Description
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FAST FACTS
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
***Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a Bridges read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.
THIS BRIDGES LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 45-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 19 recommended Bridges – themed read-alouds (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages, PDF and PPT)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 pages, PDF)
- Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages, PDF and PPT)
- Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)
BRIDGES LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- sign language: “bridge”
- song: “London Bridge”
- Facts about multiple bridges around the world (listed below)
- bridge idiom – “Cross that bridge when we get to it”
- bridge idiom – “water under the bridge”
- Library skills review: 600 Dewey Decimal section; call number; Bridges is 624
- Word of the Week: keystone and deck
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for Grades 2-5.
FEATURED BRIDGES
- Golden Gate Bridge (USA)
- Brooklyn Bridge (USA)
- Tower Bridge (England)
- Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau Bridge (China, Hong Kong, Macau)
- Arkadiko Bridge (Greece)
- Le Viaduc de Millau (France)
- Duge Bridge (China)
- The Golden Bridge / Cau Vang (Vietnam)
- Fort of Ponta da Bandeira (Portugal)
- Royal Gorge Bridge (USA)
- Canopy Walk, Kakum National Park (Ghana)
- Hartland Covered Bridge (Canada)
DIFFERENTIATED BRIDGES SCAVENGER HUNT
- 2 versions + answer key
- Version 1 – students color the icons and objects as they find them in the presentation slides
- Version 2 – questions about the information in the slides + smaller images to find
RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction
- all have a bridges theme
- total of 19 titles
- includes small images from the presentation
- 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.