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April 14, 2014

4/13/2014

TK: One Bean, by Anne Rockwell; This Is the Sunflower, by Lola Schaefer; Grandpa Green, by Lane Smith; maybe Max’s Chocolate Chicken, by Rosemary Wells

K: The Umbrella, by Jan Brett; or Score One for the Sloths, by Helen Lester (contrast with Sloths, by Julie Bach—a nonfiction book)

1st: The Honeybee Man, by Lela Nargi (contrast with Bees, by Kevin J. Holmes--a nonfiction book)

2nd: Meet the Dewey Decimal System and begin using our catalog

3rd: Pierre the Penguin, by Jean Marzollo; "researching your animal" quiz; plus a very special video clip

4th: Continue When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

5th: Continue (finish?!) Schooled, by Gordon Korman

September 23, 2013

9/23/2013

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

September 16, 2013

9/15/2013

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 9, 2013

9/8/2013

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

September 24, 2012

9/24/2012

DK: Colors and Shapes: What Am I? Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes, by N. N. Charles; Color Dance, by Ann Jonas; White Rabbit’s Color Book, by Alan Baker; Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin

K: Autumn – When Autumn Comes, by Robert Maass; Fall Mixed Up, by Bob Raczka; fulfills standard "distinguish fact from fiction" (CDE MSLS 4.3.b)

1st: Being a Writer – Rocket Writes a Story, by Tad Hills (in support of our Writers Workshop program)

2nd: Plant life cycle -- Nonfiction book on plant life cycle: Be a Friend to Trees, by Patricia Lauber (also show Tell Me, Tree, by Gail Gibbons; The Gift of the Tree, by Alan Tresselt); tour of the library

3rd: New book on fall! Awesome Autumn: All Kinds of Fall Facts and Fun, by Bruce Goldstone. Talk about nonfiction spine labels and call numbers. (CDE MSLS 1.3.f)

4th: The Cello of Mr. O, by Jane Cutler (Romines); discussion using PowerPoint of quotations from The Cello of Mr. O (Rumble, Hart)

5th: Her Seven Brothers, by Paul Goble; distinguish legend, folktale, myth, tall tale, fairy tale; Native American legends on display, too. (CDE MSLS 4.3.a)

December 12 to 16, 2011

12/13/2011

DK: Bad Boys Get Cookie, by Margie Palatini; The Runaway Rice Cake, by Ying Chang Compestine; Can't Catch Me, by Ann Hassett and John Hassett

K: Mr. Willoughby's Christmas Tree, by Robert Barry; A Christmas Stocking Story, by Hillary Knight

1st: Christmas in the Country, by Cynthia Rylant; and Shall I Knit You a Hat? by Kate Klise

2nd: The Carpenter's Gift, by David Rubel

3rd: Dewey Decimal System, pt. 2: What's after the decimal point? Play the call number game

4th: Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole, by Deborah Hopkinson; looking at some atlases

5th: Warner: Hanukkah at Valley Forge, by Stephen Krensky; Ahrens: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss; and The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull; Curry, not coming due to holiday party

This week's links:

2nd: "Habitat for Humanity and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree"

4th: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Arctic Theme"

Shall I Knit You a Hat? by Kate Klise (E KLI)

The Carpenter's Gift, by David Rubel (E RUB)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss (E SEU)

December 5 to 9, 2011

12/4/2011

DK: Stranger in the Woods, by Carl Sams and Jean Stoick; Celebrate Hanhkkah, by Deborah Heiligman; Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah, by Sylvia A. Rouss; It Looked Like Spilt Milk, by Charles G. Shaw

K: Celebrate Hanukkah, by Deborah Heiligman; Latkes and Applesauce, by Fran Manushkin

1st: Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat, by Naomi Howland

2nd: Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric Kimmel

3rd: "Dewey and the Caveman" PowerPoint; "Dewey Rap"

4th: Celebrate Hanukkah, by Deborah Heiligman; The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, by Lemony Snicket

5th: Hanukkah at Valley Forge, by Stephen Krensky (borrowed from the Meadows Elementary School library)

This week's links:

3rd: The "Dewey Rap"

Celebrate Hanukkah, by Deborah Heiligman (296.4 HEI)

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, by Lemony Snicket (E SNI)

Hanukkah at Valley Forge, by Stephen Krensky (E KRE, on loan from the Meadows Elementary School library)

October 10 to 15, 2011

10/10/2011

Fire Prevention Week, 10/9-10/15; Columbus Day, 10/11; World Food Day, October 16

DK: The Apple Pie Tree, by Zoe Hall; Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks; Pumpkin Heads, by Wendell Minor; Ghosts in the House, by Kazuno Kohara

K: Fire Prevention Week--"Fire Prevention" on BrainPOP Jr.; Girl Scouts "One Warm Coat" drive--Joseph Had Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback

1st: Fire Prevention Week--The Fire Cat, by Esther Averill

2nd: "Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System" video; library map

3rd: Library map exercise

4th: How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz; look at library map PowerPoint

5th: First Garden, for World Food Day; look at library map PowerPoint

This week's links:

Fire Prevention Week:
National Fire Protection Association
For fire safety for kids, www.sparky.org
Use your map skills to create your own Home Fire Escape Plan

K: BrainPOP

2nd: Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System

5th: World Food Day (international) & World Food Day USA

Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks (E MON)

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback (E TAB)

How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz (E SHU)