Volunteers Needed for Next Week's Book Fair!

It takes a village and and we need our community to come together to make next weeks BOOK FAIR a success. We have 44 shifts to fill throughout the week and could really use your help. This job involves helping kids pickout, then ring up their purchases on a simple cash register. Please use the link below to VOLUNTEER - you will be making a huge impact on our library, as this book fair is the only source of money for new books. Thank you!

Sherwood PSO, Teachers, and Mr. Sonnen

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a45aca92ea5f85-book

This Month in the Library: November 2017

It's been a busy month in the library.  Here's what the various grade levels did during library class.

Kindergarten: We began checking our books.  We learned the process and procedures.  We also learned about relatives.  We also learned about the upcoming book fair.

Grade 1: We continued listening to books from the everybody section.  We learned about authors in that section and the call number of the books.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 2: We heard some more folk tales from around the world.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 3: We worked on finding bibliographic information from the title page of books.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 4: We began to learn about Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification system used in our classified book section.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 5: We finished our library rule posters and we learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 6: We worked on a project comparing call numbers in several different library catalogs: school, public, and university.  We worked on computer productivity skills such as copy, paste, multiple tabs open, etc.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Professional: I attended the Washington Library Association annual conference in Tacoma on Saturday, Nov. 4.  I attended the American Association of School Libraries conference over Veteran's Day weekend .  I also participated in building staff and leadership meetings.  I met with my collaborative learning group of librarians.  I attended several Washington Library Association meetings as I will assume a role on the board of directors in January.

This Month in the Library: October 2017

My apologies for not providing weekly updates.  I have been dealing with my mom's medical issues and we have had a number of substitutes.  Classes have been continuing and here's what we've been working on.

Kindergarten: We are getting ready to check out our first school library books.  We have created shelfmarkers and we have learned where the community supplies (pencils, crayons, paper, etc) are located.  We have heard several stories and practiced sharing parts that we liked.  LETTER SENT HOME ON 10.26

Grade 1: We have been listening to books from the Everybody section (so far the A, B, & C shelves).  We are learning about the call numbers in the Everybody Section.

Grade 2: We are listening to folk tales from around the world.  So far we have heard one from Africa (Mabela the Clever), Asia (The Girl Who Wore Too Much), and Europe (Elves and the Shoemaker).  We are looking forward to hearing stories from the other continents.  We are looking at a globe to see where these continent are.

Grade 3: We have been discussing book care.  Classes talked about ways to take care of books and we created bookmarks to remind us these ideas.

Grade 4: We learned about 10 different way to find a great book.  Examples of each way was shared with a title.  We also began learning about the Dewey Decimal System used to organize books in our classified section.

Grade 5: We are working on library rule posters so that we can share our understanding of library behavior with students in other grades.

Grade 6: We are practicing using the library catalog and making resource lists to help us in future studies this year.

Professional: I have been attending staff meetings, leadership team meetings, WLA meetings and more!  I am working on my professional goals for the year as part of the teacher-evaluation system. I have been preparing books accepted through donation for cataloging, as well as, cataloging our new magazines.  I am also writing reviews for the Puget Sound Council book review group.  I also worked on registering our school for the Sno-Isle 3rd Grade Reading Challenge.

This Week in the Library: Sept. 25-29

And we're back..... we had a lot of fun square dancing last week.  We are back in the library.  Friday was a half day, so if you normally have library on Friday and didn't have class this week, your books will be due next Friday (10/6). Here's what we did in classes this week:

Kindergarten: We heard "Stella Louella's Runaway Book" by Lisa Campbell Ernst.  We practiced responding to a story by sharing our favorite part.  Students with used "I liked the part when...." or "My favorite part was..." This is something we'll work on all year.

Grade 1 (Hirst) & Grades 1/2 (Stillwaugh): We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 2 (Gregerson): We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 2 (Holt):  We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 3 (Pawling, Keating): We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 4 (Gibson, Hopper):We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 4 (Mindt):  We learned 10 ways to find a great book to help us with book selection.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus):  We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 6: We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Professional: Finished cataloging new best books. set-up book fair dates.

This Week in the Library: Sept. 18-22

It was "Square Dancing Week" at Sherwood so there were no specialist classes Monday to Thursday.  Here's what the Friday classes did:

Grade 2 (Rempel): We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 3 (Liker): We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Grade 4 (Mindt): We learned the procedures and routines for entering the library, book selection, and silent reading.

