The librarian co-taught an after-school Coding Camp, grades 2-5, with our campus GT teacher. We had over 100 students attend the camp offered Sept-April. Students completed 5 Dash Robot Olympics Challenges.
The librarian collaborated with campus ITS and 5th grade teachers on projects for Hispanic Heritage Month and Revolutionary War Heroes using the DoInk app on the iPad. Final projects, which included green screen photographs and information boards, were displayed in the library.
The librarian collaborated with 3rd - 5th grade teachers during Black History Month by reading aloud Whoosh!, the story of Lonnie Johnson and His Super Soaking Stream of Inventions. Following the story, we watched an interview featuring his toy inventions and projects for NASA, then students created their own invention blueprints.
The librarian co-taught the “ Mommy and Me” Pre K Program for six weeks with our family specialist. Each week, parents were invited to the library for a story, a movement song, and a make and take craft activity with their child.
The librarian co-taught an after school STEAM Club with the campus GT teacher throughout the year. For 4-6 weeks, each grade level had over 25 students stay after school to participate in a variety of STEAM activities. Students programmed Dash robots to speed skate around the perimeter of an “ice rinK,” and their robots were timed to see which collaborative team could complete the fastest path. In addition, students chose from various activities each week that included Van Gogh oil pastel drawin
gs, 3D art, Lego challenges, Digital coding breakouts, and programming Ozobot robots through student-created mazes. Longs Creek 2nd-5th grade students had a blast while experiencing these hands-on STEAM activities!