Washington

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:

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).