Creating original myths with Ms. Tejeda’s ELA classes.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Students went on a Hispanic Heritage Month journey courtesy of Minecraft. They learned from Latino leaders who are impacting their communities through monarch butterfly preservation, building homeless shelters & more.
We Have BOOOks
Come and get your BOOks – they’re all so frightfully good!
Dot Day for Everyone!
Celebrating International Dot with our students was a blast! Students and teachers joined Teams for a special ‘Dot Day’ book audiobook story. Everyone had the opportunity to express their own Dot Day creation to add to our display in the Library Learning Commons.
Book Tastings August 31 – September 2
Learning what we like is part of the reading process! Students rotated through stations to “taste” books and share their first impressions.
Summer Reading Challenge Winners
Congratulations to our Summer Reading Challenge winners! These students read throughout the summer and logged minutes into our Beanstack program. We are very proud of their accomplishments! Student winners received a gift bag from the Library Learning Commons, including a new wired mouse to use with their student laptop for school!
August 8 – 12
This week we had so many amazing students visit the Library Learning Commons to read and find new ebooks in Sora, learn about the choices we make through Nearpod, and reflect on poetry.
An Amazing First Week
Welcome to the Library Learning Commons! All of our 6th grade students visited this week to practice logging into computers, discover the areas of the LLC and check out fabulous books!
Pros and Cons of Homework – Research and Citing Sources
- Pros and Cons of Homework Research by Keith Miller
- Should Schools Eliminate Homework by Rachel Sokol
- Should We Ban Homework? by Alexandra Frost
- Are You Down With Or Done With Homework? by Lory Hough
- More Parents, Students Saying No To Homework by Kathy Boccello
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The Book Fair Is Coming!
Get ready for our Book Fair coming soon!
Shop in person these days and times:
December 9-10 and December 13-15
from 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Online shopping starts December 8th!
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