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 →
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 →
In the history of the world, the United States is still a pretty young country. Yet, we still have many traditions that we uphold as important and necessary to the success of our democracy. One of those is the transfer of power from one President to the next. Every four years on January 20th the... Continue Reading →
In case you haven't heard, Drama Club has been working hard on a virtual production of the musical Now. Here. This. The show, written by Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell, with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, is a reflection on life in our society and the experience we have with school, friends and family.... Continue Reading →
I'm sure many of the books and movies on this list won't be surprising to you, but I thought I would put together a list of books and movies for you to enjoy over Christmas break. One of my favorite things to do is to compare books to movies (spoiler, the book is usually better).... Continue Reading →
Each year the 7th grade creates book trailers for their favorite books. It's a fun project that combines reading comprehension and technology to make a book trailer that will entice students to read the books. This year is even more fun because the new Destiny Discover allows us to add digital reviews for all users... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 