Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

To celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday, I invited special guests to read Dr. Seuss stories to Greater Plains Elementary students all day in the library. In addition to listening to Dr. Seuss stories, each student was given a 'happy birthday' cupcake, baked by Greater Plains faculty & staff. Guest readers included  participators from Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta. One of our favorite guest readers was Mrs. Celeste Strenn who loves to read Dr. Seuss stories. It was a great day!

iPads and Pre-K?

Yes! The Pre-K class has been learning how to use the ipads at a station in their classroom. The students are excited to work on their letters and numbers using this technology.The students were first introduced to the ipads in library and taught how to properly use them. The Pre-K teacher, Mrs. Broe, started using them the next day with great success.

The Greater Plains Libary has taken on a new look! Two huge bean bag chairs have been added so the students can enjoy reading a great book in a relaxing space. There is also an area for students to work on a 1000 piece puzzle and play various word games such as Banana Grams.

Banned Book Advent Calendar

Check out the entire calendar at http://www.ifla.org/

Sixth Graders Using Glogster

The sixth grade students at GP having been researching Immigration and creating an Immigration Glog. The students have used Glogster before so they are familiar with it. Great tool to use with your students!

Poll Everywhere

Is using cell phones in school a bad idea? Check out this cool website that allows students to use what they know best in the classroom. TEXTING!!! What is Poll Everywhere? The fastest way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices. http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Google Is At It Again!

Check out these great new tools from Google that can be used with your students!

Wonder Wheel and Timeline


Google Wonder Wheel

Google Time Line

Once you've entered your search term and gotten a list of hits, click "Show Options" at the top of your hit list. Click Wonder Wheel in the left column to help you narrow down your search and organize your search in an easy to navigate path.
Click Timeline in the left column to organize your hits by date (can you say "primary sources"?!).