Book Gravy

Storytime for Kinders for the fourth week of February: Kitten's First Full Moon , Henkes, Kevin, Scholastic, Inc. Sometimes I'm Bombaloo , Vail, Rachel, Scholastic How do Dinosaurs go to School ? Yolen, Jane, Blue Sky Press

For this unit, we will be reading the following titles: Dinosaur Teeth , Gray, Susan, Children's Press Where to Look for a Dinosaur , Most, Bernard, Voyager Books Dino Pets , Plourde, Lynn, Dutton Children's Books How do Dinosaurs...? series, Yolen, Jane, Blue Sky Press

This week, the focus was on refreshing the parts of the book with the students, with an emphasis on non-fiction. Each student was given a book, and I had them turn to the title page, and discussed the title pages features. We then turned to the table of contents, and practiced using this feature. In the future, I would divide this lesson into two. However, it was unclear to me if this was a new concept, or a refresher, so I decided to included both parts in this lesson.

Thursday, Feb. 20th, 3:30-4:15pm We read: Anansi and the Talking Melon , and Anansi Goes Fishing , retold by Erik A. Kimmel, and talked briefly about its origins in Ghana, from the Ashanti people. The craft was an African drum, using paper cups, and masking tape. The drums came out great, and the students enjoyed the process. A passport and Ghana handout were given at the end of the activity. Attendance: 5