Non Fiction Text

We have finally started to circulate non-fiction books. The students compared a fiction book, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, by Mo Willems to The Naked Mole Rat, by Jody Sullivan Rake.  The objective was to become experts on what the mole rat eats, where the mole rat lives, and how long a mole rat lives.  The children quickly discovered through an anticipation guide, and using the interactive white boar, that the fiction book could not help them become experts.  In the next few weeks we will thoroughly investigate text features of non-fiction, keeping our non-fiction books in order, and elements of non-fiction.

Review of library skills

This week we are finishing up reviewing our library book care and library manners. I have introduced to the children, Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures. We focus on her adventure in her school library, but many more short video clips can be accessed through You Tube.  

Happy New Year! Welcome back to library. This first week of the new year we will be working on reviewing proper book care. The children will learn keys to reading success and good book behaviors. We will read a book with a new cool-cat named Chester. He will take us on library adventures in his series, Chester Learns the Library. We will have book exchange this week for the following classes:

Monday:
Mrs. Wilkinson
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Trotter

Tuesday:
Mrs. Malinowski
Miss. Foster

Wednesday:
Mrs. Verikakis
Mrs. Baughman
Miss. Smith