October in the Library- Kindergarten Activities

It's been a busy month in the library. In kindergarten, we read The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest. We also studied Eric Carle's books. We read Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?, From Head to Toe, and The Mixed Up Chameleon. Students explored bears, kangaroos, and chameleons using our PebbleGo database. If you haven't looked at PebbleGo then I highly recommend checking it out. Students are learning about the variety of resources that they can use in the library to find information. 

After doing some research on kangaroos, students drew pictures of kangaroos and told us what they liked best about them. As you can see, students learned quite a bit and made some terrific illustrations. 

Students also created their own mixed up chameleons using the New York Zoo and Aquarium website. Here's an example from one of our students:

We also read Click, Clack, Boo by Doreen Cronin.

Kindergartners also visited a variety of festive Halloween websites and practiced using the mouse. They carved pumpkins on abcya.com and decorated a scarecrow on the Highlights for Kids website.

Book Club Pick for October

Join the Lunch Bunch Book Club! Students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade are invited to join in on the discussion every month during lunch. This month's selection is The Indian in the Cupboard.

Summary from Amazon.com:
What could be better than a magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures? Omri's big brother has no birthday present for him, so he gives Omri an old medicine cabinet he's found. Although their mother supplies a key, the cabinet still doesn't seem like much of a present. But when an exhausted Omri dumps a plastic toy Indian into the cabinet just before falling asleep, the magic begins. Turn the key once and the toy comes alive; turn it a second time and it's an action figure again.