It’s almost Penguin Awareness Day (1.20) so we celebrated with a read aloud or two and a digital library. We also made some penguins using resources I added in the bitroom below. Message me via thebiggreenbookshelf@gmail.com for a google copy you can edit or use the published link!
This month in the library we roared more than usual, but mostly it was on topic roaring. We read, crafted, sang and stomped like dinosaurs. As always, I made a bitmoji library as a basis of our theme for the month. One of my favorite activities was to read If the Dinosaurs Came Back, then have students create a background and dinosaur in the same style as the illustations. It turned out the be a little challenging for some of them so I helped by printing out dino shapes for the foreground image.
We found great hats to make on the interwebs, and lots of fun dino themed games on pbs kids and abcya for our computer brain break day. We also made a makeshift green screen from butcher paper to practice our dramatic poses in front of scary dinosaurs- easy and free with the DoInk app.
To make a copy of the dinosaur library in google slides click here, to view in presentation mode use: https://bit.ly/bgbsdinovr
Our campus has a Veteran’s Day program planned, so I collected some resources with a little help. Make a copy here, or use the presentation as is with https://bit.ly/bgbsvday
To use the epic books, it’s best to log in to epic then click each book. They are located on the “floor” while all others are youtube converted to our district program VRSpot.
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