Pembroke Media Center Blog

Caught Learning In the Library!

Miss Green — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:13:04 +0000

Storytelling with the Felt BoardCozy Reading Corner

And We’re Back!

Miss Green — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:21:42 +0000

Students are back full-swing in the Media Center. New things to learn and new books to check out…we’re off to a great start!

Students sharing books they checked out.

Searching for a Just Right book.

Sharing how to take care of books

Reading!First book ever checked out in Kindergarten!

Teachers: Welcome Back!

Miss Green — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:25:48 +0000

I’m really looking forward to working with staff to create engaging and authentic learning experiences for Pembroke students! Below are a few professional books that I purchased over the summer that are available for you to check out!

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

FYI: Our professional literature section has moved to the shelf below on the right, next to the computer lab doors. (The shelf on the left is reference: dictionaries, almanacs, etc.) Take a little time to browse the other professional books and Lucy Calkins metor texts that are there as well!

Getting Ready for Back-To-School

Miss Green — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:35:07 +0000

Pembroke Media Center is getting into Back-to-School mode. You can also follow on Twitter @pembrokemedia. See you all soon!

Anansi Stories

Miss Green — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:54:55 +0000

Kindergarten students have been doing a character study by reading Anansi trickster tales by Eric Kimmel. The final story they listened to was Anansi’s Party Time. At the end of the story, Anansi and his friend crab are stuck on the moon! After hearing all of Anansi’s previous adventures, it was now the kindergartners turn to write the next one!

Students partnered up and created their own solution to Anansi’s moon problem using what they already knew about Anansi’s character and his previous predicaments. Students then wrote their stories by illustrating the beginning, middle, and end. On the next Media day, students partnered up again to tell their stories to each other. Finally, each story was scanned onto the computer and each student recorded her story using PhotoStory. Take a look at our new collection of Anansi adventures by clicking on the links below!
Ms. Clark (West Maple)
Ms. Deckrow Part 1
Ms. Deckrow Part 2
Ms. Tennies AM
Ms. Tennies PM

After writing their new Anansi adventures, two kindergartners retell each other their stories.

Students Share their Anansi Stories

Students retell their Anansi stories

Students work together to create a solution to Anansi's moon problem.

Students working together to write their Anansi stories.

Students writing their own Anansi stories.

Beginning, Middle, End

Miss Green — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:48:30 +0000

Mrs. Deckrow’s class has been listening to Anansi stories in Media. Today students drew the beginning, middle, and end scenes of the story we shared, Anansi and the Talking Melon. Take a look at a couple of examples. Can you retell the story?

Book Spine Poems

Miss Green — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:19:44 +0000

April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate, second grade students have been creating poems using the words on the spines of library books. The idea came from the blog 100 Scope Notes and you can read more about them here. Not only has this helped us think about poetry, but we’ve been able to practice using the online catalog, locating library books, and exposing ourselves to new titles. Sometimes our poems are a little silly and a little nonsensical, but they’re all kinds of fun! Take a look at a few examples by clicking on the links below:

Look! Look! Look! Hoot

The Three Little Pigs Bouncing on the Bed

Scholastic Book Fair

Miss Green — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:10:36 +0000

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who helped with, attended, and supported this fall’s Scholastic Book Fair! It was fantastic to see the many students and families who visited and shopped. We sold over $5,000 worth of books and Pembroke was able to keep some of it to buy new books for our Media Center! What a wonderful way to add new and exciting stories to our library collection!

Kindergarten Voicethread

Miss Green — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:55:50 +0000

This week in Media Kindergarten students listened to the silly story ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey. In the story, a class takes a field trip to a turkey farm and is horrified to learn what happens to turkeys on Thanksgiving! The kids in the story hatch a clever plan to save their new turkey friends. We stopped part way through the story to predict the turkeys’ fate. Click the play button below to hear our predictions! (P.S. Don’t worry~it’s a happy ending but you’ll have to read the story to find out what it is!)

Pembroke Media Center in Action

Miss Green — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:03:04 +0000

Check out the video below to see some of the things students have been doing in the Media Center! You’ll see students at the listening and writing stations, sharing books and magazines, discussing text-to-self connections with each other, investigating nonfiction texts, and more!

Pembroke Media Center In Action! from Julie Green on Vimeo.