With our CDC kiddos I repeated a lesson I did with our Pre-K a couple of weeks ago using the book Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum. Go here to see more about the lesson.
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
The Loud Book by Deborah Underwood
Both Read to: Pre-K
Skills: Compare and Contrast these two sounds and books
With Pre-K I used one old book that we had (The Quiet Book) and one new book that we just ordered (The Loud Book) to do a lesson all about sounds. We read The Quiet Book first and afterwards we tried to think of other sounds that are quiet. Then we read The Loud Book, and boy did it get louder in the library! Ha! They had no problems thinking of other loud sounds after we read this one. Two great books to compare and contrast to one another!
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
Read to: Kinder and Primer
Skills: Non-fiction texts
Our Kinder students have just begun venturing out to the main library to choose their books. However, we are taking it a few sections at a time so it is not too overwhelming to them. Last week, we reviewed what nonfiction meant, read this nonfiction book, and then checked out books from the nonfiction section. This is a great nonfiction book that was short, had key nonfiction text features that I could point out to the kids, and the students loved learning some cool new facts about Red-Eyed Tree Frogs!
My Heart Will Not Sit Down by Mara Rockliff
Read to: 3rd Grade
Skills: Historical Fiction genre and answering questions about the text
One of my current goals is to read a variety of genres to all of the kids so that they can be exposed to different types of texts. With third grade we focused on the Historical Fiction genre once again this week. I was recently introduced to this book and with Valentine's Day last week and our school theme for the year being gratitude, it was a perfect book to share aloud. It is based on a true story about a girl living in the African village of Cameroon. She hears about America's Great Depression from her teacher and she wants to help. Her heart will not sit down until she does everything she can to try and help, but she is left to wonder if she alone will be able to make a difference? It was a neat story that lead to some great discussions with the third graders.
Finally, with fourth grade last week we began their biography research project. The first day I had all of the fourth grade classes in the library to introduce the project, discuss plagiarism, learn and practice taking notes, and give the kids a chance to browse our biographies so they could think about who they maybe wanted to research. The following day I saw all of the classes again to introduce how to find citation information in a book and from a database. This is many of our students' first time to conduct research and learn these types of skills so it was an intense couple of days! It is not something that they will most likely grasp right away so it is just a start. However, I was so glad that the fourth grade Humanities teachers and I collaborated on this project because I think it was a really beneficial start to this particular project and research in general. I am looking forward to see what we can collaborate on next!
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