It was a great week in the Lower School Library! Here is what we were doing!
Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun by Bruce Goldstone
Shared with Pre-K
Fall by Nuria Roca
Also shared with Pre-K
With the weather turning colder and the many changes that we are beginning to see outside, I thought it was a great time for us to read all about the fall season. We began by reading Fall by Nuria Roca. I then shared parts of the book, Awesome Autumn. This book has beautiful photographs and also discusses and illustrates fall by using our five senses. After reading, the kids enjoyed sharing what they love about fall.
What is Nonfiction?
Taught to Kinder-4th Grade
At the beginning of the year you might remember that we focused on learning all about fiction. Many of our classes discussed what fiction meant and where we could find it in our library. We played games to learn how fiction is organized. Now it was time to do the same with our nonfiction books. For this lesson we discussed what it meant, shared many examples of nonfiction, discussed nonfiction text features, and showed the students where to find it. For our older students we even went into the Dewey Decimal Classification System a bit. Even though knowing this can be helpful, it is not a necessity, but it certainly doesn't hurt to explain this system to the kids and why certain books are shelved together. Overall, my goal was to help them locate books faster and books that they are interested in.
With all of the Primer through 4th graders, we introduced our reading theme for the year, as well as some opportunities for the kids to tell others about what they are reading. Our theme this year is bowling, so our big bulletin board says "Get Bowled Over By A Great Book!" On this board we want kids to recommend great library books that they have read to others. They can write reviews and recommend some of their favorite books on a bowling ball. It is a great way to give their peers ideas for books.
On the smaller board is another way the students can show us what they are reading, on our "Star Reader Wall." Each time the students read a book they write it down on their sheet and color in a bowling pin. When they have read 10 books and colored in 10 bowling pins, they earn a "strike!" They can then turn in this sheet for a chance to be featured on our wall. As you can see we already have some super readers that have earned a strike this month. I love to see what the kids are reading, and the other kids do too! Overall I think our boards are just a great way to celebrate the joy of reading!
