Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS AUGUST DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 44 minutes (timed scroll of the 59 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 59 August themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 August Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 50 Recommended Reads for some of the August themes (1 page)
- Take Home August Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of August-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This August Digital Bulletin Board focuses on August holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of August celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about lions, sand, lighthouses, and more!
- gladiolus and poppy (August flowers)
- peridot (August birthstone)
- famous August birthdays – see below for list
- 3 Would you rathers and 2 This or That questions
- 3 Extreme Close-Ups (August-themed photos zoomed in – can students guess what they are?)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: memoir and mochi
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
AUGUST HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- Dogust (1st)
- International Mahjong Day (1st)
- National Coloring Book Day (2nd)
- National Water Balloon Day (2nd)
- National Watermelon Day (3rd)
- National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (4th)
- National Root Beer Float Day (6th)
- National Lighthouse Day (7th)
- International Cat Day (8th)
- National Mochi Day (8th)
- International Infinity Day (8th)
- World Lion Day (10th)
- World Lizard Day (14th)
- National Roller Coaster Day (16th)
- National Potato Day (19th)
- National Waffle Day (24th)
- World Rock Paper Scissors Day (27th)
- We Love Memoirs Day (31st)
- National Eat Outside Day (31st)
- National Sandcastle Day (1st Saturday)
- National Bowling Day (2nd Saturday)
- World Honeybee Day (3rd Saturday)
- First day of school (date varies)
- National Peach Month
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
- Neil Armstrong (August 5, 1930)
- Matthew Henson (August 8, 1866)
- Virginia Dare (August 18, 1587)
- Mary Shelley (August 30, 1797)
AUGUST DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about July things (all answers are in the presentation).
- Two differentiated versions
- Scavenger Hunt #1 – easier – does not require any reading
- Scavenger Hunt #2 – harder – for students who can read well
- Answer Key included for Scavenger Hunt #2
- Editable text, 3 total pages
AUGUST RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by some of the August holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 50 titles
- titles are editable, so you can customize the books included for your library
- All titles were hand-selected by a veteran school librarian for quality, diversity, positive reviews, and currency.
- All titles received positive professional reviews on Titlewave for Grades 2-5. Many titles received starred reviews.
TAKE-HOME EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
I am so excited about this new addition to my Library Lessons! You can see a free, uneditable example (February) here. This August Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version that goes with the August holidays and celebrations.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page August Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the August Digital Bulletin Board
- Discover sweet and savory topping ideas for waffles (National Waffle Day is August 24th!)
- review August vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a lion using simple, step-by-step directions (World Lion Day is August 10th!)
- learn how to sign “lion” in American Sign Language
- list of famous August birthdays from the presentation
- list of August celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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