Brookwood READS! What & Where are YOU Reading this Summer?

A slide show using submitted pictures of students and staff members will be posted here throughout the summer. See what your friends and teachers are reading this summer.  Pictures should be emailed to Mrs. Wagner.  Don't forget to fill out your summer reading log, too! (If you can't find the paper, it's okay - just make your own list - write the name of the books and the date you finished reading each one. Don't forget to put YOUR name on the top and then add your teacher's name for the 2013/2014 year before you turn it into the Media Center.)

REMEMBER - You can read ebooks by clicking the link on the right hand side of this page!

3rd & 4th Graders

Third graders have been researching rocks, minerals, and soil. Fourth graders have been researching Colonial Times. After using the Internet and Pathfinders to locate information, both grades created glogs - online interactive posters - and shared some of their findings with their classmates.

Thanks for Shopping!

Our BOGO book fair ended earlier today. Thanks so much to everyone who came and shopped. This is a quick book fair, but still takes a huge effort to pull it off so smoothly. A HUGE thank you to all of our dedicated book fair volunteers, but especially to Ginny Carson for the wonderful job she does running our book fairs.
THANK YOU, MRS. CARSON!

What a Fun Day!

Author Susan Stevens Crummel visited Brookwood on Tuesday, May 7th. Her visit was so much fun! She is a wonderful storyteller and each presentation was perfectly geared for the age group.




At the end of the day, we returned to the media center, where Mrs. Crummel autographed books for students who had purchased them for the occasion or already owned them and brought them to school.

It will be a Busy Week!

May 7th - Author Susan Stevens Crummel will visit Brookwood.

May 8,9, 10 - BOGO Book Fair (Buy One Get One Free!)

May 9 & 10 - Field Days

We are Enjoying These Books

Third, fourth, and fifth graders are sharing Mrs. Crummel's books in small groups to prepare for her visit.

How Exciting!

As mentioned earlier, the fifth grade students have been creating book trailers. We have been posting them on the Brookwood Vimeo site as they are completed. Last night, I was reviewing the site and was surprised to see that that Alan Silberberg, author of one of the books, "Milo Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze," had seen and commented on Samantha's video less than 24 hours after we posted it! Amazing! You can see the video and the comments by clicking HERE.

5th Grade Book Trailers

Our 5th grade classes have been hard at work creating book trailers. Students had quite a few options on how to proceed with this project, but most have been using iMovies on the iPads. The first step in making the trailers was to learn how to storyboard their ideas. In addition, students are responsible for correctly crediting any photos that they did not take themselves or music that was not available in the app. We will also be uploading the videos, creating QR codes that will take you to the videos, and posting the QR codes in library copies of the books and in the library (and possibly other locations) all in an effort to spread the word about the books we love. We also hope to blog about the process and embed the videos into the student blogs.

Dr. Seuss Day!!!

On Friday, March 1st, we celebrated Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss' birthday by dressing up as Dr. Seuss characters! It was such fun seeing everyone's creative costumes! Thank you to everyone who participated!

The Cat in the Hat Visits Pre-K

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Green's Pre-K classes had a special visitor in the Media Center this week.  We had just finished reading "The Cat in the Hat" when who should appear but the Cat himself!  The students were excited to get to visit with one of their very favorite storybook characters!
Thank you Cat in the Hat for spending some time with us in the Media Center!