Librarian
- Students used their creativity in recognition of International Dot Day! Students learned how special they are and how they can be mark makers , making a difference in the world. Students were also given a challenge to be illustrators and authors of a story they created. Their beautiful illustrations all started with a single dot.
- Students experienced a colorful world of reading! Children read with a reading partner using finger lights. Students practiced using different voices to make their reading come alive!
- Larkspur students enjoyed a visit by children’s author, Liz Garton Scanlon. Students in grades 1st -5th learned about the process of writing and publishing a book. Several students were also able to attend a book signing and meet with Scanlon one on one.
- Read Across America was celebrated across campus for a whole week. Students enjoyed fun reading in the library with flashlights, blankets, and pajamas!. They had the opportunity to read books about real life heroes, super heroes, sports and everything in between.
11, 245
print books in collection
print books in collection
5,947
ebooks books in collection
ebooks books in collection
18,080
print books checked out
print books checked out
798
ebooks books checked out
ebooks books checked out
Teacher
- Larkspur students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by playing loteria. Students had fun increasing their Spanish vocabulary. They also discussed the importance of celebrating different cultures and accepting each other’s amazing differences.
- Fifth graders worked collaboratively to understand physical and behavioral adaptations in animals. They rotated through five stations which allowed them to acquire new knowledge and check for understanding.
- Third graders investigated different biomes by reading various excerpts from non-fiction books. They collaboratively learned the different types of biomes and which animals and plants live there. They demonstrated their knowledge by matching animals and plants to their biome.
- First graders used their creativity to write, illustrate and record a fictional story using See Saw. Final products included the three essential parts of a story and added details. Students were able to share their stories with classmates and provide constructive criticism to improve their work.
Lesson Spotlight
Summary paragraph of lesson or research with a sentence about student outcomes (ie skill learned, gap closed) Second graders created campaign posters using the Canva for Education app. Posters demonstrated students' understanding of good citizenship qualities. This project allowed students to research good citizens in U.S. history, understand the importance of good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of the election process by using their posters to run for a mock election.
Campus Leader
- Larkspur Elementary has been designated as a Purple Heart school by TEA. The Student 2 Student led organization welcomes military connected students to their new school by providing them with a guided tour and introducing them to new friends. Mrs. Ramirez, the librarian, leads this school-wide program that helps new students transition to their new campus .
- Larkspur teachers had the opportunity to participate in a fall professional development training given by the librarian. Teachers learned how to request library books to support curriculum via interlibrary loan, access Sora and use resources such as Teaching Books.
- Bilingual students competed in a Spanish spelling bee in November. This was in collaboration with the NEISD district bilingual department. Students in grades 3-5 took a classroom spelling test and the top three advanced to the school spelling bee.
- Mrs. Ramirez, the Larkspur librarian, encourages students to read by providing monthly reading challenges and incentives to all students. Each month teachers are provided with reading challenges to give to their students. Students set a reading goal and work to achieve it and receive a prize. Mrs. Ramirez advocates for literacy by also encouraging students to participate in community reading challenges such as Schiltterbahn’s Waves of Pages, earning them free summer passes to Schlitterbahn.
