Monarch Award For K-3

The Monarch Award is a student choice award for Illinois students in kindergarten through 3rd grade.  During library time, students in kindergarten through 2nd grade will listen to a different Monarch Award title each week.  Students fill out an evaluation form for each title.  In February all students with five or more completed forms will be eligible to vote for their favorite Monarch Award book.

Third graders read the titles independently.  Students who read at least 5 of the titles will be eligible to vote in February.   Students reading all 20 titles will have their names listed on the library wall in our "Monarch Hall of Fame."

If you are a third grader and read a book on this year's Monarch Award, be sure to fill out a Monarch Butterfly Form.  A blank form is available here.

 Monarchs in the Library K-2

This week we are reading some different stories in our library classes.  Some are reading:

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11: To learn more about the first landing on the moon go to: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Moonshot.pdf

Ask your student about these books we have read during library time:

Grace For President:  Grace runs for president of her classroom with eyes on the nation for the future!  Learn more about the author, illustrator, and what it takes to be President of the United States at: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Grace%20for%20President.pdf

Imogene's Last Stand: Imogene wants to save her town's history, and an important discovery makes it all possible!  For more information about Illinois author, Candace Fleming or the story use this link http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Imogene's%20last%20stand.pdf

Testing the Ice:  This book is a story about Jackie Robinson, written by his daughter.  Jackie Robinson was a famous baseball player, but he was important to the author because he was Dad!  Jackie Robinson was brave on the baseball field, but he was even braver when he helped his daughter! To learn more about Jackie Robinson use this link- http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Testing%20the%20Ice.pdf

Bridget's Beret: learn more about the story at http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Bridgets%20Beret.pdf  Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of three books on this year's Monarch list:  Shark vs. Train, Duck! Rabbit! and Bridget's Beret.  The classes are voting for which Tom Lichtenheld book they like the best, just look in the Library Class Information folder.

Interrupting Chicken: Little Chicken is very excited about her bedtime story, and can't stop interrupting Papa. Learn about chickens and play chicken games at http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Interruptin%20Chicken.pdf

Grace For President: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Grace%20for%20President.pdf

Case of the Lost Boy: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Lost%20boy.pdf

Duck! Rabbit!:  Play the game to see if you are a "Rabbit-person" or a "Duck-person" http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Duck%20Rabbit.pdf

Let's Do Nothing!:  Play the game we had in the library at http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763634409.kit.1.pdf

See author interviews and additional information at: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Let's%20do%20nothing.pdf

Otis: Watch the author talk about his book, and download fun activities at http://www.lorenlong.com/otis/otis.html

Shark vs Train :  for fun activity sheets about Shark and Train go to: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/sharkvstrain/index.html 

Some classes voted for either Shark or Train.  Look at the class pages in the the Library Class Information Folder, to see the results!

Dogku: go to http://eduscapes.com/sessions/sidekicks/tutorial.htm to create your own "petku" poems!

Panda Kindergarten:  read more information about pandas by following the links at: http://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Panda%20Kindergarten.pdf

Little Mouse Gets Ready: read this book and two other Toon books at: http://toon-books.com/rdr_one.php#lmo