librarian reads Mexican folktale to children sitting on carpet during Hispanic Heritage week
Our 2nd graders enjoyed hearing the book The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry. We discussed the visual imagery and mood created by the author & illustrator, as well as how the main scarecrow character changed over time.
4th and 5th graders used Chromebooks to find and use the website Wonderopolis. They read, listened to, and watched “wonders” of their choice, then reported back to the group about what they learned.
Kindergarteners and 1st graders discussed the differences between fiction stories and poems. They clapped to find the rhythm of poetry read aloud, listened to lyrics, supplied rhyming words to finish phrases, and counted groups of lines forming stanzas.
On Earth Day, 3rd graders heard the book The Soda Battle School. Then they learned about keyword research techniques and used the terms “Guatemala and soda bottle school” to learn more about the schools through videos and websites.
adults walk around library to look at children dressed as the hero they researched
Third grade students worked in the library to do a biographical research project about a hero. We watched a video clip, read a story, and brainstormed ideas about heroes to help students develop working definitions of what a hero is. The students then used Chromebooks to explore PebbleGo Biographies. They chose a person they considered a hero, researched and took notes about the person, then wrote a speech in first person, as if they WERE the individual. The project concluded with a Living Heroe
s Museum in the library, at which students dressed as their subject (or provided a prop) and “came to life” to report on themselves when visitors pressed a button (which was their thumb). Our kids loved this fun project, wrote great 3-paragraph reports, and made a lifetime memory.