This November Digital Bulletin Board gets students excited about late autumn library events and activities!
It includes lesser-known November celebrations like Native American Heritage Month, Diwali, and Día de los Muertos, as well as quirky celebrations like National Pickle Day and Red Planet Day!
This product has 60 total slides & pages, and it includes:
- 52-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
- All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn a lot about November-related facts, but it is NOT meant to be a formal direct instruction library lesson.
- If automatic timings for each slide are set to 45 seconds each, the scrolling show will loop once every 39 minutes.
- Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
- Students “hunt” for images and information to answer 12 questions in 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 42 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.
- Take-Home Extension Activities (2 pages, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF)
- Text is editable, and includes several ways for students to share what they learned during the lesson.
- Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings (2 pages, PDF)
52 Digital Bulletin Board Slides:
- This November Digital Bulletin Board focuses on November holidays and celebrations that are often overshadowed by Thanksgiving (scroll down for full list of celebrations mentioned).
- Vocabulary Words of the Week: “La Catrina” and “bountiful”
- Fun facts about Halley’s Comet, Native American Code Talkers, months with 30 days, and more!
- Famous November birthdays, featuring:
- King Charles III
- C. S. Lewis
- Marie Curie
- Mark Twain
- Edmond Halley
- Chrysanthemum (November flower)
- Topaz and citrine (November birthstone)
- 3 Would you rather and This or That question slides
- 8 trivia questions with answers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Library and school announcement template slides
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
November holidays and traditions included:
- Native American Heritage Month,
- Diwali (date varies),
- Día de Los Muertos (Nov. 1-2),
- Veterans Day (Nov. 11),
- National Pickle Day (Nov. 14),
- World Toilet Day (Nov. 19),
- National Parfait Day (Nov. 25),
- Red Planet Day (Nov. 28),
- Thanksgiving Day gets only a brief mention. (Mrs. ReaderPants has created a separate Thanksgiving library lesson with scrolling slides.)
Take-Home Extension Activities
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this editable 2-page November Library Handout, students can:
- Quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the November Digital Bulletin Board;
- Make an easy and healthy parfait (National Parfait Day is on the 25th!);
- Review November vocabulary words from the lesson;
- Learn to draw a turkey using simple, step-by-step directions;
- Learn how to sign “football” in American Sign Language;
- List of famous November birthdays from the presentation;
- List of November celebrations mentioned in the presentation.
Standards Addressed:
AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.
- Inquire – C.1. – D.1.
- Explore – A.1. – C.1.
Terms of Use
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