Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
This book was my favorite in the 4th grade when we read it. That it
is a favorite among all 4th and 5th graders is obvious by how many
unit studies and web pages are devoted to it online. So, when my
book club decided to read this to our little first graders, I
thought I'd have no problem finding material to reinforce the
educational aspects of it to them. But I didn't find anything age
appropriate for 1st graders, so I made my own lapbook elements.
Here are the links I got much information from and the files for
making an Island of the Blue Dolphins lapbook. We haven't quite
finished the book, so I can't add pictures of our lapbook yet. But
I will add them to my blog when we're done.
Score: Explore the Island of the Blue Dolphins
Unit study from EdHelper
WebQuest Unit Study
Information about the Aleuts
TeacherVision printable literature pack
Newberry's link page
Try doing a play of the Island of the Blue Dolphins
You can use this detailed description of the Island to label a map with key places from the story
I also used the Pacific Islands doll and the Native American doll from Making Friends to create Karana's unique wardrobe of skins, feathers, and plant fibers.
There is also a paperdoll of Alaskan natives at Blue Bonkers that is closer to Innuit, but could suffice for an Aleut doll.
Here are the lapbook files
Juana Maria minibook.pdf
Island characters pocket.pdf
Island vocabulary flap book.pdf
Island survival tabs.pdf
Island Shelter matchbooks.pdf
Island games book.pdf
Island food basket.pdf
Island Crafts layer book.pdf
Island Belief wheel.pdf
Island animals graph.pdf
There are lots of other things I could think of to add to this lapbook - Bible verses about courage or loneliness, a map of San Nicolas Island to label as you read, exploring the things that Karana learns (like forgiveness) - but I was running out of room! I hope some others will add new things to this project!
Score: Explore the Island of the Blue Dolphins
Unit study from EdHelper
WebQuest Unit Study
Information about the Aleuts
TeacherVision printable literature pack
Newberry's link page
Try doing a play of the Island of the Blue Dolphins
You can use this detailed description of the Island to label a map with key places from the story
I also used the Pacific Islands doll and the Native American doll from Making Friends to create Karana's unique wardrobe of skins, feathers, and plant fibers.
There is also a paperdoll of Alaskan natives at Blue Bonkers that is closer to Innuit, but could suffice for an Aleut doll.
Here are the lapbook files
Juana Maria minibook.pdf
Island characters pocket.pdf
Island vocabulary flap book.pdf
Island survival tabs.pdf
Island Shelter matchbooks.pdf
Island games book.pdf
Island food basket.pdf
Island Crafts layer book.pdf
Island Belief wheel.pdf
Island animals graph.pdf
There are lots of other things I could think of to add to this lapbook - Bible verses about courage or loneliness, a map of San Nicolas Island to label as you read, exploring the things that Karana learns (like forgiveness) - but I was running out of room! I hope some others will add new things to this project!
Comment
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Comment by Candy Logan on January 31, 2011 at 9:10pm -
Great Job! Just got @Island of the Blue Dolphins' from the library, after waiting 4 weeks for it to come in! My daughter is desperate to start work NOW!
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Comment by Patricia Urbanek on February 25, 2010 at 9:46am
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Thanks so much for posting this stuff. I love that everyone shares. It really makes things so much easier and helpful.
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Comment by Tasha on December 16, 2009 at 6:53am
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Thanks, Betsy! I just went to add your link, but since you already added it, I guess that will do!
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Comment by Tracy on December 7, 2009 at 5:44pm -
Thanks for the info. We just got done reading Island of the Blue Dolphins for the second time and I was wanting to make a Lapbook this time. Thanks for the research you put into this.
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Comment by Betsy Stout on October 23, 2009 at 6:51am -
I just put together a lapbook for Island of the Blue Dolphins and I then found yours! Oh well, you had a few components that I hadn't added to mine and we actually worked on those yesterday. Thanks for putting these together, you did a great job!
http://notebookingnook.blogspot.com/2009/10/island-of-blue-dolphins...
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Comment by Tonya Hurley on September 2, 2009 at 12:14pm -
I plan on using this starting tomorrow. Thanks Tasha, you did a great job.This is my first year homeschooling. So I am a newbie, just starting on lapbooks.
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