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.
Monday, October 29, 2012
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 outdated?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.
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 outdated?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.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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:
PreK :G is for Gorilla and Good Night
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmanGreat 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
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