What the Dinosaurs Did in the Library

After reading "What The Dinosaurs Did Last Night" by Refe and Susan Tuma, students came into the library during recess to try their hand a photographing plastic dinosaurs.

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.

This Week in the Library: January 17-20

A 4 day week due to the MLK holiday.  If Monday was your library day, your books are due next week (Jan. 23).  Here's what went on in library classes this week.

Kindergarten (except 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

Grade 1 (except Hirst, 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 1 (Bonnell): We heard "Job Wanted" By Teresa Bateman.  This story features a dog who doesn't give up when trying to find a job on the farm.  It was on our Children's Choice list.  Vocabulary: plodded, discouraged, barnyard, foofaraw, commotion.

Grade 2: 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 3 (Keating): 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 3 (Liker & Pawling): We took an online coding pre-assessment to prepare for our upcoming coding unit.

Grade 4-6 (except Chase): We worked on our best book exploration project.  Students were looking at author, genre, and previewing the books.

This Week in the Library: January 9-13

What a great week!  We had a great MLK assembly on Friday.  Here's what we did in library class this week:

Primary Classes (K-3): We heard "If You Ever Want To Take an Alligator to School, Don't!" by Elise Parsley.  This humorous book is part of our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award list.  Students recalled why you shouldn't bring a dinosaur and imagined what other animals you might not want to bring to school.  Vocabulary: origami, smack (smacking gum), twirl, mischief, impressed.  BOOK TRAILER

Grade 4: Joined a google classroom for library and heard about the directions for their upcoming best book assignment.

Grade 5 & 6 (except Chase): Began a Best Book exploration project.  Students will look at four of this year's titles learning about the author, thinking about genre, and deciding if this might be a good book for them to read.

Grade 6 (Chase): They were introduced to the Best Book program.

Washington State Ferries Schedule cover contest - for Grade 6

There is a cover art contest for the Washington State Ferry System Schedule for students in grades 6-8.  The contest ends Jan. 18.  Click on this link for details :  COVER ART CONTEST

This Week in the Library: January 3-6

Welcome back!  It's 2017 and we are back to learning.  There was no school on Monday due to the New Years holiday. If you have library on Monday, your books will be due on Monday, January 9. Here's what we did in library classes this week:

Kindergarten (except Widener): We listened to "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  Dog helps the farmer realize that the farm really needs a dog.  Vocabulary: plodded, discouraged, barnyard, commotion, foofaraw.

Grade 1-3 (except Hirst): We listened to "Mother Bruce" by Ryan Higgins.  This was a fun story and we saw how Bruce's character changed during the story.  Vocabulary: goslings, ingredients, grump, migration.

Grade 4-6 (except Chase): We learned about the best book program.  BEST BOOK INFO

Professional: Helped with the chromebook exchange.  By the end of the week we were 1 to 1 with chromebooks in grades 3-6 and 2 to 1 in grade 2.  Attended our staff meeting.

This Week In The Library: December 12 - 16

Winter break is here!  Enjoy your time off.  Here's what we did in library this week:

Primary Classes (except: Rempel, Pawling): We heard "Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas" by Lynne Cox, illustrated by Brian Floca.  The story is one of our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominees.  It is true story about an Elephant Seal who lived in Christchurch, New Zealand's Avon River.  Vocabulary: New Zealand, nostrils, swerved, flippers.

Rempel/Pawling: Class was abbreviated to book selection/checkout only due to the science assembly.

Grade 4: Learned more about the types of books in each of the hundreds in the classified section.

Grade 5 & 6: Completed computational thinking lessons and worked on coding on the code.org website.

Professional: Completed inventory of the library to prepare for the districts new fine/billing system.  Prepared for the Chromebook exchange, that will occur over winter break. Hosted the annual staff breakfast in the library.  Had my post-evaluation conversation with our assistant principal. Met with my collaborative library group on Wednesday evening at Hilltop Elem.  We looked at perception differences between boys and girls regarding technology at our school.  Volunteered to become a candidate for AASL Board of Directors.