Friday, April 20, 2018

Week of April 16th

Earth Day!

This week, we celebrated Earth Day in the library.

In grades PK, kindergarten, and 1st we read books about Earth Day.

 

After reading the books, students drew and wrote about ways they can help protect our planet.  Ideas they came up with include planting trees, recycling, and using less water.

Some of our older students also created Earth Day poems:

















To celebrate Earth Day, several students in our junior high makerspace explore class created cute little hedgehogs out of old, discarded books.  So fun!!


















Book Talks

Many of our third grade students have been recording their book talks and they are turning out great!  Here is the link to our Harrison School Book Talk Flipgrid (which can also be found on this library website on the "Reading Links" page).

Poetry Month

This month we have been celebrating poet Bill Buczinsky.  



Bill writes funny poems for children and will be visiting our school on April 27th and April 30th.  We will also have a Family Poetry Night on April 30th where parents can meet Bill and hear their students read their poems out loud during an open mic.  It will be lots of fun!  If you'd like to pre-order Bill's book, here is the link to the order form.  

Happy Reading!

Friday, April 6, 2018

Week of April 2nd

Here's what we worked on in the library this week!

5th Grade:
We began creating blackout poetry using old, discarded books:




Can't wait to see their finished projects!

4th Grade:
We finished our inquiry circle research about environmental problems.  Next week we'll create our presentations!

3rd Grade:
We finished writing our book talks.  Next week we'll record ourselves!

2nd Grade:
We used PebbleGo to research dinosaurs.




1st Grade:
We read If I Built a Car.  Then, students designed their own creative cars!




Junior High Makerspace Explore Class:
We started exploring Lego Mindstorms.