SUMMER READING 2020

HI ALL!

THIS SUMMER MIGHT SEEM A BIT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PAST SUMMERS, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING THE BREAK AND KEEPING COOL!

• Just a reminder to read your book selected for your UPCOMING grade in the fall:

GRADE 3 - The Fenway Foul-Up by David A. Kelly

GRADE 4 - A Boy called Bat by Elana Arnold

GRADE 5 - A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord

***Now available for pickup at the Lane School office***

• Summer Reading 2020 Directions - click this link

Be sure to refer to the questions for your book & grade level to help guide your reading.

• Join the GOOGLE CLASSROOM for your UPCOMING grade

INCOMING GRADE 3  faizoqf

UPCOMING GRADE 4   zrucysx

UPCOMING GRADE 5  jslksba

• Here's a WEBSITE with all of the information 

• Still need more to convince you to READ this summer???

Watch this awesome video created by 5th graders:

• Summer Reading PSA (Public Service Announcement) 2020

• FOR ADDITIONAL SUMMER READING FUN, CHECK OUT:

This LIST OF READING SUGGESTIONS for more awesome books

And your local Public Library:

BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY  

https://www.bedfordlibrary.net/kids/summer-reading/

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY  https://www.bpl.org/summer/

JUNE 1-5 LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

Here's the link for the latest Lane Library Newsletter to keep you up to date on all of the lates Library information:

JUNE 1-5, 2020 LANE LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

THIS ISSUE HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON:

WEEKLY LIBRARY ASSIGNMENTS

LIBRARY BOOK DROP OFF DATES
ONLINE BOOK FAIR JUNE 1st - 14th
LIBRARY OFFICE HOURS

MORE - IGAMI (by Dori Kleber)

JUST FOR FUN  -  ORIGAMI!!!

Watch the "More-Igami" read-aloud video (book by Dori Kleber)
Make some origami of your own! 
Check out some online origami sites for some fun suggestions

FUN ORIGAMI WEBSITES & INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS:

Easy Peasy and Fun
Origami Fun - For Kids
Origami Way - For Kids
Make Origami - Dollar Bills
Origami - Make



I would love to see your creations!

LANE LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

Check here for ALL THINGS LIBRARY-RELATED

-Assignments

-Office Hours & Optional Chats

-Information on the FAST LANE - COVID CHRONICLES SPECIAL EDITION

MAY 26 - 29 LANE LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS

Earth Day is a day that was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and occurs each year on 22 April.

I hope that you find some fun activities here and on your own to celebrate our planet!

Check out TinkerLab for 50 Earth Day Activities

DLTK's Earth Day Activities

Little Bins for Little Hands

We are Teachers

<a href="https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/earth-day/">Earth Day Facts & Worksheets: https://kidskonnect.com</a> - KidsKonnect, March 29, 2020

MRS. SMITH'S BLOG

HI ALL,

Just an FYI, here is a link to Mrs. Smith's awesome blog:
https://vaughanjvs.blogspot.com/

APRIL 13-17

HI EVERYONE OUT THERE FROM LIBRARYLAND!

Don't forget to check your Google Classroom for this week's assignment

• GRADE 3 - Watch and comment on the read aloud "Happy Dreamer" by Peter Reynolds
• GRADE 4 - Resume research on your Jazz Bio Musician or Singer
• GRADE 5 - Resume your research on Leonardo da Vinci  and answer the reflection questions

FUN FRIDAY

HELLO EVERYONE and welcome to 

FUN FRIDAY!

A few students have shared some resources with me, and I in turn want to share them with YOU:

DR. SEUSS RAPS
    Fox in Sox
    Green Eggs & Ham
    The Lorax


S.N.G. - Some Good News with John Krasinski
    Episode 1
   Episode 2

APRIL - NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

HELLO ALL!

