Weekof

11/3/2014

LibraryMediaCenterLessonPlans

PreK

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2nd

3rd

MATERIALS

PetetheCatILoveMy
Studentswillworkoncolors,mathskills,graphingandinterpretinggraphskills.
WhiteShoesbyEric
TeacherwillreadPetetheCatILoveMyWhiteShoesandlistentotheHarperKidssongof
Litwin&JamesDean
PetetheCatILoveMyWhiteShoes.

Studentswilltakeashoecutoutandcolorittheirfavoritecolor.Studentswilltapetheircolored
shoecutouts
shoeonalargepostersizedchart,accordingtocolor.

Teacherwillreviewthechartwiththeclass,counting&identifyingthecolorstudentslikethe
crayons&tape
mostandleast,andanyothersimilaritiesanddifferencesamongtheresults.

Teacherwillassistasneeded.
largeposterchart
AssuredExperience:Studentswillreviewlibraryrulesandexplorealibrarybookdisplay.
CCSS:M.48.10Sortandclassifyobjectsbyoneattributeintotwoormoregroups(e.g.,color,
size,shape).
TheNappingHouse
Studentswillidentifythecharactersusingtheauthorsillustrations,andordertheevents
byAudreyWood.
inthestory.

TeacherwillreadTheNappingHousebyAudreyWood
Sheetwithimagesofall
Usingthecharactersheets,studentswillcutoutthestoryscharacters.Then,theywillglue
thecharacterstocutout

themonthebedfollowingthesequenceinwhichtheyappearedinthebook.
sheetwithanemptybed
Teacherwillhelpthestudentsasneededidentifythecharactersandsequencetheevents.

AssuredExperience:Studentswillreviewlibraryrulesandexplorealibrarybookdisplay.
glue&scissors
CCSSELA:RI.K.7Withpromptingandsupport,describetherelationshipbetweenillustrations

andthetextinwhichtheyappear(e.g.,whatperson,place,thing,orideainthetextan
illustrationdepicts).
StellalunabyJanell
Studentswillcompareandcontrastbatsandbirdsusingtextualevidence.
Cannon
TeacherwillreadStellalunabyJanellCannon.

StudentswillcontributetoawholeclassVennDiagram,comparingandcontrastingfactstheyalreadyknowVennDiagram(poster
aboutbirdsandbats.
sizeorhulahoopsand
postits)
Teacherwillrecordtheevidencestudentsshareasagroup.

Studentswillmaketexttoselfconnectionsbywritingthreesentencesexplainingwhether
linedpaper&pencils
theywouldwanttobeabirdorbat,usingtextevidence.
Teacherwillassistasneeded.
AssuredExperience:Contributetogroupnotetakingtakebasicnotes
CCSSELA:SL.1.6.Producecompletesentenceswhenappropriatetotaskandsituation.
(Seegrade1Languagestandards1and3forspecificexpectations.)
Selectionofchildrens
Studentswillexplorechildrenspoetryandrecordthemselvesreadingtheirselectedpoem.
poetrybooks.
Teacherwillpresentstudentswithamodelofarecordedpoemandrubricforevaluation.

Studentswillbegivenapoemtopracticereading.Oncetheyareready,theywillcompletea
audioofpoetryreading
practiceaudiorecordingoftheirpoemusingQuickVoiceontheiPad.
ShelSilverstein

Teacherwillassistasneeded.
rubricforassessment
AssuredExperience:Studentswilloperateandusecomputersandothertechnologiesastools

forproductivity,problemsolvingandlearningacrossthecontentareas.

CCSSELA:SL.2.5.Createaudiorecordingsofstoriesorpoemsadddrawingsorother

visualdisplaystostoriesorrecountsofexperienceswhenappropriatetoclarifyideas,
thoughts,andfeelings.

