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Teacher Reader Book Club
Collaboration!
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Ideas for Collaboration
- Researching traditions (birthdays, New Years, Christmas/other winter holidays)
- Oral histories of families or community members - learning to interview, putting it all together
- Author Studies
- Nonfiction text features using books or magazines
- Creating Book Trailers
- Writing book reviews
- Introducing books on a certain genre (Having a mystery or non-fiction unit for example) where they are also doing activities in your classrooms
- New ideas for book reports
Ideas for Library Lessons
- Genre lessons
- introducing books on a certain genre to branch out with reading
- History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, balloons, etc (we'd need to do this one very soon!)
- Digital Citizenship
- Caldecott unit - how books are chosen, Caldecotts through the years, mock Caldecott committee
- Newbery books (similar to Caldecott unit)
- Using the library more efficiently
- Logging in to Destiny Quest and the things that you can do
- Book Tastings (exploring new books)
The library has AWESOME books for writing prompts!
Check out these books that inspire all kinds of writing:
The Mischievians, by William Joyce
Strange smells. Disappearing remotes. That itch you just can't reach. It's not your fault! It's the Mischievians, an ancient race of global mischief-makers who do all the things that embarrass you. All the things that bug you. All the things that YOU get blamed for!
There is no cause for alarm (sorta). Come meet the Homework Eater, the fiend who steals your homework! See the Endroller, the villain who uses up ALL the toilet paper! Discover the Yawn Mower, the creature who makes you yawn at the worst possible time!
At the end, readers are encouraged to draw and write about a Mischievian of their own invention.
Pick a Picture, Write a Poem
Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Own Fairy Tale
A guide to writing fairy tales, retelling the tale of "Little Red Riding Hood," and including an analysis of different elements of the story, with thirteen tools for writing fairy tales, exercises, writing tips, and a glossary.