ReedALOUD: The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

Today, my first graders and I participated in Read for the Record, the JumpStart literacy initiative that raises awareness about the importance of early reading experiences for children. In its eleventh year, the hope is to break the record for the most people reading the same book on the same day.

This year, the book selection was The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Juila Sarcone-Roach.

In this engaging and wonderful story, a bear is accidentally transported to a new "forest." 

The bear uses its senses to explore this new place.

Hunger sets in and the lovely scent of a sandwich, left alone on a park bench, beckons. You can imagine what happens next.

At least, that's what the animal belonging to these two ears explains...

to much laughter from my readers. 

After reading and discussing the story, the students drew pictures of a bear visiting our school:

For the record, this was a fabulous day!

All on a Tuesday Morning: Life in a School Library

One Tuesday morning...

in my school library...

during choice time...

this is what I witnessed:

Collaborative problem solving

Taking ownership of our library

Creative Story Telling

Reading

Word Building

All of this occurred after these fourth graders helped me hone the Library Neighborhoods Lesson...more on this later!

Wherein 5th graders impart their knowledge about browsing and borrowing routines

The fifth graders are taking on a leadership role by using their knowledge of browsing and borrowing routines to create videos for the lower grader students. The project has taken three weeks: brainstorming and planning, filming, and editing. Below are a few of the finished projects. I am incredibly impressed by their understanding of how to communicate a message. I have shown the these and the other videos to the second graders and they have been both engaged and informed. You can listen to their comments below as well.

Following the videos are examples of student work during the process as well as ways that the three classes of fifth grade work was organized. 

Recommending Books

Helping Out in the Library

Finding Books on Destiny

Putting Books Back Correctly

Looking for Books

Second graders share what they learned:

How did this project progress?

First: the students worked in table groups to share what they knew about browsing and borrowing. 

Second: They planned their skits

Third: They filmed their skits

Fourth: They created their iMovie projects

I used this table to keep track

The fifth graders will watch their videos and evaluate their own this week. Stay tuned!

Library Teacher friends, as always, if you see something here you want to replicate, please do, and let me know how you have improved any steps!