For Washington we especially enjoyed learning about the National Parks (Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic), and the wildlife and environment of the area.
Books:
Washington (My United States: A True Book) by Melissa McDaniel
E is for Evergreen: A Washington Alphabet by Roland Smith & Marie Smith
Mount Rainier National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Joanne Mattern
Olympic National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Audra Wallace
World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A story of the young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio
For the Love of Autumn by Patricia Polacco
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate
The Sun, the Wind and the Rain by Lisa Westberg Peters
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban
Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Trapped!: A Whale’s Rescue by Robert Burleigh
Whales Passing by Eve Bunting
The Tree by Dana Lyons
A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton
Kodi by Jared Cullum (graphic novel independent read)
I Survived the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
Wild Orca by Brenda Peterson
Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun (for obvious reasons)
McKenna and McKenna, Ready to Fly! By Mary Casanova (American Girl books)
Mysterious Bones by Katherine Kirkpatrick
Totem Pole by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Art Project:
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| Olympic National Park |
The kids decided to depict Olympic National Park for Washington State. Mostly used oil pastels, along with some colored sharpie (outlines) and watercolor (sky, and background to the meadow).
