Mini Study Guide or Lapbook Guide for: Hound Dog True: by Linda Urban

1. Vocabulary/Spelling Word Notebooks

(directions: Print out as many copies of the above images of notebooks as needed. Color the covers silver if desired. In the box or on the cover write one vocabulary word from

the list below. On the flip side write the definition or other info you wish to learn about the word. Staple together at the binding to form a book)

Recommended vocabulary/ spelling list for the notebooks: (Of course you can always add to or take from this list)

1. personification2. Buddhist3. traitorous4. piccolo5. apprentice6. marauders7. ogre8. endeavors9. posterity10. custodial11. Punxsutawney12. gourmands13. hernia14. deterioration15. infiltrating16. propriety17. consequences18. popsicles19. prognostication

2. Uncle Potlock’s Words of Wisdom Mini Book

You can use this clip-art of a janitor to make a cover for a mini-book where you can record the words of wisdom Mattie learns from Uncle Potluck.

3. Create your own Notebook Page from Mattie’s Journal: Here is an example of a notebook page from Mattie Bean’s Journal. Take a piece of notebook paper and imagine how you think a page of Mattie’s notebook might look, then create it and paste it into your lapbook.

4. Book and Author Info/Rating: You can use a copy of the cover of the book to make a mini book with information about the Author, other books she has written, or to record the date you started/finished reading the book etc. You could also give the book a rating.

5. How would you describe yourself? Cut out this image of a wipe-board. Write your name at the top. Then, in only a few words, write how you would describe yourself if you were being introduced to a class for the first time. You can decorate the leftover space with math problems, spelling words etc. If you want to get really creative you could laminate the cut-out and use a wet erase marker to do this. Attach the wet erase marker to your lapbook and you can change what is written on the board each time you look at it.

6. Talk to the moon! Print out these moons and staple together and then share with it some of your own secrets….if you want, on the back of each moon you could write what you think the moons response would be. You could also ask each member in your family or your friends to write what they would say to the moon…

7. Tin Can Phones: Cut out two Cylinder shaped pieces of aluminum foil and glue down onto your lapbook, then cutout a piece of yarn to attach the two “tin cans” creating the look of tin can phones. Save space underneath this to paste some scientific information about how/why tin can phones work. You will need to do some research on the web or at your library. Also, it would be fun to do a science experiment and make a set of tin can phones for yourself. You could measure how well and far you can hear sound using different types of string. Which type works the best? What was the farthest distance you could still hear? Report your findings in your lapbook.

8. Uncle Potluck’s Traitorous Knee: Take some time to learn about knee anatomy.

Once you have read about the anatomy of the knee or visited some website to learn more, then you can print out the images below and paste them to you lapbook. Then use small pieces of paper to cover each of the labels and create flaps that you can lift up. This will allow you to practice identifying different parts of the knee’s anatomy.

Print and cut-out, paste image to lapbook, and glue small pieces of paper over labels to practice learning the anatomy.

Print and cut-out, paste image to lapbook, and glue small pieces of paper over labels to practice learning the anatomy.

Print and cut-out, paste image to lapbook, and glue small pieces of paper over labels to practice learning the anatomy.

9. Mountain Goat Brave? Print and cut out the images of the mountain goats. In the center of each goat write down one thing that you are not afraid of that others might be afraid of….Principal Bonnet says that this is being “mountain goat brave.” For example, you may not be afraid of spiders or snakes, even though many other people are. Staple these together at the top to form a mini book. On the first mountain goat you may wish to write “Mountain Goat Brave” to make a title page.

10. “POOR MOE” Cut out the images and then use a hole punch to create two small holes in the center of each image in order to make them look like buttons. You could use sewing thread or yarn to weave through the holes of each, and then attach them to your lapbook in a row as if they were buttons down a shirt. Leave one spot missing, and at this spot attach a piece of yarn….this is where Moe used to be. Next to each button write about a time in your own life or a situation that you might encounter where you would use the phrase “Poor Moe,” invented by Mattie and Quincy to mean “that really stinks, or too bad”

11. THE DANGER’S OF MIXING CLEANING PRODUCTS: Cut out this image and glue it to your lapbook above a report about the dangers of mixing cleaning products. What happens chemically when bleach and ammonia are mixed? What toxic chemicals are produced? How? Why? Discover what other types of household chemicals should not be mixed. Use the library and internet for your research. Attach your report to the lapbook. Afterwards, you may want to reward yourself with a little science experiment that causes a safe chemical reaction. Try the one below, or research on the net for “chemical reaction experiments for kids.”

