November In the Library

Books:

The Little Red Hen

Selections  from Something Big Has Been Here and Why did the Chicken Cross the Road

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

One is a Feast for Mouse

Run, Turkey, Run

Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast

Lessons:

Fiction vs. nonfiction

Call numbers - what they are and where they are located

Introduce story elements - characters, setting, plot (problem/solution)

Books:

Madeline (as part of our Read Around the World unit)

Lessons:

Introduction to nonfiction text features

  table of contents, index, glossary, bold words, italics, tables, charts, graphs, titles, subtitles

Practice using nonfiction text features in preparation for researching a mammal for Mammal Day

Books:

Wolf Story

Turkey Trouble 

Selection of Thanksgiving poems and jokes

Lessons:

Fiction and nonfiction call numbers: how they are arranged and organized

Review story elements

Characters, setting, plot (problem/solution)

Children's book awards

Caldecott Award, Newbery Award

Books:

Do You Know Dewey?

Lessons:

Fiction and nonfiction call number practice

Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification system (how our nonfiction books are organized)

Practice using the DDC

Lessons:

Practice using Dewey Decimal Classification order

Practice locating different call numbers