What's happening in March in our library? Research! As part of our school-wide continents theme, each grade level is using books and online sources to research "around the world" subjects.
Kindergarten
We explored one animal from each continent using a fiction and nonfiction book as well as a short video clip to see how the animals look and act. Currently, we are on Australia and learned from a
Discovery Education video that kangaroos can't move backwards.
Grade 1
After reading
Throw Your Tooth From the Roof: Tooth Traditions from around the World, students will fill in a a
Tooth Passport with information about tooth traditions from different continents.
Grade 2
We read several folktales from around the world:
The Empty Pot,
The Hatseller and the Monkeys, and my favorite American folktale,
Wiley and the Hairy Man. Second graders will soon be performing reader's theater of
The Calabash Kids and also do research on Tanzania where the story originates.
Grade 3
Third graders are using our library books and
biography.com to gather information about famous people in North America for their puppet shows.
Grade 4
Fourth graders listened to the book
My Librarian is a Camel and will use the online database
CultureGrams to research "Life as a Kid" in different countries and compare it with life as a kid in the United States.
Grade 5
Fifth graders are exploring the book
What the World Eats and online database
CultureGrams to find out about food from other countries and compare it with the food they eat.
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