encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
Inspired by this post on St. Eugene's School Panther Pages, I thought it would be fun for St. Philip's to also have a Spine Poem Contest. It is quite easy, find some books and use the words on the spine to create a poem. You will then need to take a photo of your poem... Continue Reading →
Today was an exciting day in the library during Jr. High lunch. Ms. Misty lead about 12 students in our first ever book club. Since everyone is all about Dystopian societies we appropriately choose Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The first two chapters where discussed with the focus on the question "Did Ender make... Continue Reading →
It's 4th grade prezi time. Here a few of the very best prezi's from both 4A and 4B. They were asked to read a book from the 200's Religion section and then do a mini book report. Here are just a few examples of their wonderful work.
We just received a bunch of new Non-Fiction books for the library. Among the various series we received isThe Remarkable People series which includes Mark Zuckerberg, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Johnny Depp and Danica Patrick. There is also the Military Machines series that include three military helicopter books and one combat ship book. Next up... Continue Reading →
WE HAVE A WINNER! As the rules stated, you had to be a St. Philip's student and a subscriber to win. I looked at my list of subscribers and only counted the comments from them. I assigned a number to each comment that counted in order from first to last. Then used random.org to... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to the eleven students from grades K to 7 who completed our first ever reading challenge. They each received every prize along the way. At Monday Assembly they were presented with the final prize, a Cherry on Top gift card and the grand prize drawing was held. Congratulations to Mackenzie Younker in KB... Continue Reading →
In celebration of Dr. Seuss birthday on March 2 some library classes have been reading his books or watching some of the older animated films. I love Dr. Seuss for many reason, probably the same reasons as most of you. Dr. Seuss made children's books fun and whimsical. The rhyming and nonsense force you to... Continue Reading →
All right, I know you have all been working hard on the reading challenge. We even got some teachers involved! A huge shout out to Mrs. Ramos, Mrs. Ramirez and Mr. W. You have just over 24 hours to complete the challenge and some of you are so very close! I thought I would post... Continue Reading →
Our first giveaway was a lot of fun for me. I'd say it was a small success with about 25 entries. I would love to hear your feedback about using Rafflecopter. Was it too confusing? Was it too hard to have entries that might require your parents help? Let me know what you think! If... Continue Reading →
If you haven't seen this video by film maker Bianca Giaever you need to watch it right now! Go ahead, stop what you are doing and watch. You will not regret it. Giaever asked 6 year old Asa Baker-Rouse to tell her a story. She recorded the impromptu tale and then set it to live... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 