The librarian taught 5th grade students about library resources and tools available for researching famous Hispanic Americans and US Revolutionary Heroes. Final projects were displayed in the library for all students to view.
The librarian co-taught a 3rd Grade inquiry lesson on playground safety. After conducting field studies, students researched playground safety requirements, and then wrote letters to the principal with suggestions for improving the Longs Creek playground.
The librarian taught a lesson on the Texas Revolution for grades 3-5 in preparation for Bill Perryman’s “History in Person” presentation of Colonel William B. Travis for Texas Independence Day.
The librarian co taught a 2nd grade lesson on animal research using a variety of library resources. Students wrote reports and presented dioramas that were displayed in the library at the end of the unit.
In April, the librarian brought in four milkweed plants with 40 caterpillar eggs on them into the library for a 4-week observation. Every grade level observed the metamorphosis from egg to caterpillar to Monarch butterfly. A life cycle poster detailing each stage and the length of time for that stage was featured next to the container, so students could track the point in the cycle. In addition, nonfiction and fiction read-alouds accompanied the month-long lessons and were displayed for student
check-out. Every student, PreK-5th, was able to correctly identify, label, and describe the life cycle stages in detail as well as apply it to other insects that go through a similar metamorphosis. Our students observed in real-time what they were studying in class as well as observing in their own backyards and community!