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Circle C Stepping Stones Book 3 Andi Lassos Trouble Character Trait: Enthusiasm Expressing joy in each task I do while giving it my best effort. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” Proverbs 17:22 Cut around on the dotted line and glue to the large, outside cover of your lapbook. If you plan to glue the lapbooks for books 3 and 4 together, place this piece closer to the top to leave room for the Andi to the Rescue cover piece. If the lapbooks will be separate, then you can center this piece on the lapbook cover. Color the picture. Activities for Andi Lassos Trouble Chapters 1-2 . Cattle Chapters 3-4 . Rodeo Events Chapters 5-6 . History of Ice Cream Chapters 7-8 . Tie a Honda Knot Chapters 9-10 . Lemonade Chapters 11-12 . Trick Riding History Fun . My Favorite Part 1 Folder Layout for Andi Lassos Trouble Rodeo Events History of Ice Lemonade Cattle Cream My Favorite Tie a Honda Part Knot Trick Riding Read the Andi Lassos Trouble chapters indicated at the top of the following pages. Then complete the activities for those chapters. This is a one-folder lapbook. You can add the other Circle C Stepping Stones books to expand the lapbook by gluing them together. Use Elmer’s (white) glue for the folders. Use stick glue for the booklets. Answer Key for Andi Lassos Trouble Chapters 1-2: Beef: Angus, Hereford, longhorn; Dairy: Holstein, Jersey; Special Breed: shorthorn; it is used for both meat and milk Chapters 3-4: (sample answers) Rodeos: bull riding: stay on 8+ seconds, one hand free, most dangerous of sports; team roping: 2 riders (header and heeler), full-grown steer; steer wrestling: modern event, 4 feet must leave ground, rider jumps off horse; bronc riding: bareback or saddle, stay on 8+ seconds; calf roping: rope 3 legs, raise hands when finished; Andi’s event: calf roping Chapters 5-6: Ice Cream: history: flavored ice cream with honey & fruit juices; called ice cream “cream ice”; George Washington; ice houses: packed in sawdust; got the ice from frozen lakes in winter; true; ice cream fun: Answers will vary. Chapters 7-8: Hondo Knot: Child should make an attempt to tie a honda knot. Chapters 9-10: Lemonade: history: India; Egypt learned about it in AD 700; Fun Facts: pink lemonade; an Englishman Chapters 11-12:Trick Riding Questions: Cossacks were skilled; they ducked and hid while galloping; rodeos stopped because of too many injuries and death History Fun: Favorite Part: Answers will vary. 2 3- Andi Lassos Trouble: Chapters 1-2 Cattle In chapter 2, Andi and Sadie run for their lives from a herd of stampeding cattle. The cattle in this chapter are the kind of animals ranchers in the 1800s raised for meat. The meat of adult cattle is called “beef.” These cattle grow fast. They can weigh up to 1,000 pounds when they are full-grown. That is a lot of meat. There are dozens of different kinds of beef cattle. Some grow better in different climates. Here are three common breeds during Andi’s time. Texas longhorn cattle have long horns! The horns can grow to seven feet across from tip to tip. Christopher Columbus brought the longhorn’s ancestors to the New World in the late 1400s. These cattle ran free all over Texas in the mid-1800s. Hereford cattle are dark red with white faces (sometimes called “white-face” cattle). This breed has also been around for a long time. They originally came from England. Herford cattle have horns, but not as long as a Texas longhorn! Angus cattle are solid black and are born without horns. This is called being “polled.” Angus cattle can also be dark red. Many farmers raise cattle for a different reason—for milk. These are called “dairy” cattle. Instead of turning grass into meat and muscle, dairy cows produce gallons and gallons of milk—much more than a calf needs. (Beef cattle do not produce a lot of milk.) Here are a few of the main dairy breeds. Holstein cows are black and white and the biggest cow of all. They produce the most milk too—about 2,800 gallons a year. Most of the dairy cows in the United States are Holsteins. Jersey cows are one of the oldest breeds of dairy cows in the world. They are also the smallest, so they produce less milk than a Holstein. But a Jersey cow’s milk is the richest in butterfat (cream). Their milk is used to make ice cream and cheese. They are brown, pretty cows. Shorthorn cattle are special. They are a dual-purpose breed. This means they make good beef cattle and also make good dairy cows. This is the breed of cattle Andi’s family raises on the Circle C ranch. 