Creepy Carrots!

 In October I like to read Creepy Carrots, Creepy Pair of Underwear, and Creepy Crayon to my students.  These books are so much fun!!

After reading the book, I demonstrate how to draw a creepy carrot before sending them off to make their own creepy creations!

This year, I allowed them to "hide" their carrots throughout the library.  They have so much fun hiding them and the rest of the students have a lot of fun looking for and finding carrots as they are looking for books to check out.  Everyone wins when creepy carrots are involved!

Here are a few of the carrots in hiding...

Hispanic Heritage Month

 We have been busy celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the library!  Many books were read, across all 6 grade levels, and we did some fun activities to go along with them.  Here are just a few of them!

In Kindergarten we read Round is a Tortilla:  A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Greenfield Thong.  We talked about the different shapes that we could see in the library.  

 After reading the book we built shapes using spaghetti and mini marshmallows.  I am happy to report that not a single marshmallow was consumed!

In second grade, we read Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz.  They enjoyed all of the colors in this book and loved dancing to Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band!  I also found this super cute video of Lucky and his daughter Indy making paletas de sandia!

After reading the book, the students decorated their own paletas.  I hung them on a bulletin board along with a picture of the book and a QR code to direct them to the song!

A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea

 Today we read A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black and Kevin Hawkes.  This is a great read aloud that is sure to make your students giggle!

After reading this hilarious book, students worked in pairs to come up with other, "terrible ideas."  One of my favorite terrible ideas was "a goat fashion show is a terrible idea because they will eat the clothes!" 

Here are a few other examples...

A Silly Terrible Idea

A Serious Terrible Idea

Learning to learn at home

Welcome to the world of learning at home!!  I know at my house, we have been working to get into the groove of school at home.  I think one of the hardest parts is discovering the right schedule and making sure that we get everything done!

Chris Van Dusen has been doing some great read alouds of his books.  You can find them him reading one of my favorites, Hattie and Hudson, by clicking right here.

If you want to practice your library shelving skills, try this shelving game on Mrs. Lodges Library blog!

What kinds of things have you been learning at home?  What have you been reading?  Let me know in the comments!!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Today in library we drew the Cat in the Hat, got to take silly pictures in the photobooth, read Dr. Seuss books, and played with Oobleck!  

Here are some of our cats...

I'll Huff, and I'll Puff, and I'll Blow Your House In!

The Three Little Pigs

Each student got a paper with a little pig on cardstock taped to it.  They got a bag of 9 Dots (I bought boxes of the candy at the Dollar Tree) and access to toothpicks.   The object was to build a house to withstand the huffing and puffing of the big bad wolf (a hairdryer.)

I set everything up before the students came in.  

1st grade students generally build buildings that went up...

Another 1st grade structure.

Kindergarten students built houses that weren't connected and they also weren't as successful.

Everybody had fun and this is definitely a project that I will do again in the future!

Swimmy

Today, we read Swimmy by Leo Lionni.  It is a great book that demonstrates the importance of teamwork.  Each student created a fish, that would be part of a bigger fish on our bulletin board.