Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year. My second year here at Dearborn Park INTERNATIONAL school has gotten off to a great start. Below are some highlights:
Kindergarteners and First Graders are doing a great job at browsing the library and keeping the shelves tidy. I think it was reading:
that has lead to such fabulous library users.
Second
graders
have recently read
Third Graders have jumped right into Non-Fiction and a mini research project on farm animals to support their understanding when they read Charlotte's Web together. Students will be using the PebbleGo animal database on iPads to skim for information and take notes. Thank you Seattle Schools for purchasing PebbleGo Animals this year. You can access PebbleGo at home.
Ask me how if you need the password.
Fourth Graders have been focusing on reading Realistic Fiction and choosing books to hold their interests' throughout the week. Students in this grade have been checking out the most books in the school. They've upped the number of books they can have checked out from two to three and most mornings, there's at least a half a dozen students wanting to return the books they've read and check out new ones. They've discovered the writers Andrew Clements, Judy Blume, and Kate DiCamillo plus many more.
Fifth Graders have written rules for the library which are posted with their wonderful photos in the library. They've used WorldBook Online to do a little pirate research for International Talk Like a Pirate Day and have been introduced to the Young Readers' Choice Award.