Professional: Continued working on book cataloging.  Held a meeting for library helpers (applications due Sept. 27).

This Week in the Library: Sept. 11-15

This was our first full week of school.  Welcome to the kindergarten students!  It was the first time Monday and Tuesday classes visited the library.  Here's what we did during classes this week:

Kindergarten: The kindergartener's met Mr. Sonnen, the librarian.  We sat in a circle and shared the name of our favorite food.  Then, we heard "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes.  Vocabulary to reinforce at home: chrysanthemum, Parcheesi, miserably.

Grade 1 (Hirst): We heard "The Librarian from the Black Lagoon" by Mike Thaler.  We learned about the library and some of the things we will work on this year.  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home: laminate, laminated, laminator, decontamination, overdue.

Grade 1 (Gordon, Bonnell):  We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.  We checked out books.

Grade 1/2 (Stillwaugh): We heard "Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians" by Jackie Hopkins.  We learned about the library and some of the things we will work on this year.  We checked out books. Vocabulary words to reinforce at home:  astonishing, temptation, recliner.

Grade 2 (Gregerson): We heard "The Library Dragon" by Carmen Deedy.  We talked about library behavior and learned about some of the things we will work on in library this year.  We checked out books!  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home:  incinerated, incensed, linoleum, singed.

Grade 2 (Rempel, Holt): We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 3: We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 4: We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.  We checked out books.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We created shelf-markers to use during book selection time this year.  We also reviewed emergency drill procedures for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Grade 6: We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Professional: I assisted staff with technology, registered for the state WLA conference, worked on cataloging new books, began to laminate shelf-markers, worked on seating charts.

This Week in the Library: Sept. 6-8

Welcome to the 2017-18 school year.  It was great to see everyone back at Sherwood.  Here's what we did during Wed, Thu, & Fri classes:

Kindergarten: No Kindergarten students this week

Grade 1 (Gordon, Bonnell): We heard "The Librarian from the Black Lagoon" by Mike Thaler.  We learned about the library and some of the things we will work on this year.  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home: laminate, laminated, laminator, decontamination, overdue.

Grade 2 (Holt, Rempel): We heard "The Library Dragon" by Carmen Deedy.  We talked about library behavior and learned about some of the things we will work on in library this year.  We checked out books!  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home:  incinerated, incensed, linoleum, singed.

Grade 3: We heard "Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library" by Julie Gassman.  We talked about library behavior and learned about some of the things we will work on in library this year.  We checked out books!  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home: jig, roam, ignite, bios (short for biographies).

Grade 4: We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Grade 5 (Alderson): We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Professional: Helped staff with tech station set-up, participated in staff meetings, completed the annual Safe Schools trainings, registered for the AASL National Conference.

2017-2018 Best Book Online Quiz Link Available

The online quiz for the 2017-2018 best books has been posted (see later in this post).  If you finish a best book over the summer, take the quiz before you forget!

BEST BOOK 2017-18 QUIZ

This Week in the Library: June 26-27

The end of the school year is here!  This year went fast.  We did not have classes on these 2 half days.  Have a wonderful summer and see you in the fall!

Professional: Attended our staff training on equity in education on Monday afternoon.  Checked in & shelved late books. Collected fine money.  Created the end of the year slide show.  Prepared old technology equipment for district surplus.  Worked on getting the library ready for summer cleaning.  I also continued checking in and preparing books from our recent order for library circulation.

This Week in the Library: June 19-23

The last full week of school is over.  We did not have classes on Friday due to field day.  Here's what we did in classes.

Kindergarten: We heard "ABC I Like Me" by Nancy Carlson.  Each student drew the picture for their page of our class alphabet books.

Grade 1 (Gordon/Hirst): We heard "Butterfly Story" by Anca Hariton.  Students wrote a fact from the story and then drew a picture to go along with their fact.

Grade 1 (Bonnell/Stillwaugh):  We heard 3 books to end the year: "Chickens to the Rescue" by John Himmelman, "Creepy Carrots" by Aaron Reynolds, and "Hooway For Wodney Wat" by Helen Lester.

