LIBRARY CURRICULUM
SEPTEMBER Roald Dahl Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15)LESSONS:LIBRARIES ARE FUN! LIBRARY POLICIES & PROCEDURES BOOK CARE LIBRARY ARRANGEMENT *Opt: SEPT. 11TH (grades 3-6) *Author Spotlight: Tomie dePaola, Roald Dahl, Jon ScieszkaRead Aloud Book List using monthly themes or books from spotlighted authors:A few paragraphs from any of Jon Scieszka's "Guys Read" stories to spark interest"My Friend Rabbit" by Eric Rohmann"Library Lion" by Michelle Knudsen "America is Under Attack" by Don Brown"The Man Who Walked Between The Towers" by Mordicai Gerstein"Lily's Purple Plastic Purse" by Kevin Henkes"The Art Lesson" by Tomie dePaola"The Kissing Hand" by Audrey Penn "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" by Lois Ehlert "The Leaf Man" by Lois Ehlert"A Ball for Daisy" by Chris Rashka OCTOBER National Bullying Prevention Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15)LESSONS:FICTION vs. "One" by Kathryn Otoshi (Oct 1, 2008)
Activities for Children's Book Week, 2013
We're getting close to that time of year in Australia when all who love reading and children's books have a huge celebration known as Children's Book Week. School and public libraries will be offering all sorts of activities and fun according to this year's theme: Read across the Universe. The dates for Children's Book Week Australia 2013 are: Saturday 17 – Friday 23 August. To help in your celebrations, I offer a googol of goodies! 1. 2. 3. In keeping with the Read across the Universe theme, this week might make a great time to nudge your kids towards wider reading. If you're looking for one fantastic creative thing to do with your kids this year, co-create a book with a Universe/Space theme at Storybird. Photographs can make amazing prompts for storytelling. CHALLENGES FOR KIDS These are extra to the free PDF activity booklet I described in 2 (above.) * Use Brainy Box to collect the CBCA's short-listed books that YOU would like to see win awards. * Think you know a lot about the moon?
Compare & Contrast Map
This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline for one of three types of comparison essays: whole-to-whole, similarities-to-differences, or point-to-point. A link in the introduction to the Comparison and Contrast Guide give students the chance to get definitions and look at examples before they begin working. The tool offers multiple ways to navigate information including a graphic on the right that allows students to move around the map without having to work in a linear fashion. The finished map can be saved, e-mailed, or printed. Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling The compare and contrast essay is taught through modeling from the brainstorming phase through the first draft. Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit Examining Plot Conflict through a Comparison/Contrast Essay Students explore picture books to identify the characteristics of four types of conflict. Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Reading Games: Best Reading Games Online for Kids
Reading games can help your child go from being a struggling reader, to top of the class. Not only do they make learning to read fun, they challenge your child to work harder and faster in a way other teaching methods do not. Websites with reading games: Reading comprehension can be tricky for some kids. Fortunately, there are plenty of sites that will help your child practice his reading comprehension skils while having fun: Reading comprehension games: This site has over a hundred games listed: Sorting products by Store Name Reading Games
Creating a reading community – Goodreads
Encouraging young people to read has never been harder – on the one hand. Recess and lunchtimes at our school attest to a full-to-bursting library, but on closer inspection our boys are socialising around the games on their ipads. On the other hand, the technology we sometimes blame for a drop in an interest in literature could also become our saving grace in bringing the passion back in reading. Photo source: This year I’m keen to experiment with Goodreads as a platform for reading, sharing and discussing literature. There’s been a decent amount of interest from Year 9 and 10 English teachers, as well as from my team in the library. Goodreads is the best of social media. Photo source: Reading can be much more than completing a book; within Goodreads it can involve: Of course, there is more than one way to engage our students in reading.
Selections for Summer 2015
Creative Writing Courses and Ideas: An Online Resource for Writers
How many minutes can our school read in a week?
August 10, 2013 by smotlrcblog · 8 Comments · Uncategorized The countdown is on to celebrate The Reading Hour on Saturday, August 24th. Last year we had lots of fun wearing our pajamas to school for The Reading Hour. This year we have a much bigger challenge…. If we add up the minutes everyone at our school reads at home and at school for a week what would the total number of minutes be??? Are YOU ready for our Reading Hour Challenge? We will be reading: Saturday, August 17th – Saturday, August 24th All you need to do is your usual reading and then record the number of minutes you read. You will receive a sheet to record your reading and you can also print it from here if you need to Student Reading Minutes How many minutes will YOU read? How many minutes will your CLASS read? How many minutes will our SCHOOL read? Tags: Reading·Reading Hour
