Elementary Library

work belongs to you! When you borrow a book today, I will be checking that you followed directions and wrote your name and the date on your work. Transition students to a work area and allow them to create. Remind them to add their name and the date as you mingle and oversee.

READER’S ADVISORY, CIRCULATION PROCEDURES, & DISMISSAL While borrowing books, ask to see students’ names and the date on their work. Resource & Discussion Guide

This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (E KLA) A tiny fish wearing a blue hat hopes not to wake up the trouble that might be following close behind. Discussion prompts: ●​ Whose hat was stolen? Why did he steal it? Will he get away? Will he give it back? ●​ What happened to the little fish? Do we know for sure he was eaten? What are some other possible outcomes? ●​ How is it we can always tell what the big fish is thinking even though he’s not saying anything? ●​ Was it okay for little fish to steal the hat? If little fish was eaten, did he deserve to be? Why did crab give away little fish’s location? Was that the right thing to do?

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (E SLO)

The monkeys steal the peddler's caps while he is asleep.

Discussion prompts:

●​ How would you describe the peddler's caps? (color, number of each, all together) ●​ Show how you would have to walk with that many caps on your head. ●​ Where is the man going? What is he doing? ●​ Do you think it is safe for him to sleep with all those caps on his head? What might happen? ●​ What do you notice that is different about the peddler when he wakes up? ●​ What do you think happened to the other caps? Why? ●​ Where are his caps? How many monkeys are there? How many caps? ●​ What do you think the peddler will do? ●​ How could he get his caps back? How would you get your caps back? ●​ What is the peddler doing? ●​ What do you notice the monkeys doing? How to Make A Book (About My Dog) by Chris Barton (E BAR) Find out how books are made in this . . . exploration of how to make a nonfiction picture book about author Chris Barton's real-life dog, Ernie

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