1st+Grade

Greg Reads read aloud - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - hand out pebbles William Steig Video - 1st grade not part of used book sale
 * May 29, 2013**

Read story - then hand out parts for reader's theater This is a short one - so one class period should be sufficient
 * May 22, 2013**
 * Reader's Theater - Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park**

Read Aloud: Born to Read by Judy Sierra
 * May 15, 2013**

“Sam became a reading star!” Sam reads all sorts of books! He reads through the dictionary, a road atlas, and more! ★ Ask the children if they are reading stars. What are their favorite books? Why? ★ Ask if they have read any of the books they see Sam reading in the story.

In BORN TO READ, Sam says that good readers can grow up to be anything. Ask the children what they will be when they grow up.

__Read Aloud: Wild About Books by Judy Sierra - get DVD from library__ __After read: discuss these questions__ After students have enjoyed the book; lead a spirited discussion with these questions:
 * __How did Molly get the animals interested in reading?__
 * __What kinds of books did the animals choose?__
 * __What else did Molly have to teach the animals about books?__
 * __Which picture in the book is your favorite? Why?__
 * __Why did they have to build a Zoobrary at the zoo?__

Extra time - use handout from Wild About Books - sequence and draw picture

__Wild About Books by Judy Sierra__ [] __Born to Read by Judy Sierra__ []

Begin in Classroom - www.teachingbooks.net [] Movie about Mouse books - Lily and Friends Come back to the library and read books aloud.
 * May 8, 2013**
 * Author Study - Kevin Henkes**

No Library because of new system
 * May 1, 2013**

Teaching Books Video - begin in classroom Read Aloud - Move! (get from public library) Read Aloud - Just a Second
 * April 24, 2013**
 * Author Study - Steve Jenkins**


 * April 17, 2013**

Poetry
Choral reading of poetry from Bill Martin Jr's Big Book of Poetry xerox packet of appropriate poems - KW read aloud - then group read aloud

Poetry - Oh How Sylvester Can Pester by Robert Kinerk Then Read aloud Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra [] - source
 * April 10, 2013**
 * Manners**

Go through books and ask what are the good manners used by B.B. Wolf


 * April 3, 2013 - Easter Vacation**

Travel Around the World - South America
 * March 27, 2013**

Saturday Sancocho by Leyla Torres (ILL)

For You are a Kenyan Child and Elizabeti's doll
 * March 20, 2013 - Africa**

Travel Around the World - Antarctica Set up room, get out hole punch, borrow bean bags from Julie
 * March 13, 2013**

Read Aloud The Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson - stress nonfiction - how it is different from fiction At end - have kids try to shuffle around in a circle with bean bag on their feet - like the father penguin does with the penguin egg.

Travel Around the World - North Pole
 * March 6, 2013**

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman Ralph's Frozen Tale by Elise Primaver Visit to the North Pole by Pierre Le-Tan

Nonfiction - Hip-Pocket Papa by Sandra Markle - nonfiction Travel around the world - North America The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
 * February 27, 2013**
 * February 20, 2013**

Travel around the World - Asia Kami and the Yaks - by Andrea Stryder
 * February 13, 2013**

Europe - Setting Travel Around the World - Europe
 * February 6, 2013**

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock Find the lost item in each picture

Read Aloud - Lemonade in Winter by Emily Jenkins Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells - make copy of money from end papers as bookmarks
 * January 30, 2013 - Book Fair**
 * January 23, 2013 - Book Fair video**
 * January 16, 2013 - Read Aloud books coming to book fair**
 * January 9, 2013 - Counting Money**

Robert Munsch - 50 Below show on tumblebooks in classroom - Fiction Nonfiction - Recess at 20 Below
 * January 2, 2013 - Fiction/Nonfiction**

GY reads Polar Express
 * December 17, 2012**

Read Aloud assorted CZ books for award - read favorites Bergan - Each Kindness (if Bennett didn't read to them) and Jangles by David Shannon Bennett - Harlem's little Blackbird and This Moose Belongs to Me
 * December 12, 2012**

Read Aloud for CZ - A is For Musk Ox Activity - Put variety of books on table with post it notes - have kids write down first three letters of authors last name and arrange in order
 * December 5, 2012**
 * Alphabetizing**

Read Aloud - Zero is the leaves on the trees by Betsy Franco Read Aloud - Zero the Hero by Joan Holub Less than Zero by Stuart Murphy
 * November 28, 2012 - Math Concept of Zero**

The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins play game - the Shelf Elf Helps Out in guide - How Would the Shelf Elf Feel? - don't use props - just have kids smile or frown
 * November 14, 2012**

Before check out - review - - show the kids Elves and the Shoemaker picture book - talk about looking through the books and making your own decisions - try something different - make sure you practice reading at home.


 * November 7, 2012 - CZ Award - Contentment**

Read Aloud and retell - Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson, Mole had Everything by Jamison Odone and Homer by Elisha Cooper


 * October 31, 2012 - Book Care**

Book CarePrediction - ask children what they think story might be about based on title and cover art Read aloud What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg Discussion questions: - how did story compare to what you thought it might be about? - look again at front cover - what part of the story does it show? - where is the best place for Marion to read? - What should Marion have done when she got jam on her library book? Review rules for good book care - clean hands - do not mark or write in books - be careful turning pages - keep books away from food and drink - Carry books in backback or plastic bag - keep books in special place at home - return your library books on time

Read aloud and model retell - Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann Make predictions - The House that Drac Built by Judy Sierra
 * October 25, 2012 - Halloween - and Retelling Skills**

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear Model Retelling - Main Characters, Setting Problems/Conflict, Actions/Main Events, Resolution
 * October 17, 2012 - Charlotte Zolotow and Retelling Skills**


