The following activities and resources were prepared under the direction of Cathy Retzer, Media Specialist, Medford Area Elementary School, Medford, Wisconsin. All School Activities Preparation packet for staff   Biography (downloaded from website)   Schedule (prepare for circumstances)   Published Literature: Bonaparte; Happy Birthday, America; Rupa Raises the Sun; Sugarbush Spring; Up North at the Cabin   Website: www.marshachall.com Marsha Chall, Author Meal   Up North Sunfish Sunnies (fishsticks)   Grandma's Fried Potatoes (potato rounds)   Ojibway Corn   Grandpa's Peanut Butter & Jelly Uncrustables (with optional gummy worms)   Red, White, and Blue Jello (red jello with pineapple and blueberries)   Family Reunion Strawberry Ice Cream   Moose Milk Staff Potluck (invitation enclosed) Curriculum Activities   Library: All Marsha Chall books will be read in the library. Art: K-1: Log cabin pictures   Gr 2-3: Happy Birthday, America! fireworks   Gr 4-5: Bonaparte disguises Music: K: Happy Birthday America (marching, stars and stripes)   Gr 1-2: Bonaparte (marching bands, dog theme)   Gr 3: Invent Happy Birthday, America! song   Gr 4-5: Up North at the Cabin (Ojibway drums) Language Arts: Reader's Theater from passages   Family Fourth of July traditions   Great Six Traits opportunities: voice, sentence fluency, word   AR quizzes available for all books Science: Water life, fishing, food chain, loons, moose, chipmunks Social Studies: Regional geography/northern Midwest, Ojibway tribes, canoeing