Shelfari

Check out this great new widget called Shelfari at http://www.shelfari.com/
Where you are able to create a visual shelf or your favorite titles and share them with your friends!

Tail Waggin Tutors

This summer at the Great Plains library students participated in a week long summer library program. The students were able to check out books, create a Wordle, make a PowerPoint of their favorite author, and read books to a very special friend. Check out the video to find out more!

First Grade Research

The first grade students are beginning their animal research based on the book The Rabbit and The Turtle by Eric Carle. The fifth grade students are their research buddies and have been helping them use the online databases for their research. The first students will be showing off their hard work at the First Grade Showcase on June 18th from 6:30-7:30.

Country Reports Pre-Assessment

This survey was created as a pre-assessment for the sixth grade students who are doing their country reports. As the library media specialist I hope to gain more insight into how sixth grade students view the research process.

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Wordle

Try this great Web 2.0 tool to describe a book you have read or even to describe yourself!

Voki

This is your reminder sixth grade students! There are great online databases availabe for you to use. Please check these sources first.


Get a Voki now!

Parade of Presidents

The Second Grade Superstars have been busy working on their president research project. Each student researched a president and discovered what made their president so important to our country. The students then created a Movie Maker project using Crazy Talk. We sent a copy of our project to President Barack Obama. I hope he enjoys the show! All images were taken from http://www.whitehouse.gov/slideshows/presidents/. Music was taken from Soundzabound.

Book Trailers

Book Trailers by Sixth Grade

The sixth grade students are working on Book Trailers for their Spring book reports. Check out our first successful Animoto Book Trailer!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

The kindergarten students in Mrs. Erbe's class celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday. They made hats and came to the library to hear some of the classics by Dr. Seuss.

Australian Animal Research

The third grade students in Mrs. Youngs' class have been researching Australian Animals in the library. The students learned how to use on-line resources and print resources to find interesting animal information. After their research was done the students got to choose a picture of their animal from Google Images and then create a script using the program Crazy Talk. We then turned it into a movie using Movie maker. The movie was shown to their parents on Cupid Night. Check out the great movie!

The students at Greater Plains have been focusing on Black History Month. In library we have been reading books about Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks. The second grade students in Mrs. Downie's class learned a song in music called "If You Miss Me From the Back of the Bus". They performed it in the library for us.

Second Grade Greatercott Picks!

The winners of the 2009 Greatercott awards are:

1st Place: Abe's Honest Words by Doreen Rapport and Illustrasted by Kadir Nelson
2nd Place: Bats at the Library Written and Illustrated by Brian Lies
3rd Place: Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh and paintings by Wendell Minor

The second grade students had a fabulous time at Riverside School listening to the other schools mock Caldecott winners. We want to congratulate The House in the Night for winning the actual Caldecott Award.

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

Greatercott Award

The second grade classes have been learning about the Caldecott Medal and books that have won in the past years. We have been busy trying to pick this year's Caldecott winner. The students have narrowed it down to six books that they believe are worthy of the Caldecott medal. This week we will make our decision on which book we think has the best illustrations. We are getting together with the other second grade classes in the district on February 5th to have a Caldecott party and share our picks! We are very anxious to share this year's Greatercott Book!

Laptop Training

Third -Sixth grade students have been learning how to use the new laptop cart. They are loving it. The 5th and 6th grade students did an Internet challenge regarding past presidents and their Inaugurations. The 4th grade students have been researching an Amazing American online and also typing their writing pieces in Word. We are learning a lot about Word!

New Books Have Arrived!

Many new books have arrived at the Greater Plains Library! Stop in to check out what is new. Playaways are now available to 4th-6th grade students. Please make sure your parents have signed the permission slip and understand the cost for replacement. Thank you! Happy Reading