This Week in the Library: January 23-26

This was a quick week with Thursday being a half day and Friday being an inservice day.  If you missed library class this week, your books are due next week!  Here's what we did in classes this week.

Kindergarten (Widener): We heard "What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night" by Refe and Susan Tuma.  This book was created using plastic dinosaurs and taking photographs.  It is on our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list. Vocabulary: slobber, Picasso, messy. AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Kindergarten (Cook & Morehouse): We listened to "Hippos are Huge!" by Jonathan London.  We learned about the most dangerous animal in Africa.  Vocabulary: monstrous, chomp, nostrils, tidbits.  VIDEO  African Cam

Grade 1 (Hirst): We heard "What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night" by Refe and Susan Tuma.  This book was created using plastic dinosaurs and taking photographs.  It is on our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list. Vocabulary: slobber, Picasso, messy. AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Grade 1 (Gordon): We listened to "Hippos are Huge!" by Jonathan London.  We learned about the most dangerous animal in Africa.  Vocabulary: monstrous, chomp, nostrils, tidbits. VIDEO  African Cam

Grade 2 (except Holt): We listened to "Hippos are Huge!" by Jonathan London.  We learned about the most dangerous animal in Africa.  Vocabulary: monstrous, chomp, nostrils, tidbits. VIDEO  African Cam

Grade 3 (Keating): We took an online coding pre-assessment to prepare for our upcoming coding unit.

Grade 3 (Pawling): We listened to "Hippos are Huge!" by Jonathan London.  We learned about the most dangerous animal in Africa.  Vocabulary: monstrous, chomp, nostrils, tidbits. VIDEO  African Cam

Grade 4-6: We continued to work on our best book exploration project.

Professional: Attended mu library collaborative group meeting at Chase Lake Elem. on Thursday afternoon.  Re-shelved the biography and everybody A-H on the new shelves we obtained from surplus.  The new sections look great!  Helped organize and work with Mrs. Keating's 3rd graders on using their new chromebooks.  Students paired up with 5th graders from Mr. Wildenhaus's class to learn how to log in, bookmark important pages, and use some applications.  I also found and checked out ancient Egypt books for the 6th grade and reader's night books for kindergarten.  I worked with Edith Farrar from Edmonds Public Library to set a date for our 3rd grade reading challenge - school level contest.