Library Lesson Plans
Coming to a room near you!
Nov 9- Nov 13 2015
Remember
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford
Kindergarten: Story Elements
Students will listen to the story and identify the character, setting, problem and solution in the story.
First Grade: Summary
Students will follow the yellow brick road to learn how to correctly summarize a story quickly.
Second Grade: Solar System
Students will explore the literary genre of biography's and practice reciting the order of the planets
Third Grade: Summarizing
Students will practice retelling a brief summary of several stories including the character, setting, problem and solution
Fourth Grade: Tall Tales
Students will listen to Jangles a BIG fish story which was a 2013-2014 blue bonnet and continue exploring literary genre's.
Fifth Grade: Database Research
Students will do guided research in World Book online and compare that with a Google keyword search. We will analyze the results for authenticity, and notice that the citation is already completed for you in World Book.
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 a quick story.
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!
Pablo Picasso may have been one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, but that doesn't mean he painted what people wanted him to paint! In fact, some people hated his paintings, and called them "ugly!" and "terrible!" -- something many kids can relate to. But Picasso didn't listen to all those people, and kept on working the way he wanted to work, until he created something so new, so different... that people didn't know what to say!
Alice the Fairy
Alice has a nose for trouble, but luckily she's a fairy--a Temporary Fairy. She has a magic wand, fairy wings, and a blanket, all of which she uses to disappear, to fly, to transform her dad into a horse, and to turn his cookies into her own! There are still a few things Alice needs to learn to become a Permanent Fairy, like how to float her dog on the ceiling and make her clothes put themselves away, but she's working on it--sort of. Here's an endearing, funny story about a girl and her magical imagination, sure to delight every fairy in training!
Happy
Nominated for an Academy Award in 2014, “Happy” hit number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 list, and has topped the charts in more than seventy-five countries worldwide. Now Pharrell Williams brings his beloved song to the youngest of readers in photographs of children across cultures celebrating what it means to be happy. All the exuberance of the song pulses from these vibrant photographs of excited,