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Technology Corner
Flip Videowww.theflip.com We just purchased two Flip Videos for use in the library and by our teachers and students. The quality is amazing. Take a look our "Wild Things" recorded at the spur of the moment in the hallway outside the library. You can export to multiple formats including FLASH. I created a Windows Media File -- sorry to my MAC users, I'll create QuickTime next time.
Live Scribewww.livescribe.com
In lectures, meetings, or wherever you are, the smartpen records and syncs audio with whatever you write. Tap directly on notes to replay recorded audio from the time you were writing.
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the November 2007 Grandview Library Newsletter.
Small Moments
The month of November is my favorite. It is the month I look forward to visiting my mom in Syracuse for Thanksgiving.
Twelve years ago, I took the time to capture my children's favorite Thanksgiving morning ritual - How to Stuff a Turkey with Nona. Now is the time for you to capture some special moments with your children. This is your "window of opportunity" -- do it
before they become teenagers. Create a keepsake picture book for a birthday, holiday, or something as simple as making cookies. Ask your children to be the authors. Have them write about or narrate what is happening in each picture. These booklets will become treasures -- moments in time that you can share for years to come.
Octopus Research - K-1
The Kindergarten and 1st graders are working on the culminating project for our Octopus Unit. They are creating an ocean back-drop and will work together to write a play which incorporates all of the facts we collected in our Octopus Project Organizer. Click on the video clips and watch them with your children. Print a copy of our facts summary and review with your child. I will post the play to the Grandview Library Newspaper to share in the December Newsletter.
Library Mouse - Grades 2-3 Our Library Mouse bulletin board is coming to life with children's booklets.I've captured part of the bulletin board in this newsletter. All children who complete their booklets will join me in two weeks to celebrate at a "publishing party" in the library. There is still time to write a book. All children know how to use the Library Mouse Project Organizer.
Ecology - Grade 2 We are continuing our ecology unit in 2nd grade. The first two books we read were Jeff and Mr. James Pond and Jack the Seal and the Sea. Children are working on a Book Compare Project Organizer.We spent time on this together before they began independent work. If you have internet access, encourage your children continue their work and share at home. We read Common Ground, by Molly Bang. The story asks children to consider a small grassy park in the center of a village which is soon over-used -- too many people consuming shared resources. After considering the village square, we are asked to expand our thinking. How do we care for the precious and finite resources of our common home -- the earth? We read and sang the book Whole World by Christopher Corr. The children played instruments. In the coming weeks we will learn about global warming and about how children can become active participants in caring for our planet.
to Listen
We just purchased two