These past two months, our 4th graders have been putting their research skills to use in the library while covering one of their science standards on types of energy. After an overview of nine different energy sources, students selected one to research as apart of a team. Teams then began their research by using a database, a credible website, and a book to gather their information. Team used their information to write paragraphs they could share to create gamis through an a called Tellagami - be sure to click on the link below to view them! We finished our science research unit with a two-lesson STEM building challenge where student teams set out to create a functioning wind turbine; they did a great job!
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For the past three weeks, Kinders at Langston Hughes have been putting their knowledge from our library letter stations to use. During December, they completed letter puzzles to practice recognizing uppercase with lowercase letters and their sound. Students even used ABC books as a source for research in creating their own puzzle themed ABC book! In their own books, students came up with two items for each letter, and practiced researching for letters they had trouble thinking of things to draw. Great work Kinder stars!
Students in 2nd grade have been completing an book award study to overlap with their study of inventions as part of their second grade curriculum. Because the Sibert Award is granted to nonfiction books, there are many winning and honor books that tie into the invention theme. One of the books we read together is Ballons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet. Ballons Over Broadway informs readers about how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first began and teaches about how Tony Sarg (a puppeteer) invented the first balloon floats. As a culminating activity, 2nd graders completed a building challenge where they worked in teams to create their own floats that would suspend above their base using sticks or rods. (This is actually one of the first types of floats that Tony Sarg invented for the parade.) Balloon floats are shown below by class. Students did a great job of being creative and using good teamwork! Mrs. Hatesohl's Class Very Hungry Caterpillar, Pink Power Ranger, Turkey, Kermit the Frog, Pumpkin, Turkey Mrs. Heider's Class Santa, Pikachu, Shooting Star, Mega Blaziken, Pikachu, Ninja Turtle Leo Mrs. Mustain's Class Minion, Blue Bird, Shark, Sled Dog, Elf, Flag Mrs. Williams' Class
Butterfly, Snowman, Basketball Goal, Squirtle, Snowman, and Chrstmas Tree December marks our annual celebration of Hour of Code in the Learning Commons. Although the offical week for Hour of Code is the 5th through the 9th, this year, various grades will be celebrating Hour of Code during different weeks of December. This week, 4th grade students started us off by completing the actual Hour of Code, a 20 stage coding activity, on the computer. Next week, 1st grade will be celebrating by using the Kodable app on iPads. The week of December 12th, 2nd grade will complete an "unplugged" (no technology) Gingerbread coding activity and 3rd grade will use the LightBot app. During our final week prior to winter break, 5th grade will code through the Hour of Code website and our Kinder friends will finally have their first experience with our Dash coding robots!
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CategoriesJenny WilliamsAfter 8 years in the classroom, I'm very eager and excited to be in my 5th year as Library Media Specialist in the Learning Commons of Langston Hughes! Archives
April 2019
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