Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 14
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Gr. 7 and 8
Check out the eighth grade’s video on Youtube!
Stay tuned for the 7th graders video.
Gr. 6:
We shot “Scorpions” for our Cultural Connections New Program. . . . another knock out segment.
Gr. 5
Check out Bremen Town Musicians Part 1 of 3 on YouTube! We shoot part 2 of 3 next week.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose Horton Hatches an Egg, by Dr. Seuss. I had never read this book. We all loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, by Dr. Seuss.
Gr. 2:
We read the final chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We celebrated by eating Turkish delight!
Gr. 1:
We also read Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, by Dr. Seuss.
Gr. K:
We read Arrow to the Sun, by Gerald McDermott. This is an Indian folk tale that came out in the 70s -- Caldecott winner 1978 . Although this book is pretty abstract, the kids really love it.
Gr. 7 and 8
Check out the eighth grade’s video on Youtube!
Stay tuned for the 7th graders video.
Gr. 6:
We shot “Scorpions” for our Cultural Connections New Program. . . . another knock out segment.
Gr. 5
Check out Bremen Town Musicians Part 1 of 3 on YouTube! We shoot part 2 of 3 next week.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose Horton Hatches an Egg, by Dr. Seuss. I had never read this book. We all loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, by Dr. Seuss.
Gr. 2:
We read the final chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We celebrated by eating Turkish delight!
Gr. 1:
We also read Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, by Dr. Seuss.
Gr. K:
We read Arrow to the Sun, by Gerald McDermott. This is an Indian folk tale that came out in the 70s -- Caldecott winner 1978 . Although this book is pretty abstract, the kids really love it.
Monday, May 12, 2008
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 13
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Gr. 7 and 8
The shooting of the claymation project couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Next week we will post the two videos.
Gr. 6:
We planned for the next segment: Scorpions. This one is going to be another fantastic addition to our series of news programs. We shoot next week.
Gr. 5
Check out Bremen Town Musicians Part 1 of 3 on YouTube!
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta. I had read this book to the third graders earlier this year and they didn't like it -- but the fourth graders loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose Rumpelstiltskin. She chose a modern adaptation with great illustrations but the ending was a little weak -- it ended with Rumpelstiltskin getting angry and flying out the window never to be seen from again. A few of the children knew the original version of Grimm’s fairy tale’s Rumpelstiltskin so I read that ending to the class -- Grimm’s version ends with Rumpelstiltskin stamping his right foot into the ground up to his knee and then grabbing his left foot and pulling himself in two. A great fairy tale ending!
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. One more chapter to go!
Gr. 1:
We read the Caps for Sale, illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. “You monkeys you!” We loved it.
Gr. K:
We read the Caps for Sale, illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. They also liked it.
Gr. 7 and 8
The shooting of the claymation project couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Next week we will post the two videos.
Gr. 6:
We planned for the next segment: Scorpions. This one is going to be another fantastic addition to our series of news programs. We shoot next week.
Gr. 5
Check out Bremen Town Musicians Part 1 of 3 on YouTube!
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta. I had read this book to the third graders earlier this year and they didn't like it -- but the fourth graders loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose Rumpelstiltskin. She chose a modern adaptation with great illustrations but the ending was a little weak -- it ended with Rumpelstiltskin getting angry and flying out the window never to be seen from again. A few of the children knew the original version of Grimm’s fairy tale’s Rumpelstiltskin so I read that ending to the class -- Grimm’s version ends with Rumpelstiltskin stamping his right foot into the ground up to his knee and then grabbing his left foot and pulling himself in two. A great fairy tale ending!
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. One more chapter to go!
Gr. 1:
We read the Caps for Sale, illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. “You monkeys you!” We loved it.
Gr. K:
We read the Caps for Sale, illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. They also liked it.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 12
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Gr. 7 and 8
I used ‘give them what they want’ as a guiding principal when I was trying to think of a Media Lab Project that the 7th and 8th grade would like to do. So, we will be doing claymation so the projects can be posted on Youtube. The 7th and 8th grades will work seperately on the same project and there will be some competition between the two grades. There will be two seperate cameras rigged up at the same time. Each class will be given a pack of playdough. They have to film it all in one class period. Each class picks the music for their project. My only requirement is that it has to be based on, or inspired by, the book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Suess which I read to them today. We will shoot in two weeks -- we have next week off.
Gr. 6:
Gr. 7 and 8
I used ‘give them what they want’ as a guiding principal when I was trying to think of a Media Lab Project that the 7th and 8th grade would like to do. So, we will be doing claymation so the projects can be posted on Youtube. The 7th and 8th grades will work seperately on the same project and there will be some competition between the two grades. There will be two seperate cameras rigged up at the same time. Each class will be given a pack of playdough. They have to film it all in one class period. Each class picks the music for their project. My only requirement is that it has to be based on, or inspired by, the book Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Suess which I read to them today. We will shoot in two weeks -- we have next week off.
