tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62303176036618211392024-03-13T01:05:15.798-07:00Francis Library Blogmjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-23415992333416367452015-08-31T18:14:00.000-07:002015-08-31T18:14:01.984-07:00We're Moving!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Francis Library blog will now live in a different place. We are consolidating information into a more dynamic website for students, teachers, and parents. The blog will now live on a Weebly site. <a href="http://francisschoollibrary.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Check it out here >></a>mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-87489411553890821612015-06-16T18:48:00.000-07:002015-06-16T18:49:48.948-07:00Kids' Mock Sibert Picks<br />
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We held a Mock Sibert Award in fourth grade for the end of the year. The <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal" target="_blank">Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal</a> is awarded annually to the author/illustrator of the most distinguished informational book (aka nonfiction). I thought it would be fun to read the actual winner for this year along with some of the honors and one non-Sibert contender and see how the results compared. First, we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518841-neighborhood-sharks" target="_blank"><i>Neighborhood Sharks</i></a> by Katherine Roy. Students loved this book. Both classes voted to keep it on the finalist list. Next we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18405521-separate-is-never-equal" target="_blank"><i>Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation</i></a> by Duncan Tonatiuh. Classes were split on this book. One class overwhelmingly voted to keep it in the finals because they felt the subject matter was so important. The other class felt that even though it was important, it was too long for most kids to enjoy. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20696727-the-right-word" target="_blank">The <i>Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus</i></a> by Jen Bryant, the real Sibert winner for this year was next. Both classes voted to drop it. I had one student who really wanted to keep it because she thought it was interesting, but other than that, it was unanimous to remove it from our finalist list. Finally, we read <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14553588-unusual-creatures" target="_blank">Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth's Strangest Animals</a></i> by Michael Hearst. This was my wild card. I picked a nonfiction book that had an interesting cover and that was not a narrative. It was not a winner or honor book for the actual Sibert Award for any year. Surprisingly, both classes chose this not only as a finalist but as the winner. Students liked how the book featured unusual animals. They liked the author's humor. They also liked illustrations and the shortish descriptions for each animal. I can see how <i>Unusual Creatures</i> is appealing in that it can be read from cover to cover or as a browsing book. Personally, I loved all four books. I would have a tough time deciding between any of these.mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-42992837638676189162015-06-07T17:03:00.000-07:002015-06-07T17:03:54.595-07:00Students' Book Look Questions in Library Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago, I decided to write down all of the questions students ask me during our checkout time. Book Look and checkout is always a whirlwind of activity at every grade level. At the end of the day, when I reflect on how the day went, it's not always easy to remember the details of checkout time. Usually somewhere between three and twelve students ask me questions about books within a ten minute time period. This was a great exercise to document the range of questions students have during Book Look in the library. It's encouraging to see how students are interested in exploring a wide variety of topics. <br />
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<li>Can you recommend a good book for me?</li>
<li>Do you have any books about <i>real</i> ghosts?</li>
<li>Can we research our person for the biography project at home?</li>
<li>Recommendations for the two of us? We want to read the same book.</li>
<li>Where are the Bad Kitty books?</li>
<li>Do you have any books on ATV’s or motorbikes?</li>
<li>How do I change a book from my Currently Reading to Have Read shelves in My Quest?</li>
<li>I went to the Seekonk library and got out a bunch of books and realize I have high expectations for what I read. Do you have any <i>good</i> fantasy chapter books?</li>
<li>Is <i>The Blessing Cup</i> by Patricia Polacco historical fiction or nonfiction?</li>
<li>Can I use a Google search result for my paper if it is an “ad”?</li>
<li>Can you put the Philadelphia Eagles book aside for me when it comes in?” </li>
<li>Can you see I lost a tooth? - kindergartener :)</li>
<li>Do you have a 2015 almanac?</li>
<li>Can you help me find a good fantasy book? </li>
<li>I’m having trouble finding a book. Can you help me find something good?</li>
<li>Do you have another book about Helen Keller?</li>
<li>Do you have a short fantasy book for my book talk?</li>
<li>Is there a Coretta Scott King book here?</li>
<li>Is Cinderella a fantasy book?</li>
<li>Do you have a book about sea monsters?</li>
<li>Do you have any Lego books?</li>
<li>Where are the princess books? </li>
