Sunshine and Books

The sun is shining and all is well. It's hard to believe, but we've begun the 4th quarter already!

In the upstairs lab third graders continue to finish up their KidPix slideshow projects featuring Native Americans so be sure to check their classroom webpages to see the results. Fifth graders are taking a moment to complete their Memory Book pages while fourth graders have been presenting their State PowerPoint projects from ITL class to amazed family members. There is much yet to learn and do this last quarter so I'm sure the upstairs (and downstairs) labs will be bubbling with activity.

One of my favorite podcasts recently shared a great picture book website called Lookybook. Their intention is not to replace "real" books, but rather to allow us to review books, put them up on the big screen, and even click a link to purchase from Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble online, or find an independent bookseller by zip code. How great to have the book up on the SMARTBoard AND in the students' hands! Check out one of their books below — click the eyes to make it bigger and go to the website. You can create virtual bookshelves of your favorites to access quickly, checkout what's on others' shelves, and search by genre/author/keyword.





Have a great April!