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With a friend or“new found friend” please make a list of literary friends.
Example: Pooh & Piglet
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Teresa Wetherell
Making the most of your fixed schedule
Changing all the time….
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TimeTools Teaching
1. Time
Schedule
My Look?!?
Remember
“Life isn’t about
waiting for the
storm to pass,
it’s about learning
to dance in the rain.”
Vivian Greene
Your turn…..
“Think of three positive characteristics with your current schedule.”
2. TOOLS
In record time…..
Please, make a mental inventory of the technology and tools you have at your disposal to use TODAY!
Time & Technology
In the library :
(Hardware) 30 computers (36) Document camera Data Projector Laptop iPad Camera with recorder
For each class:
(40 – 45 minutes include)
5 minute book check in 15 minute book selection 20 minutes to read aloud and/or lesson Computer / Technology Integration
The Truth IS…
What is the Purpose of Technology?
BlogsBook trailers
&Book talks
Oh, my!
Tech tools and ideas
“Share a tool or two”
3. TEACHING
“What drives your instruction?”
Media Coordinator Evaluation Instrument
Ps and Qs
PupilsPeersPrincipalParentsQualityQuantityPlanningPerformance
“We’re a TEAM!”
”What do your students do when they come to the media center anyway?”
Centers Blogs Book Trailers Puzzles Book Hooks Displays Full Group Small Groups Research Singing Games Worksheets Crafts/Coloring Read to self
area Computers Listening
Centers Book Clubs More…
“Drive-by” Research Stations
Compare Sources
Identify Text Features
Compare Text Features
Find out more information
Interactive Display/Center
.
What are your “go to” sources?
Share one good “go to” source you find
useful in planning
The sources I use include:
North Carolina Media Coordinator Evaluation
Media Specialist Collaboration Form (quarterly)
Library Sparks Magazine
Quick Reference Guide for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, DPI 2012 (IRT)
The Common Core Lesson Book K-5, by Gretchen Owocki (Heinemann; Portsmouth, NH), 2012 (CCSS) & (ITES)
Ideas!
NCCBA Picture Book Nominations
NCCBA Picture Book Nominees for
2014Common Threads
BearsFriendship
ColorsHabitatsNature
MigrationHibernationLandmarks
(Fourth Graders will relate habitats, landmarks,
animals to North Carolina)
Text Pairing or Text Sets
My Formula
GLC + NF+ F= Success
( New Understanding )
(Multiple NF texts can be added depending on objective or
standard)
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Show “Frozen” book trailer Ask: What character trait
was presented? What makes a person kind?Follow up: Share: Have you
filled a bucket today?Coretta Scott King Medal with book CorettaShare times about kindnessWhat can you do to show kindness to others
Just Ducks by Nicola Davies
Read aloud, discuss ducks and their habitat
Picture walk with NF book, Mallards Discuss differences with species using a Venn Diagram
Companion or introduce with:
Make way for ducklings (rmcloskey)Magic Finger (rdahl)Trumpet of the Swan (ebwhite)Science notebook/Field journalingScientific Sketching/Observations
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
After reading Me…Jane, ask students if they know other scientists.
You can read about her lifein the biography, Jane Goodall,Animal Scientist. I also like topair with Koko’s kitten (long).
*The One and Only Ivan (older)
Discuss introduce sign language
Types of monkeys. (Habitat and location)
Passion for conservation, endangered animals
Oh, No! by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann
Pair with Aesop ‘s Lion and Mouse fable
The Ant and the Elephant
by Bill PeetSlowly Sloth (ecarle)Animal StudyHabitat(s)(Mouse, Sloth, Frog,
BearTiger, Elephant
research) Size/measurement
When Blue met Egg by Lindsay Ward
FriendshipLandmarksArt form in booksGoogle Earth (NYC)“Compair” with Penguin and
Pinecone by Salina Yoon Hank finds an egg by Rebecca DudleyAn Egg is Quiet by Diana Hutts
Aston Show different cities with their
city-scape (NYC, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, Miami)
Spring non-fictionBlue has a blog at:
http://whereintheworldisblue.blogspot.com /
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cakeby Michael B. Kaplan
PatienceCharacter TraitsHumorousFood Groups (Nutrition)Chocolate (How to make
Chocolate Cake)Process writing (How to)FamilyPair with Where the WildThings Are by Maurice
Sendak
Bear has a story to tell by Philip C. Stead
BearsKindnessHabitats for different bearsHibernationStorytellingPair with Every Autumn
Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Knut by Craig Hatkoff (NF)
Goldilocks and Just One Bearby Leigh Hodgkinson
Pair with Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Compare with traditional story of “The Three Bears”
Use for study of urban and rural areas
Reader’s Theatre “Stick Puppets” (or bookmarks)
http://leighhodgkinson.blogspot.com/2012/09/goldilocks-crafty-thing-to-do.html
Baby Bear sees Blue by Ashley Wolff
Baby Animals (Zooborns)
Bears (Different species)
ColorsNaturePair with Blueberries
for Sal by Robert McCloskey or
Take a nature walkExplore colors in
natureConstruct a color wheel
Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino
Owl speciesRabbit speciesHabitats
Predator/PreyFriendship BooksCharacter TraitsConflict
ResolutionCompare withFrog and Toad
books
The Haunted Hamburger & Other Ghost Stories by David LaRochelle
Connects to Kevin O’Malley’s, Velcome
HumorousDark, Dark, Room by
Alvin SchwartzCreepy Carrots by Aaron
ReynoldsPair with Donna
Washington’s video from Book Hive:
“Red Red Lips”
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
2013 Caldecott Honor Book
Compare with Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor’s Garden
Great writing inspiration
Activity to connect with CCSS at
http://speakwellreadwell.blogspot.com/2013/10/creepy-carrots-tackle-common-core.html
Read aloud on Youtube at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=godIw9z4Ogs#t=22
Focus for each grade level
2 Iditarod (Akiak, Balto, and Togo)
3 People who have overcome challenges (Helen Keller)
4 Titanic (Polar, the Titanic Bear)
5 Lewis and Clark (Sacajawea)
A Amazing People
by Jake Vincent
Louis Braille Wilma
RudolphEleanor Roosevelt
Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan
Dr. Ben Carson
LOL!
