Friday "Wrap Up"

This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss Week with a bunch of activities throughout the week.  We had a Dr. Seuss photo booth set up in the library for kids, teachers and classes to take pictures when they were here for checkout.

We also had a "Dress like a Dr. Seuss Character" day.  It always amazes me at how creative some parents are because I do not have that talent.  I just love seeing how the kids come to school.  

One of our dress up days was "Twin Day".  I love that the teachers even get involved in this one.  

We also had a "Dr. Seuss Read Around the School". Teachers picked Dr. Seuss books to read and the student traveled to 3 different books with their reading buddies.  This is a clip from our PE and Science teachers really getting into the spirit of I Wish That I Had Duck Feet.










And this weeks wrap show up the March Sister Style Color Crush 

Friday "Wrap Up"

I have been spending my non-teaching hours this week looking at new furniture for the library.  As part of my transformation plan, I asked kids what they wanted to have in the library and they said "comfy chairs to sit in".  Right now I have hard wood chairs.

I have been looking at some fun furniture that I hope to decide on in the next few weeks.

In the library this week...

- 3rd grade makerspace

- 4 Second Grade note-taking lessons

- 6 First Grade President notetaking and then record in Puppetpals

- 5 Kinder Research lessons 

- I met with my director 2x about furniture

And my nails this week are one of my favorite retired pairs. Boysenberry and Stitched Away. It's true what they say about not missing something until it's gone. So wish