but
I can not wait to share our progress as we learn about sharks.

Here we go.........


First, I must say I love binding all my units.
It is helpful to take with us in the car and field trips.
Second this unit is 52 pages long so I did not want a lot of pages flying around.

Already printed and ready to go

Please note that.........................

You will not be able to do this unit in one day.
It is meant to be done either in a week or two.

 On a personal note............

 We normally take longer than usual but we really never hurry.
As long as we are learning concepts I do not rush.


 Specifics About this Unit

 The Unit comes with a reader in large print and bright pictures
After each page or so the students are to answer comprehension questions.

Plus


 I have incorporated interactive notebook activities
You may also use it as a lap book 
This activity is to reinforce learned concepts


Along with this you will have an optional activity.
As you teach you class you can have the kids make a paper shark to label
color and have fun with it


Just print 
Glue parts together
and let the fun begin



This part is a bit tricky 
so 
here is a picture to help you put it together


Gluing parts together




Complete shark
Ready for labeling


To Download this Unit 

You may also want to pair this unit with our 

Sharks Flashcards



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Rock and Minerals Lap Book

This is a 53 page revised copy of our original lap book
I have added more information and better quality graphics.

 This lap book will collect in one file folder all the 
details about rocks and minerals.

While your class is cutting and pasting they are learning about
the rock cycle, types of rocks and minerals as well as important
facts every kid should know about this topic. 
Lap books are a great way to summarize learned material and we
use them in our homeschooling to showcase learning and retell what
we have learned as a presentation.

You may assign each student individually a lap book or
you may also have them work in groups. 
Simple enough assembly so the kids can put it together on their own. 

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 Here are some pictures of the completed product.


The title page of the lap book will have hammers with key words about
minerals and rocks
A Petrologist's toolbox will have an accordion style booklet
tha will show pictures of tools used by petrologists and information.


Each insert of this lap book will come with instructions on 
how to assemble it as well as answers already being highlighted
for the students. 
This is a great way to have a review unit at hand before a quiz. 

Assembly

Simple step by step pictures on how to assemble the 
unique looking inserts. 
A crafty project your students can use on any other 
interactive notebook. 

Materials Needed

You will need a one file folder and 2  extra card stocks inserts
that goes attach in the middle.
You will also be provided two extra comprehension pages on Minerals.








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Magic Tree House: Ghost Town at Sundown

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Part of our summer reading. 
We are c completing our Magic Tree House Book #20
"Ghost Town at Sundown"

This is a resource that is excellent if you decide to use it 
to have your students retell the story. 

First we narrate orally what the book was about. 
Then,
we proceed by writing on each mini book in the book 
These mini books are singled out by chapters.

Then, we can retell the story by reading our lap book 
out-loud one more time. 
Narration and writing main ideas are very 
important to have your kids remember 
stories and use their vocabulary. 


We love getting crafty on our projects and so we have aged everything
using our favorite "shoe polish"

We colored the inside of the lap book and also
aged it. 


Because this is a book about Mustangs horses. 
Some of the inside mini books have horses. 
However, each mini book is designed according to their respective chapters.



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Our Australia Unit

We are enjoying learning about Australia.

This unit is 53 pages long and it comes with an informational
text and comprehension questions.

If you purchase the entire unit you will be getting a lap book as well.
However, I like providing lap books separate so you can
pair with any other book on Australia.

You will have your kids learning about the country including 
the animals, the national symbols, the weather, time and aborigines.

Our Aborigine Body Painting



Download Entire Unit
  (with informational text and lap book included)


Some Extra Activities we did

While learning about the Aborigines we did some body painting.
We also made a passport because we intend to use it for every
country that we learn about.
You may download that for free down below.

Put together the Australian Continent.

Australia;s Flashcards






More of our day at this Unit Study
Making a Passport to Australia

Online Resources you can use 

Animal Videos


Emu Characteristics ( Online Article on this birds)
Dingo  (Online Article)
Frilled Lizard (Online Article)
Koalas for Kids (video)
Koalas Characteristics (online article)'
Kangaroo Characteristics (online article)
kangaroo Dundee (inside the life of a rescued kangaroo) about 1hr long
Wallaby characteristics (article from national geographic)
Platypus (video)
Platypus characteristics (online documentaries)
Platypus ( a long documentary)
Wombat (online article)
Wombat Video
Kookaburra (online article national geographic)
Kookaburra (video)

Documentaries

One hour long so hold on to your seats.


Crafty Ideas



I Share my board 

We read the book Wombat Stew and added this extra activity to our day

This is our lesson after reading the Book 
The Wombat Stew by Marcia K. Vaughn 
This is a great book
 to add if your kids are in early elementary level.

Here are some activities we did extra for this book

I made a questions sheet and had Daniel find the answers in the wombat stew. A fun way of relating to the reading.

Making a Wombat Stew like in the story....YUMMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!!!


Online Painting Resources

brisbanekids.com : In this site you can download several different projects for your kids to try and paint.


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