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 * ===Jelly/Jam=== || **Library Literature** ||
 * |Begin with Fruit || Begin with the books ||
 * Use a recipe for instructions || Use an infrastructure of knowledge and helping ||
 * |Add Pectin to set the fruit || Nonfiction to set the stage of truth, facts and research ||
 * |Add the heat and boiling bubbles || An electricity of learning, examining, questioning and searching for the knowledge ||
 * Add sugar to sweeten and multiply the fruit || Fiction to turn a tale of sweetness throughout the learning event. Storytelling, laughter, reading and enjoying take place. ||
 * Return to a boil and stir constantly || Continue with the electricity of learning adding the constant swirl of fun and the wanting of more. ||
 * Pour into jars and seal for the future || Pour into the minds, eyes and enthusiasm for reading and learning now and in the future. ||
 * Jam into library1.doc#use|Use the jelly or jam || Savor the flavor of the book and share it with a friend. ||

· Everything works together to make a sweet and a tasty treat to make ANYTHING taste better.

· Everyone working together to make a sweet and a tasty book to make EVERYTHING work better. Library books that are organized A way of searching the books Adults available to help and lead students in the right directions //Lesson Example: //
 * Begin with the Fruit**

EYES Younger students were given gummy eyes. These eyes introduced the younger students to locations of books in the library by taking them to find books such as these  on the shelves and then read them aloud. Afterwards an art activity was done where the candy eyes were dissected and put onto paper. Older students were given a review of where the different sections were in the library, a bibliography help sheet, an eye and a candy eye. Students were to dissect the eye and find out as much about eyes as possible following the rubric. Students used books such as these;.

//Jam example://  Our very own library and the people who work in it putting books in their proper place and help each other, also the use of the computers and our Destiny library program. []

**Use a Recipe for Instructions** Apply rules of the library Create record keeping //Lesson Example:// An introduction to the library with the use of rules and locations, tours and examples are given to all students of every grade. They are all then taken on a treasure hunt throughout the library. Primary students also learn the library songs such as: “Treat a Book Nicely” by Kathleen Fox and Annie Boxell on the cd __Library Songs__

//Jam Example:// Gathering the pan to contain our knowledge, the spoon to mix the information up and the heat to ignite what we learn while in the library to go along with other curricular areas.

 Nonfiction Reference materials Computer stations //Lesson Example:// Kindergarten students were introduced to what a book fair was by creating the posters as well as representing the bulletin board outside the library. They did this by incorporating math into literature. Each week students in kindergarten were introduced to a different shape through literature (i.e. __ The Greedy Triangle__ by Marilyn Burns, __Sir Circumference and the Round Table__, etc.) and then that shape was glued onto a black piece of construction paper. At the end of the unit students had their own poster of the upcoming book fair in the library, knowledge of shapes and knowledge of where to find the math nonfiction story books.

//Books added to our library to help teachers:// __Math and Nonfiction__ (grades 3-5) by Stephanie Shefield and Kathleen Gallagher __Math and Nonfiction__ (grades K-2) by Jamee Petersen

//Jam Example:// Using the recipe books __Jelly__ by Welch’s and __The Little House Cookbook__ by Barbara M. Walker. Introduce the instructions for making jelly or jam from fruit with these nonfiction books.

 Enticing books about literature topics Enticing activities about the library  Enticing books for teachers in the school Author stories/ connections

 Fiction stories Story telling Connect stories (text to text) Self to Text

//Lesson Example:// Classic studies with first, second and third , graders were completed during several library classes. Each grade level read aloud a classic, kept character charts, setting charts, text to self information and sketches of favorite parts of the stories. When each of the stories were completed students then watched video clips from movies made from the stories and created double bubble maps of the two medias. It was almost unanimous in each grade level that the books WERE better than the movies. It was almost unanimous that students in each grade level began looking for and asking about reading classics themselves.

//Jam Example:// Reading the story will give students a fun introduction to berries and the possibilities of things to be made from the berries. Students paint a picture using only the stain of the blackberry (which grow prevalent around us).
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The story leads students to think of creative ways in which something that is loved can be made so everyone could enjoy it and also to hear the words of an insect making a treat that a human might enjoy.

One other fictional story that leads to the making of jam/jelly in the Everybody section of the library is. This story not only relates friendship with fruit and jam, but also creative ways to share what it is you love.

One story that is very much related to the art of making jam and jelly is __Farmer Boy __by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This book like many in the series depicts the life and times of a pioneer and the historical fiction information that is shared with their readers’ lives on and on. Jam is but a very small portion in the book and can be read as an excerpt or developed while studying and reading the book as a group.

 Community functions that blend literature into their activities School functions that blend literature into their activities Classroom functions that blend literature into its activities Family functions that blend literature into its activities

 //Lesson Example: Classroom// I have had a primary “Walk to Read” (students go from different classes into one class based on ability for a daily reading class) class which were highly capable readers. Together we read the book __Farmer Boy__. As we read the book together we completed many examples of text to text with other books we had read (i.e. comparing the chapter of the book about the county fair with __The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin__ by Stan Berenstain which we read earlier in the year). Maps were made. Drawings were made. Connections to math were made to figure out how large the Ingalls’ barn was compared to our library.

