Third and Fifth Grade Storybird

 

Third and Fifth Graders have been creating digital books using Storybird. After selecting art from the site they have written their own stories. Third graders learned how to storyboard and use the illustrations to inform the plot of their story. Fifth graders worked to create a book they can share with their first grade buddies. Students are also expanding their creative writing into poetry and collaborative stories.

 

You can read your student's stories as well as others in the class library on the Storybird website.

 

Fourth Grade Seasonal Poetry

After reading Abel's Island fourth graders wrote a poem about their favorite season. They used the Audioboo app to record their work.

Mrs. Durgan's Class

 

Ms. Feighny's Class

 

Mrs. Lafond's Class

Second Grade National Parks Research

 

Mrs Salyer and Mrs Barr's second graders worked in groups to research national parks. The rangers learned about the flora and fauna as well as what to do during a visit to the park. We also read The Camping Trip that Changed America, that explored the history of John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt's camping trip that lead to the establishment of the National Parks.  Check out the young rangers reports' on Vimeo.

 

Mrs. Barr's Class

 

Mrs. Salyer's Class

 

*book covers from Follett TitlePeek

First Grade Reflections

Students in first grade reflected on what they've learned so far this year. They used Little Bird Tales to take a picture of their illustration and then record their reflection.

Mrs. Katzenmeier's Class

 

Mrs. Pendry's Class

 

Mrs. Quiarte & Mrs. Staley's Class

Kindergarten Verb Stories

After reading Steve Jenkins' book Move, Kindergarten students wrote verb stories of their own. They also practiced asking and answering a partner's question. They recorded their stories using the Little Bird Tales app.

Mrs. Bowman's Class

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Mrs. Ropp's Class

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Mrs. Squires' Class

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Welcome Back

We're happy to have all of our readers back in the library. So far this year all classes have been in for an orientation lesson to remind them the "lay of the land" in the library. Our Kindergarten classes have practiced checking out books for the first time while our first graders have ventured into the exciting world of checking out in the nonfiction section! Our fourth and fifth graders have worked together to rewrite the Acceptable Use Policy in more kid friendly language.

As the books are flying off the shelves Chomper, our resident book return monster, is filling up. If you'd like to volunteer in the library please email Ms Gorup. Check the volunteer tab to see the schedule. Your help would be greatly appreciated. 

End of the Year

We've had a wonderful year in the library. Here's a brief look back at some of the things we've done.

The Forecast Calls for Research

Second graders had an opportunity to try their hand at a more inquiry based research project. After brainstorming an impressive list of extreme weather conditions, they worked in pairs to develop questions about their topic. After using a variety of online resources they created a Show Me presentation using the Ipads. Click on the links below to listen to their reports.

Mrs. Barr's Class reports

Mrs. Salyer's Class reports


Mr. Fowler's Class reports- coming soon!

Music

Students in 3rd and 4th grade worked with Mrs. Demasio during music to write 8 beat nonsense phrases. Then they assigned rhythmic and melodic notation to their work. After illustrating their work they performed their original musical composition on various instruments and recorded it on Audioboo. Click on the links below to listen to their songs.

Mrs. Harrison's 3rd Grade

Mrs. Trompter's 3rd Grade

Mrs. Yoder's 3rd Grade

Ms. Feighny's 4th Grade

Mrs. Heller's 4th Grade

Mrs. Lafond's 4th Grade

Second Grade Simile Portraits

After reading Crazy Like a Fox and learning about similes, second graders created simile portraits inspired by Haoch Piven's My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil. Students used the Little Bird Tales app to photograph and record their simile stories.

Mrs. Barr's Class Simile Stories 

Mrs. Salyer's Class Simile Stories

 Mr. Fowler's Class Simile Stories

*images from Follett Title Peek

Third Grade Better than OK poems

After reading The OK Book and discussing strengths and weaknesses with Mrs. Heatwole all 3rd graders wrote "Better than OK" Poems and created "OK" people. They published their work using the Audioboo app on the IPads.

Mrs. Harrison's Class Poems

Mrs. Trompeter's Class Poems

Mrs. Yoder's Class Poems

Twitter Updates

Follow us on Twitter @QuailRunLibrary to see all the latest happenings in the Quail Run library.

Read Across America Day 2013

Kindergarten Round Up

100 Days

It is hard to believe we've already had 100 days of school! Here's a quick snapshot of a few things we've done during our first 100 days. We can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings.

Snowballs

After reading Snowballs by Lois Ehlert, Kindergarten students created their own snow people collages.