Week of 5/7/12

I can identify setting.

Kindergarten

Students will hear the stories Knuffle Bunny, Knuffle Bunny Too, and Knuffle Bunny Free. Students will discuss and identify the story’s settings. Students will hear about the public library’s summer reading program and complete a Knuffle Bunny type illustration.

Standards

RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

1^st Grade

Students will hear the stories Curious George and Curious George at the Beach. Students will identify and discuss the settings of both stories and hear about the public library’s summer reading program.

Standards

RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events

2^nd Grade

Students will hear the story The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash and Jimmy’s Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash. Students will identify and discuss the settings of both stories and hear about the public library’s summer reading program.

Standards

RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

I can demonstrate understanding of library skills.

3^rd Grade

Students will hear about the summer reading program at the library and participate in the TRAILS library skills assessment.

Standards

0301.7.4 Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

4^th Grade

Students will hear about the summer reading program at the library and participate in the TRAILS library skills assessment.

Standards

0401.7.4 Use libraries/media centers to access media sources.

5^th Grade

Students will hear about the summer reading program at the library and participate in the TRAILS library skills assessment.

Standards

CC RI Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 5 topic or subject area.

Week of 4/30/12

I can retell a story.

Kindergarten

Students will hear the stories Down By the Station and If You’re Happy and You Know It. Students will retell the major events of the story in order and check out a book.

Standards

CC RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story

I can identify prepositions.

1^st Grade

Students will hear the stories Up, Down, and Around and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Students will define and identify prepositions, check out a book, and read silently..

Standards

CC L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

I can identify alliteration.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear the story The Magic Hat. They will define and identify alliteration. They will also check out two books and read independently for ten minutes.

Standards

RL 2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

I can describe the realistic fiction genre.

3^rd Grade

Students will hear the story Baghead  and identify and discuss the characteristics of realistic fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

4^th Grade

Students will hear the story Miss Malarkey Doesn’t Live in Room 10 and discuss the characteristics of realistic fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

5^th Grade

Students will hear the Rain School and discuss the characteristics of realistic fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Week of 4/23/12

I can make rhyming words.

Kindergarten

Students will hear the stories Ten Chirpy Chicks and Make Way for Ducklings. Students will also identify and create rhyming words and check out a book.

Standards

CC RF.K.2.a Recognize and produce rhyming words.

1^st Grade

Students will hear the stories Ten Chirpy Chicks and Make Way for Ducklings. Students will identify and create rhyming words, check out a book, and read silently..

Standards

CC RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound.

I can use context clues to discover a word’s meaning.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear the story Ox-Cart Man. They will use context clues to discover the meaning of unfamiliar words. They will also check out two books and read independently for ten minutes.

Standards

RF.2.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

I can describe the historical fiction genre.

3^rd Grade

Students will hear the story Mirette on the High Wire  and identify and discuss the characteristics of historical fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

4^th Grade

Students will hear the story When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia and discuss the characteristics of historical fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

5^th Grade

Students will hear the story Abraham Lincoln Comes Home and discuss the characteristics of historical fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

Week of 4/16/12

I can identify major events in a story.

Kindergarten

Students will hear the stories The Eensy-Weensy Spider, The Very Busy Spider, and Diary of a Spider. Students will also discuss sequencing, check out a book, and complete a sequencing graphic organizer.

Standards

CC RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

I can tell the difference between spiders and insects.

1^st Grade

Students will hear the stories Miss Spider’s Tea Party and Diary of a Fly. Students will also identify characteristics of spiders and insects, sort spiders and insects, check out a book, and read for five minutes.

Standards

Science 0107.2.3 Sort and classify a variety of living and non-living materials based on their characteristics.

I can measure with a ruler.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear the story Inch by Inch. They will discuss where bug books are located in the library (500s) and practice measuring with rulers. They will also check out two books and read independently for ten minutes.

Standards

Science 0207.T/E.3 Use tools to measure materials and construct simple products.

