ACS & FCS Distance Learning Library Activities

T his week's Read Aloud is: Snappsy the Alligator Did Not Ask To Be In This Book Written by: Julie Falatko Illustrated by: Tim Miller Things to think about: Who is telling the story?  What is the "truth", what the narrator says or what Snappsy says?  Does what the narrator says, change what Snappsy is doing? Things to do: What kind of animal is Snappsy (He is an alligator.)?  Use what you learned in the story to fill out this Animal Research Organizer , then make another one on either real alligators or another animal you know.  Use this link to National Geography Kids to help you. Remember you can send me your finished work and I will post it to this blog.  Email me at eackerman@anwsd.org . Have a great day and happy reading! Submitted Student Work!

Below are the library activities for the week of May 18th. Listen and watch the Dragons Love Tacos video. Things to think about: What type of food do you like?  Do you like any food that other people don't like? Things to do: Draw and write about your favorite part in the book. If you have a printer, you can use this  Favorite Part  worksheet. For extra fun, keep filling out the Distance Reading Menu that was sent home from school. If you can't find your menu, here's a link to print out or look at a  new copy .  If you email your work to Mrs. Ackerman at eackerman@anwsd.org, I'll add it to the blog. Happy Reading!

This weeks story is Where Are My Books?   by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Things to think about: Was it a surprise who was taking the books?  Who did you think was taking the books? Things to think about: How are Spencer's books like a Library? Things to do: Draw a squirrel with Debbie.  Send it to me and I will post it here. There are great activities on Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Website .  Check them out! Have a great day and happy reading! Below are pictures from the activities:

This week's story is: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler Read by former First Lady, Michelle Obama Things to think about: Why did the mouse make up the story of the Gruffalo and how did it help? Things to do: Go to the   Gruffalo   website to explore and play games. Have a great day and happy reading!