1st Grade

August/September Lessons

Meet the Elementary Middle School Librarians

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Week 2 Lesson

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WEEK 3

Enjoy hearing The Dot by Peter Reynolds!

Use your creativity to celebrate "Dot Day" with some fun activities!

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Chicken in School

Let's learn about chickens!

Then, we'll learn how to draw one!

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Week 4

Enjoy meeting a new friend, Clifford, the big red dog. Norman Bridwell even shares how he got the idea to write and illustrate these books.

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Week 5

Enjoy another Clifford story and gear up for Fire Prevention month.

Week 6

Learn about author & illustrator Diane deGroat. Hear Mrs. Ferguson read our first Gilbert book.

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Gilbert Series

Meet Gilbert, one of our first grade characters!

We will be reading books about Gilbert throughout the year.

The first Gilbert book is Brand New Pencils, Brand New Books.

After you hear the first Gilbert, move on to some others!

October Lessons

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Week 7

Gilbert deals with a Halloween mix-up!

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Week 8

Enjoy a mystery with Curious George!

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Week 9

Enjoy a variety of Halloween stories read by the elementary librarians.

November Lessons

Week 10

Enjoy another installment in the Gilbert series. We Gather Together, Now Please Get Lost is Mrs. Ferguson's favorite Gilbert book.

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Week 11

November books and activities!!!

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Week 12

Enjoy the Thanksgiving read alouds and activities!

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Week 13

Thanksgiving week!!!

Enjoy some stories and fun activities!!

December Lessons

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Week 14

Snowmen at Night--What do snowmen do while you are sleeping?

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Week 15

Snowmen at Christmas

What a fun story!!!

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Week 16

Enjoy SIX fun books, many read by Mrs. Ferguson, and some drawing and singing, too!

January Lessons

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Week 17

Happy New Year!!

Hear some good books and enjoy some fun videos!

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Week 18

Enjoy a fictional story about Uni the Unicorn!

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Week 19

Learn about bears by using non-fiction books.

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Week 20

Winter---Brrr!!!

Enjoy some stories and fun winter activities.

February Lessons

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Week 21

Fiction--Dog stories are great! Ben Tucker Ferguson, pictured on the library couch, had a great day hearing some fiction stories!

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Valentine's Day

Enjoy some Valentine's stories by the elementary librarians!

First graders---be sure to hear the Valentine adventures of our favorite first graders, Gilbert, Patty, and even Lewis!

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Week 23

Dental Health

Make sure you brush and floss!!

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Week 24

President's Day

Learn about the role of our commander in chief.

March Lessons

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Week 25

March 2nd is Read Across America. Let's celebrate the love of reading by learning about Dr. Seuss!!

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Week 26

Let's learn about WIND!!!!

Did March come in like a lion or a lamb???

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Week 27

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Wishing you a pot of gold, and all the joy your heart can hold!!!

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Week 28

Eat your veggies!!!

Try to grow some, too!!!

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Week 29

Enjoy some Spring stories!

April Lessons

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Week 30

Listen and enjoy 4 or more Virginia Reader's Choice books in the primary category and vote on your favorite!!!

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Week 31

Learn about frogs and their life cycles!

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Earth Day

April 22nd

Let's take good care of our planet!

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Week 32

Learn all about butterflies!

May Lessons

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Week 33

Let's learn about the farm!!!

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Week 34

Let's continue our farm study and learn about planting the community garden with local master gardener, Mr. Charlie!

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Week 35

Let's hear The Snatchabook and Goldilocks and the Three Bears!

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Week 36

Learn about David Catrow's illustrations and hear some fun stories!!

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SCHOOL'S OUT!

Enjoy some great stories! Hear about Gilbert's last day of school!!

June Lessons

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Last week

Enjoy some wonderful stories!!

Thank you for visiting the Macy Library website! Go back through the year and re-visit some old favorites this summer!

I look forward to seeing everyone next year!

Love,

Mrs. Ferguson