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Book Activities
Let's start by reviewing the parts of a book. This
slide show is
designed to help Kindergartener through second-grader students appreciate
books. To view, click on the ADVANCE
BUTTON (arrow pointing right) in the media of the Slideshare media player.
This slideshow is best-viewed on a high-speed Internet connection.
The Name Game, by Shirley Ellis
Learning to recognize and create rhymes is an important part of learning
to read, this is why some of the most successful children's book authors
write with rhythm and rhyme. Here's a fun way to have fun with names
- a game that kids have played for generations - THE NAME GAME. This
is the original version that Shirley Ellis recorded in 1963.
These activities are designed to supplement the lessons I teach - for
Kindergarten and First Grade, primarily story times and "read outlouds."
I don't have much time with the children to do much more than read and
talk about books. These resources are provided so that teachers,
families, or even students can enrich what I start in the library in case
I don't have time to do a hands-on activity related to my scheduled
library lesson. It is a work in progress and I will be adding
more as the semester goes on - please check back soon!
Bear Time! Starting the week of September 17th, I will be
reading picture books featuring bears and teddy bears to the
Kindergarten students. My students have told me they love bears,
so we will share fun stories about bears for a few weeks.
Bear Count 2007
(.pdf). How many bears do my Kindergarten friends have?
I created this "worksheet" (2 per page) to demonstrate how we can use
tallies to count. We are sending each student home with one when
they check out a book. Mom or dad (brother or sister) can help
them tally the bears at home. We will add all the tallies up and
find out how many bears there are in Ripon.
Berenstain Bears. This is the official site of the
Berenstain Bears. This popular series of books has helped
generations of kids learn to read - now kids can also enjoy their
favorite book characters in cyberspace.
Find Corduroy. The first bear book we will read is
Corduroy - the first book in a popular series. In this game,
move the mouse and find the parts of the picture that have "hotspot"
links. Click on those links until you find Corduroy! Play
again and again as Corduroy finds different places to hide.
Paws Park: Alphabet Bears. These bears all have a
shirt with an alphabet word on them. Children can listen to
directions and place each bear on a roller coaster in alphabetical
order.
Teddy Bear Measurement Game. Here's a great
Website to extend that learning and build math and measuring skills.
What Will Bella Wear? Another "dress the bear" game -
here, children have to look at the weather and dress Bella
accordingly.
Folk Tale
or Fairy Tale? The key to building an appreciation of
literature is to teach children to compare and contrast genres.
The best way to start, is by teaching simple definitions for traditional
literatures.
Folk Tales. Stories about everyday life that teach lessons
or explain something. Animals are often in the stories, and they may
even talk or act like people, but these stories are not about “magic.”
Folk tales sound like they could happen. They tell us something about
life.with kindergarten or first graders, is to read them stories and
share accompanying illustrations,
Fairy Tales. Old stories of magical events often passed
down by word of mouth. Fairy tales present good characters and
overcoming evil. Good always wins.
This activity is a simple worksheet that guides students to compare
and contrast stories and then decide whether it is a folk tale or a
fairy tale. Of course, "kids-spelling" is appropriate when using
this with young children. You can carefully help children spell
all of the words, but for our purposes, if they spell what they write
and can phonetically read it to themselves, that's all that matters.
Book
Minute. The best way to promote recreational reading in a
school library is to have students share what titles of books they have
enjoyed with their friends. Here's a simple
"fill-in-the-blank" form that can get started doing "book reports" and
sharing reading fun.
