Millard Hawk Elementary

Orientation – 1st cycle September 4-13

Welcome our 1st graders back to school. Review expectations and procedures in the library.  

Library Citizenship: 

Animals Should Not Wear Clothes- Prezi 

Celebrating FALL – September 18-October 3

Read several books by Lois Ehlert.  

LEAF MAN

RED LEAF, YELLOW LEAF

Create a graphic organizer about FALL

October 4-11

Parts of a book (Title Page, Table of Contents, Glossary)

Read Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant

October 15-28

Spiders-Research Spiders

Build our Spider Webs

Using Pebblego- please ask for the username and password

Reading Creepy Carrots

Creating our Creepy Carrots

November 4

Stone Soup – Make your favorite soup

November 18

Thanksgiving-Brainpop

Basic Organization of the Library 

Reinforce ABC order

December 1-6

When Sophie Gets Angry by Molly Bang

Discuss emotions and how to deal with sadness, anger, and frustration

December 9 –13

Christmas Around the World 

December 16-20

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

January 6-23

Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keas

Story Elements

Students will write about the story using transitional words (first, next, then)

February 

EXTRA YARN: Make our YARN Bookmarks

Read Somebody Loves You Mr Hatch- Create Hearts

Reinforce alphabetizing skills

Location skills in Easy fiction section

Fiction vs. non-fiction

Understands a fact as a true statement

Recognizes non-fiction as a source of information

Literature appreciation/response

Caldecott Award

Authors/Illustrators

Self-selection of appropriate materials

First-Grade Objectives

•  Student will be able to identify a preselected topic for research.
•  Student will know we make connections (text to self, text to text and text to world).
•  Student will recognize realistic fiction, fairy tales and fantasies when a book in one of these genres is read to them.
•  Student will understand what a book spine is and why a shelf marker is necessary.
•  Student will follow the norms and procedures that are in place for the library, such as check in and check out.
•  Student will begin to sort and locate books to the first letter using the author’s last name.