WINNER Caldecott Giveaway
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 →
Mid Winter Reading Challenge Completed
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 →
Dr. Seuss Asks You to Think
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 →
Reading Challenge Update!
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 →
Newberry Giveaway Winner
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 →
The Scared is Scared
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 →
Digital Learning Day
St. Philip the Apostle participated in Digital Learning Day. Teachers planned special lesson that allowed students to explore the technological abundance offered by St. Philips. Smart boards were used, YouTube was watched, iPads were in many hands. It was a fun day to be part of the St. Philip community. I'm sure every falcon big... Continue Reading →
Awesomeness available NOW
Now I know some of you are going flip over these three words... CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS APP
Newbery Medal Giveaway!!!!
In honor of the Newbery Medal 2013 book, St. Philip the Apostle school and The Falcon's Fables are giving away The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate to one lucky St. Philip the Apostle School student. To read all about this life changing book see last weeks blog post. We are using Rafflecopter for... Continue Reading →
4th Grade Prezi Projects
It is that time of year again. 4th graders will be working on prezi.com to create a presentation about a book they read from the Religion section. Here are the guidelines for their presentation. Log into to Prezi under Ms. Natalie's account. If you forgot the username or password, stop by the library to get... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 