1st Grade Polar Animals Research
I am so excited to post the first graders' polar animal research on the library blog. I had so much fun working with Mrs. Paden and her first graders on their project. Mrs. Paden explains her project...
View ArticleProcess Projects in 6th Grade
Guest Post by Mrs. Karen DegelThe sixth grade class created process videos which described an activity that was important in their lives. They started with a story board which described each step in...
View ArticleHow To Use Our Library Catalog
During third quarter, I spend a lot of time with the third graders on our library catalog. Prior to third grade, students are aware of our catalog but very few children use it independently. By the...
View ArticleTB First Graders Love Kara LaReau!
Guest Post by Mrs. Amy Paden, First Grade TeacherOn Friday April 4, my first graders got to experience an author reading. The author, Kara LaReau came to us from Rhode Island and read us the books No...
View ArticleFun with Book Trailer Videos
My last few weeks of formal classes with the sixth graders have arrived as they will be moving on to middle school next year. I know I will see them regularly, but will miss my time with them each...
View ArticleCelebrating "The Dot!"
For the first time, we celebrated International Dot Day at TB Elementary! I read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds to my elementary library classes and we used our inspiration in our own various dot...
View ArticleFirst Grade & "The Day the Crayons Quit"
Don't miss our first graders' responses and illustrations to The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt with illustrations by Oliver Jeffers. After reading this book in library class, I asked...
View Article4th Grade Book Reviews October 2014
The fourth grade class recently finished their book reviews and posted them to their blogs for their first official blog posts of the year! We accomplished this task in library class each week with at...
View ArticleFirsties & "The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin!"
Mrs. Paden, her first graders and I recently had some Halloween fun when we created pumpkin Vokis in the library! This was a collaborative project which stemmed from some very creative thinking on Mrs....
View Article3rd Grade Three Pigs Opinions
On Wednesday, my third grade library students finished up their "Three Little Pigs Projects" on Educreations. Over the past several weeks, we have read, discussed and written about three different...
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