New York State Library Lesson and Scavenger Hunts

This New York Library Lesson features New York state symbols, places of interest, wildlife, landforms, foods, and more! Students learn about New York through fun facts, would you rather’s, vocabulary words, trivia questions, and more!

This lesson includes:

• 51-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 16 slides are whole class lesson slides.
  • 34 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.
• Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages, 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.
  • “Easier” version – Students color the objects as they find them.
  • “Harder” version – Students answer questions about the information in the slides, plus find smaller images.
  • Answer key is included.
• List of 38 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 (4 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” (6 pages, PDF)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for scrolling slides (2 pages, PDF)

Lesson Contents:

• ASL sign language for “NY” — includes video links and step-by-step directions for making the signs
• New York postal abbreviation
• New York City versus New York state
• New York wildlife: black bear, eastern box turtle, snapping turtle, eastern bluebird, fisher, red fox, bald eagle, eastern coyote, and common loon
• One of the 13 original colonies
• Landforms: Hudson River, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid, Niagara Falls
• State flower, bird, animal, flag, and state capital
• Other major cities and climate
• New York idiom: “in a New York minute”
• New York foods: pizza, hot dogs, and bagels with lox
• Vocabulary: lake-effect snow, humid, omnivore, mastodon, upstate
• Climate, including hurricanes, flooding, and other extreme weather
• Checkout reminders slide — Add your own reminders!
• “What Should We Do Now?” slide — This is very clear instructions on what students should be doing after the lesson
• Trivia question slides with answers
• Would You Rather and This or That question slides
• This week’s schedule and birthdays

Standards Addressed:

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

• Inquire – C.1. – D.3.
• Collaborate – D.1.
• Explore – A.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.2.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy-SL.2.1.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.10.

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