Homework/Classes


The Library staff teaches a progressive program of skills instruction in all grades. Primary level activities are centered around literature appreciation while the middle grades concentrate on the organization of information and evaluation of sources.

To see what we are doing in a specific class this week click on the grade level below:

Kindergarten First grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade

 

Kindergarten

Month

 Theme
September Starting School and Families
October Halloween Stories
November Bears
December Holiday stories
January Tolerance, equality, and friendship
February dinosaurs

March

 Springtime, gardens, bugs
April Springtime, gardens, bugs
May Stories about having fun!

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First Grade

Month

Theme
September Stories about starting school, autumn, and art and artists
October Halloween Stories
November Rhyming stories
December Holiday stories

January

 Creation myths
February stories from Asian countries and cultures
March African tales, pets
April African and European stories, pets
May Fiction versus Non-fiction pairings

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Second Grade

Month Theme
September Stories about community
October Halloween Stories
November Fables
December Holiday stories
January Chinese folklore
February Tall Tales
March Fractured Fairy Tales
April
  • Fractured fairy tales
  • library map
  • planets research
May legendary pairings:
  • The Myth of King Midas
  • The Chocolate Touch

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Third Grade

Month Theme/Lesson
September Library organization and Harry's Mad by Dick King Smith
October Harry's Mad
November introduction to the Dewey Decimal System; Missions project
December Missions project
January
  • Shredderman
  • magazines
  •  using the library's online catalog
February
  • Shredderman
  • map of library
  • Dewey Decimal cartoons
March
  • Shredderman 2
  • Electronic databases
  • Begin trading card project
April
  • Shredderman 2
  • research project (trading cards)
May
  • Shredderman 2
  • research project (trading cards)

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Fourth Grade

Month Lesson
September Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, using the library catalog and databases
October U.S. States research, using the library catalog, Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
November Mr. Chickee's Funny Money
December
  • Native Americans project (4B)
  • Write clues for library scavenger hunt
January library scavenger hunt
February using the library catalog
March
  • Mr. Chickee wrap-up quiz game
  • electronic resources: EBSCO and World Book Online
April
  • online databases
  • The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary
  • Macbeth & Hamlet (4A only) read-aloud
May searching online databases:
  • evaluate e-Grolier
  • use Searchasaurus/Kids Search to locate magazine articles
  • address difference between search engines and electronic databases

read-aloud: The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary

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Fifth Grade

 

Date Assignment
Sept 11/12 Library overview, Bud Not Buddy activity
Sept 17/18 The Dictionary Game; Adam Canfield of the Slash
Sept 24/25 Dewey and library catalog
Oct 2/3 Prehistory Mystery, continued
Oct. 9/10 Prehistory Mystery!
Oct 15/16 Read-aloud and booktalks

Tech:  visit http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus and discuss
Nov 6/7 Where in the World atlas race
Nov 13/14 Where in the World atlas race
Nov 20 introduction to wiki project
Nov 26/27 Introduction to Wiki Project

Fifth-graders: click here to log into the wiki page.

download the note-taking template here!
December 11/12 Wiki project: load drafts onto wiki
December 18/19 Wiki project: finalize page design, add image, upload final drafts of paragraphs!
January 15/16 Where in China is Carmen Sandiego?

 
January 21/22 Where in China is Carmen Sandiego (wrap-up)
January 23/24 Media Literacy: print advertisements & target audience
February 5/6 Media Literacy: online advertising trivia game
February 12/13 Introduction to ancient advertisement project. 
February 26 (5B) and March 5 (5A) Begin ancient advertisement project. 
March 11/12 Read-aloud: Adam Canfield of the Slash
March 18/19 Read-aloud: Adam Canfield of the Slash
March 25/26 Online databases
April 15/16 Scavenger hunt
April 22/23 Scavenger hunt
April 29/30
  • Celebrate winners of scavenger hunt
  • Read Adam Canfield of the Slash
May 6/7 Evaluate e-Grolier

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Sixth Grade

Library activities for each week are listed below. Check back for weekly updates!

Date Assignment
Sept 10 "Lamb to the Slaughter" (Roald Dahl)
Sept 16 Medieval Map Madness
Sept 22 Medieval Map Madness
Sept 30
Oct 1 The Charlemagne Mystery
Oct 15 Medieval Fair: research & note-taking
Oct 22 Medieval Fair: research & note-taking
Oct 29 Medieval Fair: research & note-taking
Nov 5 Medieval Fair!
Nov 12 Begin Pop-Up Map project
Nov 19 Pop-Up project
Nov 26 Pop-Up project
December 17 Complete Pop-up project
January 14 Media Literacy: The Middle East
January 28 Media Literacy: The Middle East -- CBS and Deutsche Welle news clips
February 4 Evaluating Websites: click here for today's activity
February 11 Evaluating Websites, Part II: click here for today's activity
February 25 Read-aloud: short stories by Neil Schusterman
March 3 Begin library scavenger hunt
March 10 Library scavenger hunt
March 17 Read-aloud & discussion: magical realism "Monster," by Kelly Link
March 31
April 14 Fantasy Vacation project
April 21 Fantasy Vacation project
April 28 Fantasy Vacation project
May 5 Fantasy Vacation Project:
May 12 Fantasy Vacation Project : finish your Zoho notebooks!
May 19 Vacation Presentations
June 2 Vacation Presentations (if necessary)

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