Grade 2 (Gregerson/Rempel): We heard "A Killer Whale's World" by Caroline Arnold.  Students wrote a fact from the story and then drew a picture to go along with their fact.

Grade 3 (Pawling/Keating): We worked on Coding with code.org.

Grade 4 (Gibson/Hopper): We read online.  Students could choose between myOn reading or Newsela.

Grade 5: We read online.  Students could choose between myOn reading or Newsela.

Grade 6 (Hanson): We read online.  Students could choose between myOn reading or Newsela.  I also shared class books that they made when they were in kindergarten!

Professional: Wrapped up paperwork for SBA state testing. Received the new books ordered a few weeks ago with the book fair profit money.  Most of these are from next year's best book and children's choice lists.  Repaired books.  Sent our notices of late books (fines).  Collected late books.  Worked on the the slide show for the end of the year assembly.  Took the library helpers on a field trip to the Seattle Central Library.  Went on the CCC/Conflict manager/Safety patrol field trip to Lynnwood Skate & bowl.  Helped with intermediate field day.  Attended our last morning staff meeting on Wednesday.  Said thanks to our senior volunteer, Janet.

This Week in the Library: June 12 - 16

The year is quickly coming to a close.  All library books were due on Monday and I'm working on bills for students who have not returned their books.  If you haven't returned your books yet....do it now!!!!!  Here's what we did in library classes this week:

Kindergarten (Morehouse/Cook): We heard "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin Jr. and Click Clack Quackity Quack by Doreen Cronin.  We also picked things to put in our class alphabet books that we will make next week!  I told the students about the summer reading program and upcoming events at the public library.

Kindergarten (Widener): We heard "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood and "K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo" by Giles Andreae.

Grade 1 (Hirst): We read "Star of the Sea" by Janet Halfmann.  Students wrote 1 thing they learned from this narrative non-fiction book and drew a picture to go with their sentence.

Grade 1 (Bonnell, Gordon, Stillwaugh): We heard "Chameleons are Cool" by Martin Jenkins.  Then we wrote a fact we learned from the book and drew a chameleon picture.  Students shared their sentences with the class.

Grade 2: We heard "The Astronaut Handbook" by Meghan McCarthy.  Then we wrote a fact we learned from the book and drew a astronaut/space picture.  Students shared their sentences with the class.

Grade 3: We learned about the summer reading program at the Edmonds Public Library (see post below for links).  Students had the option of registering online for summer reading and then we worked on coding with code.org.

Grade 4-6: We learned about the summer reading program at the Edmonds Public Library (see post below for links).  Students had the option of registering online for summer reading and then we had choice reading time with myOn and Newsela.  SUMMER READING INTRO VIDEO

Professional: Wrapped up SBA testing paperwork and submitted it to the district.  Shelved a lot of books!  Attended a staff meeting on Tuesday morning and the building leadership team meeting on Thursday.  Began preparing for moving overdue books to lost and creating fines.  Helped troubleshoot technology issues throughout the building.

Sign up for Sno-Isle Summer Reading (Edmonds Public Library)

Summer Reading has begun at the Edmonds Public Library!

Why participate?
     To help prevent the summer slide!  Students who read 4-6 books over the summer can prevent the slide and students who participate in public library summer reading programs score higher on reading tests in the fall!
     To have fun and enjoy reading!
     Read 10 hours and receive a free book!

How can I join?
     Register through Beanstalk on the Sno-Isle website!  SUMMER READING REGISTRATION LINK

What are some of the summer activities?
    Check out Sno-Isle for up-to-date information.  Here are some events at Edmonds Public Library:

Reading with Rover's 10th Birthday Party - Saturday, June 24, 12 Noon
Professor Ficklestein's Physics Phactory Summer Kickoff - Tuesday, June 27, 2pm
Tweens: Balloon Engineering - Wednesday, July 27, 4pm

This Week in the Library: June 5 - 9

Wow!  The school year is coming to an end quickly.  All library books are due June 12 (next Monday).  We also had a great time at Computer Science Night on Wednesday.  Here's what we did in library classes this week:

Kindergarten (Widener): We began exploring alphabet books.  We heard "ABC Kids" by Basher and "Old Black Fly" by Jim Aylesworth.

Kindergarten (Cook/Morehouse): We heard "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood and "K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo" by Giles Andreae.

