Informational poetry weaves facts into poems, as in Douglas Florianâs UnBEElievables, which includes not only poems but also brief factual paragraphs to accompany each selection. Likewise, Susan Katzâs The Presidentâs Stuck in the Bathtub contains poems with little-known facts about the presidents. Challenge: Based on the information of a nonfiction text you are currently reading,… Read More Informational Poetry
Dear Students,Teachers and Parents, Scrabble Day is observed on April 13, 2016. It celebrates the popular board game on the birthday of it’s inventor, Alfred Mosher Butts. Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a gameboard marked with a 15Ă15 grid.… Read More Scrabble Day
Calling ALL poetry!! Inspired by the recent trend of McDonalds, William O. Schaefer students will be sharing and distributing their poetry to Tappan Zee High School students who buy lunch! McDonaldâs, had the brilliant idea of putting a book instead of a toy in their Happy Meals. McDonaldâs included four different books in this experiment. When I heard McDonalds was promoting literacy… Read More Poetry
The âTower of Booksâ Library Challenge began January 25, 2016 and ended Friday, March 18, 2016. Second grade classes were challenged to collectively read 100 books from predetermined categories, first grade, 80 books and kindergarten, 60 books. Many classes  met the âTower of Booksâ Challenge with the required number of categories and books while other exceeded the challenge! Congratulations!… Read More Tower of Books Data
Vacation is fun! Choosing what to do over vacation is not always easy. There are so many places and so many things you could choose. What it boils down to is what you like best. Where would you rather be for a week…..Disney World or Disney Land? Why? Make sure to give plenty of evidence to… Read More Would you Rather…
Leprechauns are a type of fairy in Irish folklore. A leprechaun is imagined as a little bearded man, wearing a coat, a hat and who usually get into mischief. Students at William O. Schaefer  have been reading stories about leprechauns, planning and designing traps to catch them! Legend has it that leprechauns can only be… Read More Leprechaun Traps
Last week in the library we had all the ingredients of a mystery! First, we discussed a real mystery involving the stolen statue of the Lorax from the home of Dr. Seuss located in California. Discussing this real mystery, allowed us to use detective vocabulary such as âclueâ, âcrimeâ, âred herringâ, âdetectiveâ, âevidenceâ, âmysteryâ, âsuspectâ… Read More The Ingredients of a Mystery
…be an eagle or a whale? Before you make a decision, you must research and learn about the eagle and the whale! First, complete the required activities below. Then, decide which animal you would rather be. Next, write a persuasive paragraph using the O.R.E.O. strategy. Last, post your “Would You Rather…” in the comment section below.… Read More Would You Rather…