Woodstone Library
Riders are Readers (February)
Vanishing Coin is the Bluebonnet Winner at Woodstone
32 students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade were invited to the Bluebonnet Voting Celebration on Friday. These students read over 5 of the Bluebonnet books with some reading close to all 20! Our students chose Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan as their favorite. We are anxiously awaiting the results of the rest of the state.
Makerspace Update
We introduced a new round of makerspace activities in January. Students had a choice of building an art bot, coding, finger knitting or making fraction pictures. I was so impressed with how fast some students picked up the finger knitting. I STILL can not do it very well. Click here to access the Makerspace page and then click on the different STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) areas for the resources specific to that topic. I need to be better about taking pictures. I get so wrapped up in what the kids are doing, I forget!
String Stories
During her visit, storyteller Sue Kuentz told 5th grade some stories using string figures. We put some of those figures in the makerspace for 5th graders to practice.
Art Bot
Can you make the markers draw on their own?
Finger Knitting
Knitting a necklace or bracelet with yarn and your fingers.
January Recap
4th graders were introduced to the Battle of the Books. This year the winners of our school battle will get to compete against the other 4th grades in NEISD in the District battle in May. 3rd grade spent the first two weeks of January researching different forces of nature. Each class spent a whole day in the library researching and creating pages for a class graphic novel about their force of nature.
3rd Grade Forces of Nature Research
Each class chooses a specific force of nature to research and then create a graphic novel ebook to teach the other classes. The students use 4 different apps to make themselves the characters on the pages of the ebook.
Bluebonnet Party
Voters at the bluebonnet party.
3rd Graders Planning their comic page
Students working together to plan the wording before they start on the iPad.
Statistics
Instruction
- Storytimes: Kinder
- Sequencing using 30 Hands App: Grade 1
- Fairy Tale Battle Intro: Grade 2
- Forces of Nature Research: Grade 3
- Virtual Valentine: Grade 5 (Foreman)
Library Books Checked Out
- Kinder: 120
- 1st: 379
- 2nd: 626
- 3rd: 413
- 4th: 908
- 5th: 591
Upcoming Events
Dr. Seuss Week: March 1-4
2nd Grade Fairy Tale Battle: March 11
March Madness Book Voting: March-April
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About Us
You can find more library happenings on Mrs. Romine's blog, Lessons from a Laughing Librarian and by following the Woodstone Library on Twitter @Woodstonelib.
Email: sromin@neisd.net
Website: http://neisd.libguides.com/welcome_woodstone_library
Location: 5602 Fountainwood, San Antonio, TX, United States
Phone: 210-407-9865
Twitter: @Woodstonelib