Bluebonnet Voting Party

We had an amazing turnout of students this morning for our Bluebonnet Voting Party. Over 60 students (3rd-5th grade) were in attendance! In order to get invited to this event, students had to get credit for reading at least 5 of this year's Bluebonnet Books. In addition to the fun events and snacks, students got to vote for their favorite book. At our school, the most popular book was "Quinny & Hopper" by Adriana Brad Schanen.

We can't wait to see which book receives the most votes in the state of Texas!

Congratulations Winners!

We are proud to announce this year's winners of the 4th annual Special Reading Spot Contest. Below is a video with the winning pictures. We will get the pictures hung up in the library as soon as they come in from print shop. Be sure to also look for a framed collage of the students recognized as runner ups.

Bridget Heos Visit

We had so much fun learning from author Bridget Heos yesterday! Students are still talking about how much they enjoyed the presentation.

Bridget Heos is Coming Soon!

Author Bridget Heos will be at our school next Thursday, January 26th! Our entire school read her book "Mustache Baby" last year. Since then, she has come out with "Mustache Baby Meets His Match."

We can't wait to learn more about Ms. Heos and her writing process. In the meantime, you can visit her website to learn more about her: http://www.authorbridgetheos.com/

The schedule for the day of the visit is:

8:15-9:05- K & 2nd

9:20-10:10- 5th

10:25-11:15- 1st

11:30-12:30- Lunch

12:30-1:20- 3rd & 4th

1:30- Author signing

All sessions will take place in the library.

Yoga in the Library

Pre-K students are doing their Jungle Unit in class this week. In the library we read "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth."


After reading the story and identifying the animals, we did yoga poses based on jungle animals.

We began with a monkey pose.

This is the alligator pose, which is a plank.

Boa Constrictor

Turtle

Jaguar

We ended with the sloth pose.

At the end we reviewed what yoga is, and even ended with clasping our hands together and bowing.

Science Fun With PPCD/TWC

PPCD/TWC had so much fun with their lesson today. They are learning about the 5 senses this week so we did a science/art experiment that allowed them to use all 5 senses.
Students traced over their name with glue, and then poured Jello powder on top. Some of the powders were white and then transformed when they touched the glue.

Pictures & Order Forms due Monday

There are 2 important things due to the library on Monday!

Book order forms for the author visit with Bridget Heos.
Click here for a new form if you need one.

Also, pictures and participation forms for the Special Reading Spot Contest. 

First Time to Use App "ClassKick"

This week I used the app ClassKick for the first time with 4th graders. I LOVE this app, and the students seemed to enjoy it also! After reading a "Stone Soup," students used the iPads to follow along in a ClassKick presentation. Each slide gave them directions or reviewed content. The coolest part of ClassKick is students are able to work at their own pace. Students were asked to identify the story's conflict and resolution.