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.