Madame Pince and the School Library

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One More Time With Santa

December10

 

Week of December 17

Subject/Grade

  • Media Skills, Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

Unit/Themes:

  • Locating materials in the media center/Holiday books

Standards:

  • AASL 4.1.3

Scope and Sequence:

  • The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

Content Objective(s):

  • Students will respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

Language Objective(s):

  • Students will express feelings about characters and events in a story.
  • Students will make connections between literature and their own experiences.

Key Vocabulary:

  • Review: spine label, holiday
  • Introduce: Christmas, Alphabet, Alphabetizing

Materials:

McGinley, Phyllis, and Kurt Werth. The year without a Santa Claus. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957.

Rox, John and Bruce Whatley. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

Preparation:

  • Links to background
  • Links to past learning
  • Strategies incorporated

Scaffolding:

  • Modeling
  • Guided practice

Group Options:

  • Whole class

Integration of Processes:

  • Reading
  • Speaking
  • Listening

Application:

  • Hands-on
  • Meaningful
  • Linked to objectives
  • Promotes engagement

Assessment:

  • Group
  • Oral

Lesson Sequence:

Transition:

  • Review what students remember about the organization of the media center (fiction, nonfiction sections, etc.) Review why students use browsing sticks.  Point out the letters on the spines and the Christmas sticker on each book.

Anticipatory Set:

  • Write the new and review vocabulary words on the board.
  • Word through what the new words mean.
  • How do the words apply to the library?
  • Ask students if they can look at a book and tell where it belongs.  What’s the fastest way to do this? (Answer: read the spine label.)

Instruction/Check for Understanding:

Preview for Next Week:

  • Wish students a happy holiday break!
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Happy Grinch-mas Day!

November20

 

Mrs. Harrison’s blog (what students see)

Week 13, First week of December

Grade/Class/Subject:

  • Media Skills, K – 3rd Grade

Unit/Theme:

  • Christmas in books and on the web

Standards:

  • AASL Shared Foundation V: Explore
    • Learners develop and satisfy personal curiosity by:
      • Reading widely and deeply in multiple formats and write and create for a variety of purposes.
      • Reflecting and questioning assumptions and possible misconceptions.
      • Engaging in inquiry-based processes for personal growth.

Lesson Objective(s):

  • Students will respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

Language Objective(s):

  • Students will express feelings about characters and events in a story.
  • Students will make connections between literature and their own experiences.

Key Vocabulary:

  • Review: Holiday, Fiction, Nonfiction, Bookmark

Materials:

    • Nelson, S., Rollins, J. & Chowdrey, R. (2004). Frosty the Snowman. New York: Scholastic.

Preparation:

  • Links to background
  • Links to past learning
  • Strategies incorporated

Scaffolding:

  • Modeling
  • Guided practice

Group Options:

  • Whole class

Integration of Processes:

  • Reading
  • Speaking
  • Listening

Application:

  • Meaningful
  • Linked to objectives
  • Promotes engagement

Assessment:

  • Group
  • Written

Transition:

  • Review the Key Vocabulary words above.

Anticipatory Set:

  • Review what students remember about the organization of books.
  • Review elements of the cover and title page.
  • Review what students remember about the organization of the media center.
  • Review why students use browsing sticks.
  • Point out the letters on the spines of the books and the Christmas sticker.

Instruction/Check for Understanding:

  • Read “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and interject questions to promote listening and interacting with the text.
  • Following reading the book, introduce today’s computer lesson which reviews navigating using a bookmark.

If there’s time:

  • Read/sing “Frosty the Snowman” and/or ” Here Comes Santa Claus”

Preview for Next Week:

  • Tell students we will read more Christmas books next week.
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