Week 5

This week we start a new lapbook, this time about the forest habitat. We'll use the book One Small Square" Woods.

You'll need a double file folder this time, it will be a larger lapbook. Have the child write the word "Woods" at the top of the folder. Towards the middle use a green paper "triangle" to represent an evergreen tree. To this triangle add a brown stem by coloring one in. This is show in more detail in the book: Animal Habitats by Judy Press on page 37. Read the information there about forests.

At the bottom of the cover you will add a log. here is a template for that:
http://www.coloring.ws/t_template.asp?t=http://www.coloring.ws/trees/log.gif

Print on card stock and cut out the log. There is a certain way to glue this log onto your cover. You want to do it in such a way that the log can be lifted and you can look under it. Glue just a thin strip at the top. Under the log draw salamanders, insects, etc. What you think might be under a log in the forest if you lift it! Perhaps draw a snail near the log.

Read pages 3-11 (skip what seems unnecessary as the intro notes may not be important to you). Also read pages 26-27.

Read aloud the following books: The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer and also The Log Hotel by Anne Schreiber.

Use enchanted learning to find print outs of salamanders and also land snails. Read the information and print out. Add a pocket to the rear of your second file folder to hole these information sheets. A pocket can be added by cutting a piece of paper about 3" tall and gluing it to the back of the lapbook.Glue the bottom and two side edges and leave the top open to form the pocket. Be sure to just glue along the edges or you'll glue your pocket shut!

From www.homeschoolshare.com you will find two items which will go well in the lapbook:
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/documents/salamander_lifecycle.pdf
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/documents/snails/Snail%20Life%20Cycle.pdf

Do those two activities and paste them into the Woods lapbook.

If you have the Giant Science Resource book use page 43 the snail sheet and label the parts. Then use page 153 Mixed Forest Habitat. Read and color. Add these two sheets to your rear lapbook pocket.

If you have older kids or extra time be sure to do the activities on pages 9 and 11 in One Small Square Woods.

Read pages 80-83 in Kids Easy To create Wildlife habitats and then head outdoors to look around and under some logs if possible. Perhaps older kids might enjoy the insect activity on page 80.

Start drying a gourd for the birdhouse/feeder activity on pages 72-73 of the Kids easy To create Wildlife habitats book.

Next week you will need the books (or similar topic ones if you can't get these at the library):
Squirrels by Brian Wildsmith
Why Do Leaves Change Color by Betsy Maestro