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First Grade Library Lesson Plans First graders meet once a week for 35 minutes. During the first semester students learn how to use the library, the difference between fiction and nonfiction and they learn what authors and illustrators do. In the second semester students learn about specific authors and illustrators such as Marc Brown, Lois Ehlert, and Arnold Lobel. |
| Date | Story | Lesson | |
| Aug. 8-10 | Library Dragon by Deedy | discuss library and color | |
| Aug. 13-17 | Let's Visit the Library by Johnston | Welcome/ Expectations and procedures | |
| Aug. 20-24 | D.W.'s Library Card by Brown | Check out Procedures/ Elephant Reminder coloring sheet/ Book care Review worksheet | |
| Aug. 27-30 | Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book | How to select a book & replacing books worksheet | |
| Sept. 4-7 | I Took My Frog to the Library by Kimmel & activity | Library behavior | |
| Sept. 10-14 | Fireboat by Kalman | ABC order worksheet | |
| Sept. 17-21 | What are Authors and Illustrators? 2 worksheets | ||
| Sept. 24-28 | Frog and Toad by Lobel | Parts of a book: cover, spine, title page (title page and table of contents worksheets) | |
| Oct. 1-5 | RIF #1 | Choose RIF books | |
| Oct. 8-11 | Dinosaur books (Fic and NF) | How to select books from NF shelves/ Difference between Fic and NF | |
| Oct. 16-19 | The Scarecrow's Hat by Brown | What is fiction? worksheet; Check out | |
| Oct. 22-26 | Book Fair | Check out | |
| Oct. 29- Nov. 2 | Stellaluna | "A title helps you find the right book" worksheet; Check out | |
| Nov. 5-9 | What is nonfiction? worksheet | ||
| Nov. 12-16 | Arthur Writes a Story | author Marc Brown | |
| Nov. 19-20 | Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey | coloring sheet | |
| Nov. 26-30 | Inch by Inch by Lionni | Measurement, Send in the Trolls, Reading Measures | |
| Dec. 4-7 | The Twelve Days of Christmas by Brett | Choose RIF books | |
| Dec. 10-14 | "Review Library Words" worksheet | ||
| Dec. 17-20 | Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? by Brett | Christmas tree coloring sheet | |
| Jan. 7-11 | How to choose appropriate chapter books in Fiction (5 finger test; look at Junie B. Jones and Freckle Juice) | ||
| Jan. 15-18 | Penguin Pete and Little Tim by Pfister | Penguin letter Pp coloring sheet | |
| Jan. 21-25 | White Snow Bright Snow by Tresselt | 2nd letter ABC order worksheet | |
| Jan. 28-Feb. 1 | Poppleton by Rylant | finger puppet | |
| Feb. 4-8 | Pickles to Pittsburg by Barrett | ||
| Feb. 11-15 | Click, Clack, Moo; Cows that Type by Cronin | ||
| Feb. 19-22 | Me First by Helen Lester | Which book comes next? worksheet | |
| Feb. 25-29 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig | coloring sheet | |
| Mar. 3-7 | Dr. Seuss books & biography (There's a Wocket in my Pocket) | Choose RIF books | |
| Mar. 10-14 | Imogene's Antlers by Small (video) | coloring sheet | |
| Mar. 17-20 | A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Lester | ||
| Mar. 25-28 | Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain | repetition | |
| Mar. 31-Apr.4 | The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble | story told in reverse | |
| Apr. 7-11 | Eating the Alphabet | author Lois Ehlert | |
| Apr. 14-18 | Train Song by Siebert | ||
| Apr. 21-25 | Crackers by Bloom | ||
| Apr. 28-May 2 |
How Caterpillars Become Butterflies (NF) |
LAST CHECK-OUT | |
| May 5-9 | Watch: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | ||
| May 12-16 | Draw your favorite book or favorite place to read/ Share with the class | ||
| May 19-23 | |||
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