Oceans Storytime Lesson and Scavenger Hunts

This Oceans Storytime walks you through a flexible, two-part library lesson for K-2. Includes an ocean animals guessing game, the sunlight zone, coral reef conservation, ocean careers, ocean idioms, and more!

This lesson has 76 total pages and slides, and it includes:

• 55-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 24 slides are for the read-aloud and/or guided lesson that walks you through the storytime lesson.
  • 24 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
  • 6 slides are review slides at the end of the lesson to keep students engaged as they line up.
  • 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 36 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” (7 pages, PDF)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for scrolling slides (2 pages, PDF)

24 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: “The Waves in the Sea” with lyrics and tune
• ASL sign language for “ocean / sea” and “fish” — includes video links and step-by-step directions for making the signs
• Guessing game – Students guess the ocean animals based on 3 clues and a partial illustration of the ocean animal. Five animals include: jellyfish, giant clam, octopus, sea urchin, and sea turtle.
• Slide for your read-aloud (paste the book cover on the slide).
• 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.

24 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 one of the two Scavenger Hunts.

• Vocabulary Word of the Week: “salinity”
• American Sign Language (ASL) fingerspelling S-E-A and C-R-A-B
• the sunlight zone
• Ming the quahog (hard clam that lived to age 507 years)
• 5 trivia question with answers
• coral reef conservation – why coral reefs are in danger and what we can do to help
• 2 ocean idioms – “make waves” and “in deep water”
• 2 Would-You-Rather question slides
• 2 “ocean” careers – marine biologist and beach lifeguard

6 Wrap Up Slides:

These are five (5) open-ended questions, plus American Sign Language (ASL) fingerspelling practice. that make great time-fillers to use while waiting for teachers to pick up students from library class.

All the questions are editable and answered in the presentation, but students can also make up additional answers for some questions.

Standards Addressed:

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

• Inquire – C.1. – 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.RL.1.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10 – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.6.

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