October is start of a new theme here in the library. Of course your first guess would be a Halloween theme right? Wrong, well kind of wrong, I chose to do a Pokemon theme with my 3rd and 4th graders and Halloween for kindergarten through 2nd grade. Pokemon is the total craze right now with our students. So, I thought why not try to incorporate something these kids like with something they can learn. I decided that the first week of October would be dedicated to learning more about our library. The game plan was to come up with a scavenger hunt with a Pokemon twist.
Each grade was divided into groups of four. Each team then was given the clues to find the hidden creatures. First group that found all the Pokemon won a trip to my prize box. Every group that found ten or more got a point for their team.
4th grade drew team instinct and 3rd then got team mystic. There are two posters in front of the library that has team's point on them. This way its a good reminder to students who is winning and what they need to do beat the other grade. It's only up to help motivate my students to succeed.
The rest of the month I was a little sneaky and hopefully my students haven't figured it out yet but we are reading and taking AR( Accelerated Reader) test to gain more points for their teams. We went over different genres and what type of books would fit into them. Each student was then given almost like a bingo card full of different genres. The goal is for each student to read one book from each genre for the rest of the month and pass their AR test on each book. For each AR test taken and passed they get to write their book title that they read along with their name on another poster outside the library. Every time they get to do that they get to add a point for their team. Other times when I try to get students to read for pleasure or for class its like pulling teeth but making this into a game has totally changed their eagerness to read. That is where my sneakiness has come into play, they are reading more because they think it is a game.
Down below you can find my scavenger hunt worksheet along with my genre card that I used for my classes. Please feel free to use them! Let me know if you did any Pokemon activities in your class and how they turned out. Remember you have got to read them all!
Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
There are 15 Pokemon
hiding in the library. Can you find them all? Each student will take a turn
finding the hidden Pokemon. Write what book or object the Pokemon is hiding in
to get credit. First group done wins.
11. Caterpie is a bookworm and is reading
the library’s newest books.
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22. Bulbasaur is reading all of the Dork
Diaries series.
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33. Squirtle likes to read magazines.
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44. Charmander likes reading mystery
novels and tries to solve the mystery before the end of the book.
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55. Jigglypuff likes to listen to books
on CDs.
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66. Meowth is reading a comic book.
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77. Eevee wants to learn how to start a
garden.
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88. Snorlax is relaxing on one of the
comfy reading seats in the library.
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99. Onix is reading through all the
encyclopedia entries, starting with aardvark.
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110. Bellsprout is using one of the computers for
research.
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111. Pikachu wants to be a librarian and is hanging
out at the checkout counter.
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112. Krabby is hungry and is looking up recipes in
the cook books.
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113. Gastly is looking for a Goosebumps book.
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114. Gyarados is readying a West Virginia Author
novel.
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115. Zubat wants to create Halloween crafts using
all of Mrs. Nestor’s supplies.
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Genre Card
Science
Fiction
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Autobiography
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Mystery
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Fairy
Tale
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Free Choice
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Biography
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Tall
Tales
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Nonfiction
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Realistic
Fiction
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