Library Update

Kindergarten:  We continued to check out from the shelves.  We are still trying to earn The Shelf Elf Award by using quiet feet, quiet voices, a shelf marker, and putting books back the right way. At the start of each class time, we share the book we recently returned to show we're reading at home!  We also started to learn about fiction and nonfiction books using books featuring bears.

First Grade: As we complete our fractured fairy tales unit we read The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Wolf Who Cried Boy.  We compared and contrasted the two.  This correlates with text-to-text connections which are being taught in the classroom.  We also discussed fairy tales and what makes a fairy tale and where we find them in the library.

Second Grade:  Text features and nonfiction books are still our focus.  We spent time focusing on Table of Contents and Index this week.  We talked about how each are organized and how they help us find what we are looking for.

Third Grade: We continue to look at email and etiquette.  As this is most students' first experience with email we focus on everything they write being public and permanent.

Fourth Grade: As these students work on their Wax Museum project in their classroom we learned a new online program called Animoto.  Each student will use this tool to create a short video about their Wax Museum choice.

Fifth & Sixth Grade: As we continue to work on Digital Citizenship we continued working with an online program through CommonSense Media.  This week our focus was communication, focusing on cell phones and how they can be distracting.  We also talked a little about cell phone etiquette.