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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Literacy Volunteers - Middle Earth "Snow" Storytime/Craft

 




Read: Snow by Uri Shulewitz (discussed Caldecott Medal – what it means)

Acted Out: The Mitten by Jan Brett (did with a large tablecloth mitten & sign/masks from janbrett.com details: http://carolsimonlevin.blogspot.com/2014/12/winter-storytimetheatercraft-jan-bretts.html)

  • Talked about folktale (story retold over generations/centuries (define), then read Jan Brett’s  book with kids holding tablecloth and masks from www.janbrett.com at the “aachoo”, I grabbed the tablecloth and the kids scattered. Another possibility is to have two kids (or grown ups) hold hands and become each side of the mitten, then let the kids crowd in between. (from http://lalalalibrary.blogspot.com/2014/12/flannel-friday-mitten.html)

Frosty the Snowman

Singable Book: Frosty
Booktalked: Raymond Brigg’s The Snowman (wonderful video available on Youtube) 

Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian (talked about Caldecott Gold woodcut illustrations, true book – would find in the Biography (bio=life, graphy =writing,stories section)

Singable/flannel: “In the Freezer” by Joe Scruggs – lyrics here.



Snowballs by Lois Ehlert (had kids look at the collage art –> art project)

Snow creatures (inspired by Ehlert’s book) – Materials: White & colored construction paper, markers, scissors, glue, pompoms, buttons, feathers, etc.

Finished with: Snowball fight using plastic bag snowballs, to the music “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson (on album Season’s Greetings)
Making snowballs:
1) Gather a white plastic grocery bag into a long, skinny tube-like length with the handles on one end.
2) Fold the length in half, then in half again.
3) Wind a rubber band around the middle until it is tight.
4) Cut open both ends to remove any folded areas.
5) Then fluff out pieces
Idea courtesy of:  Susan Dailey, librarian, speaker and author of "A Storytime Year"

Optional Additional Craft : Cut out paper snowflakes http://thechocolatemuffintree.blogspot.com/2012/12/making-giant-snowflakes.html (could use large tissue paper) (booktalked Snowflake Bentley – another Caldecott)
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Friday, January 19, 2024

2024 Mock Caldecott - Bedminster School K-2

2024 – I conducted 4 Mock Caldecott elections with a total of about 200 K-2nd* graders at Bedminster School. I used the books and ideas from this blogpost: https://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2023/11/2024-mock-caldecott.html and the basic procedure here (using Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes and Tuesday by David Wiesner as samples of previous winners and mentioning how the Caldecott Committee is meeting in secret and no one knows which books they are considering – we are all guessing!).  

*Because of snow days, 3rd grade had to bow out.  Here are the results:


Kdg Winner: Big by Vashti Harrison
Honors: In the Night Garden by Carin Berger
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
Once Upon a Book, illustrations by Grace Lin
Also Read: Remember Illustrations by Michaela Goade, Words by Joy Harjo
My Powerful HairIllustrations by Steph Littlebird


1st Grade Winner: If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
Honors: Big by Vashti Harrison
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Once Upon a Book, illustrations by Grace Lin
Remember Illustrations by Michaela Goade, Words by Joy Harjo
Also Read: In the Night Garden by Carin Berger
This is a Story, by John Schu, illustrations by Lauren Castillo
 

2nd Grade Winner: The Skull by Jon Klassen
Honors: Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
Jumper by Jessica Lanan
Nell Plants a Tree, illustrations by Daniel Miyares
Also Read: In the Night Garden by Carin Berger
If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
Remember Illustrations by Michaela Goade, Words by Joy Harjo


All the books we considered are discussed here: https://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2023/11/2024-mock-caldecott.html