Savvy Students
Spring Newsletter for Wyman/Holden Library
Spring Celebration!
As we slide into Spring, we're going to take a moment to celebrate all we've accomplished in our library classes. From Kindergarten to Sixth Grade, students have been sharing their strengths and stretching their knowledge.
Tiger Fact by Michelle
Second graders are sharing the facts they learned from reading nonfiction. Students are learning to give credit to their sources. The stop animation films were created using MyCreate and are hosted on my library page.
First Grade "My Family" Books First Grade students are so proud of their Family stories. Learning about copyright, they included a title page and wrote about their families; what they like to do, where they go, family food favorites and how they spend their time together. | Third Grade Podcasts Third Grade students are recording interviews where they answer questions about the book they read. The recordings are then turned into QR codes that are pasted inside the book's cover. The podcasts are hosted on my library page. | 5th Grade Memes Using the Google Drawing Tool, 5th Grade students are learning about memes and media rights as part of their Internet Safety lessons. They are creating their own memes and posting them in Google Classroom to try and go "viral" with votes from their peers. |
First Grade "My Family" Books
First Grade students are so proud of their Family stories. Learning about copyright, they included a title page and wrote about their families; what they like to do, where they go, family food favorites and how they spend their time together.
Third Grade Podcasts
Third Grade students are recording interviews where they answer questions about the book they read. The recordings are then turned into QR codes that are pasted inside the book's cover. The podcasts are hosted on my library page.
Student Choice
Student Strengths
Students are surveyed at the beginning of the school year and are assigned jobs in library according to their own assessment of their unique talents; artist, tech, writer, leader, researcher and musician. Fourth grade students are working in their groups on Biography Riddles. Finished products will be in the next newsletter.
Students Teaching Students
Sixth grade students are becoming the experts on topics of Internet Safety. As they finish their research, they are creating group Google Slide presentations. They will then teach the rest of the class about their subject.
Collaboration
Art, Music, Physical Education, and Science Itinerants are working toward adding Blended Learning in their classrooms. To help support them, I have added Subject Guides to my online library for each of the special areas. Each page has websites and ideas that may be of help in a blended classroom. Art, Music, Science, Physical Education