W - George Washington's Birthday

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• George Washington's Birthday by Margaret McNamara

Materials

Common Materials

• scissors
• glue
• sheet or blanket

Lesson 1

• spoon
• vinegar
• colander
• 10 pennies
• dollar bill
• feathers (kit)
• glass bowl
• measuring spoons
• one cup of berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or wild berries such as pokeberries, mulberries or Hawthorne berries — fresh or thawed)
• salt

Lesson 2

• pencil
• file box (kit)
• 4 twigs (or twigs broken into 4 pieces)* (2.2 - Option 2)
• alphabet cards (kit)
• construction paper (kit)
• world map (kit)

Lesson 3

• die-cut lowercase w (kit)* (3.1 - Option 2)
• white chalk (kit)* (3.1 - Option 2)
• sight word cards (kit)
• soft ball or beanbag
• miscellaneous white household objects* (3.1 - Option 2)
• heavy book
• household items to make an obstacle course

Lesson 5

• number cards (kit)
• craft sticks (kit)
• crayons or colored pencils
• student journal (kit)

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