DK: September 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, by Carolyn Crimi; Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC, by June Sobel; Lightship, by Brian Floca;
K: September 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, by Carolyn Crimi; decorate library cards and practice with paintsticks. (Ms. Cannon’s class not coming due to holiday.)
1st: September 22, first day of autumn
When Autumn Comes, by Robert Maass; On Earth, by G. Brian Karas; & tour of the library (CDE MSLS 4.3.a)
2nd: Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Barney, Ms. Moriyama: Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel; fiction vs. nonfiction, themed on the topic plant life, referring to ThinkQuest website at http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm; Mrs. Smith’s class, Be a Friend to Trees, by Patricia Lauber; Dewey decimal bookmarks
3rd: 9/19: Talk Like a Pirate Day: Pirate Pete’s Talk Like a Pirate, by Kim Kennedy; review encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, thesaurus, and dictionary; 5 students look up words in the dictionary (CDE MSLS 1.3.n)
4th: Have you read Charlotte’s Web? Read “What Is This Book About?” by Jane Cutler; define “theme”; also character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution; The Cello of Mr. O, by Jane Cutler;
5th: “Slower Than the Rest,” by Cynthia Rylant; ideas we are going to go over this year when we talk about literary response, when you do your book reports, when you set about writing your own stories (these should be familiar from 4th grade): character, setting, conflict, resolution, theme. What can we know about Leo from his actions? What do Leo’s actions suggest about the story’s themes?
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, by Carolyn Crimi; Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC, by June Sobel; Lightship, by Brian Floca;
K: September 19, Talk Like a Pirate Day
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, by Carolyn Crimi; decorate library cards and practice with paintsticks. (Ms. Cannon’s class not coming due to holiday.)
1st: September 22, first day of autumn
When Autumn Comes, by Robert Maass; On Earth, by G. Brian Karas; & tour of the library (CDE MSLS 4.3.a)
2nd: Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Barney, Ms. Moriyama: Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel; fiction vs. nonfiction, themed on the topic plant life, referring to ThinkQuest website at http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic/ficnf.htm; Mrs. Smith’s class, Be a Friend to Trees, by Patricia Lauber; Dewey decimal bookmarks
3rd: 9/19: Talk Like a Pirate Day: Pirate Pete’s Talk Like a Pirate, by Kim Kennedy; review encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, thesaurus, and dictionary; 5 students look up words in the dictionary (CDE MSLS 1.3.n)
4th: Have you read Charlotte’s Web? Read “What Is This Book About?” by Jane Cutler; define “theme”; also character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution; The Cello of Mr. O, by Jane Cutler;
5th: “Slower Than the Rest,” by Cynthia Rylant; ideas we are going to go over this year when we talk about literary response, when you do your book reports, when you set about writing your own stories (these should be familiar from 4th grade): character, setting, conflict, resolution, theme. What can we know about Leo from his actions? What do Leo’s actions suggest about the story’s themes?
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