Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS MAY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 41 minutes (timed scroll of the 54 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 54 May themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 May Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 57 Recommended Reads for the May themes (1 page)
- Take Home May Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of May-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This May Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor May holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of May celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about the otters, the first walk on the moon, emeralds, and more!
- lily of the valley and the common hawthorn (May flowers)
- emerald (May birthstone)
- famous May birthdays – see below for list
- Would you rather and This or That questions (2 questions)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: mariachi and ukulele
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
MAY HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- May Day (1st)
- National School Principal’s Day (1st)
- Mother Goose Day (1st)
- National Play Your Ukulele Day (2nd)
- International Wild Koala Day (3rd)
- Cinco de Mayo (5th)
- National Astronaut Day (5th)
- National Nurses Week (6th – 12th)
- Mother’s Day (second Sunday in May)
- National Clean Your Room Day (10th)
- Bond With Your Dog Day (May 14th)
- World Turtle Day (23rd)
- Paper Airplane Day (26th)
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
- World Otter Day (last Wednesday in May)
- National School Lunch Hero Day (last Friday in May)
- World Parrot Day (31st)
MAY BIRTHDAYS
- L. Frank Baum – May 6, 1919
- Florence Nightingale – May 12, 1820
- Edward Jenner – May 17, 1749
- Sally Ride – May 26, 1951
MAY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about May 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
MAY RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by some of the May holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 57 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 May Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page May Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the May Digital Bulletin Board
- Learn to make pico de gallo for Cinco de Mayo
- review May vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a shy turtle using simple, step-by-step directions
- learn how to sign “turtle” in American Sign Language
- list of famous May birthdays from the presentation
- list of May celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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