Goldtown Beginnings Six-Study-Guides Bundle

Description

A Boy, His Dog, & a Gold Pan. It’s 1859 and the height of the gold rush. Seven-year-old Jem Coulter and his family pan gold on their claim alongside Cripple Creek. They live in a tent instead of a house, but that’s all right with Jem! The study guides go behind the scenes of living in a California gold camp during the gold rush.

Study Guide Contents (+ Answer Keys for all six guides)

1. Jem Strikes Gold

• Daily Schedule for Jem Strikes Gold
• Chapters 1-3 where does Jem live? a map of gold claims; pie peddler maze
• Chapters 4-6 panning for gold; help Jem pan for gold; pie peddler arithmetic
• Chapters 7-9 who said it? times tables
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past word pictures; kindness character trait

2. Jem’s Frog Fiasco

• Daily Schedule for Jem’s Frog Fiasco
• Chapters 1-3 contractions; a kid’s life in a gold camp; write about it 
• Chapters 4-6 bullfrog pond; a bullfrog pet; draw a bullfrog habitat  
• Chapters 7-9 word riddles; mystery animal dot-to-dot 
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past history of cornbread; Mama’s cornbread

3. Jem and the Mystery Thief

• Daily Schedule for Jem and the Mystery Thief
• Chapters 1-3 the game of marbles; calendars; calendar fun 
• Chapters 4-6 what did they find? tarantula festival poster; map of Jem’s classroom   
• Chapters 7-9 word riddles; what’s missing?
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past word puzzle; alike and different; honesty

4. Jem Digs Up Trouble

• Daily Schedule for Jem Digs Up Trouble
• Chapters 1-3 opposites; mountain life zones
• Chapters 4-6 Strike’s donkey; pack up Canary
• Chapters 7-9 who said it? word pictures
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past mountain maze; write a gold story

5. Jem and the Golden Reward

• Daily Schedule for Jem and the Golden Reward
• Chapters 1-3 map of California; Wanted posters, make a lost pet post
• Chapters 4-6 world map; map of Scotland; Scotland facts
• Chapters 7-9 Scotland’s national animal dot-to-dot
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past thankfulness, word puzzle

6. Jem’s Wild Winter

• Daily Schedule for Jem’s Wild Winter 
• Chapters 1-3 a prospector’s food; Jem’s cornmeal mush & Strike’s hardtack 
• Chapters 4-6 wildlife arithmetic; mountain lions; mountain lion maze 
• Chapters 7-9 mixed-up sentences; animal tracks 
• Chapter 10 & A Peek into the Past what’s missing? angels all around