Purple Color Library Storytime – Preschool Kindergarten Library Lesson

$6.50

This Purple Color Library Storytime reviews ABC order, rhyming skills, counting syllables, an English folk song, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

Description

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MADE ESPECIALLY FOR:

My Library Storytime Lessons are the lessons I would have wanted when I was a new, overwhelmed, and exhausted school librarian.

  • new PreK-Grade 1 elementary librarians
  • PreK-Grade 1 librarians on Specials rotation
  • secondary teachers who are now elementary librarians
  • busy parents and/or library grad students who just don’t have time to create detailed storytime lessons

FAST FACTS

  • Recommended for: Grades PK-1
  • Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
  • Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable

***Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.

THIS PURPLE COLOR LIBRARY STORYTIME LESSON INCLUDES:

  • 40-slide PPT + Google™ Slides
  • List of purple color-themed Recommended Reads (1 page PDF)
  • Scavenger Hunt Activity (1 page PDF)
  • Prep, set up, detailed lesson plan (7 pages, PDF)
  • Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages, PDF and PPT)
  • Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
  • Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

THE PURPLE COLOR LIBRARY STORYTIME INCLUDES:

  • Oral review of ABC order using three purple items; explains ABC order if this is a new concept for students
  • English folk song (“Lavender’s Blue”)
  • Links to five short purple color-themed videos for kids
  • “Purple” and “octopus” in American Sign Language (includes demo links)
  • “Purple” in four languages (French, Spanish, Danish, Kurdish)
  • identifying purple objects around the school
  • Who is wearing purple today?
  • 5 shades of purple
  • red + blue = purple
  • purple first names
  • words that rhyme (and do not rhyme) with plum
  • counting / clapping syllables in “purple” and “egglant”
  • library books with purple covers – you add your own
  • purple flowers and animals (special emphasis on octopuses)
  • Word of the Week: “amethyst”
  • purple idiom: “born to the purple” (born to a royal family)
  • One “This or That” for the color purple
  • purple flowers
  • All slides are illustrated with real photos and clipart for PK-1.

SCAVENGER HUNT COLORING PAGE

  • Includes blackline clipart from Part II of the presentation (the scrolling slideshow).
  • Students can color the images from the scrolling slideshow.
  • All images are labeled with the names of each object.

RECOMMENDED READS

  • Includes picture books and nonfiction for PreK-Grade 1.
  • All titles are purple-themed!
  • total of 18 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 professional reviews, and currency.

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