Spring Flowers Storytime Lesson, Guessing Game, & Scavenger Hunt

In this spring elementary library lesson, students will play a flower species guessing game and learn fun facts and trivia about spring flowers, parts of a plant, flower jobs, and more.

This lesson has 54 total slides, and it includes:

• 54-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 31 slides are for the read-aloud and/or guided lesson that walks you through the storytime lesson.
  • 23 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
  • Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! Due to copyright laws, read-aloud videos of the books are NOT included.
• Scavenger hunt (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • Students “hunt” for images and information in the Part 2 scrolling slides part of the presentation. This gives students something to focus on during library checkout and downtime.
• List of 20 recommended books to accompany this lesson (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Detailed, pre-filled Library Lesson Plan in editable PDF and PowerPoint formats (2 pages), aligned to:
  • AASL National School Library Standards for Learners,
  • National Common Core ELA Standards, and
  • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
• Lesson tips and tricks for librarians on a “specials rotation” (7 pages, PDF)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for scrolling slides (2 pages, PDF)

31 Storytime Slides:

Part 1 is a guided whole-class discussion and read-aloud. The slides walk you through the entire class discussion, from start to finish.

• Storytime song: “I Love the Mountains”
• Nursery rhyme: “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary”
• ASL sign language for “flowers” and “spring” — includes video links and step-by-step directions for making the signs
• Flower names for humans — Rose, Daisy, William, etc.
• 8 guessing game slides — students choose from four flower species (e.g., “Which one is a tulip?”)
• Slide for your read-aloud (paste the book cover on the slide).
• Checkout reminders slide — Add your own reminders!

23 Scrolling Slides:

Part 2 is the scrolling slides. Set them on a timer to scroll on a screen during library checkout. Students can use the scrolling slides to complete the Scavenger Hunt.

• Vocabulary Word of the Week: “sprout”
• Flower jobs — gardener, flower cart owner, florist, botanist
• Parts of a flower — roots, stem, leaves, petals, flower, seeds
• Flower idiom and flower joke
• Helpful garden insects and creatures

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text. 

• Inquire – D.3.
• Explore – A.1. – C.1.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1.

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