Students and I explored many new books we received this week. In many classes we read Now by Antoinette Portis. The Washington Post states the book beautifully captures the concept of mindfulness for children.
This week was an inspirational week in the library. We read and discussed After the Fall by Dan Santat. The book describes how Humpty Dumpty is motivated to overcome his fear of heights when his paper airplane lands out of reach. This book has a surprising and creative ending! Students discussed fears they have overcome as well as some fears they still have. Some classes read Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. Fourth Graders and fifth graders reviewed how to use WebPath Express for research, and the fourth graders explored this website full of California History Topics.
I only had two days to meet with our wonderful elementary school students this week, but we had rich conversations. We discussed compare and contrast in the younger grades using Eileen Spinelli's book, The Perfect Thanksgiving. In some classes we read Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende Devlin and Harry Devlin.
We compared and contrasted Chromebooks and Macbooks in the upper grades at Neil Cummins, and students wrote persuasive paragraphs with the information. We explored researching using WebPath Express in the fourth grade classes as they start their California history reports. |
Joy Lynn King
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