Library Lesson Plans
"A well spent day brings happy sleep." Leonardo Da Vinci
Nov 16- Nov 20
Love, Laugh, Learn
Thank you to everyone for hosting me in your classrooms this past week!
I want to give a huge shout out to Ms, Toney, Ms. Bean and the special ed group especially Diana. These were a few of the classrooms where I felt the Husky motto oozing from the walls!!
Kindergarten: Celebrate Thanksgiving
List and discuss the different ways we can celebrate Thanksgiving - Nat Geo Kids Online Resource.
First Grade: Story Elements
Students will listen to the the story Twas the night before thanksgiving and correctly summarize it using the yellow brick road. Then we will write our own versions
https://youtu.be/UUYrgxswPyk
https://youtu.be/UUYrgxswPyk
Second Grade: Personal decisions and habits affect health
Students will watch the tumblebook The Quest to Digest and follow an apple's journey through the human digestive system. Discover why mucus is so important to your body and how food particles are absorbed by the small intestine and turned into energy. Readers also learn why we burp, vomit, and pass gas.
Third Grade: Summarizing
Students will listen to Thank You, Sarah a story which is about how the Government reflects the changing needs of the people, and how a person can participate in the democratic process.
Fourth Grade: How do advertising techniqes affect behavior?
Students will listen to the bluebonnet Balloons over Broadway a biography about the person who started the Macy's thanksgiving day parade. We we will discuss the original purpose of the parade and compare it to what we see today.
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/12/455750738/meet-the-expert-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/12/455750738/meet-the-expert-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade
Fifth Grade: Domain Name Extensions
Students will learn about the presidential turkey pardoning by visiting https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/26/america-s-next-top-turkey-vote-2014-national-thanksgiving-turkey
We will also explore domain name extensions and what they tell us about the website.
We will also explore domain name extensions and what they tell us about the website.
Special Ed Storytime
Guaranteed to be fun!
Let me know if you would like a visit from the book fairy this week. I can drop by anytime I don't have class scheduled to read one of the stories below.
To Market, To Market
Anne Miranda’s inventive twist on a classic rhyme tells what happens after a shopper goes “to market, to market, to buy a fat pig.” Back home the pig promptly escapes, and soon the pig’s in the kitchen, the lamb’s on the bed, the cow’s on the couch--and the rest of the animals are wreaking havoc throughout the house.
Gobble it up! A fun song about Eating
Clap your hands and tap your feet to renowned wildlife artist Jim Arnosky's adorable and catchy song/picture book that celebrates animals engaged in everyone's favorite daily activity -- eating!
Over the River: A Turkey's Tale
Over the river Mama, Papa, and Baby Turkey embark for their vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast. But when a hungry boy and his dog start sniffing around, the turkeys have got to think fast before they become the main course!