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:

• Read the books above and interject questions to promote active listening.
• After reading the books, send students to computers and these sites to practice their keyboard skills:
  • Make a gingerbread house: http://www.abcya.com/kids_make_a_gingerbread_house.htm (Clicking and dragging)
  • Super Santa: http://www.abcya.com/super_santa.htm

Preview for Next Week:

• Wish students a happy holiday break!