This lapbook is about free-time activities. It uses the following foldables:
- quilt book (orange and purple): the students write the following verbs on each triangle: love, like, prefer, don't like. Inside each one, they write the activities accordingly.
- venn diagram (white): the students classify the activities according to indoor / outdoor / both.
Here is the lapbook my group is working on to write about sports.
The foldables are:
- tab (white): the students write about the most popular sports in Brazil and in the U.S.A., as well as about their favorite sports.
- accordion booklet (redand white): the students complete the sentences, identifying the sports depicted in the pictures, and contrast between the use of present and present continuous.
This lapbook focuses on the weather vocabulary and what people are doing.
The foldables I use are:
- window booklet (orange): the students write "What's s/he doing?" on the front window, choose a picture cut-out, glue it to the inside of the booklet, and write a sentence describing what the person is doing.
- envelope (green): the students use slips to write comprehension questions and the answers and keep them inside the envelope.
- wheel booklet (yellow): the students write "What's the weather like?" in the outside circle, color and cut-out the weather symbols, glue them to the big window (inner circle), and write the kind of weather in the small window.
This project is about "places in town".
Here are the foldables the students use:
- stand-up city: the students color and cut out the city printouts from www.madebyjoel.com. They then glue the cut-outs to the lapbook. Students present their projects and tell their peers about the different locations of the places. Peers also ask the presenter questions, e.g. Excuse me, where's the hotel? Is there a drugstore near here?
- booklet: the students write and answer the 3 comprehension questions.
- flaps: the students write 7 place words (one on each flap) and 2 items that can be bought/found there.
Another project is about "food".
Here are the foldables for this project:
- layered booklet - the students write their meals planning for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- tags - the students write what food there is and there isn't on the table as the teacher projects a picture.
- recipe card - the students write a favorite recipe.
- folder pockets - the students write the food words, color the pictures, and classify them according to their colors (brown, red, yellow/orange, and white).
I started a new project with my students (9-10 year olds) with foldables, using lapbooks according to the topics of our lessons. The students are so engaged and productive. I'll post their projects as our classes progress.
Dinah Zike points out that foldables are interactive graphic organizers that can help students organize, remember, review, and learn many kinds of information.
Lora Drum justifies the importance of foldables as a fun, motivating, hands-on approach to learning, a study guide that helps students organize and retain information, and a type of alternative assessment. She suggests that foldables be used to introduce new vocabulary and topic, before, during, and after a lesson, as well as to promote writing skills.
Our 1st lapbook project:
The topic is related to "abilities".
I chose the following foldables:
- 3/4 booklet (pink) - the students classified 3 different activity types: physical, creative, and practical.
- side pocket (yellow) - the students use this pocket to insert 3 slips, one for each comprehension question.
- flaps (orange) - the students use each flap write about a charity event.
- matchbook (tan) - the students write what they can and can't do.
- KWL grid - the students first write 5 words related to abilities and 3 words they want to learn. Before the class finishes, they write 3 new words they learned.
You can find the templates on: www.homeschoolshare.com