I can identify the types of folklore.

3^rd Grade

Students will view a PowerPoint about the genres and then identify the different types of folklore. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

GLE 0301.8.2 Experience various literary genres.

GLE 0301.8.3 Learn basic characteristics of literary genres.

0301.8.7 Read and review various literary genres (e.g., short stories, fairy tales, folktales,

poetry, plays, and nonfiction).

4^th Grade

Students will view a PowerPoint about the genres and then identify the different types of folklore. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

0401.7.4 Use libraries/media centers to access media sources.

GLE 0401.8.2 Experience various literary genres, including fiction/nonfiction, poetry,

drama, short stories, folk tales, and myths.

GLE 0401.8.3 Know and understand the basic characteristics of the genres studied.

0401.8.7 Read, view, and recognize various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novels, short

stories, plays, historical fiction, nonfiction).

I can identify the parts of a citation and appropriate research tools.

5^th Grade

Students will review the parts of a citation and appropriate research tools. They will also check out a book and read silently.

Standards

0501.4.9 Distinguish between necessary and unnecessary bibliographical information in

a citation.

SPI 0501.4.1 Identify the most reliable information sources available for preparing a research report.

Week of 4/9/12

I can identify the differences between poetry and prose.

Kindergarten

Students will identify the differences between prose and poetry. They will also identify rhyming words in poems from the books Anna Banana, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Ook, Ook a Book. Finally, students will check out a book.

Standards
CC RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts.

1^st Grade

Students will identify the differences between poetry and prose, hear poems by Ernest Lawrence Thayer and Dan Gutman and identify rhyming words. They will also check out a book and read silently for five minutes.

Standards

CC RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear noun poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and then create a noun poem as a class. We will discuss where poetry books are located in the library. Students will also check out two books and read silently for ten minutes..

Standards

CC RL.2.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including prose and poetry.

CC L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking.

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3^rd Grade

Students will discuss imagery in poetry and then identify imagery in three of Emily Dickinson’s poems. We will also make inferences, check out two books, and read silently for ten minutes.

Standards

CC RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

CC RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

4^th Grade

Students will discuss alliteration in poetry and then identify examples of alliteration in the poetry of Robert Frost, check out two books, and read silently for ten minutes.

Standards

CC RL.4.5  Explain the major differences between poems, drama, and prose and refer to the structural elements of poems.

5^th Grade

Students will define 1^st and 3^rd person points of view and identify examples in the poems of Karma Wilson.

Standards

CC RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

CC RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

Week of 4/2/12

 This week in the library, the book fair continues as we study rhyming words, context clues, and the science fiction genre.

I can make rhyming words.

Kindergarten

Students will hear the stories Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer and Green Wilma: Frog in Space. Students will also identify and create rhyming words and check out a book.

Standards

CC RF.K.2.a Recognize and produce rhyming words.

1^st Grade

Students will hear the stories Aliens in Underpants Save the World and A Brave Spaceboy. Students will identify and create rhyming words, check out two books, and read silently..

Standards

CC RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sound.

I can use context clues to discover a word’s meaning.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear the story Baloney (Henry P.). They will use context clues to discover the meaning of unfamiliar words. They will also check out two books and read independently for ten minutes.

Standards

CC RF.2.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

I can describe the science fiction genre.

Introduction to Genres

3^rd Grade

Students will hear the story June 29, 1999  and identify and discuss the characteristics of science fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

4^th Grade

Students will hear the story The Everything Machine  and identify and discuss the characteristics of science fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

5^th Grade

Students will hear the story Professor Puffendorf’s Secret Potions  and identify and discuss the characteristics of science fiction as a genre. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

CC RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama or poem..

This week in the library we will be learning about . . . .

I can identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

Kindergarten

Students will hear Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes and hear about other books that will be in the book fair. They will describe characters, settings and major events. They will also check out a book.

