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A Civil Rights Virtual Museum
This February the 5th-grade students read a biography or historical fiction book relating to Black history or civil rights. In addition to creating posters and giving oral presentations to their...
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Kitten’s First Full Moon; Lilly’s Big Day; Wemberly Worried; Owen;
The first-grade library class is learning about the author/illustrator, Kevin Henkes. Many authors/illustrators start to write and/or draw at a young age (as did Kevin Henkes), so I like to inspire...
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Plenty of Penguins, by Sonia Black
2nd-graders with books about penguins The second-grade class filled out a Know-Want to Know-Learned graphic organizer about penguins in library class. First the students raised their hands and told the...
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Rain Forests: Gardens of Green, by Laura Purdie Salas
Each year Mrs. Goodearle, the 3rd-grade teacher, and Mrs. Satta, the librarian collaborate to teach a unit on rainforests. The students enjoy watching 3 videos in the classroom: Animals of the...
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Katy No-Pocket, by Emmy Payne; pictures by H. A. Rey
“Desolate Katy Kangaroo has no pocket in which to carry her son Freddy, so she asks all the other animals how they carry their children and finally goes to the city to find a pocket of her own.”...
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Black and White Rabbit’s ABC, by Alan Baker
“The story of a rabbit’s exhausting efforts to paint a picture presents the letters of the alphabet.” (Library of Congress) The kindergarten class reads Black and White Rabbit’s ABC. Next Mrs. Satta...
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Tiger With Wings: The Great Horned Owl, by Barbara Juster Esbensen; illus. by...
Follett Titlewave The fourth-grade library class at Webster Christian School researches the great horned owl each fall. After the class creates a “Know/Want to Know” chart about the great horned owl,...
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Dogku, by Andrew Clements; illustrated by Tim Bowers (c2007)
Follett Titlewave Written totally in haiku, this sweet picture book tells the story of a stray dog taken in by a family. As part of the 4th-grade library unit on poetry, the students learn about...
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What Animals Really Like: A New Song Composed & Conducted by Mr. Herbert...
Follett Titlewave Herbert Timberteeth begins to conduct a choir of animals singing his rhyming song about what animals like when suddenly some of the anmals change his lyrics and sing about what they...
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As part of a unit on the elements of fiction, the 3rd graders tried their hand at writing original stories using an online digital storytelling platform called Storybird. Working in pairs, they chose...
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