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
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Friday, May 13, 2016
This Week In The Library: May 9 -12
With testing beginning this week for 5th grade, the library is a busy place. Especially since it serves as a test center. Here's what we did during library classes this week. There was no school on Friday due to an inservice day. If your class was on Friday, turn your books in next week.
Kindergarten: We sorted our drawing from last week. Students came up with at least two different ways to sort our pet drawings. Some of the ideas students had was (land, air, water), (2 legs, 4 legs, 6 legs, 8 legs, and 0 legs).
Grade 1 & 2: We read "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathman. Next week we will create "safety stars." Students need to come up with a safety tip to write on their star.
Grade 3 (Keating): Heard "The Tale of Tricky Fox" by Jim Aylesworth.
Grade 3 (Pawling): Heard "Ugly Pie" by Lisa Wheeler. We looked at the foreshadowing in the illustrations and we also noted that this book has end matter (a recipe for ugly pie!)
Grade 4/5 (Thursday Classes only): We began a short digital citizenship unit called "picture perfect." We are looking at how images are photo shopped, especially for advertising, and how that affects one's self-image. We watched a video from Dove Soap that shows the transition. VIDEO LINK
Grade 6 (Combined & Bogert): We began an assignment on reading transportation schedules using a train schedule.
Professional: Helped with the coordination of the state SBA testing at Sherwood. I attended the Foundation for Edmonds School District breakfast at Lynnwood HS. Conducted the Sherwood Battle of the Best Books (our top 2 teams - Book Squirrels & Four Bookiniers advanced to districts). Attended the staff meeting during the inservice time focusing on Common Core standards and scheduling for the next school year. I also continued to work on processing the donated books and reviewed some books for PSC.
Kindergarten: We sorted our drawing from last week. Students came up with at least two different ways to sort our pet drawings. Some of the ideas students had was (land, air, water), (2 legs, 4 legs, 6 legs, 8 legs, and 0 legs).
Grade 1 & 2: We read "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathman. Next week we will create "safety stars." Students need to come up with a safety tip to write on their star.
Grade 3 (Keating): Heard "The Tale of Tricky Fox" by Jim Aylesworth.
Grade 3 (Pawling): Heard "Ugly Pie" by Lisa Wheeler. We looked at the foreshadowing in the illustrations and we also noted that this book has end matter (a recipe for ugly pie!)
Grade 4/5 (Thursday Classes only): We began a short digital citizenship unit called "picture perfect." We are looking at how images are photo shopped, especially for advertising, and how that affects one's self-image. We watched a video from Dove Soap that shows the transition. VIDEO LINK
Grade 6 (Combined & Bogert): We began an assignment on reading transportation schedules using a train schedule.
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| ESD Foundation Breakfast |
Friday, January 22, 2016
This Week in the Library: January 19-22
A short week because there was no school on Monday, Jan. 18 (MLK Day). Books for Monday classes will be due on Monday, January 25.
Primary Classes (K-3, Except Monday classes & Goodsky): We read "The Secret Lives of Squirrels" by Nancy Rose from our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee poster. This photo story tells about Mr. Peanuts as he prepares his home for a visit from Cousin Squirrel. We looked at the end matter in the book where we found information about wildlife photography and a Question and Answer section with the author that describes how she created the scenes and enticed the squirrels to visit. If there was time we watched a couple of short videos showing squirrels figuring out obstacle courses (link below). Vocabulary words: chattering, penmanship, vacuums, scrumptious.
Thursday, January 21 was Squirrel Appreciation Day. Click on the link for more information! Squirrel Video, Secret Lives Slide Show (YouTube may not be available at school)
Grade 2 (Goodsky): We reviewed what we learned about magazines last week and then we worked in table groups to explore magazine titles we have at Sherwood. Students looked for title, audience, topic, and advertisement.
Grade 4: We learned about the Best Book Program and learned about some of the titles on this year's best book list. We'll learn about the rest of the books next week. Mr. Gibson's class also completed their strong passwords assessment.
Grades 5 & 6: We continued to learn about the titles on this year's best book list. We'll finish next week.
Professional: Laminated book covers, checked in Scholastic News issues, cataloged magazines and a few donated books. Continued looking for donors for our Donor's Choose Grant (we're have less than $200 left to have donated), Made arrangements for the 3rd grade Sno-Isle reading challenge. Created a book list with call numbers from the Book Whisperer appendix. Attended this week's staff meeting and Foundation for Edmonds SD ambassador meeting. I also had my annual formal observation and pre-observation meeting. As usual, I troubleshot several tech issues around the building.
Thursday, January 21 was Squirrel Appreciation Day. Click on the link for more information! Squirrel Video, Secret Lives Slide Show (YouTube may not be available at school)
Grade 2 (Goodsky): We reviewed what we learned about magazines last week and then we worked in table groups to explore magazine titles we have at Sherwood. Students looked for title, audience, topic, and advertisement.
Grade 4: We learned about the Best Book Program and learned about some of the titles on this year's best book list. We'll learn about the rest of the books next week. Mr. Gibson's class also completed their strong passwords assessment.
Grades 5 & 6: We continued to learn about the titles on this year's best book list. We'll finish next week.
Professional: Laminated book covers, checked in Scholastic News issues, cataloged magazines and a few donated books. Continued looking for donors for our Donor's Choose Grant (we're have less than $200 left to have donated), Made arrangements for the 3rd grade Sno-Isle reading challenge. Created a book list with call numbers from the Book Whisperer appendix. Attended this week's staff meeting and Foundation for Edmonds SD ambassador meeting. I also had my annual formal observation and pre-observation meeting. As usual, I troubleshot several tech issues around the building.
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