 * October 10, 2012 - No School**

Small, Medium and Large by Emily Jenkins (HA) Twelve Snails to One Lizard by Susan Hightower (ILL) Up Tall and High by Ethan Long (HA) Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (HA) - if time CCSS - Standard - Measurement and Data
 * October 3, 2012 Relative Size**

http://www.thedailycafe.com/i_pick.pdf Source: lesson plans accompanying picture book [] 1. Read aloud We're Going on a Book Hunt by Pat Miller - see lesson plans accompanying book 2. Review chorus - using hand motions in book 3. Review Moving in the Library - show them how to leave and enter story area, be seated, check out books, sit quietly at tables after checkout, push chairs in when lining up, wait in line quietly, say first and last names and flip book over for checkout etc. - talk about being considerate - taking turns, etc. putting books on reserve etc. 4. Review shelf marker use a. look for a spine that looks interesting - color, size, thickness - or read the title b. slip in shelf marker a couple of inches c. open the book and look at it d. if you want the book - return the marker to the box and checkout e. if don't want the book - think of the shelf as a garage and book as a car - use one hand to open the garage door to make a space, and drive the book into the spot - remove shelf marker and look for another book 5. Looking at page - what size are the letters, how thick is the book, pictures, start reading the story - peek and turn the pages
 * September 26, 2012**
 * Choosing the right book**
 * Review - I PICK - teachers have already discussed this in classroom and kids should be very familiar**
 * Book Finding Skills**

Beginning - show kids how to use shelf markers 1. Show children - Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen - show cover and just the end papers a. Where do you think the lion is going? b. What is the cat thinking? c. What is the squirrel thinking? d. What other details do you see in the picture?
 * September 19, 2012 -**
 * Introduction to the Library - Making Predictions and Inferences based on text - Using Shelf Markers**

2. Before reading - ask the children to roar along with lion - practice - RAAAHHRRR!

3. After reading - show back end papers - ask children if they can see the lion - where is the real lion (behind the window) 4. Post reading - review pictures - ask a. How does the lion feel when he is able to help in the library? b. How does he feel when MR. BcBee tells him he is breaking the rules? c. How does the lion feeel when Miss Merriweather tells him to leave? d. How does Miss Merriweather feel when the lions stays away? e. Why does Mr. McBee go looking for him? f. How does everyone feel when lion returns? g. What do you see in the pictures to help you understand how their feelings?

End - review how to use shelf markers

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 * September 12, 2012 - Establish a purpose for reading and main ideas**

1. Read aloud The Jellybeans and the big Book Bonanza / by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans ; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Before Reading: What do you think may be the author’s purpose in writing this book? (Entertain, Persuade, or Inform) After Reading: What were the main events at the beginning of the story?... Middle?... End? CCSS RL 1.2 Retell including key details and understanding central message
 * What makes you think so?
 * Take a book walk.
 * What do you predict this story may be about?
 * What do you think is happening in the beginning of the story?... Middle?... End?
 * What do you think the problem of the story might be?Ask students to set help set a purpose for reading.

2. Read Aloud - Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner - [] - sample lesson plan

Who was the main character in the story? (Answer) Miss Brooks the librarian What was the story about? (Answer) The little girl who did not like books or the project (book week) that Miss Brooks assigned to each student. When did the story take place? (Answer) When the little girl was in first grade.

Where did the story take place? (Answer) At the little girl’s local library.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How did the book end? (Answer) The little girl found a book that she enjoyed Shrek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and read it to her class to complete the project assigned by Miss Brooks. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CCSS RL 1.3 Describe characters, settings and major events in a story using key details. t end of period - give teacher the reminder magnets and letters to send home with students Greg Reads read aloud - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - hand out pebbles William Steig Video - 1st grade not part of used book sale
 * May 24, 2012**

Read story - then hand out parts for reader's theater This is a short one - so one class period should be sufficient
 * May 17, 2012 - Reader's Theater - Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park**

Teaching Books Video - begin in classroom Read Aloud - Move! (get from public library) Read Aloud - Just a Second
 * May 10, 2012 Author Study - Steve Jenkins**

Begin in Classroom - www.teachingbooks.net http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=61 Movie about Mouse books - Lily and Friends Come back to the library and read books aloud.
 * May 3, 2012 - Author Study - Kevin Henkes**

April 26, 2012 - Poetry
Choral reading of poetry from Bill Martin Jr's Big Book of Poetry xerox packet of appropriate poems - KW read aloud - then group read aloud

Poetry - Oh How Sylvester Can Pester by Robert Kinerk Then Read aloud Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra [] - source
 * April 19, 2012 Manners**

Go through books and ask what are the good manners used by B.B. Wolf

Travel Around the World - South America The Frog with the Big Mouth by Teresa Bateman - South American traditional Tale - didnt read - but this is may be a good one The Dancing Turtle - this was very well liked
 * April 5, 2012**

Nonfiction - Hip-Pocket Papa by Sandra Markle - nonfiction
 * March 29, 2012**

Travel Around the World - Antarctica Set up room, get out hole punch, borrow bean bags from Julie
 * March 22, 2012**

Read Aloud The Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson - stress nonfiction - how it is different from fiction At end - have kids try to shuffle around in a circle with bean bag on their feet - like the father penguin does with the penguin egg.


 * March 15, 2012 - North Pole**

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman Ralph's Frozen Tale by Elise Primaver Visit to the North Pole by Pierre Le-Tan Africa - For You Are A Kenyan Child and Anna Hibiscus' Song by Atinuke
 * March 9, 2012**

Travel around the world - North America The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
 * March 2, 2012**

Travel around the World - Asia Kami and the Yaks - by Andrea Stryder
 * February 23, 2012**

Europe - Setting Travel Around the World - Europe
 * February 16, 2012**

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock Find the lost item in each picture

Beach Day - today is beach day in 1st grade
 * February 9, 2012**

Sit around in a big circle on the floor. open book - look at each spread (1st and last pages will just be one page) and tell what is happening in each picture. Give details.

