Week 18

Week of Dec 17-19:

Short week no classes, only book exchange...

18th Christmas Play
19th Parade and Sing-along

Week 17

Week of Dec 10-14th:

Week 16

Week of Dec 3-7:

Pre-K and Kinders:  The Bears' Christmas by Berenstains

• Book has plain cover, no pictures, no words
• What does Christmas mean to you? What do you think of when I say Christmas?
• What do these characters think makes Christmas so special?

1st and 2nd:  Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

• Made list on Smartboard of vocabulary words (Christmas and Character Ed related) Discussed as we read 
• Will make a bulletin board with these words as gifts under the tree

3rd: Still working on Expository Papers on Community

4th: Working on foldables and their version of the 12 Days of Christmas in NC

5th:  ???

Week 15

For Nov 26-30th:

4th: The Twelve Days of Christmas in North Carolina  by Julia Stead.

• Used powerpoint with visual of the original 12 days to get them started with song from You.tube
• Read first day and compared it to the original version
• Skipped to 12th day to cover all the objects she chose as gifts. Had students evaluate with thumbs-up or thumbs-down was this a good representation of NC. Do you like the "gifts" she chose?
• Challenged students to do a better job with their foldable book they made with Ms. Horrell. Passed out planning sheet for them to think about their objects and design a graphic for their book with caption.

3rd: Writing expository papers together.

K-2: Merry Christmas, BIG HUNGRY BEAR!  by Don and Audrey Wood
Get little book about the true meaning of giving (thinking of others).
"This book caught my attention because the title includes 'bear' but there is no bear on the cover. Can you help me find the bear in this story?"
What did the mouse learn? Did he change? Did he learn anything about giving/ receiving gifts?

Did not meet with pre-K or 5th grade due to workshop scheduled.

Week 14

I have gotten behind... Week 14 should have been plans to Nov. 12-16th.


*Started a Reading 50 K Challenge for Dec, will run through Thanksgiving Break and will pick up bookmarks on Monday. (Next time send an Alert Now to remind kids to get bookmarks signed and bring in.)

Week 13

Grades 2-5  Check out and then silent reading time for 50K Challenge!

1st: No classes due to short week.

K:  Caught up on the Letter I

Pre-K: J is for Jokes

Video about the Letter "J" from http://daybydaysc.org/September/27

• jeans
• jumping
• joking
• jelly beans
• jingle

Read "The Bears We Know" from Tumblebooks  (junk, jump, joke)

Review letter and related words on smartboard.  Then explain "joke".  Share some of my favorites (sometimes with visual aides on the smartboard to help them get it):

• What did zero say to eight?     Nice belt.

• Knock Knock
  Whose there?
  Boo.
  Boo who?
  I didn’t mean to make you cry!

• Who's there?

  Lettuce

  Lettuce who?

  Lettuce in, it's freezing out here.

• Q: What do you call cheese that’s not yours?

  A: Nacho cheese!

• What do you get when a hen lays an egg on the roof?
  An egg roll!

• Why do cows wear bells?
  Because their horns don't work!

• What did one snowman say to the other?
  Do you smell carrots?

• How do you know it is raining cats and dogs?
  When you step in a poodle!

•  

  Where do bees go to the bathroom?
  The BP station!

 

Knock, Knock  with banana and orange...

 

Week 12

1st Grade: 
Giving Thanks by Chief Jake Swamp
Thanksgiving by Gail Gibbons

2nd Grade:
How Do Bats See in the Dark?  by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Pick enough questions for each student to have one. When they ask the question read the answer from the book?

3rd Grade:

Pre-K, Kinders:  I is for Ice Cream
Intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxS8AimvbBI

Something Good by Robert Munsch  http://daybydaysc.org/September/23

See wiki for more.

Week 11

1st Grade:
House of Leaves by Kiyoshi Soya  and Nature Walk  by Douglas Florian (trail dedication)

2nd Grade: sound
Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer 534 PFE
What information is repeated from what your teaher taught?  What is new?

3rd and 4th: Finding a Good Fit Book Strategies

5th Grade: ghost stories
Southern Ghosts by Nancy Roberts 398.2 ROB  Railroad Bill
Robin Hood?  List for specific characteristics of what it means to be southern?

Pre-K, Kinder: H is for House
Introduce with a video for H is for House: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5eWPZnD1s

The House that Jack Built by Janet Stevens  A great book to read with an individual kid, did not translate as well with a larger group.  too old-fashioned? outdated?

