January 8th is National Argyle day! Argyle is a knitting pattern shaped like diamonds. It is common on socks, vests, and sweaters, and was very popular in the early 20th century to wear while golfing. Argyle became fashionable in England and the U.S. after the World War I. The pattern was identified with the Duke… Read More National Argyle Day
Thanks to the “Snowflake Man” we know that every snowflake is unique. Wilson Bentley was the first person ever to photograph microscopic images of snowflakes. Watch the documentary and the news report about his life. Listen to the picture book written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. In 1925 Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley stated “Under the microscope, I… Read More How To Make A Snowflake
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
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
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
The holidays are upon us and now is the perfect time to begin thinking Do It Yourself (DYI) gift ideas! Handmade gifts are an affordable and meaningful way to show all of the important people in your life that you care. For this month’s challenge you will need to find a clever way to reuse and or repurpose… Read More 2016 DIY Gift Challenge: Up-cycle!
This week we read many nonfiction books, one of which was Bugs, Bugs Bugs, by Jennifer Dussling. As nonfiction readers, we ask questions in order to delve deeper, to better understand a subject. As we were reading, we noticed we did not understand some of the key words used by the author. In order to understand some of… Read More Swap and Solve
Read the Halloween story below. Use the clues and deductive reasoning to solve the Halloween Logic game. Aaron, Johnny and Matt were planning their outing for Halloween night and it was decided that each boy would dress in a different costume. After they had made their choices about what to wear, they thought it might be a… Read More Logic