Kindergarten: We are starting to look at how books are made. We read How a Book is Made by Angela Royston and How a Book is Made by Aliki. We also watched a video on the production of books to see first hand what the machines look like!
First Grade: Ms. Shook's class has been doing a collaborative research project, so we started working on the final copy of the poster. Mrs. Bobeldyk and Mrs. Watters' classes took an assessment on Nonfiction Text Features and read Not a Stick and Not a Box both by Antoinette Portis. Next time we will do an activity based on those books.
Second Grade: We finally got to search the library catalog for books! We practiced using the Keyword, Author, and Title buttons.
Third Grade: Finishing up our work on text features, we're creating biography posters using at least four text features. We will finish them during the next library class.
Fourth Grade: We finished locating materials on our chosen topic by using Encyclopedia Britannica. We will learn about bibliographies next time.
Fifth Grade: We had our FINAL workday to finish our presentations. We will present our hard work during our next library time.
Sixth Grade: Dewey Decimal commercials were introduced and started in class. We will be finishing these in the next few library classes.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Genre Challenge - March
Here are the March results!
Congratulations to Ms. Rindels' class for reading the most Award Winning books in March! This is her class's THIRD win of the year!! The class will receive a popcorn party in April! April is National Poetry Month, so Poetry is the genre.
All results:
3M - 23(+)
3R - 40 (+)
3S - 25 (+)
4C - 2 (+)
4H - 2 (=)
5G - 4 (-)
5P - 12 (+)
6H - 0 (=)
6S - 0 (=)
Friday, March 15, 2013
Library Update - March 14
Kindergarten: We continue to work with fiction and nonfiction books. We are very good at knowing the difference! We played a Mimio game and each student had a chance to move a book into fiction or nonfiction columns. There were a variety of read alouds this time.
First Grade: No read aloud as we are continuing to learn about text features. We used some of the new nonfiction books that POWWER purchased for us to locate different features!
Second Grade: No read aloud for us either as we explored the library online catalog. We learned how to search by keyword, title, and author!
Third Grade: We used a class set of the nonfiction book Penguins to search for text features. We also played a game where we guessed the text feature based on our classroom definitions.
Fourth Grade: We're starting a mini research unit! We chose a magazine we were interested in and looked at the different text features. One class was able to look for a book on the topic as well!
Fifth Grade: Our research projects have been started. They're starting to come together in their final forms. So many great projects coming forward!
Sixth Grade: We started Dewey Decimal commercials. Each student is in a group for a given hundreds section of the library. I can't wait to see the final results!
Have a fabulous Spring Break!
First Grade: No read aloud as we are continuing to learn about text features. We used some of the new nonfiction books that POWWER purchased for us to locate different features!
Second Grade: No read aloud for us either as we explored the library online catalog. We learned how to search by keyword, title, and author!
Third Grade: We used a class set of the nonfiction book Penguins to search for text features. We also played a game where we guessed the text feature based on our classroom definitions.
Fourth Grade: We're starting a mini research unit! We chose a magazine we were interested in and looked at the different text features. One class was able to look for a book on the topic as well!
Fifth Grade: Our research projects have been started. They're starting to come together in their final forms. So many great projects coming forward!
Sixth Grade: We started Dewey Decimal commercials. Each student is in a group for a given hundreds section of the library. I can't wait to see the final results!
Have a fabulous Spring Break!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Dr. Seuss Truffula Tree Seeds Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our “Guess the Truffula Tree Seeds” Contest!
The correct answer was 312. Five students guessed 300 and two guessed 324.
The winners were Rachel Brokenshire, Olivia Combs, Charlie Bartlett, Tyler Emkes, Carter Halvorson, Ella Millman, and Ja’Niyah Sydney! Thanks to all who guessed!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Thank You POWWER!
Each year I am lucky enough to be supported by POWWER to purchase books for our library. This year I focused on finding nonfiction books that would fit our younger readers. I was able to purchase 100 books! 88 of them came recently and most are ready for checkout.
Thank you POWWER for supporting our library and our students!
Thank you POWWER for supporting our library and our students!
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| Mrs. Newgard, 2013 |
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Dr. Seuss Truffula Seed Contest
Since we didn't have school on March 2 (the recognized day for Dr. Seuss' Birthday) we decided to have a little contest this week!
I filled a jar with Truffula Tree Seeds (Nerds Jelly Beans) and I am asking students to guess how many "seeds" are in the jar.
To take part in the contest, students fill out the form below and put it into our Cat in the Hat hat.
On Monday, March 11, at 3:30 I will find the person with a guess closest to the actual number. That student will win the jar and the contents! Good luck to all of our participants!
Idea from Printerest
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| © Mrs. Newgard, 2013 |
To take part in the contest, students fill out the form below and put it into our Cat in the Hat hat.
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| © Mrs. Newgard, 2013 |
Idea from Printerest
Library Update - March 6
Kindergarten: Read Aloud: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems & The Naked Mole-Rat by Jody Rake We finished our Mo Willems author study and will move into nonfiction. We used the two read alouds to discuss fiction vs. nonfiction.
First Grade:We're starting work on nonfiction. We talked about nonfiction text features and what they are used for in nonfiction.
Second Grade: We are continuing working on the nonfiction and where books are found. We will be moving into locating books next!
Third Grade: Nonfiction text features are our focus as well. We're looking at different ones and why they're important in our reading.
Fourth Grade: We are also working on nonfiction text features and starting a mini-research project.
Fifth Grade:We learned about creating bibliographies using EasyBib. We worked on them during class time.
Sixth Grade: We learned about EasyBib and how useful it can be to create a bibliography for our decades research in social studies. We worked on them during class time.
First Grade:We're starting work on nonfiction. We talked about nonfiction text features and what they are used for in nonfiction.
Second Grade: We are continuing working on the nonfiction and where books are found. We will be moving into locating books next!
Third Grade: Nonfiction text features are our focus as well. We're looking at different ones and why they're important in our reading.
Fourth Grade: We are also working on nonfiction text features and starting a mini-research project.
Fifth Grade:We learned about creating bibliographies using EasyBib. We worked on them during class time.
Sixth Grade: We learned about EasyBib and how useful it can be to create a bibliography for our decades research in social studies. We worked on them during class time.
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