Which one of these pictures looks more like your house?
The Little House by Virginia Lee Buton E BUR or Building Homes by Graham Rickard  690 RIC
Who lives here?   The White House  by Leonard Everett Fisher 975.3 FIS
What kind of house does this "animal" live in?
Do Spiders Spin Webs? 595.4 BER
The Life Cycle of a Bee 595.79 BAI
Amazing Fish  597 LIN

End with smartboard activity matching animals to their houses.

Week 10

Book Fair: Open checkout for all, but no classes

Week 09

Two day week only checking in and out for all.

Week 08

K-5 Discuss first attempt at READ 50K

PreK :G is for Gorilla and Good Night
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman

Great to introduce:

• Gorilla Puzzle http://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/alphabet/g_gorilla.htm 
• I am a Gorilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QkwLkkgUY&feature=fvwrel 
•  http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/mountain-gorilla/?vgnextfmt=printable Great pics of REAL gorillas, Where would you expect to see REAL gorillas?
• Good Night, Gorilla on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpGyBYelF8&feature=fvwp&NR=1 Read by a student 
• Monty Miller, Smart Gorilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVmUYagUxc About a gorilla who knows the importance of reading, cute little music video

Week 07

1st: Survival What is symbiosis?

Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdon by Jose Aruego


2nd Grade: Life Cycle (Worms)

Looking at Life Cycles: How do Plants and Animals Change? by Angela Royston

3-5th Grade: Review last week's Media/Constitution Scavenger Hunt and discuss process...one more time.

Pre-K/K:  F is for Frog
Frog cutout with Ff inside its mouth to introduce. Then 2 smartboard pages: shapes, little to big.

I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric. A. Kimmel

Other good stuff: http://www.kidsparkz.com/frogs.html

 Use finger play or let children act out the "Five Little Speckled Frogs" rhyme. Have five children sit on a strip of tape on the floor. Let one "frog" jump into the pool until the end of the poem.

Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five little speckled frogs, (Hold five fingers "frog" on top of your
other arm "log.")
Sitting on a hollow log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!

One jumped into the pool, (jump a finger off the log into the pool)
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are how many frogs? FOUR! (Hold up four fingers)

Four little speckled frogs,
Sitting on a hollow log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are how many frogs? THREE!

Three little speckled frogs,
Sitting on a hollow log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are how many frogs? TWO!

Two little speckled frogs,
Sitting on a hollow log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are how many frogs? ONE!

One little speckled frog,
Sitting on a hollow log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
It jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are how many frogs? NONE!

HOPPING CHALLENGE
This can be played in a circle, a line, or as a "Froggie Says____" game. Give children a variety of "hopping" commands such as:

• Hop in one place.
• Hop and turn in a circle at the same time.    
• Hop on left/right foot.
• Hop backwards, sideways; make a square or circle.
• Hop over a line.
• Hop with a partner.
• Hop quietly to line up.

Week 06

1st: Survival
How are living things connected? What happens if one of the pieces is missing?
Video Clip for Intro: http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/olteachres/2204091.html Click slideshow.

Animal Adaptations for Survival by Elizabeth Rose
Animals at Night by Sharon Peters


2nd Grade: Life Cycle (Worms)
Worm Facts: http://www.worm-farming.com/worm-facts.html
An Earthworm's Life by John Himmelman
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/index.html

Life Cycle: http://www.worm-farming.com/worm-life-cycle.html (after reading)

3-5th Grade: Media/Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Pre-K/K:  E is for Exercise
Introducing E http://www.sesamestreet.org/play#media/video_2884592e-154d-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b

Oscar singing "Stretch, Wiggle, HEY!" to begin http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af

Stretch by Doreen Cronin http://daybydaysc.org/September/7

Exercise with Grover http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af
"Do you like to Exercise?" http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af

Hokey Pokey
This is traditional but helps your preschoolers learn about their body while learning to stay fit! You can change this up to focus on discussions you've had in class. For example, instead of "you put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, you put your right foot in and shake it all about" say "you could put your right foot in and lift it up and down!"

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Body parts and preschool fitness all in one! After singing this once, try singing it very, very slow and then very very fast! Each year, our children LOVE to do this "super, duper, fast". We tell them that when we do it this fast, it is SO fast we can't even say the words so we replace all the words with "Blah, blah blah blah blah blah" while we do it "super duper fast"!


Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes with Elmo http://www.sesamestreet.org/games#media/game_218b7bc6-486c-11dd-bf7b-df62be721a24

Week 05

1st: Survival
Can any animal adapt to any environment? What are some tools that might be used to adapt?

TumbleBooks Video on Pigeons
Three Little Pigs by James Marshall (398.3 H)
Animal Centre Games (Mole Word Game) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml

2nd: Life Cycle
What is a cycle?
Life Cycle (frog, butterfly, parrot) "game" http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/games.htm Don't forget to play the video! (metamorphosis= change forms)
Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg? by Mia Posada
Followed up by showing one more (frog or bird) cycle and discussing.
Review game http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_fun_science.html

3-5: Good Deeds Day (9/11)  Discuss power of words and actions to do good. Show videoes from "I Will" Campaign and "Show Your Strength" Campaign on Edmodo page

Pre-K: D for Dinosaur, Dig, Drum
I had ABC dinosaur footprints leading them to the library. (It was also "green" day in pre-k!)
As they come in excited about what they saw on the floor, share:

STOMP, STOMP, STOMP AROUND Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
 Stomp, stomp, stomp around
On your great big feet.

Swish your tail
Then turn around,
Now go take your seat!

• Once they have settled, show Smartboard pics
• (next year have yarn cut that shows the size of each to compare)

•  T-Rex by Vivian French

Dig for Dinosaurs http://www.sesamestreet.org/play#media/game_a84724b6-9ddc-4602-b6d2-656e236c406f  game (Only K-1, too hard for pre-k)

• Dinosaur Song

Youngsters participate by sing and acting out the motions to this dinosaur song by Kay who says, "My older three's loved it".
  I'm a Big, Old Dinosaur  (Tune:  I'm a little Tea Pot)    
I'm a big, old Dinosaur  (Make a mean face, the kids make the cutest mean faces)
 Big and Tall                   (Gesture hands big and tall )
 Here is my tail, here is my claw. (Gesture hands behind your back for tail and make claw hands)
 When I get all hungry  (rub your tummy)
 I just growl                   (have the kids exaggerate the grrroooowwwlll)
Look out kids I'm on the prowl. (Here I tickle each one of the tummy and they all giggle)

Did this with students seated.

• Dinosaur Fingerplay

During this early childhood fingerplay children will learn some key facts about dinosaurs. (Directly connected to smartboard pics)

The Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived long ago, (gesture palm up wave over your shoulder)
Some were tall (gesture high).
Some were low (gesture low).
Some liked water (gesture swimming).
Some liked land and were slow (gesture walking by alternating palms on your knees).

Pteranadons had leathery wings (gesture flying).
Brontausaurs, long necks (gesture to neck).
But the meanest dinosaur of all (gesture mean face).
Was Tyranosaurus Rex (gesture heavy stomping by alternating palms on your knees).

Comments: Ham it up! I did this one with them in a semicircle around the carpet.
Both adapted from: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/dinosaur.htm

For 1st grade or older:
Kidsdinos: http://www.kidsdinos.com/ map, pics and video
More games for older http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaur-games/index.php wow!

Week 04

K-5 Due to short week after Labor Day weekend, did not do a lesson so I might double up to get everyone in to exchange books.

Pre-K

Lesson for Letter C

1. Started reminding them about A and B. What next? (From Smartboard) C!

2. As we read, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! from Tumblebook listen for the bug that starts with a "C" for clues about what we will talk about today.  (caterpillar)
3. Look at comparison on the smartboard of an ant and caterpillar. (Tell me 2 differences, 2 similarities)
4. Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Before I read I passed out cut-outs of each food the caterpillar eats (one to each student), gave teacher tape. As I read, students were to listen for their food, go to the teacher for tape, and hang up their item on the rail.
5. To help them summarize the story, after I read, I lined students up as a caterpillar as I asked them questions about the details. Our caterpillar walked past the food we hang up to take a bite. We ended our follow-the-leader style caterpillar in the shape of a "C"

Week 03

K-2 ABCs in the Library using http://daybydaysc.org/September/1 1) TumbleBook ebook 2) ABC matching game

3-5 Destiny- Library Search

Pre-K:

I will work with the students on "B" and bubbles.

