[LM_NET] share:best ELEM lessons from 2006-2007 school year

["Balas, Tali" <TBalas@ECFS.ORG>]

I think the lessons the kids enjoyed the  most and I felt were the most successful 
were:
K - Mother Goose unit. After memorizing different rhymes children were divided into 
acting troupes, made costumes, and filmed performing rhymes.
1 - Nonfiction conventions unit. Compared fiction and nonfiction books all about 
Chinese history and culture t to learn about captions, glossary, index, table of 
contents, etc. Finished by making kites (invented in China) and flying on the beach.
2 - Biography unit. Finally figured out a good way for them to use research on a 
person. Each made a series of clues about there person to give to another class. 
Are they competitive!
3 - Caldecott unit. Ran mock caldecott. Had small groups make commercials for their 
favorite contender. Showed to other classes to influence vote.

Tali Balas 
Librarian, PreK - 3 
Ethical Culture Fieldston School 
tbalas@ecfs.org 
212.712.6293 


"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. 
Just get people to stop reading them."-- Ray Bradbury 


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