Revolutionary War - Term 3 Book List

Well they say, "better late than never" and that's the way I feel about this book list.  Spring came and went so fast with graduation.  Then  softball, baseball, mixed with haying season here on Drywood Creek and I didn't get to post this. So without further ado, here is our American Revolution family read aloud third term book list....


Meet Felicity - American Girl
If You Lived in Colonial Williamsburg by Barbara Brenner
A Window on Williamsburg by Lewis, Walklet, Ford, & Sheppard
A Williamsburg Household by Joan Anderson
Mary Geddy's Day by Kate Waters
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
**The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H.A. Guerber
**The Story of the Boston Tea Party by Mary Kay Phelan
**The Boston Massacre by Alice Dickinson 
Boston Tea Party by James Knight
Boston Tea Party by Pamela Duncan Edwards
What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz
The Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet by Kathryn Lasky
King George's Head was Made of Lead by F.N. Monjo
**The Liberty Tree - The Beginning of the American Revolution by Lucille Recht Penner
Where was Patrick Henry of the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz
Can't You Make Them Behave King George? by Jean Fritz
America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
And Then What Happened Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - illustrated by Paul Galdone
The Battle of Lexington & Concord by Neil Johnson
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore
Sam Adams - The Boy Who Became Father of the American Revolution by Fayette Richardson
Trouble at Otter Creek by Wilma Pitchford Hays
America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit
Uncommon Revolutionary - A Story About Thomas Paine by Laura Hamilton Waxman
George Washington by Ingri & Edgar D'Aulaire
Cities of the Revolution: Charles Town by Susan & John Lee
Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner
Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
The Hatmaker's Sign: A Story by Benjamin Franklin retold by Candace Fleming
The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Norman Richards
The Story of the Liberty Bell by Natalie Miller
The Story of Monticello by Norman Richards
The 4th of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Seventh and Walnut by James Knight
Journey to Monticello by James Knight
George Washington: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
Daughter of Liberty: A True Story of the American Revolution by Robert Quackenbush
Silver for General Washington by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft
Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys by Patricia Lee Gauch
The Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness
Buttons for General Washington by Peter & Connie Roop
The Winter at Valley Forge by James Knight
Molly Pitcher by Jan Gleiter & Kathleen Thompson
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz
Abigail Adams by Alexandra Wallner
Betsy Ross by Alexandra Wallner
The American Flag by Michael Friedman Publishing
The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
The Story of Bonhomme Richard by Norman Richards
Fourth of July Raid by Wilma Pitchford Hays
The Story of the Surrender at Yorktown by Zachary Kent
Adam & the Golden Cock by Alice Dalgliesh





As you can imagine by this list, Term 3 did not fit easily into a 12 week box.  It carried over into summer and may carry over to fall.  :))  You may notice Term 2 and Term 3 meshing.  Because the topics were so closely related, there was not a clear dividing line.  The books with asterisks (**) indicate books we did not read fully, rather we referenced or read sections from them.  You can view Term 1, Exploration, here and Term 2, Colonial America,  here.
 



 

I would like to continue this time period with the following resources, but not sure how time will permit....


Steven Kellogg's Yankee Doodle by Edward Bangs
The 18 Penny Goose by Sally Walker
Toliver's Secret by Esther Brady or Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West by Barbara Brenner
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry
Boston Bells by Elizabeth Coatsworth
A More Perfect Union by Betsy & Guilio Maestro
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jena Fritz
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy
Dear Benjamin Bannaker by Andrea Pinkney
Molly Bannakay by Alice McGill
What are You Figuring Now? by Jeri Ferris

If we don't get to them this summer, we will start off with them our fall term.   So many books....so little time :))

Colonial America Term 2 Book List...

If you are a regular reader, you know that we LOVE great living books here on Drywood Creek.   A while back I shared this list of books that we read while studying Exploration & Early American History.  Today, I'm going to share our Colonial America book list.  Again, these are family read aloud books.  RileyAnn also has her own reading list that coordinates with each time period.  The books with asterisks (**) indicate books we did not read fully, rather we referenced or read sections from them. 