//Lesson Example: School Day// This year our school had the authors, The Miller Brothers, come to visit our school. One of the books that these authors wrote was (__Gid the Kid and the Black Bean Bandits__ by The Miller Brothers). This story is about bullies in the old west. The whole school had a “western dress-up” day. We also talked about and role-played anti bully behaviors using our counselor’s curriculum. The kitchen even participated by cooking the Black Bean Chili from the recipe in the back of the book.

//Teacher Example: // Our school is focusing on Math in the coming school year. We are intent on making our students become proficient and effective mathematicians according to the Washington state requirements. Two books we have acquired are: __Math and Literature__ by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield __Grades K-2, Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas__ by Robin A. Ward

//Jam Example:// April 2nd is National Peanut butter and Jelly day, but at our school we are going to have that //week// in September. Many students are allergic to peanut butter but not to jelly, so the halls of the school will be filled with the smell of fresh-made jelly. Every student in the school will be given the opportunity to make fresh jelly from scratch. Younger students will complete this activity after reading the book __Making Plum Jam__ by John Warren Stewig and Kevin O’Malley. Older students will complete this after reading the biography of __ Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story__ by Mary Lou Carney.

 Activities to EXCITE, ENTICE and ENLIGHTEN the learning community

//Lesson Example//  **Read Across America** comes every year and my school always participates in some fashion. Each year I put on an evening event in which we invite our community. Each year the events are slightly different. Some years we celebrate the “50’s” with the fifty year anniversary of the __Cat in the Hat__ by having activities revolving around 50 (i.e. the 50’s movie house, creating your own 50 cent piece, 50x10 and the __Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins__ and each student making a different type of hat, etc.). Other years we celebrate Fiction Vs Non Fiction with activities as shown on the website [] LeafPile- Read Across America 2008. Yet other years we celebrate the literature and customs around the world. This is done by taking the stories of Dr. Seuss and melding them with those with the cultures within our own school.

Another whole school and community reading event has been revolving around historical fiction and using the series __Little House__ by Laura Ingalls Wilder as the pivot point. More can be read about this event at : []

//Jam Example// Students will take their jam and their favorite book home to share with someone at home.

 Use the information in the library for: research, enjoyment, knowledge and fun

 //Lesson Example:// To complete the Washington State Social Studies Requirement for fourth grade students in my classes created a portfolio of a historical fiction journey as a pioneer across the Oregon Trail. Using the library materials and media students worked alone and together to make this voyage into the melding of literature with social studies with learning and with fun in a real-world, real-time way. Examples of the rubrics used for this portfolio are found at: [] under the tab “Social Studies Documents.”

//Jam Example:// Using the process for making and sharing jam, students are now ready to share their library and their skills with one another and the world around them. Book title used in this presentation in the order presented
 * 1) __The Eye Book__ by Dr. Seuss
 * 2) __Whose Eyes Are These__ by Peg Hall
 * 3) __Eyes and Ears__ by Seymore Simon
 * 4) __Oddball Eyball__ by Klutz
 * 5) __The Greedy Triangle__ by Marilyn Burns
 * 6) __Sir Cumference and the Round Table__ by Cindy Neuschwander
 * 7) __Math and Nonfiction__ (grades 3-5) by Stephanie Shefield and Kathleen Gallagher
 * 8) __Math and Nonfiction__ (grades K-2) by Jamee Petersen
 * 9) __Jelly__ by Welch’s
 * 10) __The Little House Cookbook__ by Barbara M. Walker
 * 11) __The Secret Garden__ by Frances Hodgson Burnett adapted by Martha Hailey Dubose
 * 12) __The Prince and the Pauper__ by Mark Twain
 * 13) __Misty of Chincoteague__ by Marguerite Henry
 * 14) __20,000 Leagues Under the Sea__ by Jules Verne adapted by Lisa R Church
 * 15) __Blackberry Banquet__ by Terry Pierce
 * 16) __Giant Jam Sandwich__ by John Vernon Lord
 * 17) __Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears__ by Cynthia Rylant
 * 18) Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
 * 19) __The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin__ by Stan Berenstain
 * 20) __Gid the Kid and the Black Bean Bandits__ by The Miller Brothers
 * 21) __Math and Literature__ by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield
 * 22) __Grades K-2, Literature-Based Activities for Integrating Mathematics with Other Content Areas__ by Robin A. Ward
 * 23) __Making Plum Jam__ by John Warren Stewig and Kevin O’Malley
 * 24) __Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story__ by Mary Lou Carney.
 * 25) __Cat in the Hat__ by Dr. Seuss
 * 26) __500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins__ by Dr. Seuss

A wide variety of the series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the “Little House” series were used. Also a variety of Dr. Seuss books and nonfiction matching books were also used on the websites listed.

Websites listed:
 * 1) [] Lakeland Hills Destiny
 * 2) [] LeafPile- Read Across America
 * 3) [] LeafPile- Little House
 * 4) [] Vickie Leaf Library Documents