Kindergarten in the media center

Our kindergarten classes have been busy in the media center. Their first library visit focused on how to take care of books and how to check out books. During the second visit, students reviewed the media center procedures, listened to the story of Goldisocks and the 3 Libearians, and checked out a library book on their own.

Our most recent library time focused on the letter "H". The students were introduced to the word homonym. We looked at the words hare and hair. We learned that hair is the hair on your head and hare is the animal similar to a rabbit. We then listened to the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. The speedy hare lost the race to the slow tortoise.  The moral of the story = slow and steady wins the race. Mrs. Schaffer compared this moral to how the students complete their work. It is better to go slowly and do a good job that to rush and turn in work that is poorly done!

Students are also learning the difference between nonfiction and fiction books. Fiction and nonfiction books will continue to be highlighted in the weeks to come.