THINK, CREATE, SHARE, GROW
This Newsletter:
- Literacy Nights / Dia de los ninos Events
- Bonneville 2nd: Animal Classifications
- Horace Mann 6th: Odyssey
- Library Spotlight: Gramercy
Families Celebrate "Dia de los ninos" at High School Literacy Nights!
Student organizations from the schools came to perform and welcome elementary students to their future schools. These included the BLHS Theater Department, the Bonnie-Lassies, the BLHS Bagpipers, BLHS JROTC, Future Educators of America, Latinos in Action, OHS Mexican Ballet, and the OHS Student Body Officers. Many activities were enjoyed including read-alouds from library clerks, student-created writer's notebooks, a free book and activity for every family, and Carlos Camacho, a bilingual storyteller who loves to get the audience involved!
We hope to make this an annual event to include all elementary schools to celebrate diversity, families and literacy.
To view an article by the Standard Examiner about BLHS's Literacy Night, click here.
A video of BLHS's Literacy Night is at OSD Library's YouTube Channel.
Bonneville's 2nd Grade Goes on Safari
Horace Mann 6th Graders Get Strategic and Creative with The Odyssey
Like Odysseus in the Odyssey, the 6th graders at Horace Mann Elementary embarked upon their own epic journey this year to create a board game of the classic novel. After reading the book, the students worked with their teacher Mr. Bui and a District Teacher Librarian to create outlines noting the characters, lands, and situations. In Google Apps, they made cards based on the outline, designed game boards, wrote explicit instructions on how to play the game, and decided that classic literature is pretty cool. Excellent work 6th grade!
Prometheus
Scylla- The Six-Headed Monster
Library Spotlight: Gramercy Elementary
Ogden School District Teacher Librarians
We are excited to co-teach with you in your classroom. Please contact both your principal and one of the DTLs about co-teaching opportunities.
Also, if you have questions or comments about the district library program, please feel free to contact us:
801-737-7352
Katie Kilts -- KiltsK@ogdensd.org
Daniel Mauchley -- MauchleyD@ogdensd.org
Shelly Ripplinger -- RipplingerS@ogdensd.org
Elaine Shelburne MLS / M.Ed - ShelburneE@ogdensd.org
Avan Thayn -- ThaynA@ogdensd.org
Amy Jamison -- JamisonA@ogdensd.org
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