Book Fair
 * February 2, 2012**

Book fair video
 * January 26, 2012**

Book fair preview books
 * January 19, 2012**

Robert Munsch - Thomas's Snowsuit and 50 Below - Fiction Nonfiction - Recess at 20 Below
 * January 12, 2012**

GY reads Polar Express
 * December 22, 2011**

Where's My T-R-U-C-K? The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School Pretend Too Shy for Show and Tell Mouse and Lion King Jack and the Dragon Get Happy
 * December 15, 2011 - read aloud for CZ**

Talk about the read aloud Christmas tree - BENNETT No One But You / Wood (Candlewick) Underground by Shane Evans - Cinnamon Baby / Winstanley (Kids Can Press)
 * December 8, 2011 - CZ books**

BERGAN Samantha on a Roll Rain Train The Queen of France

CZ books - for award - talk about read aloud Christmas tree
 * December 1, 2011**

The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins play game - the Shelf Elf Helps Out in guide - How Would the Shelf Elf Feel? - don't use props - just have kids smile or frown
 * November 17, 2011Library Behavior/Book Care**

Before check out - review - - show the kids Elves and the Shoemaker picture book - talk about looking through the books and making your own decisions - try something different - make sure you practice reading at home.

- Book CarePrediction - ask children what they think story might be about based on title and cover art Read aloud What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg Discussion questions: - how did story compare to what you thought it might be about? - look again at front cover - what part of the story does it show? - where is the best place for Marion to read? - What should Marion have done when she got jam on her library book? Review rules for good book care - clean hands - do not mark or write in books - be careful turning pages - keep books away from food and drink - Carry books in backback or plastic bag - keep books in special place at home - return your library books on time
 * November 11, 2011 - Book Care**

Read Aloud - I Took My Frog To the Library by Eric Kimmel Discussion questions: - what does the frog do wrong? - what does the elephant do wrong? - how do the animals mistake affect people in library? - how does Bridgett keep animals happy when she goes to the library alone? - Why doesn't the librarian want animals in the library?) drawing conclusions - see accompanying lesson plans -

Learning To Read - a Review of Beginning Readers - discuss learning to read - practicing - people learn to read at different speeds Read Aloud: Stan the Hotdog Man, Biscuit Wants to Play, and Pigs Make Me Sneeze
 * November 4, 2011**

Read Aloud for CZ - A is For Apple Pie
 * October 27, 2011 Alphabetizing**

Activity - Put variety of books on table with post it notes - have kids write down first three letters of authors last name and arrange in order.

October 20, 2011 [] - discuss, make predictions, etc. Reading Comprehension - and introduction to library - choosing books from shelves - choosing what you like Read Aloud - Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner - []
 * The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza - establish a purpose for reading**

Bergan - farm stories - read aloud for CZ - The Dogs of Bedlam Farm and Clarabelle, Making Milk and more Bennett's clas - only came in to checkout - Bennett read The Dogs of Bedlam Farm after farm field
 * October 12 - Nonfiction - Farms**


 * October 6, 2011 Math**

Read Aloud for CZ - Small, Medium Large A Book About Relative Sizes by Emily Jenkins Read Aloud for CZ (haven't received book yet) This Plus That - Life's Little Equations by Amy Rosenthal Read Aloud - Tyrannosaurus Math by Michelle Markel

Discuss using shelf markers - practice Access prior knowledge - discuss what kids know about seeds already Read Aloud - A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Aston (ILL) Read Aloud for CZ - Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn Galbraith Song/Finger Play //The Farmer Plants the Seeds (Tune "Farmer in the Dell")//
 * September 29, 2011 Seeds**

//The farmer plants the seeds. (put seeds in the ground)// //The farmer plants the seeds.// //High ho the derry oh,// //The farmer plants the seeds.// //Second Verse: The sun comes out to shine. (make big circle with arms)// //Third Verse: The rain begins to fall. (hands flutter to the ground)// //Fourth Verse: The seeds begin to grow. (children begin to rise)// //Fifth Verse: The farmer digs them up. (pretend to use a shovel)// //Now we'll have some to eat. (pretend to eat)//

Read Aloud - So Happy by Kevin Henkes

Sing Wheels on the Bus - together - so we get feeling for the song and melody Read/Sing Aloud -The Library Doors by Toni Buzzeo - use hand gestures Practice using shelf markers - in middle section of library
 * September 22, 2011 - What Do we Do in the Library?**

Welcome back to school - go over rules, checkout, bathroom procedures, etc - today - pick out books from tables - next week work on picking out good books from shelves -
 * September 15, 2011**

Read aloud - First Graders from Mars Episode 1: Horus's Horrible Day by Shana Corey - give out reminder magnets read aloud - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - hand out pebbles William Steig Video - 1st grade not part of used book sale Read Aloud: Born to Read by Judy Sierra
 * _**
 * May 26, 2011** - Greg Reads
 * May 19, 2011**

“Sam became a reading star!” Sam reads all sorts of books! He reads through the dictionary, a road atlas, and more! ★ Ask the children if they are reading stars. What are their favorite books? Why? ★ Ask if they have read any of the books they see Sam reading in the story.

In BORN TO READ, Sam says that good readers can grow up to be anything. Ask the children what they will be when they grow up.