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Students in grade five are presenting their <a href="http://www.smore.com/" target="_blank">SMORE</a> pet flyers this week. Their job was to act as a pet shelter employee in charge of marketing the animals up for adoption. They worked in groups to come up with the animal, find an image, cite their image source, write a short blurb about the animal, and create a SMORE flyer with all of their information. This flyer was a culmination of an earlier research lesson about searching online for information. <a href="http://mjflibrary.blogspot.com/2015/04/research-reflection-in-5th-grade.html" target="_blank">Read more about that in a previous post. </a>The pet adoption flyers were adorable. Students worked well together to come up with ideas and enjoyed looking for cute pet photos and designing their flyer themes. Read about Oreo and Nutter Butter below for an example of their work. <br />
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After reading Jack Prelutsky's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203170.Scranimals" target="_blank">Scranimals</a>, students in 2nd grade wrote their own Scranimal poem by combining a plant and animal into a new creature and writing a poem about it. See examples below.<br />
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<b>Tangerape</b> (tangerine & ape)<br />
Swinging through the treetops is a fragile tangerape.<br />
You barely get to see one, despite their planned escape.<br />
Their body is all orange but they have good grip on hands.<br />
That hold on tight, very tight, just like rubber bands.<br />
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<b>Seachark </b>(seaweed, chimp, & shark)<br />
Watch out for a seachark, he's very bad to meet.<br />
You should get away before you are his treat.<br />
He can go on land.<br />
He does not have a band.<br />
So never ever go near a seachark. mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-32281240331251236682015-05-12T17:28:00.001-07:002015-05-12T17:53:42.153-07:00Diamante Puppet Poems in 3rd Grade Complete!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Third graders have completed their diamante (diamond) puppet poem performances. Students worked in groups to research a famous person. They gathered words from that research and created a <a href="http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-diamante-poem/">diamante poem</a>. Students performed their poem aloud with a marionette puppet they made in art. Diamante puppet poems were shown at the Art Show Medley last week so the whole school community could see our work. If you missed the Art Show Medley, see our YouTube playlist below. <br />
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Students in 4th grade read folktale stories from around the world. After making shadow puppets in art class, they rewrote the tales in the form of a script to perform a shadow puppet play in library class. Not only did students have to learn to work together to create the puppets, scripts, and to perform, they also explored Common Core Standards in reading, writing, and speaking and listening (<a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/4/" target="_blank">RL.4.1, RL.4.2</a>, <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/4/#CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.3">W.4.3</a>, <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/4/#CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4">SL.4.4</a>). Upon reflection, both the art teacher and myself felt that the process of taking a folktale and transforming it into a shadow puppet play was extremely valuable in combining art, reading, writing, and speaking skills as well as fostering a creative community where students are excited and proud to share their work with peers and family. We will show the shadow puppet plays as part of our upcoming Art Show Medley on May 7th. All shadow puppet plays are posted on our YouTube Channel below:<br />
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Students in grade 5 are finishing up a research unit on a pet theme. As a starter, I read a few pet shelter-related excerpts from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17166339-gaby-lost-and-found" target="_blank">Gaby Lost and Found</a> by Angela Cervantes. We talked about using key words and how being specific helps improve your search results. (I used this <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/the-key-to-keywords-3-5" target="_blank">Common Sense Media lesson</a>). First students used WorldBook and Searchasaurus on <a href="http://www.askri.org/" target="_blank">Askri.org </a>to find general information about pets. Then, they worked in groups to generate their own question about pets and used the Google search engine to answer the question. This was much more difficult than I thought it would be. It turns out, based on a writing reflection on the unit, that many students felt the same. Over half of the students said it was harder than they thought to find information on Google. One student said, "Finding information using Google is really hard. We looked forever, and couldn't find our answer." Another student commented, "It was a little harder than I thought because of our question and all of the websites." And finally, "you had to use very specific words and even then it had random results." The unit turned out to be a lesson in adaptation. Many groups ended up changing their original question so that they could get the information they needed. And while I pushed askri.org and other sources so that students turn to those sources first when they go to middle school, I think the Google search helped students to realize the vast information landscape that is out there. Now, students are presenting their information by doing a television-style interview with their group. Despite their challenges finding information quickly, they were able to answer their questions and are having fun creatively sharing that with their peers. As a final end of year project, students will create their own adoption advertisement for a pet using the online flyer website, <a href="http://smore.com/" target="_blank">smore.com</a>.mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-70438980640668742162015-03-26T06:51:00.001-07:002015-03-26T06:55:52.839-07:00Legos in the Library