Have fun celebrating Roald Dahl Day - Lots of Crafts, Books, and Free Downloadable PDFs - paper plate fox, willy wonka chocolates , giant peach and more
Wales, a part of the United Kingdom, is home to some great authors. Roald Dahl, Andrew Davies, and Dylan Thomas are famous Welsh writers whose classic works are filled with long-lasting beauty.
Ronald Dahl Quote Wall Art.
By Amy Hesterman Amy Hesterman,(Elementary Librarian,Madison Christian School,Groveport,OH) remembered Roald Dahl Day, they celebrated all month and had a lot of fun! Here are her two great displays and what she says about them: 'I had one display in the lunch room (top picture) with interesting facts about Dahl himself (taken from the book "The Missing Golden Ticket") and made a large candy bar from poster board, foil, and purple paper. On a side note, to celebrate the month, one day during lunch each student received a small Hershey's candy bar when they came into the lunch room. In advance, I had put a gold star in 3 of the little candy bars. When told, students opened their candy bars simultaneously, found the "golden ticket," and 3 won a Roald Dahl book (wrapped like one of the Wonka Candy Bars) of their own. This was a really fun month for us in the library. Second display (below) was in the library hallway. This was a giant book I made that had "Never a Dahl Moment" on the spine. The orange bubbles are simply titles of Dahl books, including the Roald Dahl calendar'. Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World's No. 1 Storyteller. For more details and ideas see Roald Dahl Day Have a peachy Roald Dahl Day in 2011!
Donate to Roald Dahl’s Marvelous Children’s Charity and revisit some of your favorite childhood books like “James and the Giant Peach” and “Matilda”.
By Amy Hesterman Amy Hesterman,(Elementary Librarian,Madison Christian School,Groveport,OH) remembered Roald Dahl Day, they celebrated all month and had a lot of fun! Here are her two great displays and what she says about them: 'I had one display in the lunch room (top picture) with interesting facts about Dahl himself (taken from the book "The Missing Golden Ticket") and made a large candy bar from poster board, foil, and purple paper. On a side note, to celebrate the month, one day during lunch each student received a small Hershey's candy bar when they came into the lunch room. In advance, I had put a gold star in 3 of the little candy bars. When told, students opened their candy bars simultaneously, found the "golden ticket," and 3 won a Roald Dahl book (wrapped like one of the Wonka Candy Bars) of their own. This was a really fun month for us in the library. Second display (below) was in the library hallway. This was a giant book I made that had "Never a Dahl Moment" on the spine. The orange bubbles are simply titles of Dahl books, including the Roald Dahl calendar'. Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World's No. 1 Storyteller. For more details and ideas see Roald Dahl Day Have a peachy Roald Dahl Day in 2011!
Was your childhood enriched with the scrumptiously dark stories of Roald Dahl? 2014 is the fiftieth anniversary of the children’s classic Charlie and Chocolate Factory and the 13th of Septemb…
A couple of weeks ago I tried out something I've seen on several TL/SLMS blogs within the last year...a book tasting. It was a fairly easy lesson to create, but it does take some time to plan. First I created a short PowerPoint about how to browse or "taste" a book. Then I put together a "menu" for the tasting based on a menu created by Mrs. Lodge of Mrs. Lodge's Library blog. You can see her post here. Next I ran a STAR Reading report for each 2nd-5th grade class and divided them into four to five like reading ability groups. This is probably the most time consuming part of planning/preparing this type of lesson. Finally, I pulled 6-10 books for each group that would fit their reading ability and placed them on serving tray on a table along with a flower vase and some battery operated candles, just to set the mood. I pulled non-fiction books since that is our Genre of the Month. Also since most students don't usually go straight for non-fiction, this was a great chance to show students that non-fiction can be enjoyable, too. After the first book tasting lesson with a second grade class, I realized it might be helpful to have a list of adjectives to help fill out the menu, so I created a list of adjectives, laminated it and placed several copies of it at each table. It took the second grade class longer to fill out their menu, so I also thought it might be better to do a guided "tasting" and only "taste" one book. So I created a shorter menu for 2nd and 3rd graders. You can get a copy of this pack here or by clicking on the picture above. If you're interested in how other TL/SLMS have done their book tatstings, you might like to check out these blog posts: Mrs. Lodge's Library: "Book Tasting" (This is the blog post that the book tasting menus are based on.) The Unquiet Librarian: Book Tasting posts Barrow Media Center "Book Tasting" Miss Liberry Teacher "Book Tasting" Tree Frog Blog "Welcome to the Book Tasting" Liquid Literacy "Book Tasting" So have you ever done a book tasting? If so, how did it go? UPDATE: I was a guest on Jocelyn Sams' Elementary Librarian's podcast and I shared all about my book tasting experiences. You can listen to the podcast here. I had so much fun and hope to be a guest on her podcast again soon. =)
