Grade 1-2

First Grade visiting the library this week embarked on the first of their passport adventures for the year: Brazil! We began by learning a bit about the 5th largest country in the world and the largest in South America. Our literary adventure contained two stories today. The first, a famous Brazilian Folktale called The Dancing Turtle. In this adaptation by West Coast author Pleasant DeSpain, the dancing turtle tells a lie in order to preserve his life. The students shared their thoughts on lying and in what circumstances a lie might be justified. In our second story, Suddenly in Brazil, author Cristina Falcon Maldonato, brings the magic of Brazil alive in this tour-de-mystery tale. This book describes many important and exciting destinations within the country including Iguazu Falls, Copacobana Beach, Chapada Diamantina Park and Bahia. We concluded by stamping our passports and placing the South America sticker in its place. Happy Reading!

This week, First Grade began their library journey by exploring our library routine. We begin by singing the library song, choosing meerkat helpers in the burrow, and then sharing a story. Our first share was Kate DiCamillo’s book, Louise: The Adventures of A Chicken, in which an ordinary hen has some extraordinary adventures. In addition to participating in a pirate raid, surviving a storm at sea and joining the circus, Louise is able to elude a voraciously hungry lion, see free her chicken colleagues from chicken prison and manages to find her way back to the henhouse. We concluded by creating our own Louise adventures including: an attack by a giant squid (Gabriel), going to the library (Hannah) and surviving a triceratops attack (Patrick). Stay tuned for more adventures in first grade library. Book browsing and checkout will begin next week.