K-2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have completed another Legos in the Library after school program, this time with grades K-2. We began each day with a "handful of bricks" activity where students used the same 30 bricks to build something different each class given a 10 minute time frame. Then we read a story and built a Lego creation inspired by that story. We read and built around the following stories and themes:<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18295821-the-adventures-of-beekle" target="_blank">The Adventures of Beekle</a> by Dan Santat - Imaginary Creatures<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8731327-clink" target="_blank">Clink</a> by Kelly DiPucchio - Robot Friends<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792845-how-to-bicycle-to-the-moon-to-plant-sunflowers" target="_blank">How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers</a> by Mordicai Gerstein - Vehicles<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17165875-mr-wuffles" target="_blank">Mr. Wuffles </a>- Alien Space Vehicles<br />
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See our slideshow below of students' creations:<br />
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Who doesn't love a robot? Kindergarteners listened to the early reader chapter book <i>Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover</i> by Cece Bell. Students enjoyed hearing about Rabbit & Robot's adventures and I got to practice reading in a robot voice. We talked about the character traits of Rabbit & Robot and retold what happened in each chapter. Students also created their own robot buddy using geometric shapes cut out from construction paper. See more robots below.<br />
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The robot story was part of a larger unit on early reader books that feature friends. I've separated early readers in our library to make it easier for emerging reader students to find books that they can actually read. In addition to <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13414867-rabbit-and-robot" target="_blank">Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover</a>,</i> we read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8335448-mouse-and-mole" target="_blank"><i>Mouse & Mole: Winter Wonderland</i></a> by Wong Herbert Yee, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826281.Sam_and_the_Firefly" target="_blank"><i>Sam and the Firefly</i></a> by P.D. Eastman (and watched a cool firefly video for students who had never seen a real firefly that you can see below), and <br />
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Students in grade one are investigating the topic "daredevils" by listening to nonfiction books, watching videos, writing, and practicing text features. It's a fascinating topic and students have been at the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens to these brave (and crazy!) people. Through online videos, we are able to enhance the stories with real footage of stunt locations and similar modern daredevils. My favorite part about this unit are the questions students generate about the daredevils and their stunts. This is an excellent topic to practice inquiry. <br />
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Annie Taylor</h3>
First person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.<br />
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<i>Queen of the Falls</i> by Chris Van Allsburg (truncated a lot of the text to make it digestable for 1st graders)<br />
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<b>Activity: </b>Create your own vessel to go over Niagara Falls. Draw a picture and write about it. <br />
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Early female flyer who flew stunt planes, rode motorcycles, raced cars, performed water stunts, and trained with astronauts. <br />
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<i>Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton</i> by Meghan McCarthy<br />
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<b>Activity:</b> Build a stunt plane with craft sticks and cotton balls and use the "label" text feature.<br />
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Phillippe Petit</h3>
Man who walked between two buildings in NYC on a tight rope.<br />
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<i>The Man Who Walked Between the Towers</i> by Mordicai Gerstein<br />
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Activity: Students practice walking on a "tightrope" made out of tape. Students create a "Coming Soon" poster using text features about a tight rope walker coming to East Providence. mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-69156410459562745372015-02-02T11:08:00.001-08:002015-02-03T13:03:09.501-08:00"I Have a Dream" in First Grade<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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We read <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225077.Happy_Birthday_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_" target="_blank">Happy Birthday Martin Luther King</a> </i>by Jean Marzollo & Brian Pinkney (illustrator) in first grade in honor of MLK's birthday. First grade teachers get an A+ for giving students an excellent foundation on Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and accomplishments. <i>Happy Birthday Martin Luther King</i> also gets an A+ for explaining the changes MLK made in a clear and concise way perfect for early elementary-aged students. After we read the book, students were asked to think of a dream they have for making the world a better place. This took a little explaining as first responders had dreams like, "to get a new dog", or "to make it rain candy." It had to be a dream that would help everyone. They wrote it in an "I Have a Dream" cloud that I found <a href="http://artfueled.com/2014/11/12/mlk-day-i-have-a-dream-to-worksheet/" target="_blank">here</a> and drew a self portrait. I was amazed at the<i> </i>thoughtfulness of the responses not to mention how darn cute they looked. Below are a few of the portraits and below that are all of the responses from three first grade classes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a dream that everybody will stop fighting.</td></tr>
