2017-2018 Grade 4
In Grade 4 Library Class this year, students will learn how to search the library materials database. We'll also read some great fiction set in Alberta to support their Social Studies curriculum. Of course we also read just for fun and often pick up on ad hoc topics that come up in discussions.
Other activities and topics this year:
All book cover images are linked to descriptions, often on Goodreads, where you can peruse readers ratings and reviews as well.
Other activities and topics this year:
- Share the Gift of a Story Christmas community reader
- Poetry Month
- Whooo's Reading readathon
- Game books novel style
- Ad hoc: JK Rowling's mythology resources, international time zones
- Public Library visit to promote summer reading
- Public Library visit to promote summer reading
All book cover images are linked to descriptions, often on Goodreads, where you can peruse readers ratings and reviews as well.
1915 saw thousands of homesteaders arrive in Alberta. The award-winning Ticket to Curlew is the fictional story of one such family.
"It is 1915, and Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new home for the family. When they finally reach their parcel of land, Sam can see nothing but endless stretches of grassland and blue sky. It is nothing like their old home in Iowa, and he wonders why his restless father ever decided to bring the family to this lonely, barren land." In the slideshow below, we use images to discuss information that we can pull from this fictional story. |
Community reader for Share the Gift of Story: Lindsey Kilpatrick
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A poignant story of a small puffin on a hero's journey for Poetry Month to demonstrate how poetry is meant to influence the emotions..
Accompanying display included books connected to the King Arthur legends, Greek mythology and J.K. Rowling's books.
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An introduction to game books, where the reader makes choices that affect the plot's outcome.
We used the Terrain Globe at echalk.com to help with this concept.
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