Grade 1 (Hirst): We heard "Mrs. Muddle's Holidays" by Laura Nielsen.  We noticed that in the end matter there was additional information about holidays.  We will alphabetize the holidays in the book next week.

Grade 1 (Gordon/Bonnell/Stillwaugh): We read "Star of the Sea" by Janet Halfmann.  Students wrote 1 thing they learned from this narrative non-fiction book and drew a picture to go with their sentence.

Grade 2 (Rempel): We read "One Tiny Turtle" by Nicola Davies.  Students wrote 1 thing they learned from this narrative non-fiction book and drew a picture to go with their sentence.

Grade 2 (Gregerson): We had our final book selection & check out time.  The class was interrupted by a "Shelter-in-Place" drill.

Grade 2 (Holt): No class due to a grade-level field trip.  All library books are due Monday, June 12.

Grade 3: We continued to work on Course 2 of code.org.

Intermediate Classes (gr. 4-6): We continued to practice using myON reading.  myOn is the district provided summer reading program for grades 4-6.

Professional: Helped run our school's 1st Computer Science Night along with Mr. Gibson and parent, Mrs. Wilkie on Wednesday night.  Attended our regular staff meeting before school on Wednesday morning.  Met with Mrs. Costello and Ms. Rook from the Instructional Media Department as a part of their year end conversations with district librarians.  Laminated book covers, submitted tech trouble tickets and finished up SBA test coding.

Computer Science Night at Sherwood

Link to Presentation  by district rep. J. Aillaud:  Why CS?

Link to K-1 Coding Activity: Mystery Island Coding Quest

Here are the links to the videos that were shown at Computer Science Night.

Computer Science is Changing Everything

Pair Programming

Also interesting videos:

Why Coding?

Karlie Kloss: Coding in a Superpower

12 year old app developer (Ted Talk)

What is Computer Programming?

End of the Year Dates Set for Library

Here are some dates for your calendar.

June 7 - Last day of book selection / check out
June 7 - Computer Science Night
June 9 - Last day for in-person best book quizzes
June 12 - ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS DUE
June 12 - Last day for online best books quizzes & class quizzes to be submitted
June 14 - Library bills created for materials not returned
June 15 - Best Book Celebration (for student who read 15+ best books this year)
June 16 - Last day for Library Helpers (thanks for your work this year!)
June 19 - CCC/Patrol/Conflict Manager Field Trip
June 20 - Library Helper field trip
June 27 - Last day of School

This Week in the Library: May 30 - June 2

We hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!  If your regular library class is on Monday, your books will be due on Monday, June 5.  Here's what we did in classes this week.

Kindergarten (excdept Widener): We began exploring alphabet books.  We heard "ABC Kids" by Basher and "Old Black Fly" by Jim Aylesworth.

Grade 1 (except Hirst): We heard "Mrs. Muddle's Holidays" by Laura Nielsen.  We noticed that in the end matter there was additional information about holidays.  We will alphabetize the holidays in the book next week.

Grade 2: We looked for books to help with informational writing in the classroom.

Grade 3: We continued working on Course 2 in Code.org's code studio.

Grade 4: We reviewed how to log into myON reading, finished any pre-test, and read books online.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We reviewed how to log into myON reading, finished any pre-test, and read books online.

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We learned about the myON reading site, which will be available for summer reading.  Students logged in, took an interest survey, and completed a pre-test to determine a base reading level.

Grade 6 (Hanson): We learned about the myON reading site, which will be available for summer reading.  Students logged in, took an interest survey, and completed a pre-test to determine a base reading level.

Professional: Worked with the other specialists to develop a master schedule for the 2017-18 school year.  Attended the bi-weekly building leadership meeting on Thursday morning.  Helped finish SBA make-up testing.  Served on a district interview team Friday afternoon.

This Week in the Library: May 22 - 26

A busy week at Sherwood with SPA testing for 3-6th grade classes.  There were some adjustments in the library schedule.  Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!  Here's what we did in classes this week:

Kindergarten: We completed our personal crocodile books.  Then students used the document camera and microphone to read their booklet to the class.  We focused on standing tall, looking at the audience, and speaking clearly into the mic.

Grade 1 (except Stillwaugh): We alphabetized the names of the 16 cows from last week's story in small groups.

