Celebrate quirky September holidays with this September Digital Bulletin Board!
Includes Labor Day, Hispanic Heritage Month, Back to School, Grandparents’ Day, the first day of autumn, Skyscraper Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and more!
This product has 68 total slides & pages, and it includes:
- 60-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 September-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 45 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 56 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)
60 Digital Bulletin Board Slides:
- This September Digital Bulletin Board focuses on September holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of celebrations mentioned).
- Vocabulary Words of the Week: “equinox” and “moissanite”
- Fun facts about rhinos, pirates, Teddy bears, and more!
- Famous September birthdays, featuring:
- Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) – September 7, 1860
- Queen Elizabeth I – September 7, 1533
- Jesse Owens – September 12, 1913
- Roald Dahl – September 13, 1916
- Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) – September 26, 1774
- Morning glory flowers, forget-me-nots, and asters (September flowers)
- Sapphire (September birthstone)
- 4 Would you rather and This or That question slides
- 3 Extreme Close-ups (photos zoomed in for students to guess what they are)
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Library and school announcement template slides
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
September holidays and traditions included:
- Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 – Oct 15),
- National Tofu Day (1st),
- National Pet Rock Day (1st),
- American Chess Day (1st),
- Labor Day (1st Monday in September),
- Skyscraper Day (3rd),
- National Hummingbird Day (7th),
- World Beard Day (7th),
- Grandparents Day (1st Sunday after Labor Day),
- International Sudoku Day (9th),
- National Teddy Bear Day (9th),
- International Dot Day (15th),
- Talk Like a Pirate Day (19th),
- World Rhino Day (22nd),
- First Day of Fall / Autumnal Equinox (date varies, approximately 22nd),
- National Mofongo Day (23rd), and
- International Rabbit Day (4th Saturday in September).
Take-Home Extension Activities
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this editable 2-page September Library Handout, students can:
- Quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the September Digital Bulletin Board;
- Make a fun pirate-themed snack (Talk Like a Pirate Day is the 19th!);
- Review September vocabulary words from the lesson;
- Learn to draw a sunflower using simple, step-by-step directions (First day of fall / autumn is around the 22nd!);
- Learn how to sign “rabbit” in American Sign Language (International Rabbit Day is the fourth Saturday);
- List of famous September birthdays from the presentation;
- List of September 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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