Chapter 14: Boston

Vocabulary Words:

Boston

new job

boatman

excitement

passengers

hotel

trouble

100 dollars a week

Art Project:Paper Plate Swan

Supplies:

• White Paper Plate

• Scissors + Glue

• 1 Googly Eye

• small piece of orange construction paper

• optional: feathers, glitter, paint

Begin by finding the middle of your paper plate, and cut in half until you reach the ridges of the paper plate, to create the body of the Swan. Then, follow up along the ridge of the paper plate, until you reach you first cut. Save the piece you just cut out for later; this can be used as a wing by cutting out the shape of a wing, and cutting a few slits along the side and glue to the body of the swan.

Next, round out the end of the ridge of the plate to make the head of the swan. Then cut a small triangle piece of paper, either orange construction paper or orange colored paper, to make the beak of your swan and glue from behind.

Add on a googly eye, or draw one. You can add glitter, paint, or feathers to your swan if you’d like.

Bake: Boston Cream Pie

Find recipe in study. What this video to help learn the technique:

Additional Books:

Make way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Swan Boat Season in Boston by Jennifer Delaney

Catie Copley by Deborag Kovacs

On the Loose in Boston by Sage Stossel

Journery Around Boston from A to Z by Heather Zschock

Bus Route to Boston by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Boston History for Kids: from the Red Sox to Red Coats with 21 Activites by Michael Dukakis

Discussion Questions:

What powers the Swan Boats?

What is the first song that Louis plays for the people on the Swan Boats?

Draw a picture of your Own Swan Boat, and complete the worksheet.

For those of you visting boston, or live in Boston, I found this article abut the best desserts in Boston to try!