Gr. 6:
We watched the newest video in our Cultural Connections News Series -- The Vikings. Fantastic job! To see the movie click on the link below. **The ID is our school's town (lowercase) and the password is our school principal (lowercase) -- you are going to have to type it twice when you click on link.
Cultural Connections: The Vikings
Gr. 5
We shot the 1st segment for the Bremin Town Musicians. Everyone worked together and we shot everything we need for the 1st segment. It will be ready for class and posted on YouTube in two weeks.
Gr. 4:
This week a boy chose So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George. They loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a boy chose to read the 1st chapter of Dirt Bike Runaway by Matt Christopher. I had never read one of Matt Christopher’s (very boy and always about sports) books -- I have bought many for our library -- and I was surprised how fast moving and how many plot twists their were . . . and that was only in the 1st chapter!
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Another fantastic chapter. Two more to go!
Gr. 1:
We read The Amazing Bone by William Steig. They loved it and it was checked out.
Gr. K:
We read Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg. When I read this book I am always amazed that the pictures don’t give away the excitement of the story. For example you can see the monkeys are in the kitchen before you read about them -- but the kids don't react to the pictures until after have I read that peice of the story. This is a wonderful read aloud.
Gr. 5
We shot the 1st segment for the Bremin Town Musicians. Everyone worked together and we shot everything we need for the 1st segment. It will be ready for class and posted on YouTube in two weeks.
Gr. 4:
This week a boy chose So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George. They loved it.
Gr. 3:
This week a boy chose to read the 1st chapter of Dirt Bike Runaway by Matt Christopher. I had never read one of Matt Christopher’s (very boy and always about sports) books -- I have bought many for our library -- and I was surprised how fast moving and how many plot twists their were . . . and that was only in the 1st chapter!
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Another fantastic chapter. Two more to go!
Gr. 1:
We read The Amazing Bone by William Steig. They loved it and it was checked out.
Gr. K:
We read Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg. When I read this book I am always amazed that the pictures don’t give away the excitement of the story. For example you can see the monkeys are in the kitchen before you read about them -- but the kids don't react to the pictures until after have I read that peice of the story. This is a wonderful read aloud.
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 11
Wednesday April 16, 2008
I am a full week late posting this entry . . . we have had many days -- bright sunny days -- off.
Gr. 7 and 8
Scraped Media Lab project due to lack of interest. Students didn’t want to be on film and wanted something to put on YouTube. Stay tuned for next Media Lab project.
Gr. 6:
We filmed the Viking segment. This one is great! It will be posted next week.
Gr. 5
Several students forgot their star clay figures at home so we had to cancel filming . . . next week we will shoot the 1st segment for the Bremin Town Musicians.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose a Goosebumps book again.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose to read a book about St. Francis of Assisi. A great story for animal lovers.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The chapters at the end of the book are action packed and leave the children begging to read another chapter.
Gr. 1:
We read So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George. Although it is not a great book for 1st graders (subject matter makes the book seem too long for them) many of them loved it and it was checked out.
Gr. K:
We read Crow Boy by Taro Yashima. I love to read this unusual book and make all the crow sounds. They loved it and it was checked out.
I am a full week late posting this entry . . . we have had many days -- bright sunny days -- off.
Gr. 7 and 8
Scraped Media Lab project due to lack of interest. Students didn’t want to be on film and wanted something to put on YouTube. Stay tuned for next Media Lab project.
Gr. 6:
We filmed the Viking segment. This one is great! It will be posted next week.
Gr. 5
Several students forgot their star clay figures at home so we had to cancel filming . . . next week we will shoot the 1st segment for the Bremin Town Musicians.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose a Goosebumps book again.
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose to read a book about St. Francis of Assisi. A great story for animal lovers.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The chapters at the end of the book are action packed and leave the children begging to read another chapter.
Gr. 1:
We read So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George. Although it is not a great book for 1st graders (subject matter makes the book seem too long for them) many of them loved it and it was checked out.
Gr. K:
We read Crow Boy by Taro Yashima. I love to read this unusual book and make all the crow sounds. They loved it and it was checked out.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 10
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Gr. 7 and 8
We started work on a new media lab project. Grade 8 will be working on a “Words of Wisdom” video. The video will share "Words of Wisdom" with the lower grades and each students will talk about their favorite childhood book. The 7th grade will be working on a similar video. They will also share their favorite childhood book along with some random thoughts they have about life.
We also checked in with our Wikipedia entry and were surprised to find someone added a brief passage about our school closing. This upset a few students -- they wanted to find out who made the changes so that they could put some graffiti on their entries in Wikipedia. We discussed that “our” entry on Wikipedia is open to other people working to update entries and unlike a regular web site things can be added or changed by “outsiders”. Who are these people? They wanted to know. The info was correct -- directly lifted from a online news article. That’s plagiarism! They cried. Well . . . yes but not the kind that people really generally get upset about. It was a great discussion.
