The Year in Review

What a fabulous year we had in the library. 

Below are some of the Reederama blog posts highlighting experiences, activities, and projects in the library. Working with elementary school children is an inspiration. I am continually impressed by their thoughtfulness as well as their willingness to share their ideas and creativity. 

The blog posts are broken down by grade level, but you will notice that some things spanned numerous grades. 

There was a whole lot of learning going on!

Kindergarten

Over the Ocean, I will find…

It’s a SPECIAL DELIVERY!

The Visit with Matt Tavares

Writing with the five senses

Practicing Visual Literacy with Flora and the Peacocks

Hoot and Peep

WRAD 16: The kindergartners connect

SWAP!

Kindergarten Students are Wondering

An Hour of Code in Kindergarten

You’re My Wonder Wall

We visit with Paul O. Zelinsky

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Grade One

I Wish You More School than Summer Vacation

How they hope to spend their summer vacations

The Visit with Matt Tavares

Daniel Finds a Poem…and then so do my students

Irma Black Book Award Voting

A visit from Ryan Higgins

Crickets Have Sharp Jaws

Wherein We Receive a Visit from Dudley.

Waiting

First Grade Information Gatherers

We visit with Paul O. Zelinsky

Creating a Memory Game

Acceptable Use Policy

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Grade Two

Tattoo Stories

Testing Theories and Honing Skills

Creating Poems inspired by the butterfly unit

Stories inspired by Ryan T. Higgins

Irma Black Book Award Voting

A visit from Ryan Higgins

Second Graders Frolic through stories on World Read Aloud Day

Wradical Connections

Mock Caldecott voting

We visit with Paul O. Zelinsky

Acceptable Use Policy

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Grade Three

A visit from Victoria Coe

Little Elliot Makes a Stop at Mason-Rice

Vote for President Squid!

World Read Aloud Day palooza

Fearless Fliers

Let’s Play!

Voting on their Mock Caldecott choices

Digital Citizenship Survival Kit

The AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Grade Four

Uncorker of Ocean Bottles

Finding Poetic Inspiration in a Photograph

Ideas can grow like a tree: reflections on a visit from Liesl Shurtliff

Wherein the amazing Liesl Shurtliff visits

Creating Found Blackout Poems

Found Blackout Poetry

Reflections on a visit from Andrea Davis Pinkney

“Sneaking through woods on dangerous missions”

Preparing for a visit from Andrea Davis Pinkney

World Read Aloud Day Extravaganza

Last Stop on Market Street

Martin and Mahalia

Fourth Graders Practice Being Good Digital Citizens

I learned that the creation process...

Mock Caldecott: Lenny and Lucy

Digital Citizenship Survival Kit

Acceptable Use Policy

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Grade Five

Six Word Memoirs

Finding poetic inspiration on the written page

Wherein the amazing Liesl Shurtliff visits

Reflections on a visit from Andrea Davis Pinkney

What they learned from the Andrea Davis Pinkney Biography Poster Project

“Sneaking through woods on dangerous missions”

Andrea David Pinkney biographies inspire critical thinking

Preparing for a visit from Andrea Davis Pinkney

Ethical Gatherers of Information

I learned that it must be hard to choose a Caldecott book

Digital Citizenship Survival Kit

I think policies are the understanding of a privilege

Acceptable Use Policy

Creating community with Little Tree

Creating rules and establishing routines

Planting Seeds of Kindness