But, I do all of it for the kiddos.
In March, we are doing a March Madness version for TDS. I am calling it the TDS Tournament of Books. I pulled reports from my library circulation software to give me the initial 32 top picture books and the 32 top chapter books based on number of times checked out this school year. I included graphic novels in the picture books. Then I drew the brackets and printed book cover images, and began the process of creating QR codes and ballots in Google Forms. The students are loving the idea of voting and seeing which book is going up against another, etc. I originally got the idea from http://brownbagteacher.com/book-madness-march-book-display/ Here is a picture of what I ended up posting on our bulletin board.
In February, I started two after-school book clubs. I have 27 1st and 2nd graders signed up to stay about every 2 weeks on Monday until 4:00. I have 20 3rd through 5th graders signed up to stay about every 3 weeks. We have a snack (popcorn mostly) and have book talks/reviews of the books, and they choose new books.
The first 2 times the 1st and 2nd grade group stayed, we chose from my Caldecott collection. The 3rd time, they were able to choose from sets of early chapter books or popular titles such as Stink by Megan McDonald. Early chapter books includes the first A to Z Mysteries book The Absent Author by Ron Roy, the first Magic Tree House book Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne, the second Magic Tree House book The Knight at Dawn also by Mary Pope Osborne, Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, etc. I provided a cute little form that asks questions like "If you wanted to convince someone to read this book without giving away the ending, what would you say?" "What is one thing you really liked about this book?" I also included a thought bubble and asked the students to draw how they would picture the main character(s).
The older group started out choosing a Newbery award book. They did a brief review of the book and a few students did a brief book talk. The second time they met, they got to either choose a stand alone Newbery book or a book from sets I provided. I have students reading A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, etc.
I wanted this to be an opportunity for the stronger readers in each grade level to be able to get together with like-minded students to discuss and be excited about books. So far, they love it. It is a noisy, exciting time in the library on the Monday afternoons of book club!
4th and 5th graders read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle then we took a trip to the local movie theater to watch it. 5th graders are answering questions about book versus movie, etc., in the library. It is interesting to hear the discussions.
Students have been working toward earning the end of the year celebration in AR and earning the honor of going to Readapalooza. It seems every time I turn around, someone is handing me a reading log!
The book fair is right before spring break on March 22 and March 23.
4th graders are doing a research project in conjunction with the classroom social studies teacher. They have a person that is listed in the 4th grade social studies standards. I am providing a variety of templates and options for reporting their information through Google Classroom. They are very excited about using these templates. Trying to teach them to cite their sources, even a picture they find on Wikipedia or just from a Google search is quite challenging.
We have the ongoing myOn county-wide challenge that continues as well as SmartyAnts and Achieve3000 reading going on.
Through June 30, 2018, students have access to Tumblebooks Premium free. Mackin Tumblebooks Account. Students need to search for Discovery School, Dickson Tennessee then type in thediscoveryes as the username and discovery as the password to access these free books. Only until June 30, 2018.
Life is certainly not dull in the TDS Library!
I wanted this to be an opportunity for the stronger readers in each grade level to be able to get together with like-minded students to discuss and be excited about books. So far, they love it. It is a noisy, exciting time in the library on the Monday afternoons of book club!
4th and 5th graders read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle then we took a trip to the local movie theater to watch it. 5th graders are answering questions about book versus movie, etc., in the library. It is interesting to hear the discussions.
Students have been working toward earning the end of the year celebration in AR and earning the honor of going to Readapalooza. It seems every time I turn around, someone is handing me a reading log!
The book fair is right before spring break on March 22 and March 23.
4th graders are doing a research project in conjunction with the classroom social studies teacher. They have a person that is listed in the 4th grade social studies standards. I am providing a variety of templates and options for reporting their information through Google Classroom. They are very excited about using these templates. Trying to teach them to cite their sources, even a picture they find on Wikipedia or just from a Google search is quite challenging.
We have the ongoing myOn county-wide challenge that continues as well as SmartyAnts and Achieve3000 reading going on.
Through June 30, 2018, students have access to Tumblebooks Premium free. Mackin Tumblebooks Account. Students need to search for Discovery School, Dickson Tennessee then type in thediscoveryes as the username and discovery as the password to access these free books. Only until June 30, 2018.
Life is certainly not dull in the TDS Library!
Until next time, enjoy a good book!
