Genre Challenge - February

I can't believe it's March already!!  

Congratulations to Mrs. Michael's class for reading the most Biography/Autobiography books in February!  Her class will receive a popcorn party sometime in March!

March's genre is Award Winners (Newberry, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Geisel Award, current and old Iowa Children's Choice, etc.).  This does include honor books as well.

All results (and whether the class increased or decreased):

3M - 16 (-)

3R - 4 (-)

3S - 6 (+)

4C - 0 (-)

4H - 2 (-)

5G - 5 (-)

5P - 0 (-)

6H - 0 (=)

6S - 0 (=)

Library Update - February 20

Kindergarten: Read Aloud: Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems and Mo Willems by Sheila Griffin Llanas.  We are winding down our author study of Mo Willems with these great two stories.  We discussed what a biography is and learned more about Mo Willems.

First Grade: Read Aloud: Lights Out by Arthur Geisert (wordless book)  Each student was given a wordless book and did a story map of the characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Second Grade:  We are working on search and locate in the library and continuing to talk about popular nonfiction areas for second graders.  We even went on a "field trip" to see the library organization.

Third Grade: We started typing our book reviews and putting them on Destiny Quest.

Fourth Grade: Read Aloud: The Library Gingerbread Man by Dotti Enderle  After reading we practiced searching and locating for materials on the shelf as a relay game.

Fifth Grade: We're continuing our research project and had a whole class period just to work!  We got a lot accomplished!

Sixth Grade:We finished our posters for our K pals and will share them soon!

Look for Library Link conference reports in conference folders next week!

Library Update - February 11

Kindergarten: Read Aloud: Knuffle Bunny and Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems. We started discussing things we've noticed in Mo Willem's books so far.

First Grade:We started a mini unit on wordless books.  We're focusing on the setting, characters, problem, and solution.

Second Grade: We continued to explore some of the nonfiction sections that second graders like.  We talked about how books are organized in the library.

Third Grade:  We started discussing and creating our own book reviews.

Fourth Grade:  We FINALLY finished Locked in the Library and started talking about mysteries which is a connection to the classroom unit.

Fifth Grade: We are continuing to learn about our topics and some students are starting to plan their final project.

Sixth Grade: We're getting close to finishing our author projects for our K pals.  Our posters are coming together!

Library Update - February 1

Kindergarten: Read Aloud: a variety of Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. We also created our own comic using Gerald and Piggie.

First Grade: Read Aloud: The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.  We wrote about what a snowman might do at night.

Second Grade: We played the "I have, who has" game with text features and we started to explore some of the nonfiction.

Third Grade:  We continued to explore Destiny Quest to find books we want to read, make a list of books we read, and we started discussing reviews.

Fourth Grade:  We FINISHED Locked in the Library this class period!

Fifth Grade: We're continuing to take notes on our topic.  We started discussing outlines and what information will be included in the product.

Sixth Grade: We're continuing our author projects for our K pals.  We started working on our posters.