Description
Click on any of the elementary library lessons for spring above to see more details about each.
FAST FACTS
- Recommended for: Grades K-6
- Lesson Duration: about 50 minutes for each lesson (150 minutes for all three)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 4 PowerPoint / Google Slides presentations
- 5 scavenger hunts (Spring Storytime and The Science of Spring; both have easier and harder versions for differentiation)
- 4 pages of Recommended Reads to send to teachers or parents (one list for each of the three lessons)
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FOUR LIBRARY LESSONS FOR SPRING:
SPRING STORYTIME (GRADES K-2)
- Includes brief descriptions of 7 spring holidays: St. Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Easter, Earth Day, Holi, Mother’s Day, and Ramadan (it’s in the spring through 2023)
- 10 visual booktalks; includes picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and 1 poetry book–all are spring-themed
- 2 “Did you Know”
- 1 spring riddle
- 1 “What do you think?”
- 3 “Would you rather?”
- 1 “What does it mean?” (explains a common spring simile)
- 2 trivia questions with answers
- 1 library review question (book spine and why it’s important)
- vocabulary words: equinox and pastel
- this week’s birthdays
- weekly schedule and agenda
- checkout reminders (you add your own!)
SPRING FLOWERS STORYTIME (GRADES K-2)
- storytime song — “I Love the Mountains”
- nursery rhyme — “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary”
- sign language links — flowers and spring
- flower names for humans — Rose, Daisy, William, etc.
- 8 guessing game slides — students choose from four flower species (e.g., “Which one is a tulip?”)
- flower jobs — gardener, flower cart owner, florist, botanist
- parts of a flower — roots, stem, leaves, petals, flower, seeds
- flower idiom — “fresh as a daisy”
- flower tea
- flower joke
- helpful garden insects and creatures
- word of the week: sprout
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for K-2.
THE SCIENCE OF SPRING (GRADES 3-6)
- Fun facts and trivia about rainbows, birds, monarch butterflies, the date of Easter, equinoxes, trees, and what it means when we say March “comes in like a lion…”
- Would you rathers…? (3 questions)
- 5 trivia questions
- 12 booktalk slides (all well-reviewed titles recommended for Grades 3-6)
- Words of the Week: pastel and equinox
- Daily and weekly schedule
- This week’s birthdays
INSECTS LIBRARY LESSON (GRADES K-6)
- sign language slide and how-to link (“bug”)
- introduction to idioms (what are idioms)
- 10 insect idioms:
- “ants in the pants”
- “butterflies in your stomach”
- “busy as a bee”
- “fly on the wall”
- “snug as a bug in a rug”
- “don’t let the bedbugs bite”
- “cute as a bug’s ear”
- “the bee’s knees”
- “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”
- “make a bee line”
- Includes facts about various familiar insects including: rhinoceros beetle, stag beetle, honeybee, ladybug, ants, Monarch butterflies, mosquitoes, and fruit flies.
- 2 “Did you Know”
- 1 “What do you think?”
- 1 True/False
- 2 “Would you rather?”
- 1 “What would you do?”
- 2 trivia questions with answers
- 1 library review question (nonfiction/Dewey numbers)
- vocabulary words: entomologist and mandibles
- this week’s birthdays
- weekly schedule and agenda
- checkout reminders (you add your own!)
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