Blowing Up Balloons With CO 2

Chemical reactions make for some great experiments. Make use of the carbon dioxide given off by a baking soda and lemon juice reaction by funnelling the gas through a soft drink bottle. Blowing up balloons was never so easy!

 

What you'll need:

Balloon About 40 ml of water (a cup is about 250 ml so you don't need much) Soft drink bottle Drinking straw Juice from a lemon 1 teaspoon of baking soda

 

Instructions:

1. Before you begin, make sure that you stretch out the balloon to make it as easy as possible to inflate. 2. Pour the 40 ml of water into the soft drink bottle. 3. Add the teaspoon of baking soda and stir it around with the straw until it has dissolved. 4. Pour the lemon juice in and quickly put the stretched balloon over the mouth of the bottle.

 

What's happening?

If all goes well then your balloon should inflate! Adding the lemon juice to the baking soda creates a chemical reaction. The baking soda is a base, while the lemon juice is an acid, when the two combine they create carbon dioxide (CO2). The gas rises up and escapes through the soft drink bottle, it doesn't however escape the balloon, pushing it outwards and blowing it up. If you don't have any lemons then you can substitute the lemon juice for vinegar.

12. Make your own “Queen of Garbage” crown: In Chapter 9 Mattie imagines a garbage queen, and a garbage wedding etc. Use items that are soon going to end up in the garbage can or recycling bin to create your own garbage crown. Take a picture of yourself wearing it, print out the picture, and then paste it to your lapbook.

13. Math with Lunchroom Tables and Chairs: In Chapter 8 Mattie uses multiplication to determine how many students will fit into the cafeteria. She multiplies the number of tables

by the number of chairs around each table to get the total. Cut out 12 small rectangles all the same size out of one color of paper. These will represent cafeteria tables. Then cut out small circles in a different color of paper to represent the cafeteria chairs. Place the pieces into two separate envelopes and glue to your lapbook. Underneath you could draw a cafeteria, or a menu (in chapter 8 you could find the menu for Mitchell P. Anderson Elementary and use that for background.) Then, use the tables and chairs to play multiplication games. Take turns with a friend laying down different numbers of tables and chairs and seeing who can calculate how many kids will fit in the “cafeteria” quickest.

14. Popsicles: What Scares You? Write one fear of yours (or Mattie’s, just remember to write who’s fear it is) on each popsicle then cut-out and paste to lapbook. For a more creative effect you could cut out popsicle shapes from colored construction paper and glue popsicle sticks onto the back of each shape, and then write on those, or your could just write on the posicle sticks themselves and place them in an envelope. You could get really creative with this one….you could make it look like a bite was taken out by cutting the paper, or you could use marker, paint or food coloring to create popsicle “drips” on your paper. Have fun!

15. Star and Ogreeeeee: Cut out a large Star shape and decorate with glitter. Glue only the top to your book to create a lift up flap. Underneath the star write the word Og-ree. Under that either tell a story of a time when you experience bullying or teasing, or write a word that bothers you when people say it, and tell why it bothers you.

16. Where is Punxsutawney? Locate it on the map and draw a picture of the state it is in and its location in that state somewhere in you lapbook.

17. CORN ON THE COB FUTURES: Write one letter in each kernel of corn to create your own corn on the cob future. It could be in the form of a poem, a list of words, or a sentence. You could turn it sideways or keep it upright. Then color, cut, and paste into you lapbook.

18. WRITE YOUR OWN “ADVENTURES OF MOE” STORY: Examples of some of Mattie’s attempts can be found in Chapter 23. Now it is your turn to write about what happens to Moe the button after he is lost in the washing machine. Be creative! Paste your story to your lapbook.

19. FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT: In Chapter 10 Mattie’s Mom talks about a time when she had to pretend to be brave. Some people call this “faking it till you make it.” If you have ever had to do this, write a paragraph about this time. Title it “Fake It Till You Make It,” and paste it in your lapbook.

20. “FIX THINGS BEFORE THEY GET TOO BIG FOR FIXING.” This is the wisdom that Uncle Potluck share with Mattie in Chapter 15. Write about a time in your own life when you had a problem that you fixed. Speculate on what might have happened if you had ignored the problem. Post your writing in you lapbook. If this doesn’t appeal to you then you could make a list of problems that could get too big to be fixed if not taken care of right away.

Disclaimer: (Created by Sarah Eles, 2012, I do not own any of the images or clip-art found within this document. This document was created for personal home study only and is being shared with others to provide ideas on how to create their own lapbook. It is not to be sold or republished.)