News from the Library Media Center
February 5th is World Read Aloud Day. Grab a book and spend some time reading aloud with your family or class!
Kindergarten continues to learn about the parts of a book in Library, and recently discovered why books receive the Caldecott Medal. We took a ‘picture walk’ using the book “Wolf in the Snow,” where the students explained what they thought was happening on each page of this wordless picture book. In technology, Kindergarten students have created an Arctic scene in KidPix to coincide with their arctic animal unit in the classroom. They have recently been introduced to ABCYa and are working on letter names and sounds games.
During the month of January students in 1st grade worked to reinforce math and sight word skills using several different computer programs. Some classes created a map legend to correspond with a classroom mapping project. Beginning in February, students will be introduced to Coding, using drop and drag programming with North, South, East and West directions.
Since the new year, students in Grade 2 have been working on introductory typing skills using our program Typing Quest Jr. Each week students spend about 15 minutes concentrating on a few new letters. Their primary focus is on letter accuracy and hand position, the speed of words per minute will increase as they continue to practice. Students in grade 2 have also started searching for a favorite book to use for their “Book Talk” project in Library. Ask your child about the book they have selected!
