Bringing Literature to Life
Children's literature is exciting and inspiring, bringing a breath of fresh air into our sometimes stale life. Phenomenal illustrations and story plots that make connecting memories easy. This week in the library we pull stories from a personal childhood favorite...Halloween. With the largest day for candy retrievals and moments to pretend to be someone we are not, I decided to bring some aspects of this historic holiday into our learning this week. Each grade level had an activity tied to a children's picture book to promote engagement and life from within.
Pumpkin Counting - Kinder
This week our kinder students worked on ordering their numbers from 1 to 5 using elements from our song we sang, "Five Little Pumpkins". They practiced counting forward, backwards, matching corresponding pumpkin amounts, and matched number words.
Sequential Scarecrows - First
First graders listened to the story The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams and helped me through the movements to represent the articles of clothing that the little old lady kept running into along her path. Once our story was over we focused on identifying sequential adverbs and listing them for use. Students then collaboratively worked to build their own scarecrows and use sequential adverbs to identify the order of the clothing articles that appeared in the story.
Constructing Fences - Second
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and had become prominent in classrooms and libraries across the country to help promote problem solving and computational thinking. STEM also requires students to focus on the particular listed skills in a different way than they normally use them...real world application of them if you will. The second graders listened to Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and learned what Jasper the rabbit did to keep the carrots of Crackenhopper field from following him. Then the students worked in self-selected teams to devise their plans for how they too would construct a fence to keep the creepy carrots in with only the use of popsicle sticks and wooden clothespins. Next visit, students will construct their fences and then record their explanations and outcomes using Flipgrid.
Graphic Novel Elements - Third
Third graders started listening to The Dragon Slayer last week. They got to experience making homemade tortillas as well. This week we learned the different elements of what makes a story a graphic novel and the names of different text features of a graphic novel. We also discussed the elements of folktales and practiced identifying the morals and lessons they teach us.
Locating Resources - Fourth and Fifth
Being able to locate resources in the library is an essential skill and one that will be used for the rest of a student's life. This week wrapped up fourth and fifth graders working in groups to practice using call numbers to locate specific resources within the library. They learned how to read call numbers, how to use call numbers to locate resources, and they learned about the different types of resources we have available to them in the library. This next week they will work on their math skills in preparation for the coming book fair!
Fresh Paint!
Our library windows got some fresh paint to liven up the hallways for the fall season!
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