Make YOUR "Amazing Face"!

http://pickaface.net/create_avatar.html

1. Click on the link above
2. Click ENGLISH
3. Click CREATE AVATAR
4. Click on the GIRL or BOY face
5. Read the YELLOW BOX about the controls
1. "X" out of the yellow box when you have finished reading
6. Look under the YELLOW BAR
1. First circle - click to choose FACE SHAPE
1. Select a face shape  by clicking the shape to select it
2. Click on the color boxes to select a skin color 
2. Click the second circle for EYES
1. Click to select the eye shape
2. Click on the color boxes to select an eye color
3. Continue selecting facial features, hair, clothing, accessories & background
7. Click DOWNLOAD
1. Type YOUR NAME (FIRST & Last Name Initial only)
2. Avatar Name - SAME AS #1
3. Send to lanelibrary345@gmail.com
4. Click SUBMIT

DONE!!!!

LANE SUMMER READING 2013

AMAZING FACES by Lee Bennett Hopkins

This is our 2013 Summer Reading selection! Many amazing faces & amazing poems .

What do you see when you look in a mirror?

What do you see when you look out the window?

Faces that are like yours? Different from yours? 

How do these poems make you feel???

DIRECTIONS FOR GRADE 4 & 5 STUDENTS:

1. READ the book AMAZING FACES. THINK about each poem, each message, and how each one made you feel. Use sticky notes to mark special parts of the book if you find it helpful. 
2. Access this blog...you have already!
3. Click on the COMMENTS link below this post.  

4. CHOOSE ONE POEM that you felt a connection with

5. Start the comment with the POEM'S TITLE, & RESPOND to the following questions using PROOF from the text to support your answers. Complete sentences please, and no text speech! :-)
    a. Why did you choose this poem? What was your connection?
    b. How did this poem make you feel?
    c. Was this poem a mirror or a window? Both?
    d. How did the book Amazing Faces make you feel? Did you like it? Why or why not?
6. End the comment with your FIRST NAME (and the first letter of your last name if necessary) and GRADE
7. Under CHOOSE YOUR IDENTITY, click ANONYMOUS
8. Click PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT -  and you are FINISHED!!!

IN THE FALL, WE WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH ACTIVITIES 

THAT TIE IN TO THE BOOK AND IT'S POEMS. 

ENJOY!!!

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1. Write a poem about your own AMAZING FACE!
2. Draw a picture of your AMAZING FACE!
3. Create an avatar of your face using the "pickaface" website http://pickaface.net/create_avatar.html

Save it, print it out and bring it to the Library in September. Or, email me at this blog: linda_coviello@bedford.k12.ma.us
HAVE FUN!

2013 JGMS SUMMER READING

WONDER by R. J. Palacio
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

CLICK here for the youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJEPq_2T7A




Here are some reading guidelines for the Fall Conversation Café book: 
 What does the book reveal about social issues?
 Who tells the story?
 Whose story is this?
 What did you think the author was saying to you?
 How did the book make you think about your own life?
 What associations (movies – songs – current events) were triggered in your mind?
 Do any of the themes relate to topics or events in the news?
 To whom would you recommend this book?
POST YOUR COMMENTS BELOW (click the comments link)

Click here for the full JGMS Summer Reading page
http://www.bedford.k12.ma.us/images/stories/pdfs/jgms/library/summerlist2013.pdf

MAP SKILLS

Practice your MAP SKILLS with this fun website:
SEE YOU, SEE ME! click on this link, or the picture below to enter the site.

PEEPS IN THE LIBRARY

Ever wonder what those marshmallow PEEPS do for the rest of the year? Visit the Library, of course! Check out this fun webpage created by Millikin University students highlighting their visit.
http://www.millikin.edu/staley/about/peeps/Pages/default.aspx

GRADE 5 ANIMAL RESEARCH

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

KIDS PLANET ESPECIES (Endangered Animals)
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

ZOOBOOKS
http://www.zoobooks.com/virtualzoo.aspx

GRADE 3 RESEARCH/NOTE-TAKING

ENCHANTED LEARNING: Animals by Continents
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/continents.shtml

BIOGRAPHIES:

2013 MSLA BOOKMARK CONTEST

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!! Combine your artistic talent with some great thoughts about your School Library Program

This years theme is: 

SCHOOL LIBRARIES: BOOKS AND BEYOND!

