Description
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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:
- Native American Heritage Month
- Diwali (date varies)
- Dia de Los Muertos (Nov. 1-2)
- Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
- National Pickle Day (Nov. 14)
- World Toilet Day (Nov. 19)
- National Parfait Day (Nov. 25)
- Red Planet Day (Nov. 28)
- Thanksgiving Day gets only a brief mention (I have a separate Thanksgiving library lesson with scrolling slides)
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
I am so excited about this new addition to my Library Lessons! You can see free, uneditable example here. This November Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version.
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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MORE NOVEMBER LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
- Veterans Day Library Lesson (Grades K-5)
- Thanksgiving Library Lesson (Grades K-5)
- December Digital Bulletin Board (Grades 2-5)
OTHER MONTHLY DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARDS:
Looking for more? This November Digital Bulletin Board is also included in:
- November Elementary Library Bundle (Grades K-5)