For the April 1 lesson: April is Poetry Month (and Baseball Season!)

Today’s Poem:

“First Girls In Little League” by J. Patrick Lewis

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

Key Vocabulary

Literacy:

First we’ll watch a YouTube video of the song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

  • Discussion time: How are the lyrics of a song like a poem?

Then we’ll read a book on the Promethean Board: “Goodnight Baseball.”

  • Discussion time: Does this book remind you of another you have read? (Maybe “Goodnight Moon?”) 

Media Skills

Launch the Henry Ford OPAC
● Log into the site
● Go to Search bar and type the word <sports> the hit the enter key on your key board. What do you notice about the types of books in your results? Are they a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction books? 

● Next, select the “Sports Fiction” section and note the types of sports books available.  

Discussion time: Why would you use either option? Which one would be faster if you wanted a chapter book about baseball?

● Assignment for today:
Students will choose a book from either search option and answer questions about it.

  1. Is the book fiction or nonfiction?
  2. Is the book in the library or checked out?
  3. What is the author’s name, what is the title?

 When students answer the question, they can go to free choice.  Including the new game, ABC Match at
https://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/

This Week’s Music:

Relaxing Music for Stress Relief

What’s So Funny? (Class Scheduled For March 25, 2020)

Today’s Poem:

“April Fool” by Myra Cohn Livingston

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

Key Vocabulary

Literacy:

  • First, we’ll read three ebooks by Kevin Henkes:
  • After reading the stories talk about what made them funny. Point out that some people may have thought the stories were quite humorous and others didn’t agree. Why do people think different things are funny?

Media Skills:

    • Go the Henry Ford OPAC 
    • Have students look for “Humor” by typing the word in the search box
    • How many results does the OPAC show you? (Hint: It’s a lot! And the answer is on the top left side of the window.)
    • Choose on the books from the list of hits and answer these questions:
      Is the book in the library or is it checked out?
      What information is in the “Call Number” section? (Hint: you have to click on “More Details”
      Is the book fiction or nonfiction? (HInt: In the Call Number section, if there are numbers, the book is nonfiction)
    • Students can go to free choice after answering the questions.

Today’s Music:

Funny Space Monsters

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