Grade 1 (Stillwaugh): We heard "Sixteen Cows" by Lisa Wheeler and then we began to alphabetize the names from the book to catch up with the other classes.

Grade 2: We had an overview of the magazine section and created a poster to hang over them.  We learned about periodicals, magazine focus, advertising, and other things!

Grade 3: We worked on course 2 of code.org's code studio.

Grade 4: We learned about the myON reading site, which will be available for summer reading.  Students logged in, took an interest survey, and completed a pre-test to determine a base reading level.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We learned about the myON reading site, which will be available for summer reading.  Students logged in, took an interest survey, and completed a pre-test to determine a base reading level.

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We had a book selection & reading time to decompress from testing!

Grade 6: We had a book selection & reading time to decompress from testing!

Professional: My main focus this week was on SBA testing.  I also attended our district librarian meeting Tuesday afternoon.  I prepared items for cataloging and helped with technology issues around the building.

This Week in the Library: May 15 - 19

With SBA testing and performance rehearsals, there were a lot of schedule changes.  Here's what happened during library classes this week:

Kindergarten: We heard "Counting Crocodiles" by Judy Sierra.  A clever monkey figured out how to cross a sea of crocodiles to get sweet bananas!  Next week we will make our own counting crocodile booklets.

Grade 1 (Hirst/Bonnell): We heard "Sixteen Cows" by Lisa Wheeler.  We will alphabetize the names of the cows next week!

Grade 1 (Stillwaugh): We brainstormed words from last week's book, "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" by Dr. Seuss.  Then we put those words in alphabetical order as a class.  At times we had to alphabetize to the 2nd and 3rd letter!

Grade 1 (Gordon): No class due to Music performance rehearsal.

Grade 2 (Gregerson): No class due to Music performance rehearsal.

Grade 2 (Rempel / Holt): We heard "So Say the Little Monkeys" by Nancy Van Laan.  This is a folktale from Brazil.

Grade 3: We logged into code.org and began Course 2 of computer coding.  Mrs. Costello, an  instructional technology coach helped during Mrs. Keating's class!

Intermediate Classes (Grades 4-6: except Wildenhaus): We had a choice reading time to decompress from state testing!

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We joined Mrs. Thain's PE Class to run of energy after a morning of testing!

Professional: Severed as building test coordinator.  Attended the building leadership meeting Thursday morning.  Worked on cataloging books and magazines for the collection.

This Week in the Library: May 8 - 12

A quick 4-day week of school.  If Friday was your regular library day, your books will be due next week (5/19).  Here's what we did in the remaining classes:

Kindergarten: Heard two counting books: "My Little Sister Ate One Hare" by Bill Grossman and Caledcott Honor Book, "Ten, Nine, Eight" by Molly Bang.  While both were rhyming books, one counted up and one counted down.

Grade 1 (except Stillwaugh): We brainstormed words from last week's book, "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" by Dr. Seuss.  Then we put those words in alphabetical order as a class.  At times we had to alphabetize to the 2nd and 3rd letter!

Grade 2 (Rempel only): We learned about magazines. Points discussed included: what is a periodical, subscriptions, focus or topic, audience, types of features.  We will work more on magazines in the coming weeks.

Grade 3 (Pawling only): We worked on logging into code.org and began coding activities.

Grade 4 (except Mindt): Due to scheduling conflicts/changes we only had book selection, check-out, and silent reading this week.

Grade 5: No classes due to Outdoor Education.  All books will be due next week.  Have fun at camp!

Grade 6: Continued working on reading train schedules assignment.

Professional:  Helped teachers prepare for next week's SBA State testing.  Attended the Washington Library Association - School Library Group steering committee meeting Thursday evening.  Went to the Foundation for Edmonds School District annual breakfast before school on Friday.  Participated in staff training during the in-service time on Friday.

This Week in the Library: May 1 - 5

It's hard to believe May is here....only 2 months left of school.  Here's what we did in library classes this week!

Kindergarten: We heard "Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin.  This was our last farm book.  This book was also a Caldecott Honor award winner.

Grade 1: We heard "And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" by Dr. Seuss.  We learned that this was his first book for children.  We thought about words from the book we could use to alphabetize next week.

Grade 2: We created a poster about the Biography section of the library.  We learned where it was, what kind of books are found there, and how they are arranged.  The poster is hanging up over the Biography section in the library

Grade 3 (Keating): We did our post-assessment on coding/algorithms.

Grade 3 (Pawling/Liker): We began working online with computer coding using code.org

Grade 4: We completed an assessment of our Dewey number order skills.

Grade 5: We finished our fact/opinion slides.  We saw everyone's slides and tried to figure out if it was a fact, an opinion, or a false fact.

Grade 6: We began working on reading a train schedule.

Professional: Prepared materials for SBA testing packets to be given out to teachers next week.  Prepared donated books for cataloging, met with our principal to finalize the testing schedule, helped with teachers computers to regain wireless capabilities, attended our building EEA meeting Tuesday evening, and attended the district's Technology Advisory committee meeting on Monday evening.  I also had my end of year evaluation meeting with the assistant principal.

2018 Best Book List

Both the Sasquatch and the Young Reader's Choice, Jr. Division lists have been released.  Click on the link for a book mark (the sheet contains 3 bookmarks, so share with some friends!

2018 BOOK MARK

Here's the list:

Best Books  2017-2018

Sasquatch
The Terrible Two Mac Barnett & Jory John
The Book Scavenger Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The War that Saved my Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Awkward Svetlana Chmakova
Stella by Starlight Sharon Draper
The Honest Truth Dan Gemeinhart
Took Mary Hahn
Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Masterminds Gordon Korman
Shadows of Sherwood Kekla Magoon
The Blackthorn Key Kevin Sands
The Way Home Looks Now Wendy Wan-­Long Shang
Young Reader’s Choice
* repeat title with Sasquatch
Crenshaw Katherine Applegate
*  The Terrible Two Mac Barnett & Jory John
Circus Mirandus Cassie Beasley
*   The War that Saved my Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Kelly Jones
*  Masterminds Gordon Korman
Fuzzy Mud Louis Sachar

Securly Parent Portal

From the Edmonds SD Technology Department:

Securly Parent Portal

Many parents have requested access to their child’s browsing history on the Chromebooks, as well as additional filtering controls at home.  We are very pleased to report that we can now offer these services to parents!

Home Filtering and Monitoring for Chromebooks

We are pleased to announce that the district has enabled the Parent Portal for student Chromebooks.  This service will send weekly reports of student Internet activity to your email, and allow you to view more detailed information on a website.

To sign-up for the service, fill out this form: http://tinyurl.com/edmondsportal

To enter the Parent Portal, simply click on the "view more" link, or the “sign up” link at the bottom of your weekly email. You will be asked to check two boxes:

1. I understand that I may see potentially sensitive online content accessed by my child.
2. I agree to Securly's terms of service and privacy policy.

The Parent Portal contains two categories on the left from which you can choose:

1. Activity (shows a real time audit trail of your child's online activity)
2. Flagged (shows posts made on Facebook, Twitter, and G+ that have  been flagged by Securly)

    

There are also additional Parent Portal features coming soon:

• Settings (allows you to control content on the device at home only)
• Pause Button (to turn off Internet access during certain hours)
• Emergency notifications for disturbing activity

The district will be running information evenings on student Internet safety, which will cover the parent portal in more detail.  Further information on these events will be released soon.

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This Week in the Library: April 24 - 28

This week, we saw our 2 teams compete in the district battle of the books (see other post).  Some class times were changed so I could take the teams to the competition.  Here's what we did in library classes this week:

Kindergarten: We heard another farm book, "Zinnia and Dot" by Lisa Campbell Ernst.

Grade 1: We alphabetized the words found in last week's story, "On Market Street." We talked about ways to figure out which letter comes next if you forget.  Students also had the choice of work on alphabet dot-to-dot pictures after check out to reinforce the alphabet.

Grade 2: We talked about the classified section (aka non-fiction).  We talked about how the numbers are classes, how not all of the books in this section are true, and how to use the 5-finger check to see if a book is right.

Grade 3 (Pawling):  We did our post-assessment on coding/algorithms.

Grade 3 (Keating):  We did our lesson on algorithms using paper airplane construction to go through the process of organizing steps in an order to successfully construct a plane.

Grade 3 (Liker):  We completed our paper airplane algorithm lesson and then we took the coding/algorithm post assessment.

Grade 4: We completed a Dewey decimal call number sort in small groups.  Students had to order the cards down to the thousandths place.  Sometime they had to use the letters to "break the tie."

