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:
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
Inkheart is a book about when in a book come to life, and most of them are villains.The main protagonist is a little girl named Meggie trying to stop the main commander of all of the villains, Capricorn. But in a way, Capricorn is luring her in for something her or her father has that he needs...
My favorite part of the book was when Meggie finally saved her family from execution by one of Capricorn's old friends.
I would recommend this book to both boys and girls of the ages of 13-15.
THE LANE SCHOOL BOOK FAIR WILL RUN FROM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH UNTIL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD. CLICK HERE FOR THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR @ LANE SCHOOL SITE
This book is about a mom
and dad trumpeter swan that laid five eggs.After all the eggs hatched, each baby swan could talk.Except one named Louis.The story is about a swan that grows up with
no voice.His dad steals a trumpet so
the baby swan can make noise.But Louis
is in debt and needs to pay back for the trumpet his father stole.
My favorite part of the
book is when Louis goes to a camp with his person friend, Sam.During a camp day, a skunk appears at the
camp with a soup can stuck on his head.Sam gets a fishing pole and gets the can off the skunk head.The skunk, frightened, sprays its stinky gas
at Sam and he gets all smelly!
