Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS NOVEMBER DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 39 minutes (timed scroll of the 52 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 52 November themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 November Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- Take Home November Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of November-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This November Digital Bulletin Board focuses on November holidays and celebrations that are often overshadowed by Thanksgiving (scroll down for full list of November celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about Halley’s Comet, Native American Code Talkers, months with 30 days, and more!
- chrysanthemum (November flower)
- topaz and citrine (November birthstones)
- the Latin root -nov
- Famous November birthdays – King Charles III, C.S. Lewis, Marie Curie, Mark Twain, and Edmond Halley
- Would you rathers… and This or That… (3 questions)
- 8 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: La Catrina and bountiful
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
NOVEMBER HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
NOVEMBER DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about November 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
NOVEMBER RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by the November holidays and celebrations mentioned
- total of 42 titles
- includes small images 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 at least two positive professional reviews on Titlewave.
TAKE-HOME EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page November Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the November Digital Bulletin Board
- Make an easy and healthy November snack (a simple parfait to make on National Parfait Day on the 25th)
- review November vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a Thanksgiving turkey using simple, step-by-step directions
- remember how to sign “football” in American Sign Language
- list of famous November birthdays from the presentation
- list of November celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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