__Read Aloud: Wild About Books by Judy Sierra - get DVD from library__ __After read: discuss these questions__ After students have enjoyed the book; lead a spirited discussion with these questions:
 * __How did Molly get the animals interested in reading?__
 * __What kinds of books did the animals choose?__
 * __What else did Molly have to teach the animals about books?__
 * __Which picture in the book is your favorite? Why?__
 * __Why did they have to build a Zoobrary at the zoo?__

Extra time - use handout from Wild About Books - sequence and draw picture

__Wild About Books by Judy Sierra__ [] __Born to Read by Judy Sierra__ []

May 12, 2011 - Reader's Theater
Bee Bim Bop

May 5, 2011 - Cooking
Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Seuss - don't rush through this - need to fill up time Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park - preparation for Reader's Theater


 * April 29, 2011 - Easter Vacation**

April 21, 2011 - Earth Day
Read Aloud - The Lorax by Dr. Seuss or Old Turtle by Douglas Wood

April 14, 2011 - Books Help You Solve Your Problems!
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell Zip Zip Homework by Nancy Poydar Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann

April 7, 2011 - Poetry
Choral reading of poetry from Bill Martin Jr's Big Book of Poetry xerox packet of appropriate poems - KW read aloud - then group read aloud

March 31, 2011 - Australia
Nonfiction - Hip-Pocket Papa by Sandra Markle - nonfiction

March 24, 2011 - South America
Travel Around the World - South America Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams - Chile by Michael Foreman

For You are a Kenyan Child and Cool Time Song
 * March 17, 2011 - Africa**

March 10, 2011
Travel Around the World - North Pole

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman Ralph's Frozen Tale by Elise Primaver Visit to the North Pole by Pierre Le-Tan

March 3, 2011
Travel Around the World - Antarctica Set up room, get out hole punch, borrow bean bags from Julie

Read Aloud The Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson - stress nonfiction - how it is different from fiction At end - have kids try to shuffle around in a circle with bean bag on their feet - like the father penguin does with the penguin egg.

Travel around the world - North America The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
 * February 24, 2011**

Travel around the World - Asia Kami and the Yaks - by Andrea Stryder
 * February 17, 2011**

Europe - Setting Travel Around the World - Europe
 * February 10, 2011**

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock Find the lost item in each picture

book fair
 * February 2/3, 2011**

January 26/27, 2011
book fair video

January 19/20, 2011
read aloud preview books from book fair

January 12/13, 2011 - Fiction/Non-Fiction Review
Robert Munsch - Thomas's Snowsuit and 50 Below - Fiction Nonfiction - Recess at 20 Below


 * January 5/6, 2011 - Selecting Appropriate books**

Now - after Christmas checkout two books - one must be one you can read yourself Talk about the Five Finger test to show if a book is a good choice - [] Read aloud - good Easy Readers - Mo Willems, Tedd Arnold, etc.

December 22/23, 2010 - Christmas
Greg - read aloud the Polar Express

Extra library time - KW read Why A Donkey was Chosen by Christopher Gregorowski and Drummer Boy by Loren Long

December 15/16, 2010 - Music and Dance
Read aloud Charlie Brown Christmas when the characters in the book dance - put on the music and have children dance

December 8/9, 2010 - Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Talk about Read Aloud Christmas Tree - Bennett = yellow, Bergan = red

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road - see Rob Reid's Storytime Slam p. 81

1. As walk in - Chicken medley - Sing A to Z (ILL) 2. Read aloud - Crabby Cratchitt by Gregory Maguire (ILL) 3. Poem - "A Little Talk" p. 81 - Storytime Slam - make laminated animals with magnets - Chicken, Duck, Pig, and Sheep - 4. Read aloud - Old Mr. Mackle Hackle by Gunnar Madsen (ILL) 5. Ten Chicken Eggs - Finger Play - p. 82 Storytime Slam 6. Read aloud - Dora's chick by Julie Sykes 7. If time - read aloud - Typpy Toe Chick by George Shannon (ILL) 8. Ending - The Chicken Dance - Dora the Explorer Party Favorites CD (ILL)

December 1/2, 2010 - Manners
Talk about the read aloud Christmas tree -

Read aloud Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf and Tell the Truth B.B. Wolf both by Judy Sierra [] - source Discussion question - what are manners? Go through books and ask what are the good manners used by B.B. Wolf

November 17/18, 2010 Thanksgiving - Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Discuss meaning of fiction vs. nonfiction and introduce concept of author's purpose [] Read aloud: One is a feast for a mouse by Judy Cox - fiction Mice by Leia Tait (ILL) - non-fiction Discuss differences between what the mouse does in One for a Feast and what they really do

November 9/11, 2010 - Biographies
Discuss what definition of biography Read Aloud biography of The Story of Charles Atlas, Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy

November 3/4, 2010 - Library Behavior/Book Care
Library Behavior/Book CareThe Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins play game - the Shelf Elf Helps Out in guide - How Would the Shelf Elf Feel? - don't use props - just have kids smile or frown

October 28, 2010 - Halloween
The House that Drac Build by Judy Sierra - very good - make predictions based on pictures The Halloween House by Erica Silverman Susie and Alfred in the Night of the Paper Bag Monsters by Helen Craig

October 21, 2010 - Alphabetizing
Read Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg - Activity - Put variety of books on table with post it notes - have kids write down first three letters of authors last name and arrange in order. Read Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg

October 13, 2010 - Book Care
Prediction - ask children what they think story might be about based on title and cover art Read aloud What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg Discussion questions: - how did story compare to what you thought it might be about? - look again at front cover - what part of the story does it show? - where is the best place for Marion to read? - What should Marion have done when she got jam on her library book? Review rules for good book care - clean hands - do not mark or write in books - be careful turning pages - keep books away from food and drink - Carry books in backback or plastic bag - keep books in special place at home - return your library books on time

Read Aloud - I Took My Frog To the Library by Eric Kimmel Discussion questions: - what does the frog do wrong? - what does the elephant do wrong? - how do the animals mistake affect people in library? - how does Bridgett keep animals happy when she goes to the library alone? - Why doesn't the librarian want animals in the library?) drawing conclusions - see accompanying lesson plans - hand out book marks - bandaid ones

