It's Time!

03/29/2013

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            2013 WA Children's Choice Award

Since the start of school, students have been listening to and reading the books nominated for the 2013 WA Choice Picture Book Award. With the exception of the missing copies of Snow Dogs Journey and Can Hen's Give Milk?, we're done. It's NOW time for all students to go on line and vote for their favorite three books! The voting poll will close April 3rd and on April 4th I will call the nominating committee with QAE's results.

** For those families that would like to extend the excitement/adventure - you could make a trip to the SPL or book store this weekend and find those missing books. In our house, I wanted Madeline to have read them all before voting - but that's just the crazy librarian in me. Not required for everyone!**

Thanks for taking time to vote this weekend. Have your child stop by the library for an official "I VOTED" sticker!

Jeffrey
Teacher / Librarian


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Personalize Your Child's Digital Portfolio

03/18/2013

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Many students have a standard banner on their digital portfolio (Weebly). This is the banner I chose when the site was set up. You are invited to change the banner, add photos and text, making it personal and unique! 

Below you will see one of many examples of a customized banner.

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Click here to watch a short video I created showing you how simple it is to customize any banner in Weebly. I encourage you to do this with your child so they can feel ownership in their work. 

          Changing a Banner in Weebly

Thank you for building excitement over your child's work and visiting their digital portfolio! Everyday, I watch many students looking at their work, likely enjoying the wonderful comments that have been made by their family members and friends. Powerful. 

Need support? Please let me know!

Jeffrey
Teacher/Learner
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Joys of Reading! 

03/07/2013

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World Read Aloud Day was a day filled with excitement over books! Please take a moment to visit the WRAD Event page and enjoy wonderful photos of the day and a list of our skyping authors and their published works. 

Thank you to all the readers, authors and planners for your time and gifts! An event like this could not happen without a YOU! 


Jeffrey
Teacher / Librarian


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Tomorrow - HUGE day in Reading! 

03/05/2013

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Tomorrow is World Read Aloud Day! We are going to celebrate by reading aloud, listening to authors, or taking action in any way we can to Read It Forward  in honor of the 793 million people who cannot read.

Derek Munson, author of Enemy Pie, will be kicking off our special event with a school wide Skype in the lunchroom at 9:35.

After the kick-off students will return to their classrooms and receive a sticker that will list all their book choices and location. This sticker should be worn throughout the day.

Our visiting author, Shelly Sleeper, has agreed to an another presentation giving all students in K-4 an opportunity to listen to her latest story being read aloud. She will present to the Kindergarten and first grade classes at 1:00 and Grades 2-4 at 11:40. Shelly will be autographing copies of her book Shelby's Imagination Station.

Click here to download an order form for Shelby's Imagination Station. Please let me know if your child will be getting a copy so that I can give Shelly an idea of how many books to bring.

*****We are looking for more volunteers to be with us from 10:00-12:00 to help support students getting from one location to another - NO lost kids!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Jeffrey
Teacher / Librarian


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Visiting Author For WRAD!

03/02/2013

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To celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2013, children's author Shelly Sleeper will visit QAE to read her latest book, Shelby's Imagination Station. Kindergarten and first grade students will be given a special presentation at 1:00. During lunch, Shelly will also be personalizing copies of her book for any student purchasing a copy.  

Click here to download the order form for Shelby's Imagination Station and bring on Wednesday.
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