October 20, 2013 · 6:15 am
Kindergarten
This week we practiced spacer use and finally began to check out books. It’s impossible to fuss when the children become so enthusiastic about actually taking a book home, they forget to put the ones they’re looking at back in the right place, with the spine out, or at all!
Grade 1
Students identified with poor Pigeon in Mo Willem’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late as he tried to talk his caregivers (the children) into letting him stay up. Afterwards we watched Laughter in Libraries’ Don’t Let the Pigeon Read the Books. (below) Luckily they didn’t seem to notice that I really didn’t have the pigeon’s voice anywhere near correct. I almost caved in to overwhelming demand to watch the video a second time, but then we would really have been short on time for book exchange.
The Grade 2 class thoroughly enjoyed The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark by Deborah Diessen, with ever s0 delightful pictures by Dan Hanna. 
We even snuck in a rereading of The Pout Pout Fish with the class remembering every bit of poor Fish’s refrain:
Grade 3 students are expected to be able to extract meaning from informational text so some nonfiction is in order. I found they had no trouble telling me what they had learned from each page we read from the stunningly beautiful and very informative Life in the Boreal Forest by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Gennady Spirin. Our small town is situated in the middle of foothills/boreal forest, so the students were very excited to share what they already knew and to add what they were learning to their cache of wilderness knowledge. I hadn’t expected to be able to read the entire book but the students insisted we continue it next class. I’ll be happy to oblige. (Alberta L.A. Outcomes)
Justine got the Grade 4 students’ attention this week when she hauled 2 huge bags of stinking garbage from the dumpster into the school cafeteria. The cook and the principal were none-too pleased as you might imagine. But you can be sure she has a plan to help the environment by decreasing food waste and we think they’re going to listen to her. …continuing Justine McKeen Eat Your Beets by Sigmund Brouwer. (Alberta Science Outcomes)
The Dear Canada series continues to fly off the shelves as we continue reading Sarah Elllis’ A prairie as wide as the sea : the immigrant diary of Ivy Weatherall. This week we talked about Ivy’s father’s profession – blacksmithing, and how the job might have changed between 1926 and now. Ivy has landed at Quebec City and boarded a train. She is astounded at the vast grasslands her father shows her as they cross the prairies. (Alberta Social Studies Outcomes)
I have chosen to read The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis to the Grade 6 class after discussing it with their teacher. Parvana’s challenges in Taliban controlled Afghanistan will enlighten our pampered students to a reality that they have not likely ever imagined. The initiative Parvana takes in meeting those challenges will help students understand how people take responsibility in their own lives. The contrast will help deepen their understanding of democracy. (Alberta Social Studies Outcomes)
Source:
http://schoollibrarybeyondsurvival.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/the-week-in-elementary-library-class-2-2013-2014/
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