B - Blueberries for Sal

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Materials

Common Materials

• blue pom poms (kit)
• number cards (kit)

Lesson 1

• stirring spoon
• 1 package pectin
• 2 1/2 pints blueberries (crushed to make 3 cups)
• 5 1/4 cups sugar
• aluminum foil
• containers for freezing (jars or plastic containers)
• saucepan

Lesson 2

• alphabet cards (kit)
• pencil

Lesson 3

• die-cut lowercase letter "b" (kit)* (3.1 - Option 2)
• microwave-safe bowl
• aluminum foil (from Day 1)
• blue marker* (3.1 - Option 2)
• blueberries
• white cloth (kit)

Lesson 4

• tape or glue
• non-fiction book about bears* (4.1 - optional)
• scissors

Lesson 5

• crayons, markers, or colored pencils
• aluminum foil (from Day 1 and Day 3)
• a variety of books set in the past
• student journal (kit)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used