Stories of the Pilgrims by Margaret B. Pumphrey - We actually read the original version of this book online here.
William Bradford Pilgrim Boy by Bradford Smith (Childhood of Famous Americans)
John Billington, Friend of Squanto by Clyde Robert Bulla
On the Mayflower by Kate Waters
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern
The Story of the Mayflower Compact by Norman Richards
Across the Wide and Dark Sea by Jean Van Leeuwen
Tapenum's Day by Kate Waters
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall
Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
Squanto and the Miracle Thanksgiving by Eric Metaxas
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Giving Thanksgiving: The 1621 Harvest Feast by Kate Waters
The Pilgrims Brave Settlers of Plymouth by Lynn Groh
Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626 by Gary Bowen
**The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
Champlain Northwest Voyager by Louise Hall Tharp
The Jews of New Amsterdam by Eva Deutsch Costabel
Sailing to America by James Knight
Tattered Sails by Verla Kay
**Thirteen Colonies series by Dennis Fradin
William's House by Ginger Howard
Finding Providence - The Story of Roger Williams by Avi
Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration by Jackie French Koller
**Meet the North American Indians - Step Up Books
**The Powhatan People by Kim Covert
**The Pequot Tribe by Alison Lassieur
**The Wampanoag Indians by Bill Lund
If You Lived with the Iroquois by Ellen Levine
**The Iroquois by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
**Follet Social Studies: Exploring Our State Wisconsin (my old 4th grade textbook)
Little Runner of the Longhouse by Betty Baker
Fur Trappers & Traders by Beatrice Siegel
**Radisson & des Groseilliers: Fur Trappers of the North by Katharine Bailey
**Samuel de Champlain From New France to Cape Cod by Adrianna Morganelli
On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town by Arnold Lobel
**A New True Book: The Cherokee by Emilie U. Lepthien
If You Lived with the Cherokee by Peter & Connie Roop
**The Cherokee Native Basket Weavers by Therese DeAngelis
Pirate Diary The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt
Thunder from the Clear Sky by Marcia Sewall
The Story of William Penn by Aliki
Benjamin Franklin by D' Aulaire
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
**Cotton Mather by Norma Jean Lutz
The Village by James Knight
The Farm by James Knight
**Settlers on the Eastern Shore 1607-1750 by John Anthony Scott
Homespun Sarah by Verla Kay
Struggle for a Continent: The French * Indian War 1689-1763 by Betsy & Guilio Maestro
Charlie's House by Clyde Robert Bulla
The True Book of Pioneers by Mabel Harmer
If You Lived with the Hopi by Anne Kamma
**Fire Upon the Earth by Norman Langford
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Tomahawks & Trombones by Barbara Michell
Susannah The Pioneer Cow by Miriam E. Mason
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
Wilderness Wife The Story of Rebecca Boone by Etta DeGering

You may notice this list is longer than the Exploration list.  However, many of these were picture books rather than chapter books.  We did spend 14 weeks on this term and the last three books will spill over into our Term 3 Revolutionary War study.   If you are studying the Thirteen Colonies and enjoy notebooking, you might consider checking out these notebook pages I created. 

Exploration & Early American History Term 1 Book List...

We've just begun the last term of our 2013-2014 school year and I've been looking back, reflecting on the good, bad, and ugly, as I look ahead to next school year.  We all love great living books and history is our favorite subject here so I will continue as usual with what we've been using.   You can read more about that here.  For now, I thought I'd share our entire Term 1 book list with you.  I read these books to our 3rd and 4th grader.  The books with asterisks (**) indicate books we did not read fully, rather we referenced or read sections from them. 

Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz
Leif the Lucky by D' Aulaire
The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway (Landmark)
**America's Providential History by Beliles and McDowell
Marco Polo: Around the World Library by Webster-McGraw Hill
Columbus by D' Aulaire
**The Light and the Glory by Marshall & Manuel
Amerigo Vespucci, Scientist and Sailor by Ronald Syme
Discoverers & Explorers by Edward R. Shaw
Exploring the World: De Soto by Ann Heinrichs
Famous Explorers: Francisco de Coronado by Claude Hurwicz
**America's Story for American Children by Mara Pratt
**The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by H. A. Guerber
Virginia Dare by Augusta Stevenson (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Jamestown: The Beginning by Elizabeth Campbell
Blue Feather's Vision by James E. Knight
Exploring the World: John Smith and the Settlement of Jamestown by Robin Doak
This Dear Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham
With Pen & Sword: Adventures of Captain John Smith by Bradford Smith
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
Pocahontas by D' Aulaire
**American Indian Prayer Guide (Sonlight)
Jamestown: New World Adventure by James E. Knight
Henry Hudson by Ruth Harley
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla

Making Hasty Pudding....

