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.