SECOND GRADERS IN THE LIBRARY

September - December

Library Orientation

• Introduction to new students
• Review library rules, expectations
• Review listening skills “Give Me 5”
• Review borrowing responsibilities
• Review book selection – fiction, nonfiction
• Review use of shelf markers

UNIT: Fantastic Mr. Fox. Roald Dahl

Support Books:
Roald Dahl: Kids Love His Stories. Christopher Meeks (biography)
D is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A – Z Guide to the World of Roald Dahl.
Wendy Cooling, compiler

Nonfiction: Finding and sharing facts about foxes
Foxes. Jalma Barrett
Arctic Babies. Kathy Darling
Flying Foxes and Other Bats. Sheri Reda
Bizarre and Beautiful Ears. Sante Fe Writers Group
Badgers and Other Mustelids. Lisa Klobuchar

Activities:
Treats for Roald Dahl’s birthday
Made giant spider web to review story
Create character collages to represent specific character traits

October

Author Visit
Introduction to Peter Lourie
Make welcome sign for author

“Going Batty”
“Why Bat Has Wings”
Nonfiction: Bats: Swift Shadows in the Twilight. Ann C. Cooper
Make giant spider web while learning bat facts

January - February

“Heroes and Heroines”
Davy Crockett Saves the World. Rosalyn Schanzer
The Narrow Escapes of Davy Crockett. Ariane Dewey
Nonfiction: Davy Crockett: Hero of the Wild Frontier. Elizabeth Moseley
       The Alamo. Kristin Nelson
Website: look at comet formation
Clever Beatrice. Margaret Willey

“African American Heroes”
Chalk story: “Bill Pickett” (bulldogger) from
Chalk Stories of Extraordinary African Americans. J. Jewell Jones
Listen to CD: Follow the Drinking Gourd. Bernardine Connelly