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Well, in a sense...yes. This was a busy week for us! We've begun our study on Native Americans and we had the Outreach program from Jamestown come and talk to our students about Powhatan Indians on Tuesday. This is such a fabulous program and costs $1.25 per student. It's great...they bring it to YOU and your school! I know that the Virginia Living Museum does similar programs, for those of us in good ol' VA. I'm sure other museums around the country do the same. I just LOVE Outreach programs! :)
Of course, then, Thursday was READ FOR THE RECORD! We've been "ladybugging" it all week long using wegivebooks.org, so my students were very familiar with Lulu and her bug squad! The students school-wide were invited to dress like bugs for the day! We had a special assembly that morning with a skit. Our school has a "reading rap" that we all then sang at the end.
Our team then (thanks to the help of one of our 'mates who is a "football coach wife") invited the high school football team to come over that afternoon and help make the day a bit buggier by creating ladybug cupcakes! We had our parents send in ingredients and it was funny...each teacher's was slightly different. I also had my students make a ladybug and write about what bug squad member they would be and what would be their superpower! All in all, a good week!
I posted my activities with the Ladybug Girl on TpT...the "Bug Squad" one is a freebie, so be sure to download it! (The paper came from the "Bumblebee Boy" book packet!).
Whew! Next week I hope is a little less "active." Let's just say that red dye + football players = loss of control in the classroom! At least we have the weekend to recover! :)
I am so happy that Jumpstart's Read for the Record has introduced this series to me! I think I've seen it in stores, but dismissed it as a younger book. Boy, was I wrong! There are different books available: Ladybug Girl (the original), Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad, Ladybug Girl at the Beach, and Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy are the ones I'm focusing on.
So, our school LOVES to do up events, such as Read for the Record. It's snowed for Snowy Day (2010), saw an actual llama for Llama Llama Red Pajamas (2011), and this year, it's Ladybug Girl! Students and faculty are encouraged to dress as their favorite bug on Thursday, October 4 (yep, this Thursday!) and we are having a school-wide assembly that morning! Our second grade team has the high school football team members coming to read to our kids that day and we are celebrating by decorating cupcakes and having lemonade, just like in the book!
So, for my author study this week, of course we are focusing on Ladybug Girl books by Jacky Davis and David Soman! Instead of spending a fortune on the books, we are saving money...as well as donating books...by using "We Give Books." This is such a great site I utilize throughout the year! It's completely free and has a ton of books to read aloud to your students on there! You can even create an Bug Squad ID on there. Check out mine! :)
So, my students love doing activities with each of our read-alouds, so I've put together some activities for some of the books and posted them on TpT. I've posted the first book, Ladybug Girl, FREE! The others have activities that include sequencing, visualizing, and creating their own bug super power! Check them out at TpT: Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy and Ladybug Girl at the Beach!
Hope you'll join us in Read for the Record on "We Give Books" so you can also make a donation of free books to needy children around the world. Doesn't cost much - just reading the book!
