Jam/Jelly | Library Literature
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2009 Pictures of Lakeland Hills JAMMING into Literature Cooking
Pictures are found on my Lakeland Hills site at: http://swift.auburn.wednet.edu/lakeland/vleaf/index.php?section=gallery
Begin with Fruit
- Library books that are organized
- A way of searching the books
- Adults available to help and lead students in the right directions
Lesson Example: EyesYounger students were given gummy eyes. These eyes introduced the younger students to locations of books in the library by taking them to find books such as these: The Eye Book by Dr. Seuss and Whose Eyes Are These by Peg Hall on the shelves and then read them aloud. Afterwards an art activity was done where the candy eyes were dissected and put onto paper.
Older students were given a review of where the different sections were in the library, a bibliography help sheet, an eye dissection rubric and a candy eye. Students were to dissect the eye and find out as much about eyes as possible following the rubric. Students used books such as
| Jam ExampleOur very own library and the people who work in it putting books in their proper place and help each other, also the use of the computers and our Destiny library program. http://destiny.auburn.wednet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=201
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Use a Recipe for Instructions
- Apply rules of the library
- Create record keeping
An introduction to the library with the use of rules and locations, tours and examples are given to all students of every grade. They are all then taken on a treasure hunt throughout the library. Primary students also learn the library songs such as: “ Treat a Book Nicely” by Kathleen Fox and Annie Boxell on the cd Library Songs
Jam Example:
Gathering the pan to contain our knowledge, the spoon to mix the information up and the heat to ignite what we learn while in the library to go along with other curricular areas.
Add Pectin to Set the Fruit
- Nonfiction
- Reference materials
- Computer stations
Add the Heat and Boiling Bubbles
- Enticing books about literature topics
- Enticing activities about the library
- Enticing books for teachers in the school
- Author stories/ connections
Add Sugar to Sweeten and Multiply the Fruit
- Fiction stories
- Story telling
- Connect stories (text to text)
- Self to Text
Return to a Boil and Stir Constantly
- Community functions that blend literature into their activities
- School functions that blend literature into their activities
- Classroom functions that blend literature into its activities
- Family functions that blend literature into its activities
Lesson Example: Classroom
I have had a primary “Walk to Read” (students go from different classes into one class based on ability for a daily reading class) class which were highly capable readers. Together we read the book Farmer Boy. As we read the book together we completed many examples of text to text with other books we had read (i.e. comparing the chapter of the book about the county fair with The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin by Stan Berenstain which we read earlier in the year). Maps were made. Drawings were made. Connections to math were made to figure out how large the Ingalls’ barn was compared to our library.
Lesson Example: School This year our school had the authors, The Miller Brothers, come to visit our school. One of the books that these authors wrote was Gid the Kid and the Black Bean Bandits by The Miller Brothers. This story is about bullies in the old west. The whole school had a “western dress-up” day. We also talked about and role-played anti bully behaviors using our counselor’s curriculum. The kitchen even participated by cooking the Black Bean Chili from the recipe in the back of the book.
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Jam Example April 2nd is National Peanut butter and Jelly day, but at our school we are going to have that week in September. Many students are allergic to peanut butter but not to jelly, so the halls of the school will be filled with the smell of fresh-made jelly. Every student in the school will be given the opportunity to make fresh jelly from scratch. Younger students will complete this activity after reading the book Making Plum Jam by John Warren Stewig and Kevin O’Malley. Older students will complete this after reading the biography of Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story by Mary Lou Carney.
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Teacher Example
Our school is focusing on Math in the coming school year. We are intent on making our students become proficient and effective mathematicians according to the Washington state requirements. Two books we have acquired are:
Math and Literature by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield
Grades K-2, Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas by Robin A. Ward
Math and Literature by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield
Grades K-2, Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas by Robin A. Ward
Pour Into Jars and Seal for the Future
Activities to EXCITE, ENTICE and ENLIGHTEN the learning community
Lesson Example
Read Across America comes every year and my school always participates in some fashion. Each year I put on an evening event in which we invite our community. Each year the events are slightly different. Some years we celebrate the “50’s” with the fifty year anniversary of the Cat in the Hat by having activities revolving around 50 (i.e. the 50’s movie house, creating your own 50 cent piece, 50x10 and the Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and each student making a different type of hat, etc.). Other years we celebrate Fiction Vs Non Fiction with activities as shown on the website http://vleaf.weebly.com/read-across-america-2008.html LeafPile- Read Across America
2008. Yet other years we celebrate the literature and customs around the world. This is done by taking the stories of Dr. Seuss and melding them with those with the cultures within our own school.
