Would You, Could You...

We Would, We Could...get everyone at Memorial to celebrate reading and Dr. Seuss's birthday! On Tuesday, March 3rd, the whole school from Kindergarten to grade 6, from the front office to the cafeteria got in the Seuss spirit to promote reading. We donned our Cat in the Hat hats and Dropped Everything And Read, we had mystery guest readers and a raffle, and for lunch Green Eggs & Ham was just one of the Seuss-inspired offerings! It was a lot of fun - and best of all, every student took a pledge to be a lifelong reader! Here are some pics from the day...enjoy!

Happy Reading!

What's Doin' in February...

It's been a month since my last post here and the Memorial School library has been busy with researchers coming and going. We've wrapped up the Grade 2 Continents research and podcasting project and Grade 5 has finished with their research on Explorers of North America. Now we have begun Grade 3's research on Revolutionary Figures and our 4th graders continue to research landmarks across the U.S.A.

Our Kindergarteners recently authored non-fiction books about Dinosaurs and next week we will take a look at biographies and try our hand at writing a Biography about someone very special.

And of course in February we are celebrating Presidents, Black Americans and Valentine's Day and reading all about these special celebrations!

We're gearing up for Read Across America Day on March 2nd when the whole school will Drop Everything And Read and many grades will celebrate the work of Dr. Seuss. Til then...

Happy Reading!

Happy New Year!

Well, we're midway through the first week of school in 2009 and things are chugging along here at the library. Our second graders are almost done with their research on the seven continents. They will soon be podcasting their research findings.

The fifth graders are working hard on their Explorer Webquests. They will be presenting their research via Power Point Presentations with the goal of convincing their classmates that their Explorer had the greatest impact on North America.

The Kindergartners will get started soon on researching animals and will then share their findings via interviews that will be podcasted. Mrs. Seymour and I are also working on plans for a project for the third graders that will integrate technology, research and writing.

Learning has never been so fun! I think the students are much more invested in their work because they are enjoying the new products they are producing - podcasts, Power Points, etc. rather than the old poster boards they always did before. If you have any great project ideas, I'd love to hear them. Just add your comments below. Until the next time...

Happy Reading!