Sprucewood Golden Shelf Elf Award

Golden Shelf Elf Award

Each week we present a class with the Golden Shelf Elf Award for demonstrating the best observance of our library rules.   The award consists of a “Shelf Elf” to display in their classroom for a week and a brand new book for their classroom library.  (Books are donated from local companies.) Each child is also given a small individual reward of a bookmark or pencil. In the library the teacher’s name and class is posted on the Shelf Elf Award Poster so all can see.

Titanic Sinks at Butler Elementary

Butler Elementary had a lot of fun with the Titanic. That is a paradox!

 To celebrate the 100th Anniversary, we made a huge Titanic bulletin board and asked the students to draw what they could see looking inside a Titanic porthole.

We gathered many Titanic books and left them on tables so the whole school could read them. During library story time, we read a simple version of the Titanic Sinking and then had the children don some props and read the history of six of the people on the Titanic including Captain Smith, Molly Brown, a member of the band, etc.

 There is a great interest in the Titanic which even includes Kindergartners.

OAKDALE ELEMENTARY

We put together one of our Media Modules.A display of books with "ABC" books,

"Counting " books, and "Wordless" books.

Oakdale Elementary

At Oakdale, we asked teachers to share a favorite word along with any comments on that word. We posted these on the wall. (On the back of the card, we have the definition and the comments.) At the beginning of each class library time, we spotlight a couple of the words. The kids have loved it and have even voluneteered their own favorite words. This has been a fun to enhance the vocabulary of the students (and us)!

Draper Elementary Media Center

In March we did space experiments that went along with theme for the year. We used the book
A True Book Space Experiments by Salvatore Tocci. The first experiment was hitting the target. The students sat on a spinning chair and tried to hit a small bucket with a paper ball. The second experiment was testing reaction time. The students used a yard stick and tried to catch it before it hit the floor. If you could grab the yard stick at six inches you would be a good astronaut.


The third experiment measuring body changes. Students measure there calf with a string and then they lay on the floor with there legs on the wall and stay that way for three minutes and then they remeasure there calf to see if there calf was the same size.

The students had alot of fun with the experiments.

100th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS TITANIC

April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. We want the children at Bell View to remember the 1500 people who died on the Titanic so many years ago. We have set up a display of our Titanic books and used pictures cut from the most recent National Geographic magazine for visuals. We will be reading the book T is for Titanic by Debbie and Michael Shoulders to the children throughout the week.

This is an important piece of history that we feel should never be forgotten.

Bell View Elementary

Dr. Seuss Event Butler Elementary

Serious Seuss Silliness

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday this month (and the new movie The Lorax), we had a Dr. Seuss celebration after school. We read a book, had birthday cake, and played games such as Hop on Pop balloon relay and Happy Birthday to You Cake Walk. We also had a funny Cat in the Hat photo booth and a You Can Read rhyming and art station. It was great fun.

During the school days we've spent time talking about Dr. Seuss' writing style and the life lessons he teaches us through his wacky words and illustrations. The Lorax (though hard to read to many classes in a day!) has really been a favorite with the new movie. There are lots of great "color your own" bookmarks, word finds, games, and other free printables on-line.