Elizabeth Haddon Library Newsletter
February 2023
Black History Month
Black History Month is a celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time to recognize their contributions and roles in United States history. Black History Month is celebrated every year throughout the month of February. We learned about Black inventors, artists, writers, musicians, athletes, teachers, and leaders.
Lonnie Johnson Lonnie Johnson, American inventor and NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker water blaster and several NERF products. | George Crum George Crum, aka George Speck, invented the potato chip in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1853. | Toni Stone Toni Stone, formerly known as Marcenia Lyle, was one of the first Black women to play professional baseball. |
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson, American inventor and NASA engineer, invented the Super Soaker water blaster and several NERF products.
George Crum
George Crum, aka George Speck, invented the potato chip in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1853.
Digital Citizenship
Pause for People During our Kindergarten Digital Citizenship lesson, we acknowledged our feelings of frustration when asked to take a break from technology. We practiced three steps that will help make the transition from a device to other activities easier. Click here for the family activity. | Internet Traffic Light First graders learned to identify websites and apps that are "just right" and "not right" for them and how to get help from an adult if they are unsure. We made connections between staying safe online to staying safe in real life. Click here for the family activity. | That's Private! Second graders learned what information is ok to share and not ok to share online and that they should never give out private information online. Private information: First and last name, address, school, phone number, email address, password, age, birth date, and photos. Click here for the family activity. |
Pause for People
During our Kindergarten Digital Citizenship lesson, we acknowledged our feelings of frustration when asked to take a break from technology. We practiced three steps that will help make the transition from a device to other activities easier.
Click here for the family activity.
Internet Traffic Light
First graders learned to identify websites and apps that are "just right" and "not right" for them and how to get help from an adult if they are unsure. We made connections between staying safe online to staying safe in real life.
Click here for the family activity.
That's Private!
Second graders learned what information is ok to share and not ok to share online and that they should never give out private information online.
Private information: First and last name, address, school, phone number, email address, password, age, birth date, and photos.
Click here for the family activity.
Who Would Win?
4th graders have completed the research battle that was inspired by the Who Would Win? series by Jerry Pallotta. Students worked collaboratively to research two animals, create a Google Slides presentation, and determine who would win between the two based on size, speed, physical attributes, and defenses.
Jumanji

Project Based Learning
After reading Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg, students worked in pairs to create their own board game. Inspired by the game within the book, students developed a theme (or setting), an objective and rewards and consequences for the players in the game.
Using Tinkercad, a 3D modeling program, students designed a game piece and printed them using our MakerBot 3D printers to play each other's games.This project combined critical thinking with language arts skills as well as programming elements.