Marvin K. Mooney Group Reading @ Edmonds Downtown Read Across America Celebration Saturday

From Edith at the Edmonds Public Library:

As part of this year’s READ ACROSS AMERICA day long festivities in downtown Edmonds, I am organizing a group reading of MARVIN K. MOONEY WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW!, by Dr. Seuss. The text of the book is arranged in a script for 3 groups of readers.

Our hope is to have AS MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AS POSSIBLE!  Maybe we’ll set a Guinness World’s record! 

Readers will assemble on and around the steps of Edmonds Historical Museum -- Reading will be at 2:00pm (Saturday 3/4) – just after a donation driven showing of HORTON HEARS A WHO at the Edmonds Theatre.

I am including copies of the 3 scripts here - practicing ahead of time is strongly recommended!

SCRIPT ONE

SCRIPT TWO

SCRIPT THREE

Read Across America Coming to Downtown Edmonds

Read Across America is coming to Edmonds.  The link below is to a flyer that lists all of the wonderful event occurring this weekend!

FLYER

This Week in the Library: February 22-24

Happy Presidents Day.  We hope you enjoyed the extended weekend.  If your library was on Monday or Tuesday, your books will be due next week.  Here's what we did the rest of the week in library classes:

Kindergarten (Cook/Morehouse): We heard books that might be on next year's Children's Choice award list.  Mrs. Cook's class heard "The Cow Who Climbed a Tree" by Gemma Merino and Mrs. Morehouse's class heard "The Bear and the Piano" by Litchfield.

Grade 1 (all except Hirst): We used this week to catch up on the Children's Choice books we missed so far.  Mrs. Gordon's class heard "Who Wants a Hug?" by Jeff Mack; Ms. Bonnell's class heard "Hippos are Huge" by Jonathan London; Mr. Stillwaugh's class heard "There Was and Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight" by Penny Klosterman.

Grade 2 (Gregerson/Rempel): We heard books that might be on next year's Children's Choice award list.  Mrs. Gregerson's class heard "Bunnies" by Kevan Atteberry, "Barnacle is Bored" by Jonahtan Fenske, and "Best Frints in the Whole Universe" by Antoinette Portis.  Mrs. Rempel's class heard "A Bike for Sergio" by Maribeth Boelts.

Grade 2 (Holt): We used this week to catch up on the Children's Choice books we missed so far.  We heard "Hippos are Huge" by Jonathan London.

Grade 3: We completed our graph paper programming lesson.  We learned how we could take written directions and turn them into a code.

Grade 4: We learned about Newsela.  We read current event articles from this website and took article quizzes.

Grade 5 (Alderson) : We did some small group work with fact vs. opinion.  We looked at statements to determine what type they were and how we could proved fact statements.

Grade 6: No classes this week due to President's Day holiday.

Professional: Attended our bi-monthly staff meeting Wednesday morning.  Worked on library maintenance projects.

This Week in the Library: February 13-17

Happy Valentine's Day!  Another busy week in the library.  Here's what we did during classes:

Primary Classes (K-3): We heard another one of our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book nominees, "Who Wants a Hug?" by Jeff Mack.  Skunk tries to stop Bear from giving hugs,  but learns that hugs are great.  A perfect book for Valentine's Day week.  Vocabulary: mackerel, huffed, skunk, fix (I'll fix him).

Grade 4: Finished our best book exploration project.

Grade 5: Began looking at Fact vs. Opinion.  We saw some examples and talked about how you could prove if a fact is true.

Grade 6: Began a project on comparing library catalogs.  Students will search for books in our library, a public library, and a university library.  We also worked on tech skills: copy, paste, and using Google Classroom/docs

Professional: Attended our building leadership meeting on Thursday, read more books to prepare for the upcoming WCCPBA meeting, and attended a collaborative group meeting on student behavior.  I also represented Sherwood at a Building Test Coordinator meeting on Monday evening.

This Week in the Library: February 6-10

We opened the week with 2 snow days and ended with a half day!  If you usually have library on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday morning, your books will be due next week.  Here's what we did the rest of the week.

Kindergarten: We read "Who Want's a Hug?" by Jeff Mack.  Skunk does not want hugs from bear and tries to find ways to make bear stinky so others won't want hug either.  Vocabulary:  mackerel, huffed, skunk, fix.

Grade 1-3 (except Bonnell, Hirst, Holt, Liker): We read "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  Dog is looking for a job.  There is no job for a farm dog, so he tries work as a cow, horse, and chicken.  The farmer realizes that a farm dog is just want he needs.  Vocabulary: plodded, commotion, barnyard, discouraged, foofaraw.

Grade 1 (Bonnell): 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 4/5 (except Mindt,Wildenhaus): We worked on our best book exploration project.

Professional: Reviewed a dozen books for Puget Sound Council Book Review Group.  These books were then added to our collection.  Readied old items for surplus.  Updated best book tracking for students.

This Week in the Library: January 30 - February 3

Here's what we did this week in library class.

Primary Classes (K-3): Heard "Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook" by Anne Kennedy.  This fun book explains what one needs to do to be a great farm dog and get a biscuit at the same time! It was one of the titles on this year's Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list. Vocabulary: handbook, yarn, knit.

Grade 4: Began their best book exploration project.  Students looked at the genres, authors, and information about the titles on this year's list.

Grade 5/6: Finished their best book exploration projects.  Students looked at the genres, authors, and information about the titles on this year's list.

Professional: Completed many library maintenance tasks this week.  Attended a meeting regarding accommodations for the upcoming SBA testing.