A couple of weeks ago, we made Hasty Pudding as part of our Colonial History study.  The kids really enjoyed it! 

We ate it for breakfast as a hot cereal topped with our homemade maple syrup.  We also used our ground venison to make sausage patties. I figured the settlers ate wild game so it fit in :)

Here's the recipe we used....

Hasty Pudding

1. In a bowl, combine one cup yellow cornmeal with one cup of cold water.

2. In a heavy saucepan, bring three cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to a boil.

3. Carefully stir in cornmeal mixture, making sure it does not lump.

4. Cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring often.

5. Cool slightly.  Serve the pudding warm with a pat of butter on top. Add a little maple syrup or sprinkle with brown sugar.

Makes 6 servings


This post was linked up and featured at Highhill Education.

Starting Second Term 2013-2014....

We wrapped up our first term (12 weeks) a couple of weeks ago.  Then took off for the week of Thanksgiving, which also happened to be deer hunting here in WI.  Yesterday, we started back in, beginning our second term.  Riley Ann finished her final book of Pictures in Cursive.  She's got a good foundation in the art of cursive writing.  She will continue this term writing the first 27 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, by George Washington, in cursive.  This fit right into our history study this year since we are studying exploration, colonization, and the revolutionary war.

I am really LOVING our history study!  I'm using a conglomeration of things as you can see pictured above.  I pull book lists and use commentary from TruthQuest American History for Young Students I.  I use some of the lessons and copywork from Beautiful Feet.  Then I use activities from Time Traveler CD-Roms and History Pockets.  Riley can't wait to include parts of the Portraits of American Girlhood Unit Study when we hit those time periods.  Now this may seem very overwhelming to some and I don't recommend going out to purchase all these different programs just to study history.  I happened to have them on the shelves from years of accumulation.  If I had to settle on one, I would pick the TruthQuest History Guides.

These guides are chuck full of lists of wonderful living books to make your history study come alive!   I like some of the other resources for activity ideas and notebooking pages.  But, you could research and find plenty of things online or by using library books listed under the activity section of the guide. 

I have divided our year into three sections to correlate with our three terms.  The first term, we studied exploration covering everything from what is an explorer, to the life of an explorer, to parts of a ship and navigation tools.  We also covered twenty different explorers starting around the year 1000 AD with Leif Eriksson and ending in the early 1600's with Captain John Smith and the Jamestown settlement.  Below are some photos of the kids completing various activities as well as some sample notebooking pages.....

 Baking Spice Cookies....

Baking Hard Tack....

 Tying Ship Knots...

 Studying the Anatomy of a Ship....

 

Notebooking...

and Painting Shoals....

You can also read about some of the amazing books we read here....

The Vikings

Roanoke

Jamestown

This term, we'll be studying colonial life starting with the Pilgrims and Native Americans through all thirteen colonies, then to a few missionaries and some frontiersmen.  I'll try to post again towards the end.   How's your first term going?

2013-2014 Curriculum Choices

RileyAnn -  4th grade - (you can see her checklist below)

Bible/Character:
Draw to Learn Psalms by Charlene Notgrass
Beautiful Girlhood Revised By Karen Andreola

History/Geography:
TruthQuest American History for Young Students I
Time Traveler CD's
Beautiful Feet Early American History Intermediate
History Pockets
This Country of Ours ?? (May be overkill - thinking about deleting)
Maps, Charts & Globes Level D
A Child's Geography of the World by V.M. Hillyer

Mathematics: 
Houghton Mifflin Mathematics ??  Singapore - see this post

Science:
Apologia Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

Nature Study: 
Keep a nature notebook, watch, identify and describe habitats of 4 birds, 4 plants, 4 animals/insects each term
Handbook of Nature Study
Various field guides

