TK:
Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book, by Julia Donaldson
We Are in a Book, by Mo Willems
Best Book to Read, by Debbie Bertram

K:
Read Anything Good Lately? by Susan Allen and Jane Lindman
Elephant’s Story, by Tracey Pearson
Books—discuss parts of a book
The Story of Fish & Snail, by Deborah Freedman

1st:
A Library Book for Bear, by Bonnie Becker

2nd:
Superhero School, by Aaron Reynolds

3rd:
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise, by Jan Pinborough

4th:
Review using the catalog; call number game

5th:
Review second part of Dewey Decimal PowerPoint; catalog search game

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

DK: Space Boy, by Leo Landry; Me and My Place in Space, by Joan Sweeney; Astronaut Handbook, by Meghan McCarthy; Stars, by Marla Frazee

K: Once There Was a Bull(Frog), by Rick Walton; An Extraordinary Egg, by Leo Lionni; It’s a Frog Thing, by Eric Drachman

1st: Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick

2nd: The SOS Files, by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers

3rd: Punished, by David Lubar

4th: Romines & Rumble Kid Blink Beats the World, by Don Brown
Disney “Newsies” on Broadway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wvimJFi9s
Hart: finish Rudy Rides the Rails, by Dandi Mackall

5th: A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck (Warner); Lawn Boy, by Gary Paulsen (Curry); Ahrens, Kamishibai Man, by Allen Say, with YouTube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbk6rzODoI

DK/TK: Reading aloud about going to the library, reading, and school--I Took My Frog to the Library, by Eric Kimmel; How Rocket Learned to Read, by Tad Hills; Letters Make Words, by Karen Bryant-Mole; and Turtle's Penguin Day, by Valeri Gorbachev.  

K: Go over library rules, refer to Library Rules sign. Read Library Lion, by Michelle Knudsen. Demonstrate paintsticks and decorate library cards. 
  
1st: Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book, by Julia Donaldson. Practice with paintsticks in pairs.

2nd: Look at Library Rules sign. Read Stella Louella’s Runaway Book, by Lisa Campbell Ernst. Review use of the paintsticks.
Mrs. Smith’s class: Fiction vs. nonfiction and their spine labels, themed on plant life cycle, with a fiction selection this week--Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel; we'll read a nonfiction selection next week.         

3rd: Look at Library Rules sign; discuss circulation privileges--can have 3 books, please renew your books once they are overdue; books tagged Hot Item cannot be renewed; if you have renewed your book 3 times, you must bring it back but can check it out again if there are no holds on it. Ms. Barbara will demonstrate searching on the catalog.    

4th: Farewell Symphony, by Anna Celenza. We can use creative expression to influence our world; artistic and literary works help us understand the world and the other people in it. Review use of catalog to find this book. Next week a second book on music.    

5th: Constitution Day, September 17 (observed September 14): We the People, by Lynn Cheney; also view the website of the National Archives and Records Administration, where the Constitution of the United States is on display.    

This week's links:

2nd grade: Difference between fiction and nonfiction

4th grade: Haydn's Symphony No. 45 in F Sharp Minor, performed by the Haydynphilharmonie, in the very room at the Esterhaza where it was first played in 1772. Note: this link is to YouTube, and peripheral content may be inappropriate for young people. 

5th: National Archives and Records Administration, particularly the Constitution of the United States