Description
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FAST FACTS
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- 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 Skyscrapers read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.
THIS SKYSCRAPERS LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 44-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 23 recommended Skyscrapers – themed read-alouds (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages, PDF and PPT)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page, PDF and PPT)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 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 and Google slide timings for digital bulletin boards
SKYSCRAPERS LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- sign language: “skyscrapers”
- 5 whole-group discussion topics about what it takes to build a skyscraper
- 5 tallest skyscrapers in the world as of August 2022 (will be updated as new skyscrapers surpass them)
- skyscrapers idiom – “tower over”
- skyscrapers idiom – “head in the clouds”
- Library skills review: 700 Dewey Decimal section; call number; architecture (and skyscrapers) is in 720
- Word of the Week: base and story
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for Grades 2-5.
FEATURED SKYSCRAPERS AND SKYLINES
The tallest skyscrapers will change over time. The “top five” featured in this presentation are as of late-August 2022. I will update the list as needed when new skyscrapers surpass the existing top five.
I did not include any “towers” (such as the Tokyo Skytree) or any buildings that are not complete or are unoccupied (Goldin Finance 117 in China).
- #5 – Ping An International Finance Center (China)
- #4 – Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel (Saudi Arabia)
- #3 – Shanghai Tower (China)
- #2 – Merdeka 118 (Malaysia)
- #1 – Burj Khalifa (UAE)
- Taipei 101 (Taiwan)
- The Shard (England)
- Shanghai World Financial Center (China)
- Turning Torso (Sweden)
- Burj Al-Arab (UAE)
- Willis Tower (USA)
- Empire State Building (USA)
- One World Trade Center (USA)
- Chrysler Building (USA)
- Marina Bay skyline (Singapore)
- New York City skyline (USA)
- Hong Kong skyline (China)
DIFFERENTIATED SKYSCRAPERS SCAVENGER HUNT
- 2 versions + answer key
- Version 1 – students color the icons and objects as they find them in the presentation slides
- Version 2 – questions about the information in the slides + smaller images to find
RECOMMENDED READS
- Includes picture books and nonfiction
- all have a skyscrapers or buildings theme
- total of 23 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.
