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I just finished (for the most part) my first lapbook on Robert McCloskey the author/illustrator! Each book had (1) 12"x18" piece of construction paper. I included the lead and ending sentence of each story since we have worked on leads and endings all year long. I don't have pictures yet, but here are some of the things that I did to make a model for my 2nd grade class.

Author Section:
-pictures of Robert McCloskey and his daughters that he based some of his stories on
-pictures of each book that he wrote and illustrated with the years that each were published
-a pop-open foldable timeline of his birth, literary awards, and death
-sketches that he did

Lentil:
-Forgot stuff at school:(

Make Way for Ducklings:
-map of where the story took place
- -ack & -uck word family matchbook foldables
-georgraphy overlay of the geography themes: location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region
-vocabulary words with pictures
-picture of the statue in Boston
-Ducks Can... matchbook with verbs that ducks can do
-Who? When? Where? Why? about the story
-cut out ducklings with each of the ducklings' names on to put into ABC order kep in a pocket
-Mini-duck report using information from www.enchantedlearning.com

Homer Price "The Doughnuts" / Centerburg Tales "Pie and Punch and You-Know-Whats":
-write a new Homer Price comic
-inventions large foldable to write down inventions that students use each day
-doughnut recipe for handwriting
-make a new Homer Price story
-a couple of pictures copied from the book

Blueberries for Sal: (I found some great stuff in the HOAC book!)
-comparing and contrasting Sal and Little Bear
-fraction cards to match blueberries in the bucket with the correct fraction (HOAC)
-sequencing cards (HOAC)
-graph favorite blueberry foods
-how fruits grow pinwheel (HOAC)
-hibernation information
-blueberry waffle conversion with fractions

One Morning in Maine:
-big tooth cut-out to draw good dental habits
-big tooth cut-out with dental health tips
-dental health trivia in pocket from Colgate
-dental dominoes
-compare and contrast Sal's community with your community
-toothbrushing chart from Colgate


Time of Wonder:
-compare and contrast foldable of Bottle-Nosed Dolphin and Great White Shark
-all about tides booklet
-What is a hurricane matchbook
-adverb booklet
- -ing word family matchbook
-beach puzzles from www.waterfordpress.com
-landform pictures with labels

Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man:
- -ale word family
-whale cut-out mini-report
-band-aid picture (mine has the band-aid as the swimmer's body and I drew water and the sun around it)