Draper Elementary Module 7 Lesson 3 # 5

Our 6th grade classes  were studing Ancient Egypt and Mummies.  They made pyramids and learned how to make a mummy.  They used a chicken for there mummy and placed it inside the pyramid and they displayed them in the media center.  We also made a display of books about Ancient Egypt and pyramids and Pharaohs and Greek temples.  The classes enjoyed this display in the media center.

For an fun activity one week we had each class listen to some poems as we read to them and we also made a chart with a poem on it and had the class say that poem out loud.  The students were given a leaf and they wrote a poem on the leaf and placed there leaf on the Poet-Tree.  We pulled some fun poem books and made a display.  The students had a lot of fun with this activity.

Our 4th grade classes make a float about there county for there report.  They bring there floats into the media center and we display them.  The classes enjoy looking that the floats and learning about that county.

Ridgecrest Media Center Newsletter

Students Display art in Ridgecrest Media Center

Throughout the year the Ridgecrest library has hosted many different student art displays.

Some of our favorites have included:
Scale model of turn of the century downtown Salt Lake City done by the 4th grade students.

Models of area and perimeter projects by the 5th grade students.

Shoebox dioramas of animals and habitats by the 3rd grade students.

Favorite characters from a book created with a pumpkin by the 2nd grade students.

We LOVE having student art displayed in the library!
We plan to continue this tradition for many years to come.

Kirsti and Suzanne
Ridgecrest Elementary

Beehive Awards Promotion

Throughout the year we highlighted the beehive nominees. We read many nominees throughout the year and encouraged students to read as many as they could on their own. In the weeks leading up to the voting deadline we had a presentation on the beehive nominees and reminded the students to read and vote on the books they read. Students who chose to put their names on a valid ballot were entered in a drawing for a prize.

At the beginning of the year we also challenged all students to join us as librarians to check out and read all the nominees available in our library over the course of the year. Anyone who met this challenge would receive a significant reward at the completion of the goal. We have one student who is close to meeting that challenge.

There are some improvements we plan to make in next year’s beehive challenge. First, we will concentrate on reminding students more often of the challenge. Also, we will create a challenge poster or tracking sheet so that students can more actively self-regulate their own progress. Finally, will will make an effort to at least highlight if not read all of the appropriate nominees to individual classes over the school year.

Kirsti and Suzanne

Ridgecrest Elementary

Ridgecrest Media Displays for the Year

Our theme for the year was Oh, the Places You'll Go ........ When You Read.

We then created themed boards to highlight our theme. Here are a few of our boards:

A couple of our other favorite displays this year are our Beehive Nominees area with our 'flying' bees and our Ipod Genre display.

The kids have really enjoyed these displays and continue to comment on them even as the year is drawing to a close.......now what to do next year?
Kirsti and Suzanne
Ridgecrest Elementary

Earth Day Bookmarks

In honor of Earth Day, Monday,April 22,2013.

Oakdale Library made bookmarks with our old,worn out,stinky deleted books.

We always feel horrible getting rid of our books, but this helped ease the pain of our loss.

This was a great example for reusing and recycling and making our environment a GREENER place to live.

The children loved these, and it gave them some good ideas to demonstrate this act on their own. 

Edgemont is Having Fun with Science!

Several weeks ago we read this book to our students...

To make it a bit more exciting, we decorated the library with a bag of these...

The students loved them...of course!

We didn't feel right about throwing away good potatoes, so the following week we talked about the Scientific Method and introduced the library's own science experiment...

Then we read this fun book to go along with what they had learned...

Now our potatoes look like this...

And we have students eagerly checking their growth each week...they can't wait to finally have an answer for the "conclusion" portion of the poster!

Edgemont Elementary is Wild About Books!

A crop of wild animals and foliage has invaded the media center at Edgemont Elementary and the students couldn't be happier!  They are eagerly making tracks to this fun location knowing that an exciting adventure awaits each week.  With giraffes, monkeys, birds, snakes, and zebras just waiting to say hello, who wouldn't want to come to the library?!?

Oakdale Elementary

It is Teacher Appreciation Week at Oakdale.  In anticipation of this, Shannon came up with a fun idea!  We read poetry books with haiku to the students.  We taught them how to create a haiku.  Then we sent the teacher away and helped the students created a haiku about their teacher.  They did a great job!  We printed them, made frames and displayed them in the media center.

We used three books for this project:

I Haiku You by Betsy Snyder
Guyku by Bob Raczka (LOVE this one)
The Hound Dog's Haiku by Michael J. Rosen

Sprucewood Elementary Moustache March

March Moustache (My-stash) of Books

Our students love book talks.  This year we decided to incorporate one of our book talks into our monthly theme and invite students to join in.  The theme was moustache (my-stash) of books.  We first started with a bulletin board with a picture of our principal (sporting a black moustache) surround by books that he enjoys.  We then ask students to volunteer to give a book talk about one of their favorite books.  We gave them plenty of time to prepare the book talk and an outline they could use, if needed.     Next, we choose one of our favorite new books to do our book talk on.   We gave a book talk on “The Inventor’s Secret” by Chad Morris.  It is a fabulous book of twins who attend Cragbridge Hall, a school dedicated to honor their grandfather, a famous inventor.  While at the school, the children find out their grandfather and parents are missing and the kids must engage in an adventure of a lifetime and find inner-strength as they try to save their beloved grandfather and parents.  With so many cliffhangers in the book, it is ideal for a book talk.  We presented our book talk to the classes and then allowed students to present their book talk.  We had a display of books in our library that showed all of the books that classmates had done book talks on and recommended.  We also added pictures to our bulletin board of the students (with moustaches) holding the book they had recommended to their fellow students.  Students that participated by giving a book talk were rewarded with a moustache sucker, a straw with a detachable moustache on it and a picture of them holding their book.   This activity was such a success that we have students and teachers asking us to do it again.  Also students love books recommend by other students.  It is a great way to get students reading.

The beginning bulletin board with just our principal.  

 The final bulletin board with all the students.

The display that showed the books that our students had recommended.

Cole’s picture with a moustache sucker reward on top.

April is author spotlight month at Midvalley

This month we decided to introduce our students to some different authors. The students loved reading the authors bio and checking out their books!!

More Poetry Fun at Butler

We thought we'd share these poetry ideas because they are easy and fun to do and the students loved them.

The book spine poetry activity was offered to 5th and 6th graders.  They really got into it and even used the computers to find book titles with the words they wanted.  A secondary gain- in the process of looking for book titles they liked, they found new things to read.

The Circle poem by Prelutsky is a favorite and fun to memorize.  The younger students go 'round and 'round. :)

Ali & Debbie
Butler Elementary

 

Art and Books at Butler

This month, our school studied Michelangelo and architecture for the Meet the Masters art lesson.  All classes completed a project and these were hung on the walls throughout the school by each classroom. To complement this theme, the library set up a special display with our books on Michelangelo, ancient buildings, architecture, and art in general.

Ali & Debbie