The Dewey Decimal Rap

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be learning all about the Dewey Decimal System this week.  Here is a fun, little rap that I think the kids will enjoy.

Hey, Little Ant

We read the book called Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, a father and daughter team who wrote this first as a song when Hannah was a little girl.  The book is written from the point-of-view of both a little boy and an ant.  It is a great book to show perspective, and the illustrations by Debbie Tilley definitely add to the story.  At the end of the book, the authors left the ending up to the reader.

So, what would you do...squish the ant or save the ant?  Let's see what our students decided.

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Hey, Little Ant

Gobble Gobble...Call Numbers!

The week before Thanksgiving this year, our kids in grades 2-5 took part in a scavenger hunt of sorts.  The students worked with a group to find books in our library with certain call numbers on the spine.  The call numbers were typed on turkey feathers, and the students had to work together to find books to complete their turkey.  They had so much fun doing this and learned how to find books by their call numbers.  Here are our second graders working together on their turkeys.

Christmas Webquest

Back in December, our students in grades 3-5 completed a Christmas Webquest with the help of their iPads and the kid safe search engine called Kid Rex.  The students looked up information and learned some little known facts about Christmas such as:

1. When was the first greeting card made?
2. What makes holly berries dangerous?
3. What country did poinsettias originate from?

We raced against each other to see who could find the answers the fastest.  The 5th graders were really good at looking through the information and finding the specific answer to the questions.  Here are some pictures of them working through this activity.

Let There Be Dancing!

You never know what will happen next on a visit to our library.  After enjoying some Christmas stories back in December, we played a fun video version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from YouTube.  Little did I know what good dancers our Pre-K students are!  This was totally unprompted and even surprised me. :)  Check out the kids from the class of Ms. Rosanne and Ms. Doris.

3rd Grade Research

Ms. Vasquez and Ms. Segovia brought their third graders to the library to do some research on landforms or bodies of water.  The kids used books and the internet to find information about their chosen subject.  They worked hard and found some interesting facts.

Ice Skating in the Library

Check out Ms. Maria's class "ice skating" in the library! Students in Preschool and Pre-K read a book about ice skating, watched a short video of Peppa Pig and her family ice skating, and then got to try out our version of ice skating using wax paper.  They had a blast!

*Please note: The video will be blurry in full screen.