This week fifth graders started reading books by author Kate Klise to prepare for her visit this October. Fourth graders worked in teams to see what shape column held the most books and third graders explored the nonfiction section. Students of all ages were excited to read new additions to our library. Thanks to all of the hard work by our awesome PTO we were able to order over 60 new books for our library from Scholastic using Book Fair profit. The new books are already flying off the shelves!
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Thanks to the generosity of the Lawrence Public Library all of our fourth and fifth grade students received copies of this year's Read Across Lawrence for Kids book Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer. Be sure to check out all of the amazing events LPL will have this month in for Read Across Lawrence
Fourth and Fifth graders had a chance to work with two of our Mobile Makerspace carts. They built circuts and contraptions with the LittleBits. Kids also programmed the KIBO robots. After exploring they also created a short video on Seesaw teaching younger students how to use components of each cart.
All students and staff at Quail Run participated in our Vote for Books election. Our Quail Run citizens did a wonderful job campaigning respectfully for their candidate. ​Check out the presentation below to see the results of the election for each of the primary grades and the electoral college election.
Students created posters, buttons and even commercials for our Vote for Books election. See them in action in our Animoto Video. Watch their commercials on Flipgrid.
Students in Third, Fourth & Fifth grades listened to Kelly DiPucchio's book Grace for President. After listening to the story which does a nice job of explaining the Electoral College in a kid friendly way, students participated in a voting simulation to see how difference between the popular vote and the electoral college election. Fourth graders have been hard at work creating iMovies. Using their earth processes research students wrote scripts, filmed and edited a news report. Check your student's Seesaw account to view the final product! This week in the library Fourth Graders started using Bookopolis. Bookopolis is a kid friendly site where students can find book ideas, review books or recommend books to friends. Similar to Good Reads, this site has the Kid Safe Seal and is a great place where kids can talk about books.
After fifth grade students wrote nominations for a variety of book candidates third, fourth and fifth graders voted for their favorite in our primary election. The field will be narrowed from twenty candidates to five. Stay tuned for more Vote for Books election updates or visit our VFB site.
Students of all ages celebrated International Dot Day by creating thier own dot that exemplified how they would positively make their mark at Quail Run this year. This special day is inspired by Peter Reynolds' book The Dot. Read more about his book and the day it has inspired here. |
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Ms GorupI've been lucky enough to be the librarian at Quail Run for the last ten years. I hope to use this site to share some of the highlights of our busy days in the library! |