October 6/7, 2010 Fall is for Friends/Problem Solving
Use Fall Is for Friends to teach the steps of the critical thinking skill of problem-solving: understand/identify the problem, make/test a plan, and check results.Mastering the critical thinking skill of problem-solving by making and testing a plan will help children solve problems in content areas across the curriculum. Suzy Spafford's trade book //Fall Is For Friends// [Scholastic, Inc., 2003] offers a great model for this process, as Suzy Ducken and her best friend Emily create and try several plans to get autumn leaves to fall off trees. After completing the problem-solving lesson, continue the learning with activities relating to language arts, movement, art, drama, and music. Lesson Objectives How to Teach Problem-Solving to Elementary Students
 * 1) Students will identify the steps of problem-solving.
 * 2) Students will use the steps of problem-solving to write their own plans.
 * 1) Invite students to share any prior knowledge they have about what happens to leaves in the fall and why this happens. They might bring up [|**how and why leaves change color**], but guide them to focus on how leaves fall from trees.
 * 2) Share the book //Fall Is for Friends//. Display the cover, flip through the pictures, and have students predict what it will be about. Then read the book and check predictions.
 * 3) Introduce to students the steps of problem-solving: Identifying and understanding the problem, making a plan, testing the plan, and checking your results. Note that if your first plan does not work, you should return to the second step and make a new plan.
 * 4) Work with children to identify and discuss examples in the book of how Suzy and Emily used these steps to solve their problem. Have children identify the problem (how to help leaves fall off trees) and describe the process by which the two friends came up with plans, tested plans, checked the results, and then came up with new plans to try when a previous plan did not work.

Problem-Solving Assessment
Read more: [|**http://primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/lesson_plans_for_the_book_fall_is_for_friends#ixzz0RqfWsiSQ**]
 * 1) Discuss the science behind why leaves fall from trees (the connection between a leaf stem and a tree branch weakens until an exterior force severs it entirely). Note that none of the plans the friends try (cheering, showing the leaves how to fall, trying a magic spell, and singing) would actually do anything to get leaves to fall, and that although this isn't explained in the story, the leaves fall just because it was time for them to fall.
 * 2) Have students identify things that would actually make leaves fall, such as strong winds or the force of raindrops hitting the leaves.

September 29/30, 2010 - Book Finding Skills
Source: lesson plans accompanying picture book [] 1. Read aloud We're Going on a Book Hunt by Pat Miller - see lesson plans accompanying book 2. Review chorus - using hand motions in book 3. Review Moving inthe Library - show them how to leave and enter story area, be seated, check out books, sit quietly at tables after checkout, push chairs in when lining up, wait in line quietly, say first and last names and flip book over for checkout etc. - talk about being considerate - taking turns, etc. putting books on reserve etc. 4. Review shelf marker use a. look for a spine that looks iteresting - color, size, thickness - or read the title b. slip in shelf marker a couple of inches c. open the book and look at it d. if you want the book - return the marker to the box and checkout e. if don't want the book - think of the shelf as a garage and book as a car - use one hand to open the garage door to make a space, and drive the book into the spot - remove shelf marker and look for another book 5. Looking at page - what size are the letters, how thick is the book, pictures, start reading the story - peek and turn the pages

September 22/23, 2010 Intoduction to the Library - Making Predictions - Understanding Feelings/Using Shelf Markers
Beginning - show kids how to use shelf markers

1. Show children - Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen - show cover and just the end papers a. Where do you think the lion is going? b. What is the cat thinking? c. What is the squirrel thinking? d. What other details do you see in the picture?

2. Before reading - ask the children to roar along with lion - practice - RAAAHHRRR!

3. After reading - show back end papers - ask children if they can see the lion - where is the real lion (behind the window) 4. Post reading - review pictures - ask a. How does the lion feel when he is able to help in the library? b. How does he feel when MR. BcBee tells him he is breaking the rules? c. How does the lion feeel when Miss Merriweather tells him to leave? d. How does Miss Merriweather feel when the lions stays away? e. Why does Mr. McBee go looking for him? f. How does everyone feel when lion returns? g. What do you see in the pictures to help you understand how their feelings?

End - review how to use shelf markers =September 15/16, 2010= Welcome back to school - go over rules, checkout, bathroom procedures, etc - today - pick out books from tables - next week work on picking out good books from shelves -

Read aloud - First Graders from Mars Episode 1: Horus's Horrible Day by Shana Corey - give out reminder magnets =June, 2010 - Library Closed except for Battle of the Books= =May 26/27, 2010 - Wild About Books - Get Excited About Summer Reading= __Note: 1st grade not part of used book sale__

Read Aloud: Born to Read by Judy Sierra

“Sam became a reading star!” Sam reads all sorts of books! He reads through the dictionary, a road atlas, and more! ★ Ask the children if they are reading stars. What are their favorite books? Why? ★ Ask if they have read any of the books they see Sam reading in the story.

In BORN TO READ, Sam says that good readers can grow up to be anything. Ask the children what they will be when they grow up.

__Read Aloud: Wild About Books by Judy Sierra__ __After read: discuss these questions__ After students have enjoyed the book; lead a spirited discussion with these questions:
 * __How did Molly get the animals interested in reading?__
 * __What kinds of books did the animals choose?__
 * __What else did Molly have to teach the animals about books?__
 * __Which picture in the book is your favorite? Why?__
 * __Why did they have to build a Zoobrary at the zoo?__

Extra time - use handout from Wild About Books - sequence and draw picture

__Wild About Books by Judy Sierra__ [] __Born to Read by Judy Sierra__ [] =May 19/20, 2010 - Biographies= Discuss what definition of biography Read Aloud biography of The Story of Charles Atlas, Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy =May 12/13, 2010= Greg reads - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - give kids their own magic pebbles =May 5/6, 2010 - Reader's Theater= Do reader's theater play - have kids share speaking parts Bee Bim Bop Reader's Theater script from Toni Buzzeo's Read Perform Learn 2 =April 28/29, 2010 - Cooking= Houndsley and Catina by James Howe - Bennett's class only - not the best - the whole book is not about cooking Scrambled Eggs Super by Dr. Seuss Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park - preparation for Reader's Theater

