It was a busy week at the library! In Kindergarten, students practiced describing characters. We read Mother Bruce by Ryan Higgins which is a funny story about a bear who gets adopted by goslings. We brainstormed about the things Bruce (the bear) likes and doesn't like. Next we labeled pictures of things Bruce likes and doesn't like. We did this with sticky notes. In first grade, students also listened to Mother Bruce and practiced describing characters. Instead of one or two words, students wrote a whole list of things Bruce liked and didn't like. Bruce liked some things you'd expect a bear to like (honey, salmon, eggs) but there were also some surprises (Bruce likes creating fancy recipes). Well done first grade! In 5th grade, we continued with Adopt-a-Shelf. Students adopted a fiction shelf and we reviewed call numbers. As part of this activity, students chose a book to "book talk." This allowed students to practice their browsing strategies (read the front flap, the back of the book look at the book cover, ask a friend for a recommendation). I loved hearing about the books students like or think look good. Here is a picture of the signs kids made. In 3rd grade, students continued to practice their writing skills by unscrambling opinion paragraphs based on the book A Lucky Author Has a Dog so that these paragraphs are "Hamburger Style". In 2nd grade, we also read the Chickadee Award book A Lucky Author Has a Dog. Students shared examples of facts and opinions. Students created their own opinion statements with the sentence stem "Everything is better with ..." Students also tried guessing which 3rd grader wrote which opinion statement. Lots of fun! Finally, in 1st grade exploratory we finally got to use the paper airplanes we made after reading Float a wordless Chickadee Award book about a little boy who creates a paper boat and a paper airplane. We practiced measuring how far our airplanes flew. I always find it pretty thrilling when I can teach a math standard in the context of library lessons!
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