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We read new articles online using Newsela.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We created slides on Google Slides using a photograph from Britannica Online (also using their citation) and created a statement of fact, opinion, or false fact.  We also talked a little bit about slide backgrounds and how they can help or hurt a slide presentation.

Grade 6: Continued to work on reading transportation schedules.  We are almost finished with the bus schedules.

Professional: I created the electronic score sheet for the district battle of the books.  I cataloged a few new books for the library, accepted donations of books from families (most will head to classroom libraries),

Washington Children's Choice Winner Announced

The 2017 WCCPBA winner is “Mummy Cat” with 18,479 votes.  It received 14.95% of the votes.

2^nd place was: A Perfectly Messed-Up Story with 15,837 votes

3^rd place:  Finding Winnie with 13,100 votes

4^th place:  What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night with 12,697 votes.

Statewide 123,621 students voted this year.

This Week in the Library: April 17-21

Another busy week in the library.  We had our school-level Battle of the Best Books competition on Tuesday (see best book post).  Here's what we did in classes this week!

Kindergarten: We read "Midnight Farm" by Reeve Lindbergh.  The book is a counting book and a rhyming book were a young child explores the farm at night with mom.  Before reading, we created a list of animals that one might see on a farm.

Grade 1: We read "On Market Street," a Caldecott honor book, by Anita Lobel.  We are beginning a unit on alphabetical order.  Next week we will use the words in this book to alphabetize!

Grade 2 & Grade 3 (Keating): We heard "The Beckoning Cat," a Japanese folktale that explains why many Asian businesses have a cat statue welcoming customers.

Grade 3 (Pawling/Liker): We learned about algorithms using steps to make a paper airplane.  This was an unplugged lesson from code.org.

Grade 4: We continued to work with the library shelver game to gain more experience in putting Dewey decimal call numbers in order.

Grade 5 (Wildenhaus): We extended last weeks lesson.  Students created google slides with a photograph (from Britannica Online), a citation for the photo, and a statement (either a fact, false fact, or opinion).

Grade 5 (Alderson): We read online news articles found on Newsela.

Grade 6: We began our reading transportation schedules using a Metro Bus schedule assignment.  We will finish it tomorrow.

Professional: Attended an all day district training on computer science with Mr. Gibson on Wednesday.  We learned about lessons that will be a part of the district's new computer science curriculum.  Attended the building Leadership meeting Thursday morning. Our topics were parent engagement and summer learning.  Had my pre-observation conference, observation, and post-observation conference with Mrs. Shook.  Conducted the building level battle of the books.  Worked with our tech support person to get older laptops ready for use in first grade.

2016 Teams Repeat, Head to District Competition

We held our building Battle of the Best Books on Tuesday at lunch & lunch recess. Four teams competed this year representing all grades and classes.  Our top 2 teams were the same as last year! The Four Bookiniers and the Book Squirrels won.

These 2 teams will represent Sherwood at the Edmonds School District competition to be held Friday, April 28 at Lynndale Elementary School.  Team captains received permission slips and letters to go home.

Good luck teams!

Sherwood 2017 WCCPBA Voting Results

The Primary Classes at Sherwood voted for the 2017 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award.  We look forward to seeing the final state results!  Here are our results:

School Wide (top 5)

1. A Perfectly Messed-up Story by Patrick McDonnell (45 votes)

2. Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick (38 votes)

3. Mummy Cat by Marcus Ewert (32 votes)

4. Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox (31 votes)

5. Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor (20 votes)

Grade/Class Top Votes

Kindergarten: A Perfectly Messed-up Story

   Cook: Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

   Morehouse: A Perfectly Messed-up Story

   Widener: (ties) Hoot Owl, Mummy Cat, There Was an Old Dragon

1st Grade: Finding Winnie

   Bonnell: (ties) Finding Winnie, I Don’t Want to be a Frog, Who Wants a Hug

   Gordon: What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night

   Hirst: Mummy Cat

   Stillwaugh: A Perfectly Messed-up Story

2nd Grade:  Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

   Gregerson: Finding Winnie

   Holt: Finding Winnie

   Rempel: Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

3rd Grade:  Finding Winnie

   Keating: A Perfectly Messed-up Story

   Liker: (tie) Finding Winnie, Hoot Owl

   Pawling: Nerdy Birdy

This Week in the Library: April 10 - 14

We're back from Spring Break!  This is a busy time at the library.  Here's what we did during classes:

Kindergarten / Grade 1: We read "Horace and Morris, but Mostly Dolores" by James Howe.  This story was about 3 friends who had to make decision when they joined exclusive clubs.  Classes had some good discussions. Vocabulary: decision, muenster, clubhouse.


