Elementary Lessons

Please note:

These lessons were developed when I taught at a K-8 school. Some of them I use with Special Education students at the Middle School Level. Many great Elementary Library ideas can be found at:

Elementary Library Routines Google Site
Indian Trail Library Google Site
Elvin Hill Elementary Learning at Home Resources
Shelby County Schools Curriculum and Instruction

September

Books about starting school

Orientation (Lower Grades)

Orientation (Upper Grades)

Attention Signal

Teach your listening song

5 Finger Rule for selecting books from Reading Rockets

Freedom to Read Week (Kid Friendly Banned Books Week Theme)

Dot Day September 15th from the Edublogger

Books about Libraries

FREE Reading Interest Survey from Teachable Teacher

October

Kindergarten Read Alouds Alphabet Books

What's My Genre? Bookmark Contest

Halloween

Night Animals

Spiders

Scary Stories (Upper Grades)

Red Ribbon Week: Peer Pressure Read Alouds

November

Day of the Dead

Scholastic Book Fair and Book Fair Preview

Elementary School Video

Middle School Video

One Word: Gratitude

Daylight Saving Time Fall Back (upper grades)

Thanksgiving

December

Book Care (caring for new books from book fair)

Characterization: Elmer the Elephant

Heroes

Read aloud books with favorite characters:

Elephant and Piggy
Franklin
Clifford

January

Biography Timeline (Flow Map Thinking Map)

Martin Luther King Biography

ALA Youth Media Awards Announced including Caldecott and Newbery

Start a Newbery Club

February: Random Acts of Kindness Month

Kindness Activities from The Crafty Counselor

Valentine Stories

Make Valentine Cards

Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood Simile Lesson

Jon Klassen: Hats

California Young Reader Medal Books Announced

Gaston
We are All Wonders (Picture book for Older Readers)

March

Read Across America Week

Horton Hatches the Egg

Reading Buddies

Color Unit: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Daylight Saving Time Teachers Pay Teachers Freebie (Spring Forward)

St. Patrick's Day

April: National School Library Month

SPOT by David Wiesner

Nonfiction:

Step By Step Research Reports for Young Readers from Scholastic

Planet Report

Ant Report / Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Earth Day: The Lorax Grades 1-2 from Scholastic

May

Scholastic Book Fair

Bookmark Contest

Oh, the Places You'll Go

Check-in Books - Reward video for classes with all books returned.

Contact your Public Library to talk about summer programs

June

Inventory and Closing Procedures