Objectives

 

Library Rules and Procedures

Review SOAR behavior expectations in the Media Center.

Review Library organization and procedure

Practice using shelf markers

Discuss browsing for books and good fit

 

English Language Arts

Literature

1. K.RL.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2. K.RL.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
3. K.RL.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. 

 

Information and Technology Skills

Informational Text

K.IN.1 Understand the difference between text read for enjoyment and text read for information.

1. K.IN.1.1 Understand the meaning of fiction and nonfiction.
2. K.IN.1.2 Identify resources with appropriate factual information

 

Sources of Information

K.SI.1 Classify useful sources of information.

1. K.SI.1.1 Identify sources of information (e.g., print, non-print, electronic, people).
2. K.SI.1.2 Identify the relevant sources of information for a given task.

 

Research Process

K.RP.1 Understand the importance of good questions in conducting research.

1. K.RP.1.1 Identify questions that are relevant for a given topic or purpose.

 

 

Lesson 1

 

Activities 

I will...establish SOAR behavior expectations. 

I will...read Going on a Book Hunt

We will...discuss browsing

We will...discuss choosing good fit books

Students will...practice using shelf markers.

I will...establish SOAR behavior expectations. 

I will...read Bea and Mr, Jones 

We will ...sing The Wheels on the Bus

I will...read The Seals on the Bus (interactive)

 

Lesson 2

 

Activities 

We will...review SOAR behavior expectations. 

I will...read Wolf!

We will...identify title, author, illustrator

We will...discuss characters, settings, main idea

Students will...retell parts of the story

We will ...sing and act out Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes

I will...read The Doghouse

We will...discuss characters, settings, main idea

Students will...circulate

 

Lesson 3

 

Activities 

I will...establish SOAR behavior expectations. 

I will...read Leonardo the Terrible Monster

 We will...identify title, author, illustrator

We will...discuss characters, settings, main idea

I will...read The Black Rabbit

We will ...do The Ghost Fingerplay

I will...read Can You Make a Scary Face (interactive)

Track 3

Students will not circulate so...

I will...read Pumpkin Trouble 

 

Lesson 4

 

Activities 

We will...review SOAR behavior expectations. 

I will...read The Wide Mouth Frog

We will...discuss the main idea

I will...read Francis the Scaredy Cat

We will...identify title, author, illustrator

 We will...discuss characters, settings, main idea

We will...do Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

I will...read Teeny Tiny

Students... will circulate

 

Lesson 5

 

Activities

We will...review SOAR behavior expectations. 

We will...discuss the difference between fiction and nonfiction text

I will...read Bark George

Students will...classify the book (fiction or nonfiction) and support their answers

We will...do Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

I will...read City Dog Country Frog

Students will...classify the book (fiction or nonfiction) and support their answers

I will...read portions of Greyhounds 

Students will...classify the book (fiction or nonfiction) and support their answers

Students... will circulate

 

Lesson 6

 

Activities

We will...discuss lesson objectives (defining excellence and simple research)

We will...view the NCCBA video

I will...read Just Ducks 

We will...discuss the difference between information and story

We will...access PebbleGo to research ducks

Students will...draw a duck and tell one fact about ducks.

Students will...pair up and share one fact they gleaned from the book

We will...create a video about ducks.

I will...read Duck! Rabbit! (interactive)

 

Lesson 7

 

Activities

We will...review lesson objectives (defining excellence, fact v fiction, compare and contrast)

I will...read Oh, No!

We will...discuss the difference between fact and fiction

We will...discuss the process of inferring to decide why the animals did not help the tiger

We will...discuss the importance of asking questions

We will...access NCWISEOWL and PebbleGo to research what snakes eat

Students will...pair up and discuss whether (and why) the stories were realistic

I will...read Help! 

Students will...pair up and discuss whether (and why) the stories were realistic

Students will...circulate.

 

 

Lesson 8

 

Activities

We will...review NCCBA and fact v fiction and discuss biography as a genre

I willl...read Me Jane

We will...look at the cover of Patrick McDonnell's Me Jane

We will...link to the timeline, examine and discuss it

We will...find England and Africa on the map

We will...visit Jane Goodall's webpage

We will...visit Patrick McDonnell's webpage

Students will...color a picture of Jane from Patrick McDonnell's webpage

Students will...circulate

 

 

 

Vocabulary

characters

circulation

compare

contrast

excellence

fact

fiction

good fit books

information

main idea

research

setting

SOAR behavior

voting