Mr. Demsko LIBRARY
LESSONS Cycle 15
April 12-25, 2016
Note: Class times are changed due to PSSA testing!
Let's Rock the PSSA's! 212 it!
Grade 6- Continue group research project.
Objective: Students will work as teams to research a topic using
various print and electronic resources and then present their work in a
PowerPoint presentation.
Library Information Concepts: Research Process: Developing
Research Topic and Questions.
Competencies: As part of grade-level-appropriate research
process:
·
Develop self-generated, focused research
question.
·
Develop sub-questions about topic.
·
Use information to answer research
questions and further develop questions about topic and discover new
information.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.4.V (6-8)
Grade
5- Continue collaborative writing project.
Student
will continue to work on writing a story inspired by the illustrations in the Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
Library
Information Concepts: Using images to inspire writing.
Competencies:
Working together to develop a story. Using images to inspire thinking.
Common Core
Standard: CC: W.5.4 Produce clear and
coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience.
Grade
4 –Continue Tall Tales unit. We will begin creating our own Tall Tales. We will
pay close attention to the use of hyperbole.
Objective: Understand the elements of a Tall Tale.
Library Information Concepts: Identifying
Literary Elements.
Competencies:
Students respond to works of literature – with emphasis on comprehension and
making connections among ideas.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.3.4.K Read and comprehend
literary fiction on grade level.
Grade
3 - Fairy Tales around the World Unit. –
Red
Riding Hood – Lon PoPo
We
will look at various well known fairy tales as well as similar stories told
around the world and compare and contrast these stories.
Objective: Understand the elements of a Fairy Tale.
Library
Information Concepts: Identifying Literary Elements.
Competencies:
Students respond to works of literature – with emphasis on comprehension and
making connections among ideas.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.3.3.F, CC.1.3.3.G
Grade 2 –Legend of the Indian paintbrush.
Library
information concepts: Identifying Literary Elements.
Competencies:
Identify characters and setting in story.
Explain
plot in story.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.3.G
Grade
1- D.B. Johnson, Henry
Hikes to Fitchburg.
Library
information concepts: Identifying Literary Elements.
Essential
Questions: What do good listeners do? - How do active listeners know what to
believe in what they hear?
Competencies:
Identify characters and setting in story.
Describe
key ideas from text read aloud or presented orally or
in
another media format.
Explain
plot in story.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.3.G, CC.1.5.B
Kindergarten
–Norman Bridwell: A look at the Clifford
Series.
We will explore the
adventures of Clifford in both print and on video.
Skills: Development of Reading Comprehension, Phonemic
Awareness, Vocabulary
Objective:
Understand the relationship of illustration to text in a picture book.
Library
Information Concepts: Identifying author and illustrator roles.
Competencies:
Define roles of author and illustrator.
Common Core
Standard: CC.1.3.D