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everyone has a house<br />
all the school can get updated<br />
that we can be together<br />
to give people more food<br />
give people money who are poor<br />
have more to drink<br />
rain candy<br />
everyone stop fighting (2)<br />
everyone stop polluting<br />
everyone stop littering<br />
everyone read more books<br />
everyone can get back their Dad and me too<br />
to make the world a better place<br />
that everybody would be nice<br />
that people have enough money to keep their children healthy<br />
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to calm people down<br />
to help elderly people<br />
to help elderlies cross the street<br />
to share and share alike<br />
to pick up trash<br />
that people don’t hurt themselves<br />
to stop polluting for animals<br />
help other people cross the street<br />
to donate clothes<br />
help people with their mail<br />
that everyone will be nice to each other<br />
to help people that have allergies to make them feel better<br />
to give poor people food<br />
help people walk if they are hurt<br />
to give the food they need<br />
to help the earth<br />
to help people learn<br />
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that nobody litters (2)<br />
that everybody can live<br />
that everyone does good in school <br />
for everybody to be happy<br />
the world be a better place<br />
every class will get along<br />
to stop bullying people<br />
for none bo bully anyone<br />
that the world had better food<br />
that I was the nicest ever<br />
that nobody will steal<br />
don’t do something against the law mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-48415123786103695402015-01-04T08:10:00.000-08:002015-01-12T08:44:58.794-08:00Lego Animal Alphabet in Kindergarten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98Lw9_rODOz63CJhiK8H7L0cj0CmgUmZ-yxa8I3g7Hzh04yxYyYMsE4A_dA32oG1TuMKLp3Y5-R1nm8gdKVz8A7E1NphrqPrUmDkh5ujayO8M6IDjQ9M1-vi3UDW4LZ-LQC9eErHqYnI/s1600/FullSizeRender+(11).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98Lw9_rODOz63CJhiK8H7L0cj0CmgUmZ-yxa8I3g7Hzh04yxYyYMsE4A_dA32oG1TuMKLp3Y5-R1nm8gdKVz8A7E1NphrqPrUmDkh5ujayO8M6IDjQ9M1-vi3UDW4LZ-LQC9eErHqYnI/s1600/FullSizeRender+(11).jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a></div>Kindergarten students are finishing up a mini unit on alphabet books in library class. We read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2611100-the-beetle-alphabet-book" target="_blank">The Beetle Alphabet Book</a> by Jerry Pallotta, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7769.Dr_Seuss_s_ABC" target="_blank">Dr. Seuss' ABC</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1300700.Alphabet_City" target="_blank">Alphabet City</a> by Stephen Johnson. During the first class, students were assigned an animal that began with a letter of the alphabet. They colored a picture of it and also drew the animal in rectangles as a blue print for their Lego version. We had one practice day of building their animals. The second session, I snapped a picture of their final product. It was interesting to see how some students could easily recreate their animals with Legos and others had a hard time getting started. Sharing examples as we went along was helpful for some students who had trouble at first. Seeing their friends ideas made a light bulb go off in their heads and they got right to work. Thanks to our Occupational Therapist, Heidi Correiro, for helping me in the first class. It's terrifying to dump Legos out on tables for 26 five and six-year-olds for the first time. I imagined absolute chaos but with Heidi's help and awesome students, it all worked out. Below are Lego Animal Alphabet slideshows for Mrs. Ream's, Miss Wayland's, Miss Martin's, and Miss Johnson's classes.<br />
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Lego Animal Alphabet Slideshow - Mrs. Ream's Class<br />
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It's that time again for the end of year stats generation and reflection. I love running reports on the different types of books that students have checked out over the past year from our school library. Usually there is a direct correlation to lessons I have had in library or that teachers have had in class. Sometimes the books that make it to the top ten are totally random. For picture book fiction, there are no surprises. In kindergarten, I do a Mo Willems unit to introduce or continue the idea that books and reading are fun. Last year, I also separated our early readers from the rest of the picture book collection to encourage emerging readers to make choices they could actually read. Seven out of the top ten books fall into the early reader category. And five out of those seven are by Mo Willems. <i>The Blessing Cup</i> by Patricia Polacco is a picture book for older readers. Because it is on the RI Children's Book Award list, it is widely read this year. And <i>Creepy Carrots</i> by Aaron Reynolds probably made the list because I read it as part of our Caldecott book award unit in second grade last year. The take away from this top ten....the Mo Willems and early reader section lessons are a success, but I need to push more non-early readers too so students get exposed to amazing literature from a wider variety of authors, reading levels, and themes.<br />
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<b>2nd Grader:</b> Always buy preshrunk underwear.<br />