Grade 2 / Grade 3: We watched the Washington Children's Choice video to remind ourselves of the wonderful books we have heard over the past 5 months.  After the video we voted for our favorites (school results will be a future post).

Grade 4: We used an online game to work on putting books in order using the Dewey Decimal Classification system.  Game Link

Grade 5: We used Encyclopedia Britannica Online to find images and learned how to use the website to cite the images.

Grade 6: Completed the reading Washington State Ferry Schedule assignment.

Professional: Attended a district librarian meeting at Seaview Elementary on Tuesday evening.  Conducted the SBA Proctor Training session at the Sherwood Staff meeting on Wednesday.

This Week in the Library: March 27-31

The week before spring break is always a busy one.  Here's what we did in library classes this week!

Kindergarten (Cook/Morehouse): We read "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant.

Kindergarten (Widener): We read "A Possum Come a Knockin'" by Nancy Van Laan.  We talked about family and relatives again.

Grade 1 (Hirst/Stillwaugh): We read "The Gruffalo" by Julia Donaldson.  We reviewed how books are shelved in the Everybody Section of the library.

Grade 1 (Gordon/Bonnell): We read "Don't Be Silly Mrs. Millie" by Judy Cox.  Mrs. Millie has a humorous way of speaking!

Grade 2 (Gregerson): We read "Sp Say the Little Monkeys" by Nancy Van Laan.  This was a folktale from South America (Brazil-Amazon).

Grade 2 (Holt/Rempel): We learned how books are organized in the Fiction section.  We reviewed how to use a 5-finger check to see if the book is a "just right" book.  We made a class poster that will be hanging in the fiction section.

Grade 3 (Keating): We read Washington Children's Choice nominee "Hippos Are Huge" by Jonathan London.

Grade 3 (Pawling): We read Washington Children's Choice nominee "Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas" by Lynne Cox.

Grade 3 (Liker): We read Washington Children's Choice nominee "What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night" by Refe & Susan Tima.

Grade 4: We finished our Dewey System exploration assignment.  Students found and recorded the call number and title for one book in each hundreds section.

Grade 5: We continued reading news articles on Newsela.  Students also learned about Encyclopedia Britannica Online.

Grade 6: Continued to work on reading a Washington State Ferry schedule

Professional: Prepared books for cataloging. Prepared documents for SBA proctor training.

This Week in the Library: March 20-24

Spring is officially here!  Below is what we did in library this week:

Kindergarten (Widener): We created a list of relatives (i.e. grandman, aunt, cousins, etc.) and then we read the award winning story, "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant.

Kindergarten (Cook/Morehouse): We watched the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award video to remind ourselves of the books we've heard since November and then we voted for our favorites!

Grade 1 (Bonnell/Gordon): We watched the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award video to remind ourselves of the books we've heard since November and then we voted for our favorites!

Grade 1 (Hirst/Stillwaugh): We read "Don't Be Silly Mrs. Millie" by Judy Cox.  Mrs. Millie has a humorous way of speaking!

Grade 2: We discussed the organization, location, and type of books found in the Everybody Section of our library.  We created a class poster that is hanging above the "E" section in our library!

Grade 3 (Keating/Pawling): We completed our "Best Book I Ever Read" posters.

Grade 3 (Liker): We read "Who Wants a Hug" by Jeff Mack and "A Perfectly Messed-up Story" by Patrick McDonnell .  Both books are nominees in this year's Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award.

Grade 4: We worked on our Dewey system activity in partners.

Grade 5: We continues reading news article on Newsela.  Students took comprehension quizzes when they completed articles that interested them.

Grade 6: Began working on our unit of reading transportation schedules.  First up is the Washington State Ferry Schedule.  Students used schedules to find information and to solve problems.

Professional: Helped staff, along with district tech support person, learning about g-mail (our new mail service) on Monday morning. Attended our regular staff meeting Wednesday morning,