Kindergarten and first grade students explored characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts using, Snowballs and The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder. After reading both books, students used a Venn Diagram to sort characteristics of both texts between three circles (exclusive to fiction, shared between both, and exclusive to nonfiction). At the conclusion of the session both grades engaged in a makerspace activity. Kindergarten students designed their own snowflakes and first grade students watched a quick sketch snowflake video prior to designing a snowflake progression picture. *Both makerspace activities asked students to incorporate elements learned about snow crystals and snowflakes.
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How do you make a card catalog lesson interesting? Create a Pokemon Go: Library Edition for students and watch them work with enthusiasm the entire session! Students in grades 2-5 are conducting title and author searches using the Destiny Online Catalog to retrieve select books from our collection. Fifty-nine Pokemon characters serve as overlays to book covers and keep students engaged through this augmented reality experience!
This week our library has been transformed into a Reading Cafe . . . complete with popcorn! Students in grades 4 & 5 were formally invited to the library (via a classroom invitation) to partake in a Digital Book Tasting during their weekly library lesson. Students were greeted by a host (Dr. Jones) and hostess (Mrs. Hollinger) and given specific instructions before settling down to explore the new ebooks recently added to our collection. Based on student recommendations, select ebooks will be promoted in future weeks. Students in the second and third grades are identifying cause and effect relationships this week using the text, Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin. Aside from being a silly text, it lends itself beautifully to reinforcing this skill. At the conclusion of the lesson, students demonstrated their comprehension of the text by participating in a friendly and competitive game using Kahoot (a free online game-based learning platform).
All students are engaged in a culminating activity this week. Students in kindergarten and first grade are completing mindset reflections after participating in three physical challenges. Students in grades 2-5 created a paper foldable after attempting to create a paper structure as their last challenge. We are proud to share our latest displays with the Schwegler community. Our March Madness display has been a huge hit for the two days it has been constructed. Our biographies and basketball related books are in high demand. Tomorrow, students will see our new Peep display. I wonder how many Wildcat fans are in our school?
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Meet Mrs. BaxterThis is my first year working in the Schwegler library. I seek to instill a love of reading and learning that endures. Archives
May 2017
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