• Orientation: Rules & Expectations - We talk about school and library rules and expectations and good choices.

I usually read one of the following titles:

• Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard

• We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

• Trickster Tales - We start a mini-unit on Trickster Tales.  We have fun reading and comparing a variety of tricksters!  Students also create a wanted poster to describe a trickster.

I read the following titles:

• Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton  (version, Gullah Islands, SC)

• Love and Roast Chicken: a Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains by Barbara Knutson

• Zomo the Rabbit: a Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott

• Anansi Does the Impossible: an Ashanti Tale by Verna Aardema

• Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric A. Kimmel

• Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel

• Artificial Intelligence -  We'll have an introductory lesson on artificial intelligence and how machines "learn." 

I read from the following titles:

• Stop! Bot! by James Yang

• Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins

• AES: Authors Engaging Students -  We are participating in the AES (Authors Engaging Students) program that is a collaboration between GCS Library Media Services and Greensboro Bound.  Some classes will start learning about author, Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen.

I read from the following titles:

• Cats in Construction Hats by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

• Cake vs. Pie by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

• AES: Authors Engaging Students -  We are participating in the AES (Authors Engaging Students) program that is a collaboration between GCS Library Media Services and Greensboro Bound.  Classes will start learning about authors Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Patrice Gopo.

I read from the following titles:

• Cats in Construction Hats by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

• Cake vs. Pie by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

• All the Places We Call Home by Patrice Gopo

• Ripening Time by Patrice Gopo

• North Carolina Children's Book Award (NCCBA) & Stations - I introduce students to the stations they will be rotating through in the coming months.  Each class period, I read-aloud from one or two of this year's North Carolina Book Award candidates, students rate the books from 1 to 5 stars, and then they work on a designated station with their group members.  Near the end of March, students will vote for their favorite book, and I will submit our votes to the North Carolina Library Association's Youth Services Section who will tally up the winner!

Stations:

• Magnetic Tiles:  Students use their creativity and problem-solving skills to build different structures.  They can free-build or try to build one of the suggested structures.

• STEM Straws and Connectors:  Students use their creativity and problem-solving skills to build different structures.  They can free-build or try to build one of the suggested structures.

• KEVA Planks:  Students use their creativity and problem-solving skills to build different structures from these wooden maple planks that each measure 5/16" x 7/8" x 4 5/8".

• Nonfiction Scavenger Hut:  Students become more familiar with the arrangement and contents of our nonfiction collection while working with other students to locate books about specific topics by locating and matching pictures on our nonfiction shelf signs.

• Choice Station:  Students will select an activity that they will enjoy from the choices given.  Not everyone can work on the same choice.  They will need to have more than one backup choice.  Choices include:  Reading/checkout, cup-stacking, kitchen/restaurant/grocery store (plastic foods, baskets, menus), puppets (read to, create a puppet play, create a book about), coloring (collaborative coloring poster, individual coloring sheet), bookmarks (coloring or create-your-own), arts & crafts (various supplies)  Additional choices may be added based on student input.