Description
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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS FEBRUARY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 38 minutes (timed scroll of the 51 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 51 February themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 February Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 49 Recommended Reads for the February themes (1 page)
- Take Home February Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of February-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This February Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor February holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of February celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about almonds, the human heart, polar bears, groundhogs, Pluto, and more!
- iris and violet (February flowers)
- amethyst (February birthstone)
- Roman god Februaa (how February got its name)
- Famous February birthdays – Galileo Galilei, Langston Hughes, Rosa Parks, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- Would you rather…This or That…Pick One questions (4 questions)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: translucent and segregation
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
FEBRUARY HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- National School Counseling Week (first week of February)
- National Bubble Gum Day (1st)
- National Tater Tot Day (2nd)
- Groundhog Day (2nd)
- Valentine’s Day (14th) – not specifically mentioned, but there are several Valentine’s Day images throughout the presentation
- National Ferris Wheel Day (14th)
- National Almond Day (16th)
- Presidents Day (3rd Monday)
- National Pancake Week (last full week of Feb)
- International Polar Bear Day (27th)
- Leap Day (29th)
- Black History Month
- American Heart Month
- Library Lovers Month
- Lunar New Year (dates vary)
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
- Langston Hughes (Feb 1, 1901)
- Rosa Parks (Feb 4, 1913)
- Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12, 1809)
- Galileo Galilei (Feb 15, 1564)
- George Washington (Feb 22, 1732)
FEBRUARY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about February 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
FEBRUARY RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by the February holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 49 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 here. This February Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page February Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the February Digital Bulletin Board
- Learn how to make almond butter
- review February vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a Valentine’s Day bear using simple, step-by-step directions
- learn how to sign “pink” in American Sign Language
- list of famous February birthdays from the presentation
- list of February celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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MORE FEBRUARY LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
- Valentine’s Day Library Lesson – “Hearts” (Grades K-5)
- Valentine’s Day Trivia Game (Grades 3-6)
- Lunar New Year Library Lesson (Grades 1-4)