=April 21/22, 2010 -= Books Let You Hear Another Person's Voice in Your Head Every good book has it's own sound - somethime's in the author's voice sometimes in the voice of the main character - sometimes the voice isn't even human I Stink by Kate McMullen - use tough gravely voice Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood - Dinorella by Pamela Edwards - Listen for the voice that is speaking - try to identify it - and determine what we know more about the story when we know who's talking
 * Bennett - Voice - not very good - best voice books checked out by music teacher**


 * Bergan - Books Help You Solve Problems - very good**

Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell Zip Zip Homework by Nancy Poydar

NEXT YEAR - EARTH DAY - READ THE LORAX!! =April 14/15, 2010 - Finish Up Trip Around World=

Bennett - The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry - Big Book From Muskego Bergan -- Poetry - Choral reading of poetry from Bill Martin Jr's Big Book of Poetry xerox packet of appropriat poems - KW read aloud - then group read aloud =**April 8/9, 2010 - Easter Vacation**= =March 31/April 1 2010 - South America - Setting=

Bennett - Travel Around the World - Australia Diary of a Wombat by Jacki French Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild [] If Time - read Biggest Frog in Australia

Bergan - The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry - Big Book from Muskego

=March 24/25, 2010 - Australia - Setting=

Bennett - For You are A Kenyan Child and Rain Bergan - Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild [] Who's Furry Nose by Henrik Drescher Diary of a Wombat by Jacki French NEXT YEAR CONSIDER A NON-FICTION BOOK HERE - Hip-Hop Papa???? =March 17/18, 2010 - Africa - Setting=

Bennett - finished off North Pole Bergan - Africa For You are a Kenyan Child and Rain =March 10/11, 2010 - North Pole - Setting=

Travel Around the World - North Pole

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman Ralph's Frozen Tale by Elise Primaver Visit to the North Pole by Pierre Le-Tan

=March 3/4, 2010 - Asia - Setting=

Travel Around the World - Asia Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stryder =Feb 24/25, 2010 - Europe - Setting=

Travel Around the World - Europe

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock Find the lost item in each picture

=Feb 17/18, 2010 - Antarctica - Setting=

Travel Around the World - Antarctica Set up room, get out hole punch, borrow bean bags from Julie

Read Aloud The Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson - stress nonfiction - how it is different from fiction At end - have kids try to shuffle around in a circle with bean bag on their feet - like the father penguin does with the penguin egg.

=Feb 10/11, 2010 - North America - Setting= Get out pilot's hat, move globe near chair, set up room as airplane, find hole punch, begin travel around the world series Travel Around the World - North America Print out passports North America - read aloud - Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller - show kids next book in series Scrambled States Talent Show by same author

=Feb 3/4, 2010 - Book Fair=

1st grade students come once with their buddies to make wish lists - do not make independent purchases without parents

=January 27/28, 2010 - Book Fair=

Show Book Fair Video =January 20/21, 2010 - Book Fair=

Read aloud preview books from book fair - Katie Loves Kittens, read one story from Disney Fairies, and a few pages from Monster Trucks/Cool Cars. Show Pink Prencess Rules the School and Star Wars Clone Wars, and Star Wars Head to Head, Barbie Mermaid book and Library Mouse

=January 13/14, 2010 - It's cold Outside - Fiction vs. Nonfiction= Robert Munsch - Thomas's Snowsuit and 50 Below - Fiction Nonfiction - Recess at 20 Below

=January 6/7, 2010 - Five Finger Test= Now - after Christmas checkout two books - one must be one you can read yourself Talk about the Five Finger test to show if a book is a good choice - [] Read aloud - good Easy Readers - Mo Willems, Tedd Arnold, etc. =December 16/17, 2009 - Christmas=

Greg reads Polar Express

=December 9/10, 2009 - Christmas - music connection= Read aloud - Charlie Brown Christmas - bring along music and have children dance. =December 2/3, 2009= Talk about Read Aloud Christmas Tree - Bennett = yellow, Bergan = red

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road - see Rob Reid's Storytime Slam p. 81

1. As walk in - Chicken medley - Sing A to Z (ILL) 2. Read aloud - Crabby Cratchitt by Gregory Maguire (ILL) 3. Poem - "A Little Talk" p. 81 - Storytime Slam - make laminated animals with magnets - Chicken, Duck, Pig, and Sheep - 4. Read aloud - Old Mr. Mackle Hackle by Gunnar Madsen (ILL) 5. Ten Chicken Eggs - Finger Play - p. 82 Storytime Slam 6. Read aloud - Dora's chick by Julie Sykes 7. If time - read aloud - Typpy Toe Chick by George Shannon (ILL) 8. Ending - The Chicken Dance - Pint Size Polkas (ILL)

=November 25/26, 2009=

No school

=November 18/19, 2009 Thanksgiving - Proverbs - Text to Self Connections= The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli One is a Feast for a Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale by Judy Cox [] Discuss proverb - "His eyes were bigger than his stomach" Write the word proverb on the white board - discuss what this proverb means Discuss other proverbs [] All that glitters is not gold - What look good on the outside may not be so in reality. Look before you leap - Consider possible consequences before taking action. a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush It's better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by searching for something better. Practice makes perfect - Doing something repeatedly is the only way to become good at it. NOTE: First graders did not get the concept of proverbs in Bennett's class! Read Aloud - The Perfect Thanksgiving By Eileen Spinelli - discuss connections to home

=November 11/12, 2009 - Stories, Songs, Activities about the American West=

Opening Song - home on th range from Ants in My Pants by Gunnar Madsen Read aloud - The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires (ILL) Cowboy Ned and Andy By David Ezra Stein (ILL) Song - from Rob Reid Happy Birthday in Cow - Moo moo moo moo to you - hiss hiss - see Shake and Shout p. 56-57 Read aloud Grandfather Buffalo by Jim Arnosky (ILL) Song - One Little Coyote sung by The Wiggles from Wiggly, Wiggly World- (ILL) =November 4/5, 2009 - Library Behavior/Book Care= The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins play game - the Shelf Elf Helps Out in guide - How Would the Shelf Elf Feel? - don't use props - just have kids smile or frown