Fix-Up Strategy Lesson
Students recall what teachers have used as a fix up strategy in reading.
Read aloud Baloney with foreign words
Students use strategies to figure out words
Students share answersRead again with
answers in English
Alliteration Lesson
Introduce tongue-twisters.
(Suzie sells shells on the seashore.)
Students can listen to book by Bob McLeod (be ready for laughs)
Each student can make their own Super Hero tongue twister. Share!
Other books to consider:Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Share your most favorite books!
I want my lessons….
To encourage students to want to come back to the library and promote a love of reading
To show teachers my support by enhancing their instruction and promote a love of reading
To create lessons which inspire and are meaningful with a purpose and promote a love of reading
To provide students and staff with a school librarian who provides information, services, and guidance which is needed for learning to take place,
and promote a love of reading
If it is to be . . . it’s up to me!
Award Winning Books 2014
ALA Youth Media Award Winners
Caldecott Award “Locomotive,” by Brian FlocaNewbery Award Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures,” by Kate DiCamilloCoretta Scott King Award “P.S. Be Eleven,” by Rita Williams-Garcia “Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me,” illustrated by Bryan Collier;
written by Daniel BeatyPrintz Award “Midwinterblood,” written by Marcus SedgwickPura Belpre Award Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales (Honor book) “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale,” illustrated and written
by Duncan TonatiuhRobert F. Sibert Award “Parrots over Puerto Rico,” by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore (Honor) “Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin,” written by Jen Bryant “Locomotive,” written by Brian Floca
Award Winners/Honor Books 2014(Links to activities)
Youth Award Winners/Honor Books January 2014 Locomotive by Brian Floca (A curriculum guide)Train by Elisha Cooper Pancho Rabbit and the coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh (similar retelling of Little
Red Riding Hood)Esperanza Rising by Pamela Nunoz Ryan The Watermelon Seed by Greg PizzoliWatermelon for everyone by Martha Rose Woodward A splash of red; The life and art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant (Art, biography, painting, perseverance, letter writing, creating a timeline) Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore Companion read with The Mangrove Tree (Roth and Trumbore) Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book AwardKnock Knock; My dad’s dream for me by Daniel Beaty
More Text Sets I use….(Work in Progress)Text Sets, Comparing texts, Pointof view
(Stations/Centers)Common Core
(lexile levels and nonfiction)
Persuasion to be President So you want to be President? If I ran for President Duck for President My teacher for President
I use these to have students write an opinion paper. Who would be the best president? Why? (Three reasons with examples)
Westward Expansion (mid 1800)
Students will move beyond text features and explore text structures; The pair of titles below follow a chronological structure. I also use Yellowstone Moran as an example when teaching field journaling/sketching with Lewis and Clark Unit.
The Camping Trip that changed America by Barb Rosenstock
Yellowstone Moran: Painting the American West by Lita Judge
Source (http://www.teachersfirst.com/exclusives/moreless/librarian/pairings_middle.cfm)
Jim Arnosky Books
Turtle in the sea by Jim ArnoskyOn Kiki’s Reef by Carol MalnotCarolina’s Story by Donna RathmellTurtle summer: A Journal for my daughter
by Mary Alice Monroe
Environment
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (The consequences and actions of using/abusing environment)
Tell me, Tree by Gail Gibbons (The roll trees play in our lives and identification)
Imagination
Journey by Aaron BeckerWhere the wild things are by Maurice
SendakHarold and the purple crayon by
Crockett Johnson
Use with NF Castles by David Macaulay for picture walk; spark imagination/architecture
Snow/Weather
Story of Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Great for construction of timeline)The story of snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by
Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, Ph.D.Snow Globe Family by Jane O’ConnorThe Snowy Day by Jack Ezra KeatsSnow by Cynthia RylantSnip, Snip…Snow! by Nancy Podar (How to make snowflakes
in back of book/How-to process)Snowballs by Lois EhlertSnowzilla by Janet LawlerSnow Dude by Daniel KirkWinter is for snow by Robert Neubecker (References to winter holidays)
Literary Friends
George and Martha Frog and Toad Pooh and Piglet Charlotte and
Wilbur Gerald and Piggy Trixie and Knuffle Frodo and Sam Pan and Tink Dorothy and Toto Tom and Huck Rat and Mole Dragon and Apple
Harry, Ron & Hermione
Henry and Mudge Rotten Ralph and
Sara Henry and Beezus Mr. Putter and Tabby Minnie and Moo Mercy and Baby
Lincoln Greg and Rowley Christopher Robin
and Pooh Jack and Annie Clifford and Emily
Settings in Children’s Books
NarniaNeverland
Wonderland100 Acre WoodKlickitat Street
Mulberry Street Treasure IslandMr. McGregor’s
GardenHogwarts
Badger’s HouseShire
Emerald City
Characters in Picture Books / Chapter
BooksPICTURE BOOKS
Amelia Trisha Rotten Richie Babar Baby Duck Frog Toad Louanne Pig Gerald Piggy
CHAPTER BOOKS
Fern Wilbur Templeton Bone Squirrel Sam Louis Laura Poppy Emily
Book Giveaway
Source: Ann Pace Photography
Each Kindness By Jacqueline Woodson
Wonder By R. J. Palacio