Just touching base with you, this time with POETRY! April is National Poetry Month so we will be celebrating. Here are a couple of favorite poet sites (click on each name) that you might find interesting...enjoy the poems, and think about what YOU would write a poem about...more on that later this week:

Shel Silverstein

Maya Angelou - youtube video reading her poem "I Rise"

Jack Prelutsky

LIT HUB - 10 Wonderful Children's Poets 

FIELD TRIP FRIDAY

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

It is such a beautiful day that you might want to take a little field trip - check out some of these locations, near & far. Let me know what you think.

• Have you ever been to any of these places in person?  Which one(s)?
• Where would you most like to visit? Why?
• What was the most interesting thing you learned about each place?

Access Mars

Buckingham Palace

Ellis Island

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Wall of China

Machu Picchu

Niagra Falls

Petra

Plimoth Plantation

Red Square in Russia

The Taj Mahal

TheVatican

The White House

Yellowstone National Park

And finally, explore on your own with Google Earth, Google Sky and Google Ocean

BONUS POST - "THE BREAKING NEWS"

Hello again,
Here is a post that I just found from a local author reading aloud her latest book
"The Breaking News". We own it in our Library, but of course we can't access it right now. This is a great story that can help calm some fears for students who may be feeling a little anxious during these strange times. I hope that you enjoy this, and if you do a followup activity please send me a pic of your work at linda_coviello@bedfordps.org and I will share it here and with the author.
Thx,
Ms. C

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
When devastating news rattles a young girl’s community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers—the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead . . . and then another, and another. Small things can compound, after all, to make a world of difference.

The Breaking News by Sarah Lynne Reul touches on themes of community, resilience, and optimism with an authenticity that will resonate with readers young and old.





Visit the author's website at Sarah Lynne Reul: Author, Illustrator, Animator

ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, FAMILIES & TEACHERS:

• Educator & Family Discussion Guide PDFs from the Anti-Defamation League
• Consider creating a project around “one small thing” that you can do for your community: grow flowers to share, set up a Little Free Library, or create a collaborative art project with others.
• Printable flowerpot PDF (click here) drawing sheet

THINKING THURSDAY

Greetings again from LibraryLand!

WELCOME TO THINKING THURSDAY

Today's offerings have some fun activities for you to do at home.
We call these activities STEM (an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)
Add Art and and the activities become STEAM
And my personal favorite...add Reading and you have STREAM!


While all of these are TOTALLY FUN to do on their own, ask yourself:

    1. WHAT is actually HAPPENING?
    2. Did your creation work as planned? WHY? Or WHY NOT?
    3. WHAT HAPPENS IF...I make a change?
    4. Can I HACK THIS to create something NEW???!

As you work (or play!), try to take note of what you are actually doing. And if things don't go as planned, remember: 

    FAIL is just another acronym for First Attempt In Learning 💡

    and another favorite expression:

    TRY...FAIL 😕
    TRY AGAIN...FAIL BETTER! 😁


These websites each contain TONS of  links to numerous STEM, STEAM & STREAM activities.
which ones do you like best?
Book Inspired Technology & Engineering Activities

• Storytime LEGO Building Challenge || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Architectural STEM with the 3 Little Pigs (Inspired by The Three Little Pigs : An Architectural Tale || Little Bins for Little Hands
• Log Pile House Building Challenge (inspired by The Gruffalo) || Inspiration Laboratories
• Wiggle Pig (Inspired by Robot Army Rampage) || STEAM Powered Family
• 100 Invitations to Build (Inspired by Iggy Peck, Architect) || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Tinkering Station for Young Engineers || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Fantasy Structures (Inspired by Iggy Peck, Architect) || Flash Bugs Studio

Book Inspired Science Activities
• Color Changing Lemonade (inspired by Ada Twist, Scientist) || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Rainbow Science (inspired by Rainbow of my Own) || Rhythms of Play
• Constellation Sun Prints (inspired by There’s No Place Like Space) || Figment Creative Labs
• STEAM / STEM Challenge (Inspired by Giraffes Can’t Dance) || Preschool Powol Packets

