encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
The theme in the LC this year is We are Superheroes. When you look around you will see different displays that show off superhero qualities and famous people who of acted as heroes. Next time you are down in the LC take a look at some of these fun displays. SMART Be smart online by... Continue Reading →
The 4th graders are winding down their year long study of the Dewey Decimal System. They have participated in activities such as answering questions from the philosophy box to researching social activists. Their last activity of the year was inspired by the book Eureka!: poems about inventors by Joyce Sidman. In the book, Sidman explores famous and... Continue Reading →
After a break from Mock Caldecott we held it again this year. The Learning Commons allowed all students to be involved. Just like previous years the students voted on preselected books. They were asked to read the book and then critique it with a series of questions based on the Caldecott criteria. This year we... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to the new school year. Next week I am going to place a massive book order. We will be using the money earned from the book fair. I want to make sure that we get books the students are excited about. To do this I'm requesting that you fill out our suggest a... Continue Reading →
We had two 7th graders film this years jog-a-thon and they did a great job! Here is their video.
Hello, I am Celeste and I today I am librarian of the day. I have had a wonderful experience here stamping all the books. At first I stumbled a little by stamping the dates backwards, but then I improved a little. Anyway, I recommend the book A Nest for Celeste. Not only does this have... Continue Reading →
The new Learning Commons was featured in this year's auction video. With the auction theme of Back to the 80's our fabulous parents, 8th grade students and Mr. W. made a Breakfast Club inspired video. These videos are always a lot of fun! Great job everyone!
March Madness is in full swing and the classes have really gotten into the spirit of our competition. Miss Malissa and I have been very busy tallying book reviews and totaling circulations. Phew the week was crazy! You can watch a little of today's madness here: Next week starts a new round. All classes... Continue Reading →
Who want's to have some fun in the Primary Learning Center and Learning Commons?! I hope you are all shouting "me, me me"! Here is how it works: We have looked at circulation statistics for each class since the beginning of the year. Every time you checked in and out a book you gave your... Continue Reading →
Did you know we are on Instagram and Snapchat?! Yeah, we like our social media around here. It's also fun to show off all the comings and goings in the LC. Come follow us falconsfables on both platforms. Come join us! https://www.instagram.com/p/BB5c9qcFmJI/?taken-by=falconsfables https://www.instagram.com/p/BBqDO8HlmFR/?taken-by=falconsfables https://www.instagram.com/p/_YDyRilmPt/?taken-by=falconsfables
This week was Catholic School's week and Spirit Week. It's always fun to see the students dress up and have fun. Unfortunately Ms. Malissa and I didn't take picture every day. We totally missed 80's day but managed to have some fun capturing the students doing their thing on Fancy/Dapper Day and Star Wars Day.
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