Tall Tales - week 3

Here is the overview of our Tall Tales & U.S. Geography Summer Camp:

Week One

Febold Feboldson

Paul Bunyan

Finn McCool

Pecos Bill

special guest: civil engineers

Week Two

Stormalong

Mose

John Henry

Johnny Appleseed

field trip: fire department

Week Three

Swamp Angel

Mike Fink

Davy Crockett

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

field trip: Cave-in-Rock State Park

Notes for

Mon - Swamp Angel

snack - read Swamp Angel

by Anne Isaacs


activity - quiz students on the 50 U.S. states

learn the constellation Ursa Major

Find North Using the Stars - Ursa Major/Polaris - Navigation Without a Compass


lunch - read Homesteading: Settling America's Heartland by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent


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sketch an animal from our taxidermy collection

Tue - Mike Fink

snack - read Mike Fink

by Steven Kellogg


activity - quiz students on the 50 U.S. states

watch Walt Disney's Davy Crockett: "Mike Fink, King of The River"


lunch - read "Mike Fink and the Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock: A Story Told by Boatmen of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers"
from Heroes, Outlaws & Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales
by Olive Beaupre Miller, p.30


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book display - Minn of the Mississippi

by Holling Clancy Holling (Newbery Honor)

Wed - Davy Crockett

snack - recall stories from yesterday

read "Davy Crockett"
from American Tall Tales

by Mary Pope Osborne, p.3


activity - field trip to Cave-in-Rock State Park


lunch - read "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind"
from American Tall Tales

by Mary Pope Osborne, p.15


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book display - Davy Crockett: His Own Story
by David Crockett

Thu - Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

snack - recall stories from yesterday

read Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

by Steven Kellogg


activity - quiz students on the 50 U.S. states

United States Puzzle Map

United States Location Color Set


lunch - read Dandelions

by Eve Bunting


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decorate Portfolio Box for the 2025-2026 school year


book display - Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography Of Annie Oakley
by Sue Macy

Calamity Jane: Her Life and Her Legend by Doris Faber

Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh

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