3 3- Andi Lassos Trouble: Chapters 1-2 Folder Read “Cattle.” Cut out each piece. Stack together with the cover piece on top. Staple at the top (or attach with a brad fastener). Glue into lapbook. Directions: Write the name of each cattle breed under the pictures. COVER PIECE CATTLE What makes this breed special? __________________ __________________ __________________ Beef Cattle Breeds Dairy Cattle Breeds A Special Breed 4 3- Andi Lassos Trouble: Chapters 3-4 Rodeo Events In chapter 4, Andi sits on the bunkhouse porch and chats with the cowhands. They are excited about the upcoming rodeo and talk about the different contests they want to enter: bull riding, calf roping, bronc riding, and team roping. An event they did not talk about is steer wrestling. Bull riding is a rodeo skill where the rider must stay on top of a wild, bucking bull for at least eight seconds. He holds a strap with one hand and cannot touch the bull with his free hand. The rider is judged on his ability and also the bucking of the bull. Bull riding has been called the most dangerous eight seconds in sports. Calf roping is also called tie-down roping. This skill is used to catch calves so they can be branded. The rider mounts his horse and catches a running calf with his lasso. The horse keeps the rope tight while the rider jumps off. He grabs the calf, knocks it down, and ties three of its legs together. Then he throws his hands up in the air to show he is finished. The fastest time wins. Bronc riding can be done bareback or with a saddle. Each is a different event. This was how old-time cowboys broke in new horses for the ranch. The rider tries to stay on a bucking bronco for eight seconds or more. He holds on to a strap with one hand and keeps the other hand free. The judges score it like the bull-riding contest. Team roping includes a full-grown steer and two riders. The first rider is the “header,” the person who ropes the steer’s head or horns. He then dallies his rope around the saddle horn and forces the steer to the left. The second rider is the “heeler.” He ropes the steer by the hind feet. The team with the fastest time wins. On a ranch, this skill is used to catch a steer that is too big for one cowboy to handle alone. The cowhands in chapter 4 do not mention steer wrestling. It was not part of ranch life during Andi’s day. But it is a popular rodeo event today. A mounted rider chases a full-grown steer, jumps from his horse to the steer, grabs its horns, and wrestles it to the ground. When all four of the steer’s legs are off the ground, the judge waves a flag and checks the time. The cowboy who can wrestle the steer the fastest wins. 5 3- Andi Lassos Trouble: Chapters 3-4 Folder Read “Rodeo Events.” Cut out around the entire shape. Fold each rectangle toward the center. Fold the top shape down last. Now cut out the cover piece (Rodeo Events) and glue it to the outside of the top rectangle. Glue into lapbook. Directions: Fill in each flap with something you learned about each rodeo event from reading the study guide. In the bottom rectangle, write the event Andi wants to enter. Color the picture. Rodeo Rodeo Events COVER Glue cover piece to this PIECE rectangle, after folding it over. Bull Riding Ride ‘Em, Cowboy! Andi’s Event 6 3- Andi Lassos Trouble: Chapters 5-6 History of Ice Cream Andi promises her friend Sadie that she will get to taste ice cream at the upcoming rodeo. Ice cream was a treat in the 1800s, but not a rare treat, especially for the rich. An important ingredient you must have to make ice cream is . ice! Andi can enjoy ice cream almost any time—summer or winter. Her family has an ice house. An ice house was a small shed where blocks of ice were packed in sawdust (to keep them from melting). Where did the ice come from? During the winter, a frozen lake (in the mountains for Andi’s family) was cut into blocks and hauled back with horses and wagons. All this work was done because there was no electricity (to run a freezer for the ice) in the past. harvesting ice on a frozen lake Ice cream in one form or another has been around since 200 years before Christ was born. Ancient people in India, China, Greece, and Rome enjoyed snow and ice flavored with honey and fruit juices.