Another whole school and community reading event has been revolving around historical fiction and using the series Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder as the pivot point. More can be read about this event at : http://vleaf.weebly.com/little-house-2008.html
Jam Example
Students will take their jam and their favorite book home to share with someone at home.
Lesson Example
Read Across America comes every year and my school always participates in some fashion. Each year I put on an evening event in which we invite our community. Each year the events are slightly different. Some years we celebrate the “50’s” with the fifty year anniversary of the Cat in the Hat by having activities revolving around 50 (i.e. the 50’s movie house, creating your own 50 cent piece, 50x10 and the Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and each student making a different type of hat, etc.). Other years we celebrate Fiction Vs Non Fiction with activities as shown on the website http://vleaf.weebly.com/read-across-america-2008.html LeafPile- Read Across America
2008. Yet other years we celebrate the literature and customs around the world. This is done by taking the stories of Dr. Seuss and melding them with those with the cultures within our own school.
Another whole school and community reading event has been revolving around historical fiction and using the series Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder as the pivot point. More can be read about this event at : http://vleaf.weebly.com/little-house-2008.html
Jam Example
Students will take their jam and their favorite book home to share with someone at home.
Use the Jelly or Jam
Use the information in the library for: research, enjoyment, knowledge and fun
Lesson Example:
To complete the Washington State Social Studies Requirement for fourth grade students in my classes created a portfolio of a historical fiction journey as a pioneer across the Oregon Trail. Using the library materials and media students worked alone and together to make this voyage into the melding of literature with social studies with learning and with fun in a real-world, real-time way. Examples of the rubrics used for this portfolio are found at: http://swift.auburn.wednet.edu/lakeland/vleaf/index.php?section=documents under the tab “Social Studies Documents.”
Jam Example:
Using the process for making and sharing jam, students are now ready to share their library and their skills with one another and the world around them.
Lesson Example:
To complete the Washington State Social Studies Requirement for fourth grade students in my classes created a portfolio of a historical fiction journey as a pioneer across the Oregon Trail. Using the library materials and media students worked alone and together to make this voyage into the melding of literature with social studies with learning and with fun in a real-world, real-time way. Examples of the rubrics used for this portfolio are found at: http://swift.auburn.wednet.edu/lakeland/vleaf/index.php?section=documents under the tab “Social Studies Documents.”
Jam Example:
Using the process for making and sharing jam, students are now ready to share their library and their skills with one another and the world around them.
Book Titles in This Presentation (in the order presented)
Book title used in this presentation in the order presented
A wide variety of the series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the “Little House” series were used. Also a variety of Dr. Seuss books and nonfiction matching books were also used on the websites listed.
- The Eye Book by Dr. Seuss
- Whose Eyes Are These by Peg Hall
- Eyes and Ears by Seymore Simon
- Oddball Eyball by Klutz
- The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
- Sir Cumference and the Round Table byCindy Neuschwander
- Math and Nonfiction (grades 3-5) by Stephanie Shefield and Kathleen Gallagher
- Math and Nonfiction (grades K-2) by Jamee Petersen
- Jelly by Welch’s
- The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett adapted by Martha Hailey Dubose
- The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
- Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne adapted by Lisa R Church
- Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce
- Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
- Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears by Cynthia Rylant
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin by Stan Berenstain
- Gid the Kid and the Black Bean Bandits by The Miller Brothers
- Math and Literature by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield
- Grades K-2, Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas by Robin A. Ward
- Making Plum Jam by John Warren Stewig and Kevin O’Malley
- Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story by Mary Lou Carney.
- Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
A wide variety of the series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the “Little House” series were used. Also a variety of Dr. Seuss books and nonfiction matching books were also used on the websites listed.
Websites Used in Presentation
- http://destiny.auburn.wednet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=201 Lakeland Hills Destiny
- http://vleaf.weebly.com/read-across-america-2008.html LeafPile- Read Across America
- http://vleaf.weebly.com/little-house-2008.html LeafPile- Little House
- http://swift.auburn.wednet.edu/lakeland/vleaf/index.php?section=documents Vickie Leaf Library Documents