BB King and the “B” Song http://daybydaysc.org/September/8

The Berenstein Bear’s B Book by Stan and Jan Berenstein

HERE IS A BUBBLE
1. Here is a bubble  (make a circle with thumb and index finger)

Sing: Here's A Bubble [they don't list a tune-"Where is Thumbkin?" ]
Here's a bubble, here's a bubble.
Small and round; small and round.
See it floating gently, 
See it floating gently,
To the ground; to the ground.

2. And here's a bubble  (make a bigger circle with two thumbs and index finger)
I'm A Little Bubble (tune: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little bubble, shiny and round.
I gently float down to the ground.
The wind lifts me up and then I drop.
Down to the dry ground where I pop.

3. And here is a great big bubble I see.(make a large circle with arms)
Let's count the bubble we've made. One, two, three.(repeat prior actions)

DRAW A BUBBLE
Draw a bubble, draw a bubble. Make it very round. (make a shape in the air with index finger)
Draw a bubble, draw a bubble. No corners can be found. (repeat actions)

  

Finish:
Dancing Bubbles- Have children break up into groups of 3. Holding hands forming their own circle. Have several groups of children slowly and gently spin. Tell them to "float" like bubbles. Works best in a large area designed for large motor activities. As the children float and drift, they will eventually "dance" into each other, causing the bubble to get bigger, until all the little bubbles, join with each other, and form one large bubble, continuing to dance until the large bubble eventually bursts or "pops". The children like to do this dance to soft music, and will ask for this activity over and over.

Instrumental Music from Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzR98Qi-Qp0 The Rising Spring

Just a few lessons with bubbles from: http://www.hummingbirded.com/balloons-bubbles.htm

Week 02

Introductions continue:

 (K-2) With a discussion about Everybody books being in ABC order (call numbers), read Alpha Betti by Carlene Morton. As a small group moves to check out, the remainder will work in several ABC learning centers. A few are:

• Smartboard (Descramble and alphabetize) http://www.mothergoose.com/Games/abc_move_match.htm
• matching game (Uppercase to lowercase) http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/alphabet-matching.html
• Clothespin sort
• 26 papers with a letter on each that students may write their name on the correct first letter
• Magnets
• Matching game (Letters to representative word) http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/
• Multiple choice, they give the letter and 3 choices you pick the pic that goes with the letter. http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/question_3.htm

(3-5) Powerpoint that reviews check out and check in procedures/library expectations, heavy focus on major steps for checking out:

• Scan lanyard
• Scan book
• PRESS RESET!

And focus on finding a book that is the "right fit!" (See bookmark handout.)

Pre-K:

I used The Berenstain's A Book by Stan and Jan Berenstain to talk about the letter A. I created one page on the smartboard with a cartoon ant and an "A." I linked the A to a BBC video on ants from Discovery Education. Then I linked the ant to "The Ants Go Marching" song at Discovery Education. We sang it twice.

Week 01

Library Orientation:

(K-2) We began with Yo! Yes! by Chris Raschka, discussing introductions (meeting new people, since I am the new media person here. Some of them are new.) We discuss communication, different ways of saying “Hello” The importance of having friends, being a friend.
Segwayed into nice words and manners. (See bulletin board, “Garden of Good Manners”) Watched Library Manners: Can you teach my alligator manners? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBXIDB4U1Cc&feature=related  Review the rules from the video and let them check out.


(3-5) Begin with introductions, review what they know. Remind them that new librarian + Destiny will mean new procedures…important to remember! HAve students watch Library Rules;(start at 1:06)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2kmMp-xSi0&feature=related  (stop at 4:45)  Then Review.
Before video give students 2 tasks:

• listen for directions/rules for checking out
• listen/watch for ways this library is different than their own (stop)

Pass out direction cards, direct group to place the cardholders in the order that is discussed in the video. Have cardholders read their rules one more time. Pass out shelf markers and check out.
Remind them:
1. Scan card, check name
2. Scan books, check # and titles
3. Hit the reset to clear information

Pre-K
Read Alphabet Construction by Denise Fleming

1. Pass out coloring page from Internet of the mouse with the toolbox. Ask about what is in the picture. (http://www.denisefleming.com/pages/activities-alphabet.html)
2. When have completed the pic and are setted for story, pass out ABC cards. Explain how the mouse in the pic had tools, tools for building. Our tools are going to be letters for this project.
3. As you read, students will hold up their letter that matches the one on the page.
4. At the end celebrate their success.