encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
Reading Tracker Book Club Meetings are Thursdays at Jr. High Lunch. Get your lunch quickly and try to be down in the LC by 12:45. We will probably be able to read one to two chapters together each week. This means you will need to read a chapter or two on your own as well.... Continue Reading →
The Learning Commons will be hosting a weekly book club to help students complete their ELA Reading trackers. We will be starting with a Mystery book before moving on to an Adventure book. Both will be completed in time to turn in your project for each book by the end of the trimester. We plan... Continue Reading →
After taking a year off, we are back once again with the Mock Caldecott. In case you forgot what that is every January the American Library Association (ALA) holds the Youth Media Awards to celebrate children's book authors and illustrators. What are the Youth Media Awards? You've probably heard about the Newberry, given to children's... Continue Reading →
Such Wonderful Book Character Pumpkins The entries for the pumpkin contest are super cute this year. There are characters that range from old favorites to new characters that haven't been turned into pumpkins yet. Great job on the creativity faclons! We are all very excited to have the libraries decorated for Halloween and voting to... Continue Reading →
After last year being virtual, the pumpkin decorating contest is back. Ms. Leah and I are so excited that we are able to do the book character pumpkin decorating contest in person this year. The contest will be held in the Learning Commons and Primary Learning Center. Just like previous years there will be three... Continue Reading →
Drama Club's Fall Production I am very excited to announce that this year's fall production for drama club is Elf the Musical Jr. Yes, you heard that right, we will be doing two musicals this year! I don't know about you but I am very excited about getting back on the stage and making this... Continue Reading →
Can you believe summer is just around the corner? Time sure does fly when we're all on campus. Why is Summer Reading Important? While we're on break from school, summer reading continues to improve your reading skills, memory, comprehension, vocabulary, and keeps your imagination active! No matter what age you are, reading keeps our mind... Continue Reading →
I feel like we *blinked* and April is already almost gone, so let's get ready to wrap up the month with a little rhythm and rhyme. Poetry can be intimidating at times, but if we break down the writing elements and look at some examples it's perhaps not as difficult as we think it is.... Continue Reading →
Since we have been back at school Ms. Leah and I have been trying to figure out the best way to allow students to check out books. We are testing a self-checkout station in the Jr. High hallway to see how it goes. Jr. High students may check out any book from the book card... Continue Reading →
The 5th grade spent most of their second trimester learning to edit videos using an online video editor called WeVideo. This is a program we have been using for years to teach our students video editing skills. We have always loved WeVideo because much of the editing skills they learn using the program are transferable... Continue Reading →
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th, but this month is also known as "Women's History Month"! As I was looking up books, quotes, and videos to incorporate into lessons, I realized I don't remember learning about many of these women as a student. We learned about a handful of women in history, art,... Continue Reading →
Ms. Natalie and Ms. Leah are Library teachers for a reason, we love books! Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner we're going to share our favorite books about relationships and love. We teach different genres students can find in the Learning Commons, and Relationship is one of our Fiction subcategories. Relationship books might... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 