November 2018
ROANOKE
Vol 1 Issue 1
Kelley Valdez, LMS
Inside the Issue
BOOK CARE IN
KINDER
Book care, personification, speech
bubbles, and apps...Oh My! As our
newest Rangers, our Kindergarten
students are learning the best ways
to take care of their library books.
We have been working to produce
talking books to instruct our
library patrons on the Do's and
Don'ts of taking care of a library
book.
BOOKCREATOR
We are writers! Our first grade
students are actively working on
creating How-To's and learning the
ins and outs of using a Chromebook.
We were introduced to
Bookcreator.com, where we learned
how to use the program to create our
very own online books. The students
are super excited to get to work and to
possibly have their book added to our
online library catalog.
WHAT? NO BLUE CART!
In the movie Spiderman, we learned "with great power comes great
responsibility." Our 2nd grade learners found out that the higher
the grade level the more responsibility you have in the library.
Second grade students used Google Classroom and Pear Deck to
learn and explore their new job of returning their books on top of
the shelves in which they live. The students loved the interactive
approach to the lesson through the use of Pear Deck. Students were
able to show their thinking using text and drawings. We were also
able to share our work easily with others and quickly receive
feedback on our performance. We learned that sorting books in
our library requires the math skills of comparing and ordering
numbers on a numberline. The 2nd graders are excited to master
their new job!
ORGANIZING
GOOGLE DRIVE
With a little help from Mercer
Mayer and Little Critter, 4th and
5th grade students learned to
organize their Google Drives
using folders, colors, and stars.
Our hope is that these strategies
help us become more effective
and efficient users of Google
Drive.