StudentswillcontinuetoworkwiththeirExplorersHallofFamesourcelistinorder
tobuildsupportingevidencefortheirchosenexplorerandwhyheshouldbeinahallof
fame.
StudentswillselectonewebsourcefortheirExplorersHallofFameproject,usingtherubric
toevaluateresources.
Teacherwillreviewtheavailableresourcesforstudentsincludingbiographysitesanddatabase
searchoptions.
Studentswillusewww.easybib.comtocreateacitationforthesourcetheyfind.
Teacherwillassistasneeded.
AssuredExperience:CreateMLAbibliographiesforprintandnonprintsources,as
required
CCSS.ELA:RI.3.5.Usetextfeaturesandsearchtools(e.g.,keywords,sidebars,hyperlinks)to
locateinformationrelevanttoagiventopicefficiently.

Websitechecklist

HallofFame
writingrubric


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textfeatureshandout
Studentswillcontinuelearningaboutnonfictiontextfeatures,howtheyaidinfinding

informationwithinatextandhowtheycontributetothemeaningofthetext.
tweetsheethandout
Teacherwillprojectasampletextfromwww.wegivebooks.orgtoidentifybold/italics,sidelines,

diagrams/labels,glossary&index.
BuzzAldrinLooktothe
StarsbookonWe
Studentswillconstructatweetbasedontheinformationtheylearnedaboutnonfictiontext
GiveBookswebsite.
featuresusingtheprovidedtweetsheet.

AssuredExperience:Read/listentoanddiscussliteraturethatconnectstoclassroom

themes,literacylessonsandcontentareas.Useorganizingfeaturesofprintandnonprint(tableof
contents,indices,hyperlinks)
StudentswilluseremainingtimeforSSRand/orsearchingforandcheckingoutnewbooks.
CCSS.ELA:RI.4.7Interpretinformationpresentedvisually,orally,orquantitatively(e.g.,in
charts,graphs,diagrams,timelines,animations,orinteractiveelementsonWebpages)and
explainhowtheinformationcontributestoanunderstandingofthetextinwhichitappears.
webaccessto
Studentswillcontinueworkingontheirurbanlegendsproject
TheJournalistsToolbox
Studentswilleachchooseanurbanlegendfromthelistgeneratedandprovidedbytheteacher.

TeacherwillintroducethestudentstoTheJournalistsToolboxasawayofcheckingvalidity
listofurbanlegends
ofclaimsandauthenticityofurbanlegends..
sometrue/somefalse

Studentswilluseoneoftheprovidedwebsitestoinvestigatetheirurbanlegend.Studentsmay
backgroundinfo(to
referbacktowebsiteintroducedinthepreviouslessonforinformation.Theywillrecordtheir
reviewfromprevious
findingsonagoogledoc.
class)
Teacherwillfacilitateonlinesearchingandencouragestudentscriticalthinkingskills.

AssuredExperience:Evaluatesourcesfortimeliness,authorityandbias.

CCSSELA:RI.5.7Drawoninformationfrommultipleprintordigitalsources,demonstrating

theabilitytolocateananswertoaquestionquicklyortosolveaproblemefficiently.
CCSSELA:RI.5.9Integrateinformationfromseveraltextsonthesametopicinordertowriteorspeakaboutthe
subjectknowledgeably.
webaccessto
Studentswillcontinueworkingontheirurbanlegendsproject
TheJournalistsToolbox
Studentswilleachchooseanurbanlegendfromthelistgeneratedandprovidedbytheteacher.

TeacherwillintroducethestudentstoTheJournalistsToolboxasawayofcheckingvalidity
listofurbanlegends
ofclaimsandauthenticityofurbanlegends..
sometrue/somefalse

Studentswilluseoneoftheprovidedwebsitestoinvestigatetheirurbanlegend.Studentsmay
backgroundinfo(to
referbacktowebsiteintroducedinthepreviouslessonforinformation.Theywillrecordtheir
reviewfromprevious
findingsonagoogledoc.
class)
Teacherwillfacilitateonlinesearchingandencouragestudentscriticalthinkingskills.
AssuredExperience:Evaluatesourcesfortimeliness,authorityandbias.
CCSSELA:RI.6.8Traceandevaluatetheargumentandspecificclaimsinatext,distinguishingclaimsthatare
supportedbyreasonsandevidencefromclaimsthatarenot.