DL Winter Library Newsletter

Kindergarten- Sequenced the Lunar New Year book: Amy Wu's and the Lantern Festival by Kat Zhang

First Grade- Explained the author's purpose for the book: Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

Second Grade-Answered multiple choice comprehension questions in a digital actvity for social studies literacy: The Hospital Book by Lisa Brown

Third Grade- Listened to Tall Tales: Paul Bunyan and Molly Pitcher and answered mulitple choice questions on these tall tales in a digital activity.

Fourth Grade- Identified the outside and inside character traits for main characters in personal narratives: Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles and Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

Fifth Grade- Examined media literacy through the lens of wathcing the PBS Learning Media News Quiz, aimed at upper elmementary students and released weekly to recap current events and engage students with a quiz on these current events. https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ket-newsquiz-4017/newsquiz4017/

Students in K-1 listened to these Caldecott Award Books before doing their own illustrating with watercolors.

I love reading the Brightly Newsletters. Click here to read a Brightly recommended list for Spanish theme books aimed at Tweens (ages 9-12). https://www.readbrightly.com/kids-books-with-spanish/

The library has each of these special literary themes covered in different formats: Books to borrow; Sora's vast collection for audiobooks and ebooks; and PBS Learning Media for curated media aimed at K-2 and 3-5.