Before check out - review - We're Going on a Book Hunt with actions - show the kids Elves and the Shoemaker picture book - talk about looking through the books and making your own decisions - try something different - make sure you practice reading at home. =October 28/29, 2009 - Halloween=

The House that Drac Built by Judy Sierra Boo to You by Lois Ehlert - for a review for CLW - very short

Bats in the Library by Brian Lies - favorite book [] Have volunteers make bats from website (bats reading books) ahead of time - then kids can color bats in the library after done checking out books

=October 20/21, 2009 - Book Care=

Prediction - ask children what they think story might be about based on title and cover art Read aloud What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg Discussion questions: - how did story compare to what you thought it might be about? - look again at front cover - what part of the story does it show? - where is the best place for Marion to read? - What should Marion have done when she got jam on her library book? Review rules for good book care - clean hands - do not mark or write in books - be careful turning pages - keep books away from food and drink - Carry books in backback or plastic bag - keep books in special place at home - return your library books on time

Read Aloud - I Took My Frog To the Library by Eric Kimmel Discussion questions: - what does the frog do wrong? - what does the elephant do wrong? - how do the animals mistake affect people in library? - how does Bridgett keep animals happy when she goes to the library alone? - Why doesn't the librarian want animals in the library?) drawing conclusions - see accompanying lesson plans - hand out book marks - bandaid ones

=**October 14/15, 2009 - Fall is for Friends/Problem Solving**=

Use Fall Is for Friends to teach the steps of the critical thinking skill of problem-solving: understand/identify the problem, make/test a plan, and check results. Mastering the critical thinking skill of problem-solving by making and testing a plan will help children solve problems in content areas across the curriculum. Suzy Spafford's trade book //Fall Is For Friends// [Scholastic, Inc., 2003] offers a great model for this process, as Suzy Ducken and her best friend Emily create and try several plans to get autumn leaves to fall off trees. After completing the problem-solving lesson, continue the learning with activities relating to language arts, movement, art, drama, and music.

Lesson Objectives

 * 1) Students will identify the steps of problem-solving.
 * 2) Students will use the steps of problem-solving to write their own plans.

How to Teach Problem-Solving to Elementary Students

 * 1) Invite students to share any prior knowledge they have about what happens to leaves in the fall and why this happens. They might bring up [|**how and why leaves change color**], but guide them to focus on how leaves fall from trees.
 * 2) Share the book //Fall Is for Friends//. Display the cover, flip through the pictures, and have students predict what it will be about. Then read the book and check predictions.
 * 3) Introduce to students the steps of problem-solving: Identifying and understanding the problem, making a plan, testing the plan, and checking your results. Note that if your first plan does not work, you should return to the second step and make a new plan.
 * 4) Work with children to identify and discuss examples in the book of how Suzy and Emily used these steps to solve their problem. Have children identify the problem (how to help leaves fall off trees) and describe the process by which the two friends came up with plans, tested plans, checked the results, and then came up with new plans to try when a previous plan did not work.

Problem-Solving Assessment

 * 1) Discuss the science behind why leaves fall from trees (the connection between a leaf stem and a tree branch weakens until an exterior force severs it entirely). Note that none of the plans the friends try (cheering, showing the leaves how to fall, trying a magic spell, and singing) would actually do anything to get leaves to fall, and that although this isn't explained in the story, the leaves fall just because it was time for them to fall.
 * 2) Have students identify things that would actually make leaves fall, such as strong winds or the force of raindrops hitting the leaves.

Read more: [|**http://primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/lesson_plans_for_the_book_fall_is_for_friends#ixzz0RqfWsiSQ**]

Before checkout - use - We're Going on a Book Hunt - words and action - from book last week =October 7/8, 2009 - Book Finding/Selection Skills= Source: lesson plans accompanying picture book [] 1. Read aloud We're Going on a Book Hunt by Pat Miller - see lesson plans accompanying book 2. Review chorus - using hand motions in book 3. Review Moving inthe Library - show them how to leave and enter story area, be seated, check out books, sit quietly at tables after checkout, push chairs in when lining up, wait in line quietly, say first and last names and flip book over for checkout etc. - talk about being considerate - taking turns, etc. putting books on reserve etc. 4. Review shelf marker use a. look for a spine that looks iteresting - color, size, thickness - or read the title b. slip in shelf marker a couple of inches c. open the book and look at it d. if you want the book - return the marker to the box and checkout e. if don't want the book - think of the shelf as a garage and book as a car - use one hand to open the garage door to make a space, and drive the book into the spot - remove shelf marker and look for another book 5. Looking at page - what size are the letters, how thick is the book, pictures, start reading the story - peek and turn the pages

=September 30/October 1, 2009 - Sequence= Review - using shelf markers - 1. Discuss concept of sequence - explain that it creates an order for events e.g. first you set the table, then you eat; first you put the toothpaste on the brush, then you brush your teeth - discuss other sequences with kids 2. Read First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 3. Discuss sequence at home - e.g. bedtime routines, meal routines 4. Discuss sequence in classroom 5. Recall sequence in First the Egg - discussion First the Egg then the(chicken) First the Tabpole then the (Frog) First the Seed then the Flower First the caterpillar, then the butterfly First the Word, then the story First the paint, then the picture First the chicken then the egg Read another sequence story - Joseph Had A Little Overcoat by Simms Taback - paper bag - cut out as Joseph cuts up coat - then cut up the paper bag accordingly.

=September 23/24 - Intoduction to the Library - Making Predictions - Understanding Feelings=

1. Show children - Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen - show cover and just the end papers a. Where do you think the lion is going? b. What is the cat thinking? c. What is the squirrel thinking? d. What other details do you see in the picture?