Standards

CC RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

1^st Grade

Students will hear Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes and hear about other books that will be in the book fair. They will describe characters, settings and major events. They will also check out two books.

Standards

CC RL.1.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

2^nd Grade

Students will hear Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes and hear about other books that will be in the book fair. They will describe characters, settings and major events. They will also check out two books.

Standards

CC RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

I can identify the genre of a book.

3rd Grade

Students will hear excerpts from various books featured in the book fair. They will learn basic genre terms to describe various books. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0301.8.3 Learn basic characteristics of literary genres.

4th Grade

Students will hear excerpts from various books featured in the book fair. They will learn basic genre terms to describe various books. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0401.8.3 Know and understand the basic characteristics of the genres studied.

5th Grade

Students will hear excerpts from various books featured in the book fair. They will learn basic genre terms to describe various books. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0501.8.3 Understand the basic characteristics of the genres (e.g., narratives, prose, poetry, drama) studied.

 Week of 3/5/12

I can tell who Lewis and Clark were and what they did.

Kindergarten

Students will hear Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President, explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s travels, and check out a book.

Standards

K.5.01 Identify major events, people, and patterns Tennessee, United States, and world history.

1^st Grade

Students will hear Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President, explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s travels, and check out a book.

Standards

1.5.01 Identify major people, events, and issues from Tennessee, United States, and world history.

2^nd Grade

Students will view a BrainPop about Lewis and Clark, explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s adventures, and check out two books.

Standards

2.5.01 Identify major events, people, and patterns Tennessee, United States, and world history.

3rd Grade

Students will view a BrainPop about Lewis and Clark, use reference books to explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s adventures and/or play a Lewis and Clark game. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0201.7.3 Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

0301.4.3 Use reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and encyclopedia).

3.5.01 Identify major people, events, and issues in Tennessee, United States, and world history.

4th Grade

Students will view a BrainPop about Lewis and Clark, use reference books to explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s adventures and/or play a Lewis and Clark game. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0201.7.3 Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

4.5.11 Understand sectional differences brought on by the Western movement, expansion of slavery, and emerging industrialization.

c. Explain the Louisiana Purchase.

d. Recognize the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

5th Grade

Students will view a BrainPop about Lewis and Clark, use reference books to explore replicas of items from Lewis and Clark’s adventures and/or play a Lewis and Clark game. They will also check out two books.

Standards

0501.4.2 Discern and use appropriate reference sources in various formats (e.g., interviews with family and community; encyclopedia, card/electronic catalogs, almanacs, magazines, newspapers).

 Week of 2/27/12

I can use directional words to tell where things are.

Kindergarten

Students will hear The Foot Book, discuss directional words left and right, and check out a book.

Standards

K.3.0.1 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.

b. Use personal directions such as up, down, left, right, near and far to describe relative direction.

I can identify rhyming words.

1^st Grade

Students will hear Fox in Socks  and play a rhyming game. Students will also check out a book and read silently for five minutes.

Standards

RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)

I can add one digit numbers.

2^nd Grade

Students will sing One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, and play a counting game. They will check out two books and read independently.

Standards

2.OA.2. Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

I can create synonyms.

3rd Grade

Students will hear the story The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and locate synonyms for some of Dr. Seuss’s words using a thesaurus. They will also check out two books and read silently.

Standards

0201.7.3 Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

0301.4.3 Use reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and encyclopedia).

I can identify figurative language.

4th Grade

Students will hear the story Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You? and discuss figurative language in the story. They will also read independently and check out two books.

Standards

0201.7.3 Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.

GLE 0401.8.4 Recognize and understand basic literary terms (e.g., simile, metaphor, setting, point of view, alliteration, onomatopoeia).

I can identify characters and settings in a story..

5th Grade

Students will hear excerpts from several Dr. Seuss stories and discuss characters and settings. They will also read independently and check out two books.

Standards

SPI 0501.8.1 Identify setting, characters, plot, and theme.