Use this Prezi to help: 2013 MSLA Bookmark Contest Prezi

http://prezi.com/o6fizwe3xl8z/msla-bookmark-contest/?auth_key=5c685b9257dc6f98930aad00f0a9b003e14713a2

NEW! TEMPLATES FOR BOOKMARKS: Paper & Digital
http://maschoolibraries.org/content/view/745/655/

Meet our Lane School Finalists!

AMELIA DYER, Gr 3 (front center) won 1st Place for the State

CONGRATULATIONS AMELIA!

Click HERE for the winning bookmarks

OWLS

RESEARCH LINKS:

SPOTTED OWLS
Audubon Society of Portland
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/edbirds/ns-owl

VIDEO:
Owl Mousing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b4S1aUaK2I&feature=related

Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/videos/Spotted-Owls-Endangered-by-the-Encroaching-Barred-Owl.html

Image credit: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Spotted_Owl

FOR MORE INFO:

Defenders of Wildlife
http://www.defenders.org/northern-spotted-owl/basic-facts

Fish & Wildlife Services
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/birds/NSO/ns_owl.html

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Spottedowlprintout.shtml

OTHER OWL LINKS:

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Owls, Owls, Owls

http://mail.bedford.k12.ma.us/~jane_delgobbo/owls

THE RAVEN by Edgar Allen Poe

http://videosift.com/video/The-Simpsons-The-Raven

THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

RESEARCH: 

COUNTING SHELLS: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/counting-shells/26106

        Read this article.

        Discuss

VIDEO: by Corey Levy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyzr3zJol4

NATIONAL AQUARIUM ARTICLE

http://www.aqua.org/explore/animals/chambered-nautilus

   

ENDANGERED ANIMALS

For Mrs. Lee's Class: Here are some websites to help you start your research on endangered animals.

Asian Elephant

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/asian-elephant.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_elephants

Leatherback  Turtles

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/reptiles/leatherback-sea-turtle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_turtles

Orangutan

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/orangutan/

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatran_orangutan

Snubfin Dolphin (Irrawaddy)

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/irrawaddy_dolphin/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snubfin_dolphin - 
        This genus contains 2 species, one of which is the Irrawaddy.  Click on the Irrawaddy link for lots of info. 

Dolphins (general info)

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Australia 

Tigers

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

 http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html Asia

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/tiger.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger

ELECTION 2012

MEET THE CANDIDATES with TIME FOR KIDS

DEMOCRATS:
    President Barack Obama
    Vice-President Joe Biden
REPUBLICANS:
    Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney
    Vice-Presidential Nominee Paul Ryan

ELECTION 2012: THE ISSUES

READ, THINK, VOTE:
TIME FOR KIDS: THE ISSUES

1. Which issues are the most important to you?

2. Read each candidate's view on each issue

3. Use the ballot worksheet to determine which candidate best supports your view

4. VOTE for your candidate!

VOLCANOES

VOLCANO GLOSSARY:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/glossary/

WHAT IS A VOLCANO?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/volcano-parts.html

RING OF FIRE

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ringoffire/

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_regions.cfm

GLOBAL VOLCANISM PROGRAM

MT. PELEE - CLASS PRACTICE
http://www.mount-pelee.com/

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1600-12=

FUJI

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0803-03=

MAUNA LOA

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1302-02=

MT ST HELENS

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1201-05-

SURTSEY

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1702-01=

VESUVIUS

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-02=

CELEBRATING FENWAY PARK'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY!

Ever wonder how a baseball is made? You might be surprised just how much time and effort is required. Check out this interesting video. How baseballs are made



Photo credit: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Sports/2012/0420/Fenway-Park-Living-link-to-baseball-s-past-turns-100