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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 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 Trait 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