Library+Learning

Library Learning


 * What great fun we will have. As I said earlier, check out some of our engaging activities. In Kindergarten we are learning about the cycle of life as a seed becomes a plant and produces fruit. Along with this, we have taken the opportunity to learn the parts of a books as we begin reading aloud on our topic. As a closing event, our kindergarten students helped Annie count the apples going into her baskets so she could get them to market. It was great fun for all of us.**

=Characters in a Story vs. Character Traits =


 * Miss Jana Marshall and I teamed up to teach a lesson in the Media Center this week. Our focus was on distinguishing between characters in a book and character traits. This fit perfectly with Mr. Harris' idea of choosing a super hero student of the day. The children were rolling on the floor laughing as we made a shoe talk and discussed where this ability came from. After our mini-lesson was completed, we moved right into a story called //The Perfect Square// by Michael Hall. The square was the character in the story and it came to life after being poked full of holes, ripped to shreds, and crumpled to bits. The story line worked beautifully and flowed seamlessly into our comparison of the two types of character. Below you can see some of our little people working on making their squares into something beautiful after having it torn into pieces, not unlike a stained glass window.**



Living and Non-living (From seed to Fruit)


 * In Pre-K and Kindergarten the students are exploring seeds and how they make plants. Chris Sandow is reviewing this material with the little ones during their science lab activity, and I continue to reinforce the concept in the media center through text and interactive resources online. Check out one of our kindergarten classes helping //Apple Farmer Annie// count the apples before they leave the trees in her orchard.**

__**Key vocabulary:**__
 * Living / Nonliving**
 * Orchard**
 * Market**
 * Farmer**
 * Cycles**
 * Seeds**
 * Trees**
 * Fruit**



Narratives


 * In first and second grades we learned that a narrative is a "me" story with some special words to identify it as such. Take a look as my students create self portraits to be used for their own narrative tales. They needed to focus on first person pronouns such as I, me, we, our, us and my as they created their stories.**