2. Before reading - ask the children to roar along with lion - practice - RAAAHHRRR!

3. After reading - show back end papers - ask children if they can see the lion - where is the real lion (behind the window) 4. Post reading - review pictures - ask a. How does the lion feel when he is able to help in the library? b. How does he feel when MR. BcBee tells him he is breaking the rules? c. How does the lion feeel when Miss Merriweather tells him to leave? d. How does Miss Merriweather feel when the lions stays away? e. Why does Mr. McBee go looking for him? f. How does everyone feel when lion returns? g. What do you see in the pictures to help you understand how their feelings?

=**__September 16/17, 2009__**=

Welcome back to school - go over rules, checkout, bathroom procedures, etc - today - pick out books from tables - next week work on picking out good books from shelves -

Read aloud - First Graders from Mars Episode 1: Horus's Horrible Day by Shana Corey - give out reminder magnets

=__May 27, 28 2009__= __Note: 1st grade not part of used book sale__ __Wild About Books video by Judy Sierra__ [] __Born to Read by Judy Sierra__ [] =__May 20, 21 2009__= __Greg reads - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - give kids their own magic pebbles__ =__May 14 2009__= __Henry and Mudge and Puddle Trouble__ []

=__May 6, 7 2009__= __Do reader's theater play - have kids share speaking parts Bee Bim Bop Reader's Theater script from Toni Buzzeo's Read Perform Learn 2__ =__April 29, 30 2009__= __Read Aloud book for reader's theater - Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park__ __1st - Finish up Poetry Month - read poems from Never Take a Pig To Lunch by Nadine Westcott__ =__April 22, 23, 2009__= __The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins__ __play game - the Shelf Elf Helps Out in guide - How Would the Shelf Elf Feel? - don't use props - just have kids smile or frown__

=__April 15,16 - 2009__= __Easter Vacation__ =__April 8, 9 2009__= __Bergan - Poetry - choral reading from Bill Martin Jur's Big Book of Poetry - xeroxed packet of appropriate poems. KW read aloud, then group read aloud - note: kept copies of these poems in 1st grade files__ __Bennett - Bennett reads Country Bunny to his own class - The Easter Bunny that Overslept by Friedrich and Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells or The Easter Egg Farm by Mary Jane Auch__ __NOTE: Next year read Country Bunny and Golden Shoes by Heyward DuBose to Bergan__ =__April 1, 2 2009__= __Poetry - requested by Bergan__ __Choral reading of poetry from Bill Martin Jr's Big Book of Poetry__ __xerox packet of appropriat poems - KW read aloud - then group read aloud__ __NOTE: No class Bergan - KW home with sick child__

March 25, 26 2009 Travel Around the World - Africa Africa - Rain by Manya Stojic and For You Are A Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane March 18, 19 2009 Travel Around the World - Asia Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stryder March 11, 12 2009 Travel Around the World - Australia Diary of a Wombat by Jacki French Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild [] Who's Furry Nose by Henrik Drescher March 4, 5 2009 Travel Around the World - North Pole

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman Ralph's Frozen Tale by Elise Primaver Visit to the North Pole by Pierre Le-Tan

February 25, 26 2009

Travel around the world - South America The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry - Big Book from Muskego February 18, 19 2009 Travel Around the World - Europe

Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock Find the lost item in each picture February 11, 12, 2009 Travel Around the World - Antarctica Set up room, get out hole punch, borrow bean bags from Julie

Read Aloud The Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson - stress nonfiction - how it is different from fiction At end - have kids try to shuffle around in a circle with bean bag on their feet - like the father penguin does with the penguin egg. February 4, 5, 2009 Get out pilot's hat, move globe near chair, set up room as airplane, find hole punch, begin travel around the world series Travel Around the World - North America Print out passports North America - read aloud - Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller - show kids next book in series Scrambled States Talent Show by same author

Share with kids - author interview from Library Sparks http://www.highsmith.com/pdf/librarysparks/2008/lsp_jan08_meet_laurie_keller.pdf and also share books that inspired the author - Seuss, Eastman, Charles Schultz, Peggy Parish January 28, 29, 2009 Book Fair January 21, 22, 2009 video not here - book talked and read aloud from preview samples - Library Mouse

January 14, 15 2009 - Reading Strategies Sequence 1. Discuss concept of sequence - explain that it creates an order for events e.g. first you set the table, then you eat; first you put the toothpaste on the brush, then you brush your teeth - discuss other sequences with kids 2. Read First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger 3. Discuss sequence at home - e.g. bedtime routines, meal routines 4. Discuss sequence in classroom 5. Recall sequence in First the Egg - discussion First the Egg then the(chicken) First the Tabpole then the (Frog) First the Seed then the Flower First the caterpillar, then the butterfly First the Word, then the story First the paint, then the picture First the chicken then the egg Read another sequence story - If you Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff January 7, 8 2009 - Biography REMIND KIDS ABOUT MARQUETTE BOOKMARKS Discuss definition of biography. Make predictions - read aloud - The Story fo Charles Atlas, Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy December 30, January 30 - Christmas Vacation December 25,26 - Christmas Vacation

December 18, Subject Themed Storytime REMIND KIDS ABOUT MARQUETTE BOOKMARK Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg - Greg reads with train whistle

December 11 - Bergan's Class Only Subject Themed Storytime (Bennett's class - check out only - short day) Ten Great Reasons to Befriend a Book - Inspired by Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3 p. 44 Books Are Beautiful __Zen Shorts by Jon Muth__ __Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs - not enough time__

December 5 and 10 - Illustrator Study, Nonfiction Ten Great Reasons to Befriend a Book - Inspired by Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3 p. 44 NOTE: Did not have time for reading with Bennett's Class - only checkout - early release Books Let Us Find Out Facts We Never Knew Before__ - books illustrated by Steve Jenkins Bees, Snails and Peacock Tails Dogs and Cats What DO you do with a Tail Like this?