Magic School Bus Contest



Winners of the Club Blvd. contest

Over 90 students submitted their own innovative designs for the Magic School Bus "create-a-cover" contest!! You can view their designs in the slideshow below. Mrs. Husketh mailed all of the entries to Scholastic and we will find out in January if a cover is selected as a winner. Mrs. Husketh selected two students from each grade level and one class to win a Magic School Bus book. These students’ names were drawn randomly from the jar in the Media Center. In addition, two classes won a Magic School Bus “hour of fun” in the Media Center. The winning classes were Mrs. Murray’s class and Mrs. Dunlap’s class. Congratulations! Thank you to all the students who participated in the contest.



Magnets are Everywhere!

Ms. Lord's 4th grade class began learning about magnets last week. As you watch the video, listen for the explanations of these key words about magnets: attract, repel, invisible force, north and south poles, atoms, and magnetized. Hopefully the students' illustrations will also help you understand what these words mean. Next up they'll be learning about electricity!

Shark Week!

Ms. Rogers' 1st graders kicked off their Shark Week learning by coming to the Media Center to complete online research. After brainstorming several resources we could use to learn about sharks (books, magazines, and computers), the class was excited to learn that we would be using laptops! First I showed the students an online database that is great for emergent readers--it's called PebbleGo. The students read and listened to information about the shark's body, habitat, diet, and life cycle. Each student wrote down information, their favorite fact, and drew an illustration of the animal in its habitat. I look forward to working with Ms. Rogers, Ms. Herring, and these young researchers again soon!

Colonial American Glogs

4th graders in Ms. Lisle's class were learning about North Carolina during the Colonial Period. After completing their research in class, the students visited the Media Center to begin their technology projects. Each pair created a Glog (online poster) to share one aspect the class learned about Colonial America. Below is a sampling of the Glogs made by these creative 4th graders! (I apologize for the amount of space in between each Glog--I could not eliminate it!)

Hatchet Character Analysis--Part 2

(click on Wordle to enlarge)

The 5th grade Battle of the Books team finished reading Hatchet and we created another Wordle based on on Bryan's actions and thoughts during the second half of the book. Has Bryan changed? Compare the adjectives from our first Wordle to this one. What do you notice?

Hatchet Character Analysis

(click on the Wordle to enlarge)

The 5th grade Battle of the Books team is reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. After reading chapters 1-8, the students worked in groups to brainstorm as many adjectives as they could about Bryan (the main character). We then copied and pasted their lists to make a Wordle. The words that appear enlarged occured the most in their lists. Based on the Wordle above, what kind of experiences do you think Bryan is going through? Would you want to trade places with him? We'll create a second Wordle after finishing Hatchet to help us see how his character evolves from the beginning to the end of the book.

Science Day

Thank you to all the presenters who volunteered their time to make Science Day a possibility for our students. And a HUGE thanks to Mr. Krieger for organizing the event!

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Hispanic Heritage Book Drawing Winners!

Over 40 students read a book from the Hispanic Heritage display in the Media Center and several students read more than 1! For each book they read, the student filled out the "book fun" information sheet that accompanied the book. After returning the sheet to me, students put their name in a jar to try and win a free book.

This morning Mrs. Husketh drew 6 names from the jar. These students came to the Media Center and chose a book that something to do with Hispanic culture. The students were very excited because they get to keep these books! Some of their selections included Endangered Animals of South America, a Peruvian folktale, Guatemalan ABCs, and the life of Frida Kahlo. Congratulations and happy reading :)

 

Our fabulous winners!!

Camp Read-a-Lot

I had so much fun hosting the K, K/1, and 1st grade classes for a sing a-long yesterday during Camp Read-a-Lot. Mr. Childress played the guitar and we enjoyed singing a few of our favorite camping songs. Can you pick out your favorite book character from the collage below (click on the collage to enlarge it)? I posed with two of my favorites: Emily Elizabeth and Clifford. Here is a fun fact about me (Mrs. Husketh)--I was named after Emily Elizabeth from the Clifford series by Norman Bridwell! I wonder if my mom knew all along that I would be a school media specialist? :)