This Week in the Library

We have lots of different lessons happening in the library this week at each grade level. It will be a busy December!

Kindergarten
Pairs of students were given a nursery rhyme to "read", learn, illustrate and recite. After practicing the nursery rhymes together for several classes, this week students will perform their nursery rhyme with a partner in front of the class.

Grade 1
Students  will continue working on book covers they are creating to practice fiction call numbers, parts of a book, and the beginnings of opinion writing. The book covers include a title of a book they would like to write, illustration,  author (themselves), call number, and testimonial on the back cover.

Grade 2
Students will continue working on book covers they are creating to practice fiction call numbers and book reviews. They picked a familiar book and created a book cover with title, author, and call number. On the back they are writing a book review with a short summary and an opinion piece.

Grade 3
We will continue to learn about our online Destiny Catalog and the social media features including managing book shelves with books read, currently reading, and want to read, book recommendations to friends, and book reviews.

Grade 4
We will embark on week 2 of our reference unit with a look at online maps. Last week we used print atlases and good old fashioned globes to find places on each continent. This week we will use Google Maps and Street View to find and explore places around the world. Later we will make trading cards using the places we found in Google Presentation to share with each other.

Grade 5
This will be week 1 of preparation for our Mock Rooster Games. I will read Snakes by Nic Bishop and explain the rules and activities of our collaborative Rooster Games that take place in March with Gordon School.

Our lessons always follow the American Association for School Librarians' Standards for the 21st Century Learner. Also, we infuse the Common Core Standards followed by our school's curriculum. See below for Common Core Standards that this week's lessons meet.

SL K.5 - Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SL K.5 - Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
RL K.10 - Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

RL 1.5 - Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
RL 1.7 - Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

RL 2. 7 - Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
W 2.1 - Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

RL 3.10 - By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
RI 3.10 - By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
W 3.1 - Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

RI 4.7 - Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
W 4.6 - With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

RL 5.1 - Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL 5.2 - Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
RL 5.10 - By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.