Grade 3 FICtion Covers

Third graders now get to take out books from anywhere in the library ... but they're not sure how to find what they want. So we'll be learning how to use the online catalog and convert call number listings into shelf locations.

We started simple, with the fiction section. Every fiction call number has "FIC" as the first line, and then the first three letters of the author's last name as the second line.

For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would be

FIC
MOO

What would YOUR call number be?

Students figured out the call numbers for a list of books and and then created their very own for a fiction book they "wrote." Here are some of their book covers:

Grade 1 E Book Covers

First graders are learning about call numbers, which work like addresses for books. Although they're called "numbers," most only have letters ... kind of confusing. We're starting with the E (for Everyone) section.

Every picture book call number has "E" as the first line, and then the first letter of the author's last name as the second line. For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would be

E
M

What would YOUR call number be?

Students figured out theirs and created an E book they "wrote." Here are some of their book covers:

Creepy Carrots with K

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Just two years old, Creepy Carrots has become an instant classic. It won a 2013 Caldecott Honor medal and a place in my curriculum.

Luckily, kindergartners liked it as much as the preschoolers (although I was told by AM that it just wasn't scary enough). And one student even noticed that "It looks like a movie!" That was exactly what the illustrator, Peter Brown, had in mind: Hitchcock movies and The Twilight Zone.

Here are the kids' versions of creepy carrots.