Congratulations to our bluebonnet team!

Feb. 23-27

PreK practiced subitizing after reading "10 Black Dots." Older grades got excited about the book fair by watching book trailers!

Feb. 18-20

PreK reviewed transportation & pictographs after reading "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Kinder classes talked about reusing & recycling with "Gifts From the Garbage Truck." 1st grade read "The Wild Robot on the Island" and drew their robots in a new habitat. 2nd grade classes reviewed body systems after reading "All I Really Need is Me." Makerspace Club enjoyed free time to explore & create!

Feb. 9-13

We talked about friendship & kindness this week! PreK students made their own "Love Monsters" while kinder & 1st grades discussed cause & effect with different friendship scenarios. 2nd graders created class "Friendship Bowls" after reading "A Friend for Eddy." 5th grade enjoyed popcorn while watching a virtual author study with Kwame Alexander, Andrea Pinkney, & Karyn Parsons. 

Makerspace Club  worked hard to create balanced heart sculptures & marble mazes. On Friday we had our Bluebonnet party, for students that read 10 or more Bluebonnet list books! Students received prizes, donuts, and had a chance to compete for our school's Bluebonnet team. 

Feb. 2-6

We loved having author & illustrator Ross Burach present to 1st & 2nd grades! Students learned that stories can start from an illustration, and how to show feelings in a character. Thank you to PTA for helping provide this visit! 

This week with PreK we practiced alliteration, and kinder students practiced writing complete sentences with correct punctuation, and drew items they would enjoy in their lunchbox. 1st graders matched birds to their correct nest and habitat based on their characteristics. 2nd grade students learned about the environmental needs of plants. Our Makerspace Club enjoyed a free day to explore, build and create.

Jan. 28-30

Congratulations to Mrs. Adams for being awarded Paraprofessional of the Year! We are so thankful for all she does in the library! 

The two ice days rearranged the campus schedule, so we only had checkouts this week for most classes. PreK played "Feelings Bingo" after reading "A Little Scribble Spot: A Story About Colorful Emotions." We also had a successful first session of our 2nd/3rd Grade Makerspace Club! Students worked in groups to build a house that the Big Bad Wolf could NOT blow down.

Jan. 20-23

PreK & Kinder: I Am Not a Chair - We researched giraffes and practiced counting while we rolled and colored giraffe spots.

1st: Gifts From the Garbage - We discussed how to preserve the environment and practiced inferencing with household items.

2nd: The Very Impatient Caterpillar - Students compared and contrast the characteristics of caterpillar & butterflies and made 3D butterfly bookmarks.

3rd: We finished discussing genres and took a genre personality quiz.

Jan. 12-16

PreK: Pitter Pattern - Students used fine motor skills to string straws and create patterns to hang in the library.

Kinder: Odder picture book - We researched sea otters & watched the otter live cam at the aquarium.

1st: The Plant Rescuer - Students measured plants with non-standard units & compared them.

2nd: We Found a Hat - We created mad lib word problems using nouns from the story.

3rd: We discussed genres & took a genre personality quiz. Students can get a recommendation for an extra book if they try out a new genre.  

Jan. 6-9

PreK read "Doris the Bookasaurus" and then made class ABC books. Students drew pictures to represent the item chosen for each letter.

Dec. 15-18

PreK: Olaf's Night Before Christmas & The Snowy Day - We had a fun day of pretend snow! Students played "pin the nose on Olaf," practiced using prepositions while we tossed "snowballs," and listened to instructions during our "snowman freeze" song. 

Other grade levels swapped out their books before the holiday break, and we've already had many students participate in our "Read With a Friend Challenge."

Dec. 8-12

PreK: After reading "Bear Sees Colors," students used magnifying glasses to find different colored items around the library.

Kinder & 1st - Just One Flake - Students learned about how snowflakes are formed and then used magnifying glasses to match up snowflakes based on their individual properties.

2nd - Nature is a Sculptor - Students learned about the properties of landforms and how water impacts their structures. 

3rd & 4th - We had an amazing author visit with John Schu! Students & staff left inspired to find books they love to read and find books of their hearts. Many students were able to meet with Mr. Schu after the presentation for a book signing and as he joined a few classrooms to sign writing journals and answer questions. It was a great experience for everyone that participated!

Dec. 2-5

PreK: Hidden Gem - Students practiced naming properties of rocks, weighing and comparing them on a scale.

Kinder: Unflappable - We practiced using tally marks & creating bar graphs with unifix cubes.

1st - Nature is a Sculptor - Students learned about different types of water and how water changes the landscape.

2nd - Home in a Lunchbox - Students learned about and practiced writing procedural texts about packing a lunchbox.

We also started our "Read With a Friend Challenge!" Students can read the same book as a friend, discuss the book, write about their thoughts, and then receive a prize.

Nov. 17-21

PreK: The Rabbit Listened - Students learned about friendship and listening, and then worked collaboratively to build and create together.

Kinder, 1st & 2nd: So You Want to Build a Library - We talked about ideas, creativity and problem solving, and then worked together to build and create.

Makerspace Club - Some students created parade floats on Sphero Indi cars while others built coded tracks. They worked collaboritively and used real-time problem solving. 

Nov. 10-14

PreK: After reading "Nimbus Plays Alone," students learned about the sky in day & night and practiced counting clouds.

Kinder: Nature is a Sculptor - Students learned about the properties of rocks and sorted them with a partner.

1st & 2nd - F is for Flag & American Symbols - We discussed symbols and students created their own personalized flag.

3rd - We continued to review the catalog & find call numbers with a scavenger hunt.

Makerspace Club - Students followed instructions to create pumpkins & scratch art leaves.

Nov. 3 - 7

PreK: In the Tall, Tall Grass - We practiced rhyming through books, a song, rhyming puzzles, and with our bodies.

Kinder - Very Good Hats - Students drew their own creative hat and wrote describing words.

1st - Odder (picture book) - We researched sea otters on Pebble Go and watched a live cam of sea otters at the aquarium.

2nd - All the Water in the World - We researched water as a material and students acted out the water cycle.

3rd - We reviewed using the online catalog and students participated in a scavenger hunt to find call numbers on the shelves.

Makerspace Club - We talked about the problem of trash in the ocean and recycling. Students created animal sculptures from leftover materials donated by teachers.

Oct. 27 - 31

PreK: We read "The Spooky Box." Students practiced using describing words as the felt what was inside mystery boxes and drew their own hidden items.

Makerspace Club - We started our 4th & 5th grade session of Makerspace Club! This week students built catapults out of available materials and then had free time to create.

Oct. 21 - 25

Our Level Up Book Fair was a success! Thank you to our wonderful families, staff, volunteers & community that supported our library. All students were able to come for a class preview and many came back later in the week to shop on their own or with parents. 

Oct. 13 - 17

PreK: We read "Earth: My First 4.54 Billion Years." Students learned about taking care of the Earth and helped demonstrate the different ways the Earth provides for us.

Kinder-5th: We talked about expectations and what to expect for our upcoming book fair!

Oct. 6 - Oct. 10

PreK: Press Here - Students practiced patterns with dot markers!

Kinder: The Plant Rescuer - We learned about what plants need & put the plant life cycle in order.

1st: Very Good Hats - Students designed & described a hat of their imagination.

2nd: Odder (picture book) - We researched sea otters on Pebble Go & watched the live stream of otters from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

3rd-4th: We began talking about the upcoming book fair & expectations. Students also had the opportunity to create Halloween bookmarks & choose from our "scary" genre of books.

5th: We continued our lesson about searching the catalog & using call numbers to find books on the shelves.

Sept. 24-26 - 

PreK: We read "The Family Book" and played a matching game with people in a family. Students also drew the people in their family. 

Older grades had checkout only because of the short week. Students have been excited to vote each week in our "Percy's Picks," which is a "this or that" concept that changes every couple of weeks. 

Sept. 15-19 - 

PreK: Shapes & Perfect Square - We had a shape scavenger hunt & made shape robots.

Kinder: Lucky Duck - We compared the story to The Three Little Pigs with a venn diagram.

1st Grade: The Spice Box - We discussed maps, globes & practiced cardinal directions.

2nd Grade: The Wild Robot on the Island - We demonstrated adaptation.

4th Grade: We finished up our genre tasting lesson.

Sept. 8-12 - 

PreK practiced counting, kinder students drew robot adaptations, 1st grade identified body systems, & 2nd grade compared fables. We started our genre tasting with 4th grade students!

Sept. 1-5 - 

PreK: Alma and How She Got Her Name - tracing names

Kinder: Sometimes All I Need Is Me - 5 senses scavenger hunt

1st Grade: Lucky Duck - compared the wolf in various fables

2nd Grade: A Day in Ancient Greece - had a friendly debate & practiced democracy by voting

Aug. 25-29 - We talked about friendship in all of our classes and thought of ways we can show kindness during the week. Students added their ideas to their class friendship poster. We were also excited to expand our collection of foreign books and relocate them to bigger shelves.

PreK - Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend; K/1st - A Friend for Eddy; 2nd - Mabels Wants a Friend

Aug. 12-22 - We are so excited to be back for another great school year! For the first couple of weeks we focused on getting students their ID cards, having library orientations for each class, and first book checkouts for 1st-5th grades.

PreK & Kinder - We read "The Book That Jake Borrowed" and talked about book care.

We were also excited to award summer reading prizes to 105 students!