A Visit From Brownie

A couple weeks ago we had another visit from our therapy dog!  We love Brownie and everything she adds to our library time.  The students were all very excited to get a chance to read with her. Here are a few pictures. The students have already been asking when she gets to come back.

Folktales

In our Trillium through Clarkia library classes we are preparing for our all school field trip to the "Shrek" musical.  It's been very exciting.  We have pretended we are sitting around a campfire surrounded by trees, stars, friends and families, and NO technology.  How would we entertain ourselves?  What would we do to save memories with little writing technology?  One of our Trillium students suggested we needed s'mores and were shocked to learn marshmallows weren't invented yet.  All the classes realized that storytelling would be a powerful way to spread memories and be entertained by.  We discussed the inventions of folktales and read one of our favorite fairytales.  We learned that fairy tales have certain characters:  royalty and animals,  specific settings: castles and forests, a common conflict:  good vs. evil, and a common resolution:  good overcoming evil with a happy ever after.
 

A Monster Of A Book Fair!

We made our $3,000 goal in sales!  Way to go MRA!   We will have close to $1000 to spend on new books for our library.  Please send me your ideas of new titles you would like to see.  Thank you so much for all your support.  Jayla Slinger was our award winner of our $100 gift certificate.  Thank you to the MRA Boosters for making this happen.


In our Trillium through Clarkia library classes, we have continued to identify fiction and nonfiction literature.  Ask your Clarkia students about the Dewey Rap.  I think most of them can rap it from memory.

In our Alder classes we have been working in Google Draw and are creating thank you cards for our amazing volunteers during our Roots Day.

In our Cedar classes we have been researching strategically and learning how boolean operators work.  

Over Half Way There

Please remember to stop by our book fair Monday, November 2nd and Tuesday, November 3rd!  We are little over half way in reaching our goal.  Remember you can order online!  Thank you for checking it out!