Gr. 6:
We watched the newest video in our Cultural Connections News Series -- the Titanic. Fantastic job! To see the movie click on the link below. **The ID is our school's town (lowercase) and the password is our school principal (lowercase) -- you are going to have to type it twice when you click on link.
Gr. 7 and 8
We started work on a new media lab project. Grade 8 will be working on a “Words of Wisdom” video. The video will share "Words of Wisdom" with the lower grades and each students will talk about their favorite childhood book. The 7th grade will be working on a similar video. They will also share their favorite childhood book along with some random thoughts they have about life.
We also checked in with our Wikipedia entry and were surprised to find someone added a brief passage about our school closing. This upset a few students -- they wanted to find out who made the changes so that they could put some graffiti on their entries in Wikipedia. We discussed that “our” entry on Wikipedia is open to other people working to update entries and unlike a regular web site things can be added or changed by “outsiders”. Who are these people? They wanted to know. The info was correct -- directly lifted from a online news article. That’s plagiarism! They cried. Well . . . yes but not the kind that people really generally get upset about. It was a great discussion.
Gr. 6:
We watched the newest video in our Cultural Connections News Series -- the Titanic. Fantastic job! To see the movie click on the link below. **The ID is our school's town (lowercase) and the password is our school principal (lowercase) -- you are going to have to type it twice when you click on link.
ICS News Cultural Connections -- Titanic
We planned for our next segment -- Vikings. This one will be very exciting. We will film it next week.
Gr. 5
The students created a background for the Bremin Town Musicians and worked on creating the characters. We will film the first episode next week.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose a Goosebumps book. It was a "choose your own story" Goosebumps about a wax museum. I had never read a Goosebumps book and since we were all very much into the story -- we read the whole book!
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose to go back and read the third chapter of Frindle. A very funny book.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This week’s chapter was Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. Very exciting. One of the best chapters in the whole book . . . Aslan roars and the Witch fairly runs for her life.
Gr. 1 and K:
We had to combine the two classes this week because of scheduling. I read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Very funny with great pictures -- it was promptly checked out.
We planned for our next segment -- Vikings. This one will be very exciting. We will film it next week.
Gr. 5
The students created a background for the Bremin Town Musicians and worked on creating the characters. We will film the first episode next week.
Gr. 4:
This week a girl chose a Goosebumps book. It was a "choose your own story" Goosebumps about a wax museum. I had never read a Goosebumps book and since we were all very much into the story -- we read the whole book!
Gr. 3:
This week a girl chose to go back and read the third chapter of Frindle. A very funny book.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This week’s chapter was Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. Very exciting. One of the best chapters in the whole book . . . Aslan roars and the Witch fairly runs for her life.
Gr. 1 and K:
We had to combine the two classes this week because of scheduling. I read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Very funny with great pictures -- it was promptly checked out.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
A Day in the Library -- Grades K28 -- Part 9
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Last week we were on vacation. This week was ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) testing for the entire school. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade missed library this week because of testing. Next week we will post the 6th grade “Titanic” segment. The kids haven’t seen it yet . . . they can’t wait -- it is fantastic!
Gr. 5:
We looked at our scores on Book Adventure and since one of the students scored over 500 she got to pick out a candy bar. We talked about the Bremin Town Musicians and decided to break it up into 3 segments -- so now we have more time to plan. Next week we will work on scenery and figures for the 1st segment.
Gr. 4:
This week a boy chose D’aulaires Book of Greek Myths for the second week in a row. We read about Io.
Gr. 3:
This week a boy chose to read So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George (Caldecott Medal 2001) This was a great choice! None of us had read it before and we all liked it. It has lots of interesting tidbits about our presidents and the pictures are great.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This week’s chapter was Peter’s First Battle. Very exciting. No one was talking, moving, or tapping during this chapter -- everyone was on the edge of their carpet squares!
Gr. 1:
We read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. This is not one of my favorites but the kids love it.
Gr. K:
Last week we were on vacation. This week was ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) testing for the entire school. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade missed library this week because of testing. Next week we will post the 6th grade “Titanic” segment. The kids haven’t seen it yet . . . they can’t wait -- it is fantastic!
Gr. 5:
We looked at our scores on Book Adventure and since one of the students scored over 500 she got to pick out a candy bar. We talked about the Bremin Town Musicians and decided to break it up into 3 segments -- so now we have more time to plan. Next week we will work on scenery and figures for the 1st segment.
Gr. 4:
This week a boy chose D’aulaires Book of Greek Myths for the second week in a row. We read about Io.
Gr. 3:
This week a boy chose to read So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George (Caldecott Medal 2001) This was a great choice! None of us had read it before and we all liked it. It has lots of interesting tidbits about our presidents and the pictures are great.
Gr. 2:
We read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. This week’s chapter was Peter’s First Battle. Very exciting. No one was talking, moving, or tapping during this chapter -- everyone was on the edge of their carpet squares!
Gr. 1:
We read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. This is not one of my favorites but the kids love it.
Gr. K:
We read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Everyone loved it but they thought it was too short. In the future I will read this one in the beginning of the year.
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