Instructor’s Guide Quick Start The BookShark™ Instructor’s Guide (IG) is designed to This IG includes a 36-week schedule, notes, assignments, make your educational experience as easy as possible. readings, and other educational activities. See Section We have carefully organized the materials to help you Three for specific organizational tips, topics and skills and your children get the most out of the subjects addressed, the timeline figure schedule, and other covered. If you need help reading your schedule, see suggestions for the parent/teacher. Here are some helpful “How to Use the Schedule” in Section Four. features that you can expect from your IG. Notes Notes Schedule Week 5 Easy to use Note: If you are not comfortable with your children Day 1 using a real knife, it’s ok. We suggest supervising your children while they use a plastic knife. History/Geography Recipe for salt dough: mix 1 cup salt, 2 cups our; History K Living Long Ago | pp. 30–31 slowly add 1 cup of water. Knead seven to ten minutes. Week 10 Schedule The Romans believed in many gods and kept statues of Recipe for “play” dough: mix 1 cup our, 1 cup water, them around their houses. [p. 30] ½ cup salt, 1 tablespoon oil, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; cook, stirring, over medium heat until mixture forms a ball. Read-Alouds Cool on waxed paper. Knead food coloring into ball when cool enough to handle. Store in a zip-lock style bag. Date: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 My Father’s Dragon | Chapter 1 Note: Salt dough hardens either by being baked or Everything you need is located right after the schedule each week. If History/Geography To Discuss After You Read merely being left out to dry; “play” dough remains elastic pp. 2 pp. pp. for a longer period. The Story of Exploration dQ: Do you think thisd is a true story or not? d A: probably not—most of us are unable to hear talking cats, I’m unsure how a boy could y, plus the islands the cat The Usborne Children’s Encyclopedia pp. 11 refers to are not real Day 2 ©2016 Read-Alouds The Llama Who Had No Pajama | p. 13 History/Geography James Herriot’s Blossom Comes b “Moses the Kitten” “Only One Woof” “Bonnie’s Big Day” y Treasury for Children Home” B Miscellaneous Living Long Ago | pp. 54–55 ookSha The Llama Who Had No Pajama pp. 2021 pp. 222 Create-a-Calendar | Weekly and Monthly Activities Vocabulary r k , L L Weekly Activities: red mullet: a type of sh. C. a note appears about a concept in a book, it’s easy to find it right after The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose p. 49 pp. 01 A ll r dormice: mice-sized rodents with furry tails (rather than ig • Say the days of the week, starting with Sunday and h ts . Readers scaly tails). d r e ese v ending on Saturday r Fun Tales Read #1: “Pam” N r v ese e r • Talk about events happening this week and count To Discuss After You Read d ts . h the number of days until they happen Throw a Roman dinner party. Lie on big cushions on the ig Miscellaneous r ll A • Add stickers to the calendar pages oor and eat with your ngers. Pass around little bowls of C. L Developmental Activity Practice polishing. water to clean your ngers after eating dierent kinds of , L k r Monthly Activities: food. Try making the Roman bread pudding recipe found Field Trip/Practical Life Skills in the book. ookSha B • Write the days of the month in the calendar boxes y b Electives • Review the months of the year Read-Alouds ©2016 the schedule based on the day the relevant reading is scheduled. • Discuss the number of days in the current month My Father’s Dragon | Chapter 2 • Add the holiday stickers for the current month and talk about the holidays To Discuss After You Read Q: Describe the dragon. Find the country featured in the picture on a map and The Markable Map The coordinates The map on which A: he was about the size of a large black bear, with a long have your children color while you talk about the country. assignment marking the location you will find the tail, yellow and blue stripes; his horn, eyes and bottoms of For indiadditionalcation suggestionson the see map the inside frassignedont cover pla ofc e his feet were bright red and he had gold colored wings your calendar. Other Notes While Elmer acted wrongly for running away when his Developmental Activity | Use a knife mother punished him for disobedience (for she told him SLometimeondon, England this w eek(F2) w S oouthrk closely Wales with(F3) (mapy our child3) ren and to not feed the cat), he sought to rescue a mistreated help them practice using a knife by cutting salt dough or animal. “play” dough shapes. The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose | pp. 24–25 18 | Week 5 | Section Two | Intro to the World: Cultures N Special Note to Mom or Dad Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion Intro to the World: Cultures | Section Two | Week 10 | 37 Maps Colorful map answer keys, which double as bookmarks, will help you easily find relevant map locations. You will find the coordinates and the location name in your notes. 