When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles, a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note, and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies. Watch… Read More Lincoln’s Pockets
A dictionary in 2018? Dictionaries can be used to check spelling, to learn new words, to find or double-check the meaning of a word you encounter, or to find the right word to use. I use mine every time I play scrabble with my husband! How to best use a dictionary depends on what you are… Read More Dictionary Skills
Creaturizer is a free app from PBS Kids that lets students create fun cartoon-like creatures. Students are then tasked to imagine their creature’s needs (what the eat, where they hide, where they fly and where they nest) by placing them into an indoor or outdoor setting through the use of augmented reality. Watch the video… Read More Creaturizer Poetry
What does persuade mean? To persuade means to cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons to believe something. The video below explains how the word OREO can help write a persuasive argument. Today we will use the OREO strategy and apply what we learned about persuasive writing to construct a book review. Here… Read More OREO: Opinion, Reason, Evidence, Opinion Restated
Over the next several day, the students will learn about Kamishibai and listen to a story told with the traditional Kamishibai theater. Most Kamishibai stories consist of 12 large (15” x 10.5″) illustrated cards that tell a story. On the back of each illustrated card is the text of the story. Background of Kamishibai In the Japanese language, Kamishibai… Read More Kamishibai
This cycle, second grade will read, One Grain of Rice retold and illustrated by Demi. After sharing the story, students will play, FreeRice. FreeRice is a non-profit website that is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme. FreeRice has two goals: Provide education to everyone for free AND Help end world hunger by… Read More A Story and A Game For A Cause
Below is a sneek peek inside the first title in a series of interactive recipe books, Pancakes!: An Interactive Recipe Book by Lotta Nieminen. This week in library, kindergarten students will read the second title, Pizza!: An Interactive Recipe Book by Lotta Nieminen, so far there are three books in the series of interactive recipe… Read More How To … Make a Pizza!
Optimism: Optimism is the ability to remain hopeful and confident about the future or successful outcome of something. Be positive! Assembly Read Aloud: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Everyone loves The Little Engine That Could, that classic tale of the determined little engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the… Read More January Word of the Month: Optimism