DK: COLORS
Red, Red, Red, by Valeri Gorbachev; Sky Color, by Peter Reynolds; Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion; Why Is Blue Dog Blue? by George Rodrigue; The Mixed-Up Chameleon, by Eric Carle; One, by Kathryn Otoshi

K: Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book, by Alexander Stadler; begin checking out from the story area!

1st: Pumpkins, by Ken Robbins; Pumpkin Town, by Katie McKy

2nd: PLANT LIFE CYCLE
The Apple Orchard Riddle, by Margaret McNamara

3rd: Moonshot, by Brian Floca 

4th: The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and the National Parks, by Barb Rosenstock

5th: Choose new genre fiction; learn how to rate and review books in our catalog    

DK: COUNTING
Let’s Count Goats! By Mem Fox; Russell the Sheep, by Rob Scotton; Centipede’s 100 Shoes, by Tony Ross; Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, by Eric Litwin, with song!

K: HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Tortuga in Trouble and Manana, Iguana, by Ann Whitford Paul

1st: Four Seasons Make a Year, by Anne Rockwell; Fall Mixed Up, by Bob Raczka

2nd: PLANT LIFE CYCLE
Nonfiction book on seeds: A Seed Is Sleepy, by Dianna Hutts Aston

3rd: Finish Dewey Decimal System PowerPoint, with “Dewey Rap”; also bookmarks!

4th: The Librarian of Basra, by Jeanette Winter—finish discussion, look at new Baghdad  library on internet

5th: Finish Unspoken, by Henry Cole; talk briefly about Banned Books Week; revisit literary genres; choose new book report books

9/15-10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month; 9/17, Constitution Day*; 9/19, Talk Like a Pirate Day: 9/21, U.N. International Peace Day; 9/22, Autumn Equinox

THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE AT 1:30 ON WEDNESDAY.
I HAVE TO ATTEND A LIBRARY STAFF MEETING.

DK: ALPHABET
K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo, by Giles Andreae; Letters Make Words, by Karen Bryant-Mole

K: ALPHABET
Alphabet City, by Stephen T. Johnson; AND Q Is for Duck, by Mary Elting, OR A Is for Zebra, by Mark Shulman
Decorate library cards and practice with paintsticks

1st: PICTURE DAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Tour of the library (CDE MSLS 4.3.a)
Crazy Hair Day, by Barney Saltzburg

2nd: Tour of the library
Fiction and nonfiction spine labels
ThinkQuest website at http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm

3rd: Begin Dewey Decimal System, with “Dewey and the Caveman” PowerPoint

4th: FINDING OUR WAY IN THE LIBRARY
The Librarian of Basra, by Jeanette Winter
Demonstrate searching for this book in various ways.
Two websites: new Iraq library design; interview with Jeanette Winter

5th: Continue with Unspoken, by Henry Cole

*The law establishing Constitution Day was created in 2004. Before this law was enacted, the holiday was known as "Citizenship Day". In addition to renaming the holiday "Constitution Day and Citizenship Day," the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day. In May 2005, the United States Department of Education announced the enactment of this law and that it would apply to any school receiving federal funds of any kind. http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/constitution-day/about.html    

September 11, Patriot Day

September 12, Back-to-School Night (minimum day)

TK/K: 5 Senses

More Than Meets the Eye: Seeing Art with All Five Senses, by Bob Raczka; Is It Rough? Is It Smooth? Is It Shiny? by Tana Hoban; Curious George: Pinata Party, by Marcy Goldberg Sacks et al.; Little Beaver and the Echo, by Amy MacDonald

K: Welcome, and Library Rules

Read It, Don’t Eat It, by Ian Schoenherr; Library Lion, by Michelle Knudsen; The Story of Fish and Snail, by Deborah Freedman

1st: Welcome, and Library Rules

Charlie Cook's Favorite Book, by Julia Donaldson

2nd: Welcome, and Library Rules

Wild About Books, by Judy Sierra

3rd: Welcome, and Library Rules

The Library, by Sarah Stewart

4th: Library rules, use of catalog, finding things in the library, review names,
“mystery people”

5th: Review student names, “mystery people,” talk about reading picture books

Unspoken, by Henry Cole