Students in first grade went “owling” in the Media Center. First, they listened to the story Owl Moon. Even though they had heard the story before, this time they had to “think like scientists” and pay attention to questions that popped in their brains as they listened. We made a list of all of the [...]

Kindergarten classes have been learning about the differences between fiction and nonfiction books for the last couple of weeks. They listened to the story What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. In the story, readers learn about how animals use their body parts in different ways. Next [...]

First grade students have been learning about the Caldecott Medal all month and we were finally able to read the 2010 Caldecott winner, The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. This is a fabulous wordless picture book version of Aesop’s famous tale. We were able to have fantastic conversations about what the lion and [...]