You’re a Lucky Ducky
Lucky ducklings by Moore, Eva — Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2013--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.1 This rescue happened in June of 2000 in the town of Montauk, New York, on the end of Long Island. The people who helped the lucky ducklings are Joe Lenahan, Paul Greenwood, Dennis Sisco, and Perry Aaland."--Title page verso. While following their mother through town, five little ducklings fall into a storm drain.
Rationale: You have probably read and reread Make Way for Ducklings every year. Well, Lucky Ducklings has a similar twist. Read both and do a group comparison. I do duck and duckling stories in the springtime when I often do a series of baby animal story hours. My first grade teacher hatches chickens just before spring break each year, and all the chicken and duck stories fit. Usually I do ducks in kindergarten and chickens with first grade, just to help me keep my plans less repetitive. Another twist to these springtime story hours is one fiction hour and one nonfiction hour followed by a discussion at the end of each hour about the characteristics of the stories represented. If you can handle one more duck or chicken story hour, do a third in which you combine fiction and nonfiction and help the students identify which book(s) fit which category.
You could also add talking about the difference in call numbers for fiction, nonfiction, and easy picture books and follow-up with a short Game of Call Numbers. Simply use the spine labels from the books you’ve gathered or make flash cards. Divide the group into teams and have a representative from each team try to call out the type of number before the other teams. Rotate relay style. No need to keep score, just have fun.
A blog worth following is Abby the Librarian. At the link below she has a whole ducky storytime. Her blog is filled with ideas, personal thoughts, philosophy. Basically, a good fun read.
Teacher Resources:
Q&A with Nancy Carpenter, illustrator http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/55606-q-a-with-nancy-carpenter.html
Duck into a Good Storytime http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2011/04/duck-into-good-storytime.html
Children’s Book a Day Almanac http://childrensbookalmanac.com/2013/06/lucky-ducklings/
Related Books:
Little ducks go by McCully, Emily Arnold — Holiday House, 2014--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 0.7 Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe, in this easy-to-read book. FREE Teaching Resources available for download at Follett for the I Like to Read Series.
Kitten's spring by Fernandes, Eugenie, 1943- — Kids Can Press, 2010--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.7 When spring arrives, Kitten explores the sights and sounds of nature, including the noises made by frogs, ducks, chickens, and cows.
Loon baby by Griffin, Molly Beth — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.8 A baby loon, afraid that his mother will not return, sets out on his own to find his way across a stormy lake to their home in the great north woods.
Little Quack by Thompson, Lauren — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.0 One by one, four ducklings find the courage to jump into the pond and paddle with Mama Duck, until only Little Quack is left in the nest, trying to be brave.
Click, clack, peep! (Click, Clack Books) by Cronin, Doreen — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015 -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.2. All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.
Duck (Starting Life) by Llewellyn, Claire — NorthWord Press, 2004 598.4; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.0. Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of ducks, including their development from egg to adult.
A book of babies by Na, Il Sung — Alfred A. Knopf, 2013- -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.1 While baby animals are born--some with fur and some with scales, some with lots of brothers and sisters, some with none--a curious duck watches.
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