March comes in this week!

This week in Kindergarten, we have many choices! Some classes will be finishing their study of Mo Willems.  Others will be working on Fiction and Nonfiction books and where to find them.  At the end of the week I will begin to do  a Dr. Seuss author study.  This can last several weeks, so it will work to start it a bit early.  If none of these options work for your class, I can read the Pigeon books, then we will draw a pigeon!  Let me know what will work for your class!

In PreK I will read Can I Play too? by Mo Willems.  I was thinking of reading Dr. Seuss books next week.

Have a great week! 

This week in the Media Center

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!

The bookfair went well and you can still order online until February 28th!  Just go to: Verda Dierzen book fair
and you can order some more new books!  

In the Media Center this week, with the kindergarten classes, we will be talking about Presidents.  I can read either Just Like Abraham Lincoln, or George Washington's teeth.  We will then write about what we would do if we were the President.  
Some classes are right in the middle of our Mo Willems author study.  We are using the Super 3 Method of research.  It basically has 3 parts:  Plan, Do, Review.  It's not too late for your class to join us!
The third option is learning about fiction and nonfiction books, and where they are located in the library.  I have been reading about penguins, but I could do other animals as well.

For PreK, I will be reading about playing with our friends.  I will read, Come out and Play or Join in and Play.  This is to go with your Second Step lesson this week.

Have a great week!

Don't forget the Book Fair!

This week in the Media Center we will be having a book fair during conferences.   Be sure to come down and make out your wish list!

This week for the Kindergarten classes I will be reading Just Like Abraham Lincoln and doing a draw-together Lincoln, or Valentine Bears and we will make hearts.  If you would like me to begin the Mo Willems author study with your class, just let me know!

For our PreK friends, I will be reading, Love Splat!  This is a cute story about a cat named Splat.

I hope you all have a great week!  May all of your conferences go well!  If you need me to sit in on any of them, just let me know--I'd be happy to!

Welcome Spring?

Well, the groundhog did not see his shadow, so that means and early spring.  Doesn't look like it to me!!
Oh well, we have been lucky so far this winter, over all. 

This week in the Media Center:
For Kindergarten, I'd like to finish up with the Quilts, so if your class hasn't done it yet, they will this week.  If that is a problem, please let me know!  I also have the Mo Willems author study, if you  are interested.  This will take about 3 weeks.  Then there is one more thing I need to do with your classes, but I need your help.  I am going to do a Fiction/Non-fiction activity.  They will learn to identify the difference and then tell where to find fiction or non-fiction books in the library.  This is one of the Media Center standards that all Kindergarten children need learn before the end of the year.  The help I need is to know a subject you have done or are doing in your class.  For example, I have noticed that some of you have studied penguins.  This would be a perfect subject for me because I can show a fiction book, such as Tacky the Penguin.  Then I can show or read a non-fiction book about penguins.  So if you are studying any animals or subject at this time, or plan to in the near future, please let me know.

For PreK, I am reading Snow Friends.  I noticed that your Second Step lesson this week is about friends, and it is snowy outside!

Have a GREAT week!