WB 22 Science~Wolves

What a beautiful spring day it was today. I love God's creation so for our read aloud time we went outside.It was so relaxing listening to the birds sing of spring while enjoying our book. I was just encouraged at our local Pittsburgh curriculum fair on how important read aloud time is as a family. Not only does it strengthen the family but the children hear rich vocabulary they might not use daily. Daniel continued to work in his notebook. We used the Draw Write Now Book #4 which we will also use for the WB 25 next school year when we study Arctic & Antarctica explorations.

Angelina filled out her wolf lapbook (only half we will finish the rest tomorrow) that I made over the weekend. I have collected over time educational place mats for breakfast, but they are also great to grab to use in our studies. The older boys took more notes on Native Americans for their writing assignment & continued to work on their research homework for the co-op.

I love FREE products :O) The Lord blessed me with this free wolf mini-books that come with the teaching information(answers).There is also a list of recommended books, which is a great help. You can find it at http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gray_wolf.php So this weekend, I printed out all the mini-books, cut them out, & assembled the lapbook. I decided to do it this way instead of Angelina to save time, so she could just fill out the information in a few days, or you can have a student did it just allow for more than a few days if you decide to do this. I enjoy cutting and so I listened to worship music while I made the lapbook.

I used two colored file folders then taped them together to make a book.

I then used the 3M spray to glue scrapbook paper to the inside of the folders to add color & design. This spray not only saves time but lets the paper lie nice and flat. Since we do not celebrate Halloween this paper was perfect for wolves.

I then used the spray again to attach the mini-books..

The wolf unit also came with some graphics. I used to add wolf pictures as well as some, I took from the Internet. If you have stickers, etc. you can decorate that way or even print the pictures on sticker paper.

The great thing about unit studies like this is not only do they learn about wolves but there is LA, Geography, etc.

Tomorrow Angelina will finish filling in the rest of the mini-books & Daniel will add some to his notebook.

The kids also learned about Russia tonight.A missionary gave a presentation on Russia at church.