Description
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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS JANUARY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 34 minutes (timed scroll of the 45 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 45 January themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 January Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 44 Recommended Reads for the January themes (1 page)
- Take Home January Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of January-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This January Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor January holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of January celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about squirrels, bagels, Elvis Presley, puzzles, the polar bear plunge, shelfies, and more!
- snowdrop and carnation (January flowers)
- garnet (January birthstone)
- Roman god Janus (how January got its name)
- Famous January birthdays – Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, Bessie Coleman, and A.A. Milne
- Would you rather…This or That…You Can Only Keep One (4 questions)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: prosperity and thesaurus
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
JANUARY HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- New Year’s Day (Jan. 1)
- Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- Three Kings Day (Jan. 6)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday)
- National Bagel Day (Jan. 15)
- National Thesaurus Day (Jan. 18)
- National Popcorn Day (Jan. 19)
- Squirrel Appreciation Day (Jan. 21)
- Lunar New Year (date varies)
- National Puzzle Day (Jan. 29)
- National Shelfie Day (4th Wednesday)
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
- Elvis Presley (Jan 8)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (Jan 15)
- Benjamin Franklin (Jan 17)
- A.A. Milne (Jan 18)
- Bessie Coleman (Jan 26)
JANUARY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about January 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
JANUARY RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by the January holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 44 titles
- includes a small image 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.
- 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 January Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page January Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the January Digital Bulletin Board
- Try some new bagel spread ideas
- review January vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a cup of hot chocolate using simple, step-by-step directions
- learn how to sign “squirrel” in American Sign Language
- list of famous January birthdays from the presentation
- list of January celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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MORE JANUARY LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Lesson (Grades 2-5)
- Lunar New Year Library Lesson (Grades 1-4)
- Snow and Ice: Animal Adaptations Library Lesson (Grades K-5)