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Kindergarteners are working on our annual puppet performance to be shown at the Art Show in May. Students will be making a lion puppet in art. In library, we are reading fiction and nonfiction books about lions and other animals. We are in the process of learning the words to <i>The Lion Sleeps Tonight</i> by The Tokens for our puppet performance. While the art puppets are being made, we created stick puppets to practice our moves. Below is a list of books we are reading as well as a video of the Tokens performing the song live. Students will see the video below at the end of the project. I think they will get a kick out of what the real performers look like especially after they become so familiar with the song.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes because my Mom’s annoying friends’ kids came over and they make a huge mess and I kept picking up every mess they made. Then I just had it. I took my book, locked myself in the bathroom and read in peace and quiet. </span>mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-15757564037699108392014-11-03T17:28:00.000-08:002014-11-03T17:39:10.602-08:00Q1 Library Journal in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When third-fifth graders enter library class, they spend five minutes writing in their weekly journal. Each week they respond to a different question about the library book they read the week before. As quarter one comes to a close, I am currently in a journal reading marathon. Overall, I am very impressed with students' thoughtful responses to their library books. It is also fun to see what students are actually reading. The rule is, if you didn't get a chance to read your library book, respond to something else you have read either at home or at school. See below for this quarter's questions and a sampling of journal responses.<br />
<b><br />Favorite Nonfiction Topic</b><br />
<i><b>What is your favorite nonfiction topic to read about? Why is it your favorite topic?</b></i><br />
Animals are my favorite topic because I live with pets and where I live, outside, it’s like animal kingdom. Outside we have birds, fish, frogs, bunnies, woodchucks, squirrels, and skunks. Plus I love animals!<br />
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<i><b>Give 2 reasons why I should or should not read your library book?</b></i><br />
You should read Doll Bones because it is descriptive and adds some scary things into the adventure. You should also read it because it is a RI Children’s Book Award.<br />
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<b>Author Visit</b><br />
<i><b>Pretend the author of your book is visiting the school. Think of a question(s) you would ask him or her about the book.</b></i><br />
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My book is <i>How to Speak Dog: A Guide to Decoding Dog Language</i> by Aline Alexander Newman & Gary Weitzman,<br />
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<li>How did you know dog languages?</li>
<li>How did you think of this on your own?</li>
<li>Do you have a trained dog to help you?</li>
<li>Do you like the book you wrote?</li>
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<b>Picture & Caption</b><i><b><br />Draw a picture of the most exciting part of your book. Write a caption under the picture.</b></i><br />
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<b><br />Title<br /><i>Think of a new title for your book. Why do you think this is a good title?</i></b><br />
The new title for my book is the “The Quest for Pi.” I chose this because in Navigating Early there is a story behind the number Pi and it is a main focus of the story.mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-27441336714166339392014-10-28T17:26:00.001-07:002014-10-28T17:43:20.140-07:00Legos in the Library: Final Slideshow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is our last week for the after school program, <i>Legos in the Library</i>. Students' creations were inspired by Legos, literature, and building with
friends. At the beginning of each class, students had ten minutes to work from the same handful
of bricks and build a different product. Next, we read a story
and built creatures, vehicles or "thingamabobs" based on that theme. First, we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18295821-the-adventures-of-beekle" target="_blank"><i>The Adventures of Beekle</i></a> by Dan Santat and students built their own imaginary creature. Next, we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17262290-journey" target="_blank"><i>Journey</i></a> by Aaron Becker and they built their ideal vehicle for traveling. Finally, we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108538.In_a_Dark_Dark_Room_and_Other_Scary_Stories" target="_blank"><i>In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories</i></a> by Alvin Schwartz and students built something scary. Each week I took pictures of their creations and compiled a slideshow (below) to showcase their work. Enjoy!<br />
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This week was our Scholastic Book Fair which generates a ton of money for library books. Our PTO works tirelessly to make a spectacular event. Since the book fair is in the library, we have library time in the classroom. The great thing about this is that we get more time to explore literature which helps students build their literacy and writing skills and inspires many to choose these and similar books for their personal reading in the future. Read about our week below.<br />
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K: We finished up our Mo Willems unit by reading <i>Knuffle Bunny Free</i>. Students were given a new location that Knuffle Bunny traveled to and wrote about it.<br />
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Grade 1: We continued our exploration of stories with chicken characters. Last week we read <i>Interrupting Chicken</i> and described two of the characters. This week we read <i>The Adventures of Louise the Chicken</i> and wrote about something Louise did in the story.<br />
