October was a busy, but fun month! I am looking forward to the holidays and all the exciting things that come with them. Here's a journey through October in our library.
We have 41 students from grades 4 and 5 in Coding Club! It will continue until December 13th.
Every Thursday, the students learn Scratch coding from UTD grad students. They learned this spooky animation on the week before Halloween.
I have been wanting to do a book club since I became a librarian and this year I finally figured out how to make it work. I had 32 students from grades 3-5 came on Wednesdays during their lunches to discuss our first book-Knights of the Kitchen Table.
After finishing the book, we had a party on Halloween!
The students enjoyed eating cookies, getting a certificate, and celebrating their success. I cannot wait to start the next book club!
Book projects are continuing to roll in.
Students from both of these pictures are on their second book project so they earned their Reading Associates Degree!
My morning 5th grade group began a novel study about the book Esparanza Rising. They were able to have a great debate dealing with a decision that the main character was facing.
The students also made amazing AVID one pagers about the first chapter. We are making them about each chapter to eventually have their own visual book.
We took a little break from the book on Halloween to write some collaborative spooky MadLib stories. They enjoyed reading the final products aloud!
For October's staff development, the district planned a day called LitCon for all reading teachers in grades 3-12 and the librarians. I presented twice about our free digital resources.
I also did a book study leading up to LitCon and was able to Skype with the authors of the book during LitCon.
I have been following Eric Sheninger for years so I was excited to attend a session he did at LitCon.
The month finished with a wild week of book fair, pumpkin decorating contest, and Red Ribbon Week. I did not take many pictures because it was just such a crammed week, but I enjoy how book fair proceeds afford us the opportunity to do great things for the students throughout the year.
We have two full weeks left until Thanksgiving break! See you in November.
