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