Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS SEPTEMBER DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Duration: 45 minutes (timed scroll of the 60 slides at 45 seconds each)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET
- 60 September themed PowerPoint slides + Google™ Slides version
- 2 September Digital Bulletin Board Scavenger Hunts, plus answer key (3 pages, editable text)
- 56 Recommended Reads for some of the September themes (1 page)
- Take Home September Activities – Library Handout (2 pages, editable text)
- editable September calendar with preprinted dates from the presentation
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn lots of September-related facts, but it is NOT designed to be a direct-teach lesson.
PRESENTATION INCLUDES:
- This September Digital Bulletin Board focuses on September holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of September celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about rhinos, pirates, Teddy bears, and more!
- morning glory flowers, forget-me-nots, and asters (September flowers)
- sapphire (September birthstone)
- famous September birthdays – see below for list
- 3 Would you rathers and 1 This or That questions
- 3 Extreme Close-Ups (September-themed photos zoomed in – can students guess what they are?)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Words of the Week: equinox and moissanite
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Coming Soon…
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS MENTIONED:
- Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 – Oct 15)
- National Tofu Day (1st)
- National Pet Rock Day (1st)
- American Chess Day (1st)
- Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
- Skyscraper Day (3rd)
- National Hummingbird Day (7th)
- World Beard Day (7th)
- Grandparents Day (1st Sunday after Labor Day)
- International Sudoku Day (9th)
- National Teddy Bear Day (9th)
- International Dot Day (15th)
- Talk Like a Pirate Day (19th)
- World Rhino Day (22nd)
- First Day of Fall / Autumnal Equinox (~22nd)
- National Mofongo Day (23rd)
- International Rabbit Day (4th Saturday in September)
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
- Grandma Moses – Sep 7, 1860
- Queen Elizabeth I – Sep 7, 1533
- Jesse Owens – Sep 12, 1913
- Roald Dahl – Sep 13, 1916
- Johnny Appleseed – Sep 26, 1774
SEPTEMBER DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT
- Students watch the presentation to find the images and answers to 12 questions about September 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
SEPTEMBER RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books, fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for Grades 2-5
- categorized by some of the September holidays and celebrations mentioned in the slideshow
- total of 56 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 September Digital Bulletin Board includes the editable version that goes with the September holidays and celebrations.
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page September Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the September Digital Bulletin Board
- Make a fun pirate-themed snack (Talk Like a Pirate Day is the 19th!)
- review September vocabulary words from the lesson
- learn to draw a September sunflower using simple, step-by-step directions (First Day of Fall is around the 22nd!)
- learn how to sign “rabbit” in American Sign Language (International Rabbit Day is the fourth Saturday of September)
- list of famous September birthdays from the presentation
- list of September celebrations mentioned in the presentation
- 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF
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