We recently held a farm-themed book fair. Here are some pictures of our decorations.
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
Mooove It to the Book Fair!
Friday, September 29, 2023
Reading Is Our Superpower Book Fair
We recently held our fall book fair. The theme was Reading Is Our Superpower! Here are some pictures of our decorations.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Reading Is Out of This World Book Fair
We recently held our spring book fair. The theme was Reading Is Out of This World! Here are some pictures of our decorations. We also turned out the lights in the hall and used a light to project stars onto the ceiling.
Friday, March 17, 2023
Shanda McCloskey Author Visit
We recently hosted author and illustrator Shanda McCloskey! I have been talking to Shanda for a few years about coming to our school, and we finally made it happen this year. Shanda lives in our county and went to high school with some of our teachers.
Shanda is the author and illustrator of Doll-E 1.0 and T-Bone the Drone. She also illustrated Bedtime Ballet, Little Red and the Big Bad Editor, and Nubby. Shanda and her husband created a website called Author Visit Central to help schools with book sales for author visits. We offered book sales through this site, so all I had to do was promote book sales! Shanda provided a flyer and a link to purchase books. When she arrived, all the books were already signed and organized by grade level to make it easier for me to deliver them to students.
Shanda's website contains thorough descriptions of all her programs. We selected Rad Robots for kindergarten through second grade and Be a Big Rad Editor for third through fifth grade. Both programs were engaging and fun! At the end, Shanda led a drawing lesson for students. One of the most memorable moments from the day was when a fifth grader stayed behind after his class's session.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Reading Is Sweet Book Fair
We recently held our spring book fair. Scholastic is not providing themes for their book fairs at this time. So I decided to use Reading Is Sweet as the theme. Our students, teachers, and parents loved the theme! The bright colors in the decorations looked so happy.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Victoria Kann Virtual Author Visit
We virtually hosted author Victoria Kann on October 7! Victoria is the author and illustrator of the wildly popular Pinkalicious books. Victoria joined us from her home studio on Microsoft Teams, which allowed students from all over our district to participate in the event.
Victoria's presentation focused on her new book Rubylicious. In this book, Pinkalicious is searching for stones for her rock collection when a surprise pops out suddenly! Rocky is here to grant Pinkalicious and her brother Peter one wish, and one wish only, so they must choose wisely. This book has a wonderful message about how being selfless can be its own best reward. The bright, colorful illustrations add to the engaging story.
Victoria's presentation was perfect for our kindergarten through second grade students. She started by talking about her books and asked students to wiggle their ears, shake their hands, etc. if they had read the books. Then she read Rubylicious and finally students asked questions. Best of all, Victoria's visit was sponsored by FoxTale Book Shoppe. We are so fortunate to have a local book store that connects our students to authors. I know they will remember "meeting" Victoria for many years to come!
Friday, July 2, 2021
ISTE Live 2021
I am so thankful to the MIEE Travel Program for the opportunity to participate in this year's ISTE Live Conference! I presented two sessions and attended many others that taught me a lot that I will take back to school with me next year!
The first session was "A Whole New World with Minecraft." Over the last few years, I have learned a lot about Minecraft: Education Edition through trainings offered in my district and courses on the Microsoft Educator Center. I use Minecraft regularly with my students and was excited to share my lessons with other educators. Click here to access the presentation I used during this session.
I started this session with information about which devices support Minecraft, the benefits of using Minecraft, and game basics such as modes of play. Then I shared ways I have used Minecraft with my students, including the Georgia Performance Standards reinforced by the lessons and examples of students' creations.
The second session I presented was "We Love Our Library: Using Your Learning Management System to Promote Student Engagement." Click here to access the presentation I used during this session. Throughout the past year, our learning management system has been invaluable in helping me stay connected to students and parents. During this session, I shared how i use my media center learning management system courses to communicate media center news and events. The session also contained information about the badging system I developed for my fourth and fifth graders. I created 44 modules and a badge for each. Students are rewarded with a digital badge for completing activities such as monthly reading challenges and monthly makerspace challenges. Other badges are awarded for using Microsoft tools such as Sway, PowerPoint, Forms, and OneNote. I also use our learning management system to share Minecraft worlds with students.
During the conference, I also attended many very engaging sessions. I loved each of the main stage events, with inspiring speakers such as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Priscilla Chan of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Esports and animation were popular topics in the sessions I attended. I also learned about many Microsoft product updates, including Reading Progress in Teams, PowerPoint Live, and Teams breakout rooms enhancements. I look forward to incorporating my new knowledge into my plans for the 2021-2022 school year!