how golden the melons lie, Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!"-Margaret Junkin Preston
Students in grade 2 worked with partners in the library and by using books about South America they did their research skills. Each team had to find the different parts of their books including author, title, and copyright date. Then they used a checklist to determine if their book had a table of contents, glossary, index, internet sites, useful addresses, bibliography, vocabulary words, boldface type, pictures, maps, charts, graphs, time lines, fun facts, recipes, games, and author information. Each team member wrote a fact that they learned and these were shared by the entire class. I was so proud of how each team stayed on task and finished their project. GOOD JOB 2nd grade!
For their next lesson, students will be required to explain these "parts of books" to their classmates and by using technology (Elmo projector) show an example to their classmates.
Things got batty with first graders as they discussed facts about books, saw some non-fiction books about bats and then heard a story with a bat as the main character. The earliest versions of this tale seem to be from Aesop. It is a simplified retelling of the classic Aesop's fable about a ball game between the birds and the animals, and Bat, who wants to play on the winning team. After discussing the lesson learned from the story, students took part in a reader's theater of the book.
Third graders had fun being "book detectives" as they tried to solve the riddles from Spot the Plot by J. Patrick Lewis. In this book of book riddles clues are given to identify 13 famous children's books. Most of the students knew all the answers, too. They also answered a quiz on library analogies. Great work third grade!
Jr. K students saw a display of Laura Numeroff's books which includes If You Give...series and they listened to her latest book entitled If You Give a Dog a Donut. This is another home run from the beloved team of Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond the illustrator. In this book, the exuberant dog who first appeared in If You Give A Pig A Party is now the star of his very own book.
K students enjoyed listening to The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli, which is full of whimsy and spirit. In this funny picture book there are two families who couldn't be any more opposite! Family one seems just PERFECT while family two seems FAR FROM IT! What could these two very different families possible have in common?
Students also had fun finding the hidden books in Where Else In the Wild? (more camouflaged creatures concealed ...and revealed) by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy who take readers on another remarkable tour through the fascinating world of animal camouflage.
Alpha students heard all about the upcoming holiday in What is Thanksgiving? by Elaine Landau. They learned that it is turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie as well as parades with giant balloons. It is a holiday for remembering Pilgrims and the Indians they met. Most of all, it is a time to share with family and friends, and a time to give thanks for many blessings.
A big thank you goes out to Andi Mullins for chairing the library volunteers this year. Her hard work and precious time has paid off for all of us. She has been giving hands on training sessions since school started. We have many parents who are helping us in the media center this month and they are so appreciated. They are checking out books, helping students locate books and explore the many treasures found in our beautiful media center. Some are also helping with the book displays and decorations. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful parent volunteers who are helping the students "Go Wild for Books" this year.
Erin Ross, Dionne Fajardo, and Anne Dowling also worked hard to make our annual book fair a success. Remember all the funds from this event go directly to the library budget. A BIG Thank you to both of you as well as to all the valuable volunteers who helped this year.
Want to see what took place at this book fair....just click the video below....Enjoy!
Shorecrest Book Fair 2011 version 2 from Dottie Smay on Vimeo.
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