Merry Christmas from the Media Center.

Dig Into Reading Safari!

We had a great time with author/magician Chad Crews today. He once again amazed us with his magic, made us laugh at his antics, expanded our knowledge, and at the same time - promoted reading. I know we will have a lot of students coming to the library for books about magic, snakes, scorpions, and other topics that Mr. Crews mentioned today.




4th and 5th graders enjoying a special lunch with our guest. Students who attended won a persuasive letter writing contest with their reasons for wanting to have lunch with Mr. Crews. We also discovered that some of our students have magical talent,too, as they shared card tricks before and after lunch!



Students who purchased Mr. Crew's magic book also received autographs and had their photos taken with him and his albino snake!

Return Engagement!

We are looking forward to hosting educational entertainer, Chad Crews, again on November 22nd. Mr. Crews visited last year (check out the blog entries for November 2012) and students have been looking forward to his show ever since! Orders for "So You Want to Learn Magic - The Sequel" should be turned in as soon as possible to guarantee delivery at the show. If you cannot find the order form that was sent home earlier this month, just write your name (first and last, please) and "I want the Magic Book" on any piece of paper and turn it in to Mrs. Wagner with $10.

November Lego Club

We had our second club meeting this month. Check out some of our neat creations!

4th Grade PSA Projects

Fourth grade classes have begun work to create Public Service Announcements (PSA)to help other students learn about Digital Citizenship. Students have lots of options to create their PSAs, but most storyboard their ideas first.
Check back for more photos as these projects develop!

More Pictures of Centers Added

Primary grades are really enjoying our library centers! It is the first thing a lot of the students ask about when they come in as a class. While we do not use the centers every visit, I think we will continue this and change the centers up on a regular basis. New pictures have been added to the first slideshow - just scroll down a little to see the entry and the show!

Writers - Thinkers - Creators!

Fifth graders have their own blogs for writing in the Media Center. We have been covering the topic of digital citizenship and are currently using the blogs to think about and write about what we have learned. Students have also been creating their own avatars to add to their blog profiles. The photos show the students blogging and creating their avatars.

Lego Building Buddies

We had our first club meeting this morning. Our next meeting will be on November 15th and we should have even more kids (and Legos) next month. Everyone had a great time. We had beach houses, swimming pools, movie theaters, and lots of great building ideas.

Primary Centers

This is our first week trying centers (stations) in the Media Center and it went fairly well. First we went over our procedures and then children were allowed to choose their center. A few classes had time to change centers, too. We had a variety of centers so there was something to interest everyone!

Scavenger Hunt

Third graders are on a QR code scavenger hunt! We are using the QR code clues to find items in the Media Center, learn to use the Destiny Quest App on the iPods, and even to take a reading survey!