• 100 Invitations to Build (Inspired by Iggy Peck, Architect) || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Tinkering Station for Young Engineers || Left Brain Craft Brain
• Fantasy Structures (Inspired by Iggy Peck, Architect) || Flash Bugs Studio

Book Inspired Math Activities
• 10 Math Books and Tools to learn Measurement || Edventures with Kids
• Multiplication by 8 Spider Craft (inspired by Charlotte’s Web) || Thriving STEM
• Printable Pi Puzzle for Pi Day (inspired by Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi) || Teach Beside Me
• 

More Book Inspired STREAM Activities

Fun with Color Mixing (Inspired by Mix It Up) || Gift of Curiosity

• DIY Upcycled Guitar (inspired by Pete the Cat – Rocking in my School Shoes) || Preschool STEAM
• Simple Braille Slate and Stylus (inspired by Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille) || Pink Stripey Socks
• 

And a few more, just for fun:
Little Bins, Little Hands - 

    Check out the various tabs

        Science

        Lego

       Holidays & Seasons

       Slime

50+ Genius STEM Activities for Kids

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAYS

Hi my friends,

Spring is a wonderful time to view wildlife. Lots of animals are migrating back north, nesting, and waking up from hibernation. Have you been out for some nature walks? I saw lots of animal tracks in the snow, and it was fun trying to identify the animals that made them.

So if you are an animal or nature lover like me, I hope you will enjoy today's post with lots of links to explore. Again, some are videos on YouTube and/or Facebook. Others are websites to read about animals you know, and learn more about some that you don't know. Still others offer fun games and activities.

If you like what you see in this blog, let me know so I can continue to offer topics that interest you, my readers!

 To get us started, here is an image and poem by Janet Wong, written especially for us in these challenging times. I hope that you enjoy it.

Hope to chat soon,
Ms. C

WEBSITES & VIDEOS
    Counting Birds (Heidi E Y Stemple) - Look for videos each day of this week!
        Website Activities for this book
    Flora and Fauna of Hosmer St (Loree Griffin Burns)
    Monterey Bay - Meet the Animals
    New England Aquarium - Virtual Visits
    PBS Nature

LIVE ANIMAL CAMS
  African Wildlife
  Cornell Lab - All About Birds 
  Earth Cam Animal Cams
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
  National Aquarium - live views of several tanks, with information and activities on the page
  SanDiego Zoo Live Cams


FACEBOOK VIDEOS
    Center for Wildlife - Morning Meetings with Wildlife Ambassadors
    Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari's - Daily at 3pm
    On the Wing Wildlife raptor rehabilitator Jane Kelley -daily raptor sessions at 2pm

    Zoo New England ZOOTOYOU videos
         Black Bears
         Fennec Foxes

INFO, FUN & GAMES
    Cornell Lab Bird Academy
    Mass Audubon - Play Nature Bingo
    Monterey Bay Aquarium Games & Activities
    National Geographic Kids
    Switch Zoo - Build a Biome

TUESDAY TREAT

HELLO AGAIN!

I am so grateful to be part of such a supportive group...authors, illustrators, publishers & educators from all over the country are either reading aloud themselves or granting permission for others to read & record their books so students can access them online (and not violate any copyright laws...important legal stuff!!). Are they awesome, or what?!

Check out this list below, and tune in for treat! This should be enough to get you started...
N-joy!
Ms. C

NOTE: Some of these are on YouTube, others on Facebook (so you will have to tune in on an adult's account unless you are 13 or older).

