AM K Creepy Carrots

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Halloween is on its way, so I read two "spooky" books to kindergarten - The Dark by Lemony Snicket (illustrated by Jon Klassen) and  Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds (illustrated by Peter Brown). Then we watched the Silly Symphony skeleton dance ... the AM kids were super into dancing along!

Finally, the students drew their own creepy carrots.

PM K Creepy Carrots

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Halloween is on its way, so I read two "spooky" books to kindergarten - The Dark by Lemony Snicket (illustrated by Jon Klassen) and Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds (illustrated by Peter Brown).

After watching the Silly Symphony skeleton dance, the students drew their own creepy carrots (and some made some creepy faces).

Room 3's Unfortunate Letters

Second graders are reviewing how call numbers help us find books in the library.

We read The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg, which features the letters of the alphabet meeting sad fates. The students had to guess the action happening to them, which started with the same letter; for example, the F was flattened by a foot and the Q was quartered.

 Then the kids created their own version of the book, as well as their personal call number.

Bark, George!

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PreK, DLP, and K listened to Bark, George by Jules Feiffer. They got a huge kick out of this story about a dog who doesn't bark ... instead, he meows, quacks, oinks, and moos!

To support their retelling skills, students colored the characters so they could bring them home and share story to their families. (You can click on the link to access and download more copies.)

Here are some of the PM kids with their creations:

We also watched some videos involving animal sounds. PreK and DLP helped Old MacDonald figure out what his animals say:

K watched "What Does the Fox Say?" (we have a book version of the song available for checkout!). 

Room 2's Unfortunate Letters

Second graders are reviewing how call numbers help us find books in the library.

We read The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg, which features the letters of the alphabet meeting sad fates. The students had to guess the action happening to them, which started with the same letter; for example, the F was flattened by a foot and the Q was quartered.

Then the kids created their own version of the book, as well as their personal call number. I have to say, this is always one of my favorite assignments - Room 2 showed some wonderful creativity.