The Braddock Eagle Library News
Native American Heritage Month 2017
Upcoming Events
Native American Heritage Month
Picture Book Month - A Book a Day
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos - November 2, 2017
Media Literacy Week - November 6 - November 10, 2017
Veteran's Day - Friday, November 10, 2017
American Education Week & Parent's Day - November 13 - 17.
World Kindness Day - November 13, 2017
Virginia's First People - November 14, from 1:00 t0 1:30 p.m. for students in grades 4-6.
Mini-Economy Workshop - Tuesdays, November 14 - December 19, 4:45-7:45 p.m. at Willow Oaks. Register by November 3, 2017
RAK Friday - November 24, 2017
Coding Pajama Party! - coming in December!
Scholastic Book Fair! - December 1 - December 8 from 9:00 to 3:00.
Family Night @ the Book Fair! - Tuesday, December 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Recycling Video or Poster Contest - entries must be submitted by December 15, 2017.
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude." ~ A.A. Milne
Gratitude & Positivity
Positivity Project Bibliography - resources in the BES Library.
Cultivating Gratitude in the Classroom
Join the #CAPTUREKINDNESS challenge - a 14-week opportunity to share and capture acts of kindness! It kicks off on World Kindness Day (Nov 13, 2017) and culminates on Random Acts of Kindness Day (Feb 17, 2018)
Kindness in the ClassroomDaily Wonder App & 5 Ways to Use the Daily Wonder App in the Classroom
Books to Learn About Thanksgiving
Daily Life: A First Thanksgiving
Thank-O-Rama with Piggie & Gerald!
Multicultural Thanksgiving Books
Teaching About the First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Calendar - Editable Thanksgiving Calendar
Thanksgiving Ideas for the Classroom
Thanksgiving Lesson Plans and Activities
Scholastic Book Fair!
Recycling Challenge!
Veterans Day
Resources
Debrief Ideas - list of debrief ideas for post interactive activities.
Digital Tools to Support Reading & Writing
Educator Collaborative - educators learn together.
EdWebinars - free PD resources.
Encouraging Students to Persist Through Challenges
Grit & Resilience activities.
Growth Mindset Deep Dive - The Teaching Channel.
Growth Mindset Books & Growth Mindset Movies for Kids
Project-Based Learning in FCPS - tons of resources on this Google Apps site.
Math Land Game - more fun than Candyland!
Math Resources: Teacher Advisor with Watson - FREE highly targeted instructional math resources designed by and for teachers.
Math Thinking Logs: A Literary Practice for Math
Parent Question Stems for ESOL
Professional Learning and Development - VDOE
Skype a Scientist - this program matches scientists with students to help kids have a positive experiences and form positive connections with someone working in a scientific field.
Social Studies at Braddock Elementary School - join this Google classroom with code veu8kyp
Teacher Burnout - tips and advice from Heinemann Publishing.
Saddle Up and Read!
Students will preview books during their regularly scheduled library specials. Classes that are scheduled on alternate weeks will need to sign up for a preview time. Please see the library schedule for open times.
As students bring in money to purchase from the Book Fair, teachers may send students to the library in pairs to purchase when classes are not scheduled in the library. Please see the library schedule for open times. For student and staff purchases, we can accept cash and credit cards only.
Swales
Watersheds
Stormwater
Stormwater management.
A big Thank You to all the classes who have returned books in the morning! We appreciate it!
BRADDOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
Email: NMFoley@fcps.edu
Website: http://braddockeagles.edublogs.org/
Location: 7825 Heritage Drive, Annandale, VA, United States
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