My 3rd and 4th graders love the almanac. I have to give them the
first week just to browse and get 'the looking' taken care of
otherwise they are still too curious to about the book to pay any
attention. They too, like the perpetual calendar; this year I was
working on it close to the time of the Superbowl so we did some
trivia based on that. Never have gotten into the chickens, though.
Guess I should give it a try!
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Barb Engvall
=^..^=
Teacher-Librarian
John Campbell Elem
Selah, WA
macbarb@charter.net
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
On Mar 31, 2006, at 6:09 PM, msirwin wrote:
> When I use the almanacs with older (gr.7 and up) kids I always show
> them the perpetual calendar and teach them how to find out what day
> of the week they will turn 16. They love it. My 6's were also
> intrigued by the number of chickens in various South American
> countries. We also use it for the 5's for a "was it possible"
> exercise (inventions): e.g.: Was it possible for Napoleon's doctor
> to examine him with a stethoscope? I spend some time just letting
> them browse through it. They get pretty caught up in all kinds of
> things. The the end of the year I always do a Mysteries of Research
> project (from the book of the same name). The almanac is very
> helpful for that one.
>
> Maureen S. Irwin
> Library Director
> Rye Country Day School
> Rye, NY 10580
> msirwin@optonline.net
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