Erickson Elementary Fine Arts

What’s Happening at the Erickson Library? In Kindergarten Library class, we talked about point of view. Point of view the mouth and eyes of the story. In 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade library class, we talked about nonfiction!  We reviewed the text features of maps, captions, special print and glossary.   We looked at  nonfiction books to see if those books had the text features we learned.  In 2nd and 3rd grade we took "selfies" of all the text features we could find in the books! OH there are so many! In 4th grade, we learned how books are shelved in the library. We had a library Hunt, looking for books that were on the shelf and determining if they were fiction or nonfiction books! 5th grade we learned about different genres of books and the differences between the genres. Poetry vs. Novel and Verse, Historical Fiction vs. Informational and Memoir vs. Autobiography. We found some great books to read too! If you have any questions, please contact me at h...

Digital Citizenship and Text Features! In 2nd grade, we are talking about private and personal information  and what could and should not be shared when online.  We discussed, although very tempting, that even if the award sounds really great and fun, that it might be a “scam”.  Students will answer questions through an online safety game and see how many skulls they earn! Nonfiction text features are also another topic that will be discussed in the library!  Besides understanding the definitions of  title and glossary, students will learn captions, index, diagrams and special print as well.  Students will take selfies of the text features in library class to show their understanding!

2nd graders learned about the Fantasy genre in November!    Fantasy has magical characters and problems are solved in ways that could never happen in real life.  The setting is in a place that isn’t real and the theme is usually good vs. bad…but not always, as we found out in a few books!   Students read one book as a group and then discussed and took “selfies” of the Fantasy characteristics.   Some books they read are: Mother Bruce by Bruce Higgins The Day the Crayon Box Talked by Shane DeRolf Burger Boy by Alan Durant Bad Seed by Jory John I want my Hat back J. Klassen If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff If you give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff If you give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff Chick n Pug by Jennifer Gordon Sattler Three Pigs by David Wiesner In the students’ Library Google Classroom, there are a few more fantasy book suggestions.  Each slide has the book cover, summary, the read aloud and AR test number.