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Grade 2: We continued reading and discussing fables. We read Aesop’s <i>The Monkey and the Camel </i>and a “modern” fable, Dr. Seuss’s <i>Gertude McFuzz</i>. Students compared what was the same and different about the two fables.<br />
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Grade 3: We began our biography puppet project. We started by talking about how to find biographies in the library, and read and compared two environmentalist biographies, <i>The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau</i> and <i>Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa</i>.<br />
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Grade 4: We began our folktales from around the world shadow puppet project. We read a sample folktale, <i>Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza</i>, filled out a thinking map about the story, and came up with ideas on how we could transform it into script format.<br />
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Grade 5: We began reading stories about mermaids to inform and inspire students before they begin their mermaid art project. We read an adapted version of <i>The Little Mermaid</i> by Hans Christian Andersen. In the coming weeks, we will compare that with Robert San Souci’s <i>Sukey and the Mermaid</i> and <i>Nicholas Pipe</i>.mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-23743185906893149122014-10-20T18:22:00.002-07:002014-10-20T18:41:09.335-07:00Unusual Animal Friendships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZQdGLiv9tML7pvW9olEAkFXiZyk7AYSG4VuF7A5BkGExXfv7HUk0CE1mBKXjKWl56KeEY2LE8GjDEuf8irVhP4B7r4asdxCbbUoTER4021v_i4xf5SOw78mu1Nskx1AYd59T6L20DK4/s1600/10473981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZQdGLiv9tML7pvW9olEAkFXiZyk7AYSG4VuF7A5BkGExXfv7HUk0CE1mBKXjKWl56KeEY2LE8GjDEuf8irVhP4B7r4asdxCbbUoTER4021v_i4xf5SOw78mu1Nskx1AYd59T6L20DK4/s1600/10473981.jpg" height="320" width="280" /></a></div>Students in Mrs. McKinnon's class are exploring unusual animal friendships. We started off with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567770-tarra-bella" target="_blank">Tara and Bella</a>, an elephant and dog who became friends at an animal sanctuary. Then we read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142092.Owen_and_Mzee" target="_blank">Owen & Mzee</a> and talked about possible reasons why they bonded. Finally, we read the following from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10473981-unlikely-friendships" target="_blank">Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom</a> - Koko the gorilla and the cat, a seal and a photographer, and a snake and a hamster. This week students picked two animals they think could possibly make an unlikely friendship and will begin doing research to write their own animal friendship story. <br />
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<b>Hamster and the Snake</b><br />
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Leopard Seal and Photographer<br />
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<b>Koko and All Ball, the Cat</b><br />
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mjflibraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13521821645615864247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6230317603661821139.post-79957140043466510672014-10-14T18:21:00.003-07:002014-10-14T18:22:49.686-07:00Legos in the Library<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Our PTO sponsors an after school program in the fall and spring. This year, I am hosting Legos in the Library. Each week we explore a different theme based on a story from the library. Students will use their imagination to build characters, settings, or whatever inspires them based on our weekly story theme. We’ll label and photograph the <span class="il">Lego</span> creations each week. For a grand finale, the photos will be compiled into a <span class="il">Lego</span> multimedia presentation to share with each other, friends, and family. Stay tuned for that. For now, here are a couple of pieces from week one inspired by the book <i>The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend</i> by Dan Santat.<br />
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Students in kindergarten are listening to Mo Willems' stories from the <i>Elephant & Piggie </i>series, <i>Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus</i>, and <i>Knuffle Bunny</i> books. Last week in library, students created their own version of a pigeon book cover by filling in the blanks, "Don't Let the Pigeon _________ the ________!" Below are some favorite pigeon gems. <br />
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In art, students read <i>Knuffle Bunny</i> and drew a picture of what their own Knuffle Bunny would look like. See below for the bunny cuteness.<br />
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During the first week of school, I gave students in grades 1-5 a survey to measure how many people had either computers or digital devices at home and how many read e-books on their devices. The results would help determine whether we should purchase more e-books for our library. Over 86% of students have either a computer or digital device at home. Of those students between 38% and 54%, depending on grade level, read e-books on their devices. At the moment, we have a several e-book titles in our collection plus a subscription to <a href="http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/auto_login.asp?U=mjfrancis&P=books" target="_blank">Tumblebooks</a>. Based on these results, we will purchase more to keep up with demand. I don't think e-books will ever replace print books, especially at the elementary level. But, if kids are reading on devices, we'll need to give them digital reading options. <br />
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