January has been fast and furious! I started out by doing inventory on the library for the first week and then continued the month with lots of reading activities.
There were three students who read at least 5 of the Bluebonnet Book Award nominees. These 4th graders got to celebrate their accomplishment with a voting party. Our school's winner was The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13.
There are several more books in the Classroom 13 series that have been released. I have been trying to read them quickly before I put them on the shelves. They are all funny!
I also read this book this month. I visited Galveston a couple summers ago and find the history of the great hurricane very interesting. This was my first Magic Tree House book to read. I loved it!
My third, fourth, and fifth grade book club started up again with a new book...Bunnicula!
Students discussed the book at lunch while using our exercise bikes.
We did a gallery walk to discuss questions about the book.
We have also done a survey about topics from the book.
We have two more sessions left!
My morning group of fifth graders love doing debates. They are listening carefully to the other side's points so that they can respond. We started reading the book Wonder and this was the first debate about whether August should go to school.
I attended a full day i3 training towards the end of the month. It was great to really have time to digest new tech tools and ideas. I cannot wait to share adaptive Google Forms with the staff. Plus, we got cool Lego people to hang out with. Mine had red hair and was wearing my favorite color...fate!
As we wrap up the month, we are approaching the 100th day of school. I am giving away 100 books to students and staff members up February 4th's 100th day of school. Here were the first two winners to come and select a brand new book to keep. Think of all the stories that can be told and the books that can be read in the next 100 days!