Language Arts:
Oral & Written English Book 1
All About Spelling (moving slowly - contemplating Logic of English)
Pictures in Cursive - first term only
Reading lists for various subjects
Oral narration
One written narration per week
Book of Mottoes/copywork
English from the Roots Up

Poetry:
Study 3 poets, one per term, using Poetry for Young People Series

Physical Education - ongoing
Misc. games, dance, and exercises
Biking
Hiking
Spring softball

Handiwork & Life Skills - ongoing
Hand sewing
Embroidery
Crochet
Latch Hooking
Cooking
Baking
Canning
Gardening
Cleaning & house keeping
Childcare
Herd maintenance/health


Ruben - 3rd grade

Bible/Character:
Draw to Learn Psalms by Charlene Notgrass - 4x's per week

History/Geography: - we study history 4x's per week
TruthQuest American History for Young Students I
Time Traveler CD's
Beautiful Feet Early American History Primary
History Pockets
Maps, Charts & Globes Level C - 1 lesson per week
A Child's Geography of the World by V.M. Hillyer - 2 chapters per week

Mathematics: 4x's per week
RightStart Mathematics - 12/13 update - switched to Sinagpore, but still dabbling with RS, especially games

Science:  1 day per week
Exploration Education: Elementary Physical Science

Language Arts:
Tutoring at the Dyslexia Center
Practice reading
Copywork

Physical Education - ongoing
Misc. games, and exercises
Biking
Hiking
Make wood for fuel

Handiwork & Life Skills - ongoing
Learn farm trade
Herd maintenance/health
Building/constructing various projects
Gardening
Hand sewing
Cooking
Cleaning & house keeping

There you have it!  It may look like a lot, but it's going well for the most part.  Here is a sample checklist for Riley's Term 1 so you can see how it shakes out from day to day.  She does not use every resource every day.

                        RILEY’S YEAR 4 TERM 1 DAILY CHECKLIST

 DAY 1                                              1     2       3        4      5        6       7       8        9     10     11     12

Draw to Learn Psalms

Math

Poem-Emily Dickinson

History

Copywork- Pictures in Cursive

BREAK- outside 20 min

English

All About Spelling - Dictation

English Roots- copywk make 1 cd perfectly

Nature Walk and Journal

Physical Education

PM- Quiet Time (free reading )

DAY 2                                                  

Draw to Learn Pslams

Math

Poem-Emily Dickinson

Child’s Geography-1 ch (oral)

History

Copywork- Pictures in Cursive

BREAK- outside 20 min

English

All About Spelling - Dictation

Flying Creatures

Physical Education

PM- Quiet Time (free reading)

 DAY 3                                             

Draw to Learn Pslams

Math

History

Copywork- Pictures in Cursive

Beautiful Girlhood

BREAK- outside 20 min

English

All About Spelling - Dictation

Written Narration

Handicraft

Physical Education

PM- Quiet Time (free reading)

 DAY 4                                                     

Draw to Learn Pslams

Math

Poem-Emily Dickinson

Child’s Geography-1 ch (oral)

History

Copywork- Pictures in Cursive

BREAK- outside 20 min

English

All About Spelling - Dictation

English Roots review

Physical Education

PM- Quiet Time (free reading)

  DAY 5                                                    

Draw to Learn Pslams (optional)

Math Flash Cards/games

History (wrap up – may be optional)

Copywork- Pictures in Cursive

BREAK- outside 20 min

English (optional)

Drill-review old memory work

Handicraft

Nature Walk and Journal

Physical Education

PM- Quiet Time (free reading

You can see that we opted not to use English from the Roots Up.  I originally scheduled it and then decided to hold off another year.  I am contemplating making a few other adjustments to RileyAnn's materials as well as you may have noticed the question marks next to various resources above.

Math has been an ongoing crisis.  I love the older textbooks, but need to figure out the best way to implement them. Some key topics I want RileyAnn to cover this year include place value through millions, multiplication, division, measurement & misc. geometry concepts, & Roman Numerals.  I am re-looking at MUS Delta, RightStart, and Math on the Level to see if I can make them work.

You can view Angel's Curriculum here.

What are some of your favorite curriculum choices this year?