4-Day Schedule Designed to save one day a week for music lessons, sports, field trips, co-ops or other extra-curricular activities. To Discuss After You Read These sections help you hone in on the basics of a book so you can easily know if your children comprehend the material. Vocabulary This section includes terms related to cultural literacy and general vocabulary words in one easy-to-find place. Notes ©2021 by BookShark, LLC. All rights reserved. Do not copy without written permission from BookShark, permission without written from Do not copy rights reserved. LLC. All BookShark,©2021 by LLC. When relevant, you’ll find notes about specific books to help you know why we’ve selected a particular resource and what we hope your children will learn from reading it. Keep an eye on these notes to also provide you with insights on more difficult concepts or content (look for “Note”). Section Three Instructor’s Guide Resources and New User Information Instructor’s Guide Resources Don’t forget to familiarize yourself with some of the great helps in Section Three and Section Four so you’ll know what’s there and can Section Four New User Information turn to it when needed. Intro to American History, Year 2 of 2 | Section One | 3 How to Use the Schedule More notes with important 4-Day Schedule: information about specifi c books. This entire schedule is for a 4-Day program. The N symbol provides you with a heads-up about Designed to save one day a week for music diffi cult content. We tell you what to expect and lessons, sports, fi eld trips, co-ops or other often suggest how to talk about it with your kids. extra-curricular activities.. Write in the week's date for your records. History D Week 9 Schedule Date: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 History/Geography The d symbol pp. pp. 2 pp. pp. The Beginner’s American History N (to the break) d indicates there is a timeline suggestion Read-Alouds in the notes for that chap. 10 chap. 12 day. The Witch of Blackbird Pond chap. 11 chap. 13 Lyric Verse” A Child’s Introduction to Poetry The symbol pp. 22 indicates you Readers “The Indian Show” will fi nd a map Squanto and the London” Captain John “Captain Hunt” & Regular: Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Englishmen” assignment in the d Smith” “In the Dark” notes for that day. chaps. Advanced: The Matchlock Gun chaps. III–IV chaps. V–VII chaps. X Electives The dsymbol indicates there is a by BookShark, LLC. All rights reserved. fi gure for you to place 20 on the timeline. ©20 Other Notes Use the extra rows to schedule additional assignments or activities. ©2021 by BookShark, LLC. All rights reserved. Do not copy without written permission from BookShark, permission without written from Do not copy rights reserved. LLC. All BookShark,©2021 by LLC. Additional space for your record keeping. N Special Note to Mom or Dad Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion Intro to American History, Year 1 of 2 | Section Two | Week 9 | 53 Intro to American History, Year 2 of 2 | Section Four | New User Information | 1 History E Week 1 Schedule Date: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 History/Geography chaps. 1–2 William Wilberforce d chaps. 3–4 chaps. 5–6 chaps. 7–8 Wee Sing America (re-)learn “The Star Spangled Banner” pp. 8–9. Read-Alouds chap. 1 chap. 2 chap. 3 chap. 4 Moccasin Trail How to Eat a Poem p. 1 p. 2 Readers chap. 1 chaps. 2–3 chaps. 4–5 chap. 6–mid p. 76 By the Great Horn Spoon! d Electives Other Notes ©2021 by BookShark, LLC. All rights reserved. Do not copy without written permission from BookShark, permission without written from Do not copy rights reserved. LLC. All BookShark,©2021 by LLC. N Special Note to Mom or Dad Map Point d Timeline Figure d Timeline Suggestion Intro to American History, Year 2 of 2 | Section Two | Week 1 | 1 Notes Week 1 • develop a life-long love of reading.