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 Tunnels read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! I cannot include a recorded read-aloud due to copyright restrictions.
THIS TUNNELS LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 44-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 18 recommended Tunnels – 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
TUNNELS LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- sign language: “tunnels”
- group discussion of 7 reasons why people build tunnels, with real-world examples of each reason
- tunnels idiom – “light at the end of the tunnel”
- digging idiom – “dig up dirt on someone”
- Library skills review: 600 Dewey Decimal section; call number; tunnels (and bridges) are in 624
- Words of the Week: burrow and lava tube
- multiple burrowing animals and why they build tunnels
- earth’s layers – crust, mantle, core
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for Grades 2-5.
FEATURED TUNNELS
- Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland) – longest and deepest in the world
- English Channel (UK and France)
- attempted bank robbery via tunnel (Rome, Italy)
- Shanghai Bund Sightseeing Tunnel (China)
- Chirk Canal Tunnel (Wales)
- Kola Superdeep Borehole (Russia)
- Bunut Bolong (Bali, Indonesia)
- Nāhuku Lava Tube (Hawaii, USA)
- lava tubes on the moon and Mars
- Lincoln Tunnel (New York and New Jersey, USA)
DIFFERENTIATED TUNNELS 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, fiction, nonfiction, and 1 graphic novel
- all have a theme of tunnels, digging, mining, or holes
- 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.
