CC Cycle 3 Reading List for Younger and Older Elementary Ages

Younger Elem.: Picture Book Read Aloud narration

Older Elem.: Chapter Book Read Aloud Reading out loud- Taking turns reading/Independent
Reading, narration,
Narration Resources:
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/typeitin_lapbook_templates.php
http://donnayoung.org/forms/planners/notebook.htm
http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/narration

Week 1: Columbus
- Picture Book: A Picture book about Christopher Columbus by Ruth Belov Gross
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml
- Read Aloud: Pedros Journal by Pam Conrad
o http://www.homeschoolshare.com/pedro.php
Week 2: Pilgrims
- Picture Book: Sarah Mortons Day by
o http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/coloring-pictures
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving
- Read Aloud: Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims
o http://www.cyncesplace.com/squanto-lapbook.html

- *Extra: The First Thankgsiving Feast by Joan Anderson
- *Extra: Oh, What a Thanksgiving by Steven Kroll
Week 3: Boston Tea Party
- Picture Book: Yankee Doodle by Gary Chalk
- Read Aloud: And Then What Happened Paul Revere by Jean Fritz
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/colonial/revere

- *Extra: A History Picture Book: The Thirteen Colonies by Martha Ingerson and Betsy Warren
(For Weeks 3 6)
Week 4: Declaration of Independence
- Picture Book: The 4
th
of July Story by Alice Dagleish
- Read Aloud: Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin
o http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/national-treasures-declaration-
independence
o http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/printables/george_washington_ph
oebe.shtml
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4v4q4_UCw
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4jU0SYErr4

- *Extra: If You Were There When They Signed The_Constitution by Elizabeth Levy
- *Extra: Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Norman
Richards
Week 5: George Washington (Presidency)
- Picture Book: George Washington and the Generals Dog (Step into Reading) by Frank Murphy
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/washington
- Read Aloud: Childhood of Famous Americans: George Washington- Young Leader by Augusta
Stevenson
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/washington

- *Extra: Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner
- *Extra: Childhood of Famous Americans: Martha Washington- Americas First Lady by Jean
Brown Wagoner
Week 6: Louisiana Purchase/ Lewis and Clark/Davy Crockett
- Picture Book: Seamans on the trail with Lewis and Clark by Patricia Reeder Eubank
o http://paperdali.blogspot.com/search/label/Corps%20of%20Discovery
o http://color-your-own.com/dog_newfoundland_newfie.html
- Read Aloud: How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
o http://members.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml