Do you feel lucky?

Pre-K 

Songs
Lucky Leprechaun tune Jingle Bells
Leprechaun, Leprechaun,
Oh, where can you be?
Come a little closer now,
Don’t be afraid of me.

Leprechaun, Leprechaun,
You bring luck my way.
I’d really like to see you
On this St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick’s Day Song Tune “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

I’m looking for a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun.
I’m looking for a leprechaun.
Do you know where he’s gone?

He wears a suit that’s made of green,
Made of green, made of green.
He wears a suit that’s made of green
Do you know where he’s gone?

He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
Hides his gold, hides his gold.
He lives by a rainbow and hide his gold.
Do you know where he’s gone?

If you see a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun.
If you see a leprechaun,
Please tell me where he’s gone!

From: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/325.html 

K-1
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza (home)

Do you feel lucky?  (Irish holiday) show on globe, What continent?

This project was done with a K-1 class just before St. Patrick's Day. The children's hands will decoupaged to a bigger piece that will also embellished with Moroccan inspired drawing for a gift for the classroom teacher for Education Week.   What continent?

Students will learn about the use of symbolism in cultural art as they learn and use design elements in creating a hand print. Khamsa - or Moroccan Good Luck Hand - means 'five' in arabic. The traditional Khamsas are often made out of precious metals.

What do we consider a "lucky number?"  Look at other examples of Moroccan designs. 

What you need:

• black construction paper
• white pencils for tracing hand print on paper
• pre-cut (kids can cut their own if time permits) magazine shapes. Fashion, textile and decorating magazines work best for this project. large circles, or squares - for palm of hand long 'wedge' shapes - for fingers various small shapes for added interest
• glitter/glitter glue, sequins, foil star stickers, colored paper reinforcements ( "O" shaped sticker-backed item found at office stores etc) leave some "O's" whole and cut some in half for variety.
• scissors
• glue sticks
• folder to keep each classes' together

What you do:

1. Present Lesson: Talk about other moroccan designs, show examples. Older children could research/report.
2. Trace hand on black paper using white pencil
3. Have children choose at large shape for palm, five 'finger' shaped and various small shapes.
4. Glue the five fingers first, then palm, and 'fill in' with small shapes
NOTE: It's o.k. - in fact better - if the collage extends a little beyond the traced hand. The excess will be trimmed off.
5. Embellish the hand design with stars, glitter, sequins etc.

These Khamsa Good Luck Hands really turn out beautifully! And would look great:

* strung together 
* used on the front of a note card or hand made book 
* decoupaged to heavy paper box  
* hung on a tree

I will have media student asst cut out and decoupage before May.

Adapted from: http://www.kinderart.com/sculpture/khamsa.shtml 

Grades 2-5 

Do you feel lucky? 3 reasons why I am lucky to be me... (on an index card with name)

Topics: baseball, good sportsmanship, success (Lou's definition, his parents')

Pre-read

1-2: Describe Lou's neighborhood.  (historical perspective)

 What are Lou and his friends doing?

What sport? What do you know about baseball?

7-8: Describe the uniforms.

12: Notice the newspaper headline. What is a slump?

 

While you read:

14: Find a fact and opinion. ( Lou to Mayo Clinic.  Lou wasn't selfish.)

15: What were the first symptoms that something was wrong?

17-8: why are there microphones on the field?

19-20: Compare this picture to the previous page.

23: What does Lou's uniform on a hanger represent?  #4 (four-leaf clover)

24-end: Do these pictures look happy or sad? Support with details!!!

Post:

NYC Mayor La Guardia told Lou, " You are the greatest prototype of good sportsmanship and citizenship."

• What did Lou do to help his team?
• How do you think other players felt about Lou?
• What else can a player do and say to be a good sport?
• Do you think Lou is a hero? Support your answer!

Lou Gehrig Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKyfGK9brs
The transcript of the entire speech: http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/gehrig.htm

 

New Year's with Big 6 and Super 3

Grades 3, 4/5

The first of the year is the perfect time to teach your students how to reflect upon the past year and prepare for a positive, fresh start to the new year. Writing New Years resolutions together is an educational group activity that will inspire your students to be their best while practicing writing skills at the same time.

• Ask for a show of hands of who has heard of New Years resolutions before. Furthermore, how many students have already practiced making (and trying to keep) resolutions?
• To make sure everyone is on the same page, introduce the concept of New Years resolutions and how it comes from the word "resolve". Discuss how adults often find them challenging to keep, so it's important to make your resolutions positive, concrete, and realistic. Tell the students that resolutions are like promises that you make to yourself.
• Model resolutions for your students by showing them a few examples of your own or from a list of top 10 resolutions. Discuss how you will monitor your success on keeping the resolutions. Workshop (with your students' input) how to come up with appropriate resolutions.
• Allow your students time to practice writing a set number of resolutions of their own (for school, home, other areas of life, etc.) You may want to offer younger students a template to use for this writing task. For example, When I am at ___________, I resolve to ___________ because ___________.
• Give the students an opportunity to share a few of their resolutions with the rest of the class. Model offering encouragement to each other.
• You can also have your students create accompanying illustrations for their resolutions, visualizing themselves accomplishing their goals. The illustrated resolutions will make a darling bulletin board display for the classroom, while providing visual reminders for the students to work toward their goals. Modified from: http://k6educators.about.com/od/januaryholidayslessons/qt/nyreslesson.htm

Introduce: Kidzworld http://www.kidzworld.com/article/26404-new-years-resolutions

• What are they?
• Why do we do it?
• HOW

Last Year

• How did my year begin?
• What did I expect to happen this year? Were my expectations met?
• What surprised me this year?
• What disappointed me this year?
• If I could do anything over, what would I choose?
• How was my academic performance? What are my strengths and weaknesses?
• How might I address these weaknesses?
• What have I learned this year? Academically? Personally?
• What resolutions did I make last year?
• If I did not keep my resolutions, why?
• Did my experiences this year match my expectations?
• What surprised me? Disappointed?
• If I could do anything over, what would I choose? What would I do differently?

Take the "Make the New Year AWESOME" Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOcEDD5hR8

More Examples http://www.today.com/video/today/53958093#53958093

The New Year

• How will this year be different from last year?
• In what ways do I expect this year to be similar as last?
• What challenges do I expect to face this year?
• How might I best prepare for the challenges that I expect to face?
• What do I hope to improve in my life?
• What are my strengths?
• Considering my physical health, what are my strengths? Weaknesses?
• Considering my mental health, my state of mind, what are my strengths? Weaknesses?
• Considering my social network and social life, what are my strengths? What areas are in need of improvement?
• Of all the possibilities, what 2 or 3 areas do I wish to improve?
• What specifically will I improve for each? For each area, how will I mark change?

New year's resolutions, goals, and plans for change begin with a self evaluation. Take a moment to consider where you’ve been and where you would like to go. From : http://gradschool.about.com/od/survivinggraduateschool/a/newyeareval.htm

Year 2, Post #4

Pre-K:  Chick-a-Chick-a-Boom-Boom

 

Introduce:  

• Cut out letters that will be handed out to the class.  Ask them to hand the letter to you. Then, see if the class knows the name of the letter. Once all of the letters are pulled from the bag, have students help count how many letters there are altogether.
• Stress that there are 26 letters in the alphabet.
• Ask students what else they know about letters. Do they recognize the letters in their own name. (They may say that letters are in their names, make up words, that they know their ABC's, etc!) Encourage students to sing the very familiar 'ABC Song' with you.
• Let the students hang their letter in the tree with tape.

With the Story:

• Introduce the title, author and illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Ask students to look closely at the cover.  Point to a few letters and see if they can recognize.
• What might this book be about? Have they seen a tree like this before? What is growing in the tree?;  Explain to students that in this story, the very first letter of the alphabet challenges the other letters to join her in climbing this tree; Read aloud for enjoyment and to see what happens to the letters (and the tree)!
• You may want to ask some questions as the story is being read the first time, such as the following.

Do you think all of the letters will be able to fit up in the top of the tree? Why or why not? What might happen as more letters climb the tree? Why do you think the letters all fell out of the tree? What happened? Have you ever fallen down? What happened when you fell? What happened to the letters when they fell down?

Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-V4zzXzpT8
Song: http://www.schooltube.com/video/2490bb8cd9848c3af3ec/

Read the story. Pass out letters to hang in the tree as students listen to the song.

 Resource Ideas: http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/chicka_chicka_boom_boom.html

For JC: ABC pages http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/chicka/chickacoloring.htm

K:

1-2:


3, 4/5:

Second Day of Rotation: Research

Kindergarten:

Campbell (Spiders)

Spooky Spider Song/Video  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/weird-wacky-kids/parry-gripp-kids/spooky-spider-kids/   with graphic organizer activity

 

Mocomag Spider Facts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty-tZ7-TzSM  book video

 

Children's Book of Spiders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhntN-G3mA0 book video

 

Diary of a Spider on Tumblebooks

Hinkle (Animals)

Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo by ES Redmond (Tumblebooks) and A Home for Pearl Squirrel by Amy Crane Johnson

 

Draw a picture of your animal. Listen to the story. Draw it a second time.

or Penguin Video, The Penguin Story (Tumblebook)

 

 

1st Grade:

Spiders

 

2nd Grade:

Spiders

 

3rd Grade:

Phases of the Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQRNzepe4wI

Charting the Phases using Big 6

 

4th Grade:

 

Intro:

Human Body 101  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/health-human-body-sci/human-body/human-body-sci/

Body Systems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjLJfz6saU

For chart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrS7SCdd7-U

 

Finish with paper dolls as HW

 

5th Grade:

American Rev

Read 2 Historical Fictions w/CC Chart for textual evidence

 

Year 2, Post #3

K-3 Read Anything Good Lately? by Susan Allen (Tumblebooks)

3rd: Begin the genre discussion.

2nd: Use 3 lists of words. Seperate into 3 groups and see who can alphabetize list first.

1st: http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html

K: Give them a stack of ABCs and have them put them in order on the floor...3 groups.



Gr 4-5: Review Good Fit Books conversation, review Destiny, review library procedures.

3 groups, 3 sets of books to order...

Pre-K: Colors?

Year 2, Post #2

Pre-K:
Practiced each class's library song for the first time.

We read Preschool to the Rescue by Judy Sierra except I called it Pre-K and we discussed being a hero is not a matter of size.

Kinders/2nd Grade:

Discuss ABC order.  Read a book.

 (K-2) With a discussion about Everybody-Read books being in ABC order (call numbers), read Alpha Betti by Carlene Morton. While I take 5 at a time to show them how to use shelf markers, the big group will use the shelving game on the smartboard.

Barber-2nd Will work with http://monarchlibrary.wikispaces.com/OrderInTheLibrary.
OR http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/alphabetical-order-1.html
OR http://www.spellingcity.com/alphabetical-order-practice.html?listId=3828572


Medium: http://www.primarygames.com/ABC%20Zoo/question_2.htm
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160 car crash

Other Kinders will use other ABC learning centers. A few are:

• Smartboard http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp
• Smartboard http://www.abcya.com/alphabet.htm
• Smartboard http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html bears
• Clothespin sort
• Magnets

3rd-5th: Good fit books...and using Destiny. COWS available???

Year 2, Post #1

Kinders and 1st Grade:

 

I read The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore.  We discussed cover and with each animal we talked about what NOT to do with your library books. Then I used the Kinder Orientation Powerpoint with simple rules and went over the 3 steps to checking out.

2nd-5th:
I went over Summer Reading results. Then we reviewed the Library Orientation Powerpoint before checking out. Emphasis on using shelf markers correctly.

Pre-K:
I read The Wonderful Book to these 2 groups. Then we sang "Going on a Bear Hunt" together. Song Link
Also, great storybook version on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGCFxJLqbQ

Second Class

Kindergarten: (Day One)

• Meet in the media center
• Big group on the stage using "Monkey Business" Game  (building sentences) http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/monkey/monkey.html   If get through and everyone does this once and wants to move on will go back to Main Menu and use Paw Park Game where they alphabetize the bears on the rollercoaster.  http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html  
• I will work in small group practicing using the shelf marker to check out books. Students will be given a slip of paper with a call number. I will help them find that particular one and pull it off shelf correctly.

(Day Two) Meet in MC

• Start with Tina's World Game (where students decide if a story is real or make believe) http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/tina/tina.html 
• Discuss with students that real=nonfiction, make believe= fiction section
• Read an actual book and have students decide if it can from fiction or nonfiction section.

First Grade:

• Use foldable to have students list for details and take notes. Middle is for a picture for them to draw of the main idea.
• If time permits, pass out graphic organizer of person, read astronaut biography and demonstrate another way to take notes.

Second Grade:

• Discuss African American biographies, give students a chance to share what they know.
• Read my book (tie it all together)  as they compare and contrast their person to the one I read
• If time permits share info from graphic organizer

Third Grade:

• What good readers do (list and instruct)
• Read When Harriet met Sojourner book and practice for strategies to use before taking a test

Fourth Grade:

• Discuss how it is going with President Biographies
• use minis to go to POTUS
• Note-taking strategies/ second graphic organizer

Fifth Grade:

• Navajo Code Talkers + theme GO with web resources on minis

First Class

K:  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. Bring an Everybody Read shelf to practice using shelf markers and finding their own book. A few others 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
• 26 papers with a letter on each that students may write their name on the correct first letter
• 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

1st Grade:

• Read Charlie Parker Played Bop, by    788.7 Ras  (140 L, 1.7 RL, 1 pt)
• Practice new reading activities that go home with baggy books

2nd Grade:

Read Charlie Parker Played Bop, by    788.7 Ras  (140 L, 1.7 RL, 1 pt)

Discuss what is a biography?  How do I find one?  921s, ABC order, Smartboard exercises

3rd Grade:

• Hawkins Expository paper
• Hincher Read Walking Ribbons by Julia Ebel

4th and 5th Grade:

• foldables/lexiles/Reading Counts/ Check out

Pre-K (Friday)
N is for Nest  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrROGRX7_Fs  Use smartboard to compare the word newt and nest. What is the difference?
Bring a blanket and make a nest for one child.
What do birds use their nest for? What do we have that is similiar to a nest?
Read Dr. Seuss "My Nest is Best"
Be happy where we are.

Week 19

Short week, only book exchange...

Kindergarten: Snow Day by Lester L. Laminack Great little book about the possibility of a snow day that never happens. Humorous, unexpected ending.

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.