We are wrapping up our digital citizenship projects this week. The Alders and Cedars have come up with inspiring ways to stay safe on the internet. I have been pleased to see how well they are working as a team to organize their thoughts and ideas. The creativity of coming up with their own slogans and logos has been fun to watch. Please be watching for their posters going up along our media center's walls.
The Clarkia are well on their way in becoming accurate typist. This week they took their first "timed" test. We stressed the importance of accuracy and proper form. I told the Clarkia that I was not interested in their speed at this time, that will come with increased practice. We are focusing on accuracy and proper finger placement. 
In our Trillium library class we are discovering the fiction and nonfiction genre. They are sorting notecards that have snippets of either a fiction or nonfiction story into the right genre. We will continue to practice this throughout the year.
In our Huckleberry and Clarkia library classes we are learning the importance of the parts of a book. Ask your student if they can find the copyright date or "birthdate". They were very thorough in pointing out how old their books were to me. The Clarkia are competing to beat their time in naming all the parts of a book in a round robin naming game.
Please help your student to remember to bring back their library books! You should be getting an email reminder if their books are overdue. I will also be printing out paper reminder slips to come home as well.
Don't forget to sign up to help out at our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair!
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