Wee Gillis
Wee Gillis
Wee Gillis lives in Scotland. He is an orphan, and he spends half of each year with his mother's people in the lowlands, while the other half finds him in the highlands with his father's kin. Both sides of Gillis's family are eager for him to settle down and adopt their ways. In the lowlands, he is taught to herd cattle, learning how to call them to him in even the heaviest of evening fogs. In the rocky highlands, he stalks stags from outcrop to outcrop, holding his breath so as not to make a sound. Wee Gillis is a quick study, and he soon picks up what his elders can teach him. And yet he is unprepared when the day comes for him to decide, once and for all, whether it will be the lowlands or the highlands that he will call his home.
Robert Lawson and Munro Leaf's classic picture book is a tribute to the powers of the imagination and a triumph of the storyteller's and illustrator's art.
Why are we featuring this book?
Wee Gillis is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for Wee Gillis. Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.
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Go-alongs about Calendars
A History of the Months / Days and the Meanings of their Names - From Simple To Remember.com (Y, M, O, T)
Calendars to Print Out and Color - Includes moon phases, weather watcher, and monthly calendars kids can fill out. (Y, M)
Earth Calendar - The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. You can search for holidays by country, date, or religion, or simply click on Today to see who is celebrating a holiday today. Great for unit studies and country/culture studies! This is really cool resource!!! (Y, M, O, T)
Fall Unit - Free lapbook, notebook & unit resources for homeschoolers from Dynamic 2 Moms. (Y, M, O, T)
Just In Time - Activities, Print Materials, and lesson plans for telling time, as well as calendars and seasons. (Y,M)
Monthly Calendars - From A to Z kids stuff (Y, M, O, T)
Printable Calendars - from printfree.com (Y, M, O, T)
Spring Units - Strawberries and the North American Robin - Free lapbook resources from Dynamic 2 Moms. Turdus Migratorius - commonly known as the North American Robin and Strawberries. (Y, M, O, T)
