Category: fiction

can you name that genre?

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Sometimes we all need a little genre identification practice. Using the titles from our own library collection 4th graders did a great job spotting everything from historical fiction to horror using the summary of each book. Check out our google slides to see how we spotted genres to help us identify our favorite reads! Click the image below (slide 1) to start the slide deck.Screen Shot 2017-10-03 at 8.05.32 PM

Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.

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who eats worms for lunch? story & signs

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This week we enjoyed a book about eating different things for lunch. If you were a cow, you would prefer grass- but what if you were a mouse instead? Or a cat?

Worms for Lunch is a book that grabs little readers’ attention with fun pictures and a list of animals and foods that listeners can easily sign, spell, and illustrate.

5 fun things to do with Worms for Lunch 

  • Sign all of the food and animals (cheese, milk, cows, birds…easy and fun to learn ASL)
  • Make tiny worm chains and let them wiggle.
  • Set the table with large butcher paper and illustrate your plate!

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  • Sing songs about food! I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas was our favorite!
  • Learn more about WORMS, obviously! Check your library for some great info on worms and watch some in the cool clip below!

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some mysteries of the universe in chapters (review)

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9780763694531Cody and the Mysteries of the Universe– a chapter book that offers a lot of story in a smaller package, and new to our library! Cody is a thoughtful girl, but sometimes she feels her family and friends don’t think she’s thoughtful enough (maybe too much action instead). But Cody wonders about a lot of things she sees and hears…and some of them cause a little bit of worry- for her friends, her family, and even the new kids she initially feared.  The Meen family can make quite a few kids scared… Cody and her best friend find that mysteries are the most satisfying to solve when they end in music and new connections.  Another bonus? This is one in a series for those who prefer series chapter books as a transition from picture book fiction. (Great for grades 2-5)

Sketch review…codyandmysteries