Grades 6 - 8This week, we took our 5 minute typing test. Overall, classes did fairly well. They are beginning understand the importance of regular keyboard practice and that it is not the same as texting! Each student was tasked with printing out a certificate of their achievement. I am keeping them as a benchmark so when they take another test in May, they can see their progress. I will be giving out prizes to the most improved typist in each class as well as a prize for each grade for the highest achiever in both speed and accuracy. Next week, we will be reviewing our unit on Scams and Schemes on the Internet and will complete our Phishing Activity before moving on to our next topic: Notetaking and Bibliographies. Grades 3 - 5We finished up our Book Reviews this week as well as viewing the GCCS Library Website. Click here to see what our Book Review Form looks like: Book Review Form. Each student needed to explore a different tile in Symbaloo before having some free time to play games. Also, we viewed a book trailer on SlimeKids and explained that a book trailer is like a book review, only visual. The idea is to excite you about the book. In coming weeks, we will be discussing book trailers in more detail and will be begin learning how to make our own. Grades K - 2Classes learned about the Caldecott Medal and we watched a video that explored 75 years of the medal. We discussed that it is an award given to an outstanding picture book and we had the opportunity to view some Caldecott Medal Winners in our library and classes were read the 2015 Caldecott Medal Winner, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat. The students were excited to see many books that they already knew on the video. You can view the video here with your child: Last week, I posted an optional survey about reading with your child. I am still collecting data to share, but so far, the overwhelming majority of respondents read with their child 21-30 minutes each day. This week, I have included an article about that topic: Too Many Young Readers Still Aren't Making the Grade.
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AuthorMrs. Unger is the School Librarian at GCCS,. Teacher of Library Information and Digital Literacy Skills, Supreme Book Recommender, Major Book Nerd and Tech Lover. Archives
November 2016
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