School Library Month
Grades K-5
AASL says.....
"School Library Month is the American Association of School Librarians' celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to host activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning."
http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/slm
How is your library celebrating?
Try Creating a Book Trailer with Book Nook
Use Book Nook to create and share a book trailer. Find new trailers, created by Ohio students, that were just published.
Celebrate the Library All Month Long
Education World has lesson plans and activities to help you celebrate.
If you are a fan of the Wimpy Kid books...
You're in luck! It's also Wimpy Kid Month! Search your library's online catalog to see if any Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are available for checkout. Then find fun stuff at www.wimpykid.com
April is National Poetry Month
Do you know where the poetry books are located in your library? One of these titles may be on your shelves.
Create Your Own Poems with World Book Kids
Go to Activities in World Book Kids. Under Write it Down, you can get the directions to write a shape poem or create syllable poems.
Find More Activities for National Poetry Month
ReadWriteThink has lessons for all ages.
Search INFOhio's Educator Tools
Educator Tools can be found under Educators on INFOhio's main page. Enter poetry as your search term and find an article called "Using Poetry to Teach Reading" from Reading Rockets.
April 22 is Earth Day
5 Earth Day Activities for the Library from Upstart.
Celebrate Earth Day! from ReadWriteThink
Scholastic promotes Earth Day with activities and lesson plans. Scroll down to find community projects, book lists, blog posts and an extension activity.
Image from World Book Kids.
Trish Baker
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