Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS JULY 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 58 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 58 July themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 July Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 52 Recommended Reads for some of the July themes (1 page)
- Take Home July Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of July-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This July Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor July holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of July celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about moths, ice cream flavors, the Liberty Bell, and more!
- larkspur and water lily (July flowers)
- ruby (July birthstone)
- famous July birthdays – see below for list
- 1 Would you rather and 3 This or That questions
- 3 Extreme Close-Ups (July-themed photos zoomed in – can students guess what they are?)
- 6 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: pandemonium and pollinator
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
JULY HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- American Zoo Day (1st)
- Canada Day (1st)
- Independence Day – USA (4th)
- Liberty Bell Day (8th)
- World Population Day (11th)
- Bastille Day – France (14th)
- Shark Awareness Day (14th)
- Cow Appreciation Day (14th)
- Pandemonium Day (14th)
- National Moon Day (20th)
- National Avocado Day (31st)
- National Moth Week (last week of July)
- National Hot Dog Month
- National Ice Cream Month
- National Peach Month
- National Blueberry Month
- National Fireworks Safety Month
JULY BIRTHDAYS
- Princess Diana – July 1, 1961
- Julius Caesar – July 12, 100 BC
- Sir Edmund Hillary – July 20, 1919
- Amelia Earhart – July 24, 1897
JULY 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
JULY RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by some of the July holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 52 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 July Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version that goes with the July holidays and celebrations.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page July Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the July Digital Bulletin Board
- Learn to make a refreshing watermelon pizza
- review July vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw an ice cream cone using simple, step-by-step directions
- learn how to sign “caterpillar” in American Sign Language
- list of famous July birthdays from the presentation
- list of July celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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