April is National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month.  We had fun with one of our favorite poets, Shel Silverstein.  We read his poems "Little Monkey" and "Headphone Harold" out of his book Falling Up. We did several fun activities including a mad libs to Headphone Harold.  It was fun to read the crazy poems the students came up with.

We also talked about Haiku's.  A Haiku is a poem that has 17 syllables and 3 lines to it.  The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.  We read the book Guyku by Bob Raczka.  Guyku is a book written in Haiku format.  The students had fun with counting the syllables as we read the book.

What a fun week to be in the Library!

Meet the Authors: Sara Pennypacker & Gary Paulsen

We learned about the author, Sara Pennypacker this week in Kindergarten through 2nd grade. We read a really fun excerpt from her first book in the award-winning series, Clementine!  Be sure to check it out from the library to see what happens after Clementine helps her friend, Margaret cut the rest of her hair off after Margaret gets glue in it during art class... (uh-oh!)

3rd through 6th grade classes learned about the author, Gary Paulsen. We read excerpts from his exciting adventure novel, Hatchet--a Newbery Honor Book. Be sure to check this book out from the library to see how 13-year old Brian learns to survive on his own after crashing in a plane on his way to visit his dad for the summer with a hatchet as his only tool!

Here are some other great books by Gary Paulsen & Sara Pennypacker in our library for you to check out: