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Thank you for being an amazing community! I hope you have a wonderful summer. Check out the video and the link after it for all sorts of reading and STEM activities. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need anything book or STEM-related (or just want to say hi!) Stay safe and happy reading!
Thank you for being an amazing community! I hope you have a wonderful summer. Check out the video and the link after it for all sorts of reading and STEM activities. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need anything book or STEM-related (or just want to say hi!) Stay safe and happy reading!
Welcome to the Highlands Elementary Learning Commons Open Site. We'll be using this to access any resources we need during our e-learning transition. If you have ANY questions, please contact me through email (akresl@naperville203.org) or through a Canvas message (3rd-5th grade). I also have office hours listed below! Find your grade on the Remote Learning page to see the Read, Explore, and Make/Create for your LC special. You can try any and all categories for your LC special if you'd like! :)
After that, there are all sorts of links at the bottom of this page to help you through your learning and prevent boredom. Check back often as we will update!
Here's a quick video from Mr. Kresl! Have a wonderful summer and keep reading and innovating! :)
Here's a quick video from Mr. Kresl! Have a wonderful summer and keep reading and innovating! :)
Mr. K. Hello Summer!.webm
Ask a Librarian!
Ask a Librarian!
My office hours will be EVERY Day! Check the times below to ask a question about tech or research, get help with work, chat about books, or just say hi! I will be using Zoom; here's the link! (Link will only be live during office hours)
Mondays and Fridays: 11:00 am-12:30 pm (Done for the year!)
Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays: 1:30-3:00 pm
If you need me outside of this window, please email me or send me a message in Canvas (grades 3-5)
Here is the read aloud and book chat schedule moving forward. Hope to see you all there! Please remember to join your grade level! :)
Your password hint: our mascot animal, plural
(Click on the picture or the Zoom link to join!)
Click on the picture for the Zoom link.
Click on the picture for the Zoom link.
Click on the picture for the Zoom link.
Click on the picture for the Zoom link.
Our last fourth grade Zoom was on May 14th. Have a wonderful summer!
Our last fifth grade Zoom was on May 14th. Best of luck to the fifth graders as they move on to junior high!
Are you looking for authors and illustrators and their schedules of live broadcasting? Check out our "Author/Illustrator Events Page" at the top that shows when and where they will be! (You will probably need a non-school device to access most of these.) Just click on the event and the link will pop up! Let me know if you have questions!
Number Fact of the Day:
Sea Stars-- commonly called starfish have NO heartbeat because they have NO heart. So our number fact is ZERO!
(Source: National Geographic Kids 5000 Awesome Fact p. 13, 2012.)
The temporary LC!
A successful print!
Ready to come out!
Stay in touch! Leave a note for Mr. Kresl on this Padlet and he will respond to you as soon as possible! Questions and kind suggestions welcome!
Looking for books to read online or download? Click on the link or image below to go to the Naperville Public Library site to learn (with a parent) about how to get some books on your device!
www.naperville-lib.org/materials/download-stream#ebooks-eaudiobooks
Below are some "Anytime Activities" you can use to help develop those design thinking skills! Click on the document to open it and try something new (grade level guidelines listed for each one!)
Want to read online? Looking to do a little research on a project? Don't forget about these great resources!
Finally, check out Dan Santat's Online Survival School for the Pandemic! Mr. Santat is a famous author and illustrator and he's posting daily about what to know about our situation. You will learn something, and there's crafts! Click on a day below to open a file and learn more!
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