Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS JUNE 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 59 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 59 June themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 June Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 51 Recommended Reads for the June themes (1 page)
- Take Home June Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of June-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This June Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor June holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of June celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about giraffes, Juneteenth, Father’s Day, and more!
- rose and honeysuckle (June flowers)
- pearl, alexandrite, and moonstone (June birthstones)
- famous June birthdays – see below for list
- Would you rather and This or That questions
- 8 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: microplastic and graduation
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
JUNE HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- National Barefoot Day (1st)
- Hot Air Balloon Day (5th)
- Drive-In Movie Day (6th)
- National Yo-Yo Day (6th)
- World Oceans Day (8th)
- International Falafel Day (12th)
- National Cucumber Day (14th)
- World Croc Day (17th)
- Father’s Day (third Sunday in June)
- Juneteenth (19th)
- Summer Solstice (20th or 21st)
- World Giraffe Day (21st)
- National Smoothie Day (21st)
- National Onion Ring Day (22nd)
- Dragonboat Festival (late May or June)
- Audiobook Appreciation Month
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
- Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926)
- Nathan Hale (June 7, 1755)
- Prince (June 7, 1958)
- Helen Keller (June 27, 1880)
JUNE DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about June 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
JUNE RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by some of the June holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 51 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 June Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page June Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the June Digital Bulletin Board
- Learn to make an easy strawberry cheesecake snack
- review June vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a sandcastle using simple, step-by-step directions
- learn how to sign “giraffe” in American Sign Language
- list of famous June birthdays from the presentation
- list of June celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
MORE JUNE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
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