YOUTUBE

Tar Beach - Faith Ringgold

Rita & Ralph's Rotten Day - Carmen Agra Deedy

Where the Wild Things Are - Read by Christopher Walken

I Want to Be - Jerry Pinkney
Owen - Kevin Henkes
At Home with Kwane Alexander
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel - Nikki Grimes



COLLECTIONS OF AUDIOBOOKS & ACTIVITIES

NEW-JUST ADDED
WILBOOKS - free online fiction & nonfiction books in English & Spanish

BOOKS TO ENJOY - WE ARE ONE WORLD (comprehensive collection of books/videos)

Big List of Children's Authors doing Online Read Alouds & Activities

BAREFOOT BOOKS - Activities

MAGIC TREE HOUSE - Activities

Robert Munsch

Room Recess - Audio Stories for Kids

Meet the Author - Neal Schusterman

OPEN CULTURE - Archive of 6,000 Historical Children's Books

FACEBOOK

Harold and the Purple Crayon - (Johnson)
Ish - Peter Reynolds
25 Minutes of  Kevin Henkes

TWITTER
#BNStorytime

MUSEUM MONDAY

Hello again all,

Hope you are doing well as we all adjust to this "new normal" way of life! If someone were to ask me what I love most about being a Library Teacher, I would have to say that there is ALWAYS something interesting that I can connect to...we can READ and LEARN about quite literally, ANYTHING. And what better place to learn about things than MUSEUMS? 

Many museums are offering tours and content online JUST FOR YOU. So, lets call this MUSEUM MONDAY

Below are some links to museums that you might like to explore. 

Write a comment below about something that you learned so we can keep in touch. My cats are happy to have me home during the day, but they are pretty boring because they sleep SO MUCH... I really miss you guys!!!

GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE - Virtual Tours of Museums all around the World. 
32 Collections from Washington, DC's Museums, Galleries & Historic Sites

Massachusetts Statehouse For a more educational tour, check out many of the rooms in the state’s most important government building.

Boston’s Black Heritage Trail This virtual “walking tour” on the Google Arts & Culture page explores the rich history of Boston’s 19th-century black community on Beacon Hill.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum This Boston museum houses European, Asian and American art collected by Gardner, who asked that her collection be made available to the public for education and enjoyment. The museum does not have a virtual tour on its website, but the Google Arts & Culture page has panoramic images of the museum and the grounds.

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston The MFA has its own youtube channel. Visit this link for an inside look at its curators and collections. Tons of videos to watch & learn.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

History Museums

• Women’s History Museum Virtual Exhibits and Online Biographies, Alexandria, Virginia
• National Museum of the US Air Force Virtual Tour, Dayton, Ohio
• Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts
• Field Museum Learning Resources, Chicago, Illinois
• British Museum Virtual Visits, London, England
• Smithsonian Virtual Tours, Washington, DC
• Vatican Virtual Tours, Vatican City

Art Museums

• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 
• Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy 
• National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Google Arts & Culture Tour, Korea
• Louvre Museum Online Tours, Paris, France
• Musee d’Orsay Google Arts and Culture Tour, Paris, France
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York 
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 
• National Portrait Gallery Collection YouTube Page, Washington, DC

AND I found a TON of free online museum sites for TEXAS...I will be looking for more to add, so check back. Some require an app download, or recommend VR (Virtual Reality). Just explore, and enjoy the ones that work for you.

• Blanton Museum of Art Online Collections, Austin
• The LBJ Presidential Library Online Exhibits, Austin
• George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Photo and Video Galleries, Dallas
• Frontiers of Flight Virtual Tour, Dallas
• Experience the Dinaledi Chamber via Virtual Reality with the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas
• Check out some of the works on view at the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth
• Learn about the nominees of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth
• Houston Museum of Natural Science Online Exhibitions, Houston
• Explore the Menil Collections, Houston
• Stream over 100 STEM Focused Videos from the Children’s Museum of Houston, Houston
• San Antonio Museum of Art eMuseum, San Antonio
• Virtual Tour of The Alamo, San Antonio
• Watch dozens of presentations from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, Waco
• Star of the Republic Virtual Tour and Online Exhibits, Washington

UPCOMING:

TUESDAY TREAT - Read alouds with authors & illustrators, access to free books online
WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY - Sites & activities to do with the great outdoors
THINKING THURSDAY - Problem solving with some fun MakerSpace activities 
FIELD TRIP FRIDAY - Explore some awesome places without leaving home