September 13, 2016 marked 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl, the world’s number one storyteller. Books written by Roald Dahl include James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! In Dahl’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is a… Read More Willy Wonka Challenge
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This week in library, second grade students explored the world of programming with an iPad app called Cargo-Bot! Cargo-Bot is a puzzler designed to teach kids about programming. The concept is simple –tell a robot arm how to move colored boxes around on a platform into different patterns.The implementation may be quite challenging, and just like… Read More Cargo-Bot
A folktale is a story that is passed down through generations by word of mouth. Storytellers recount folktales, adding their own personal touches to entertain listeners and to teach a moral, or lesson. Myths, tall tales, legends, fables, and fairy tales are all folktales. A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features… Read More FolkTales @398.2
Join the Hour of Code! Mrs. Nerkizian, our technology instructor, already began to introduce coding to all students last week. Parents can participate at home with their children too! In the library this week, we too will participate in the “The Hour of Code”! “The Hour of Code is designed to demystify code and show that computer science… Read More Hour of Code December 5-11
Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker and published by Candlewick Press Finding a magical red crayon, a bored and lonely girl draws a new door on her bedroom wall that leads her to a wondrous but perilous new world. Her drab, sepia-toned, humdrum reality gives way to sumptuous, lushly-hued watercolor and pen and ink… Read More Journey by Aaron Baker
Mouse is back in this ninth picture book… If You Give A Mouse A Brownie written by Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond If you give a mouse a brownie, he’s going to ask for some ice cream to go with it. When you give him the ice cream, he’ll probably ask you for a… Read More If You Give… Series
This month in the library…the focus for kindergarten, first and second grades is nonfiction! Nonfiction is a genre of books that contain facts and information about various subjects. Students are checking out the nonfiction section to find books ranging from sign language to science experiments to sports, history, animals and more! Students: Use the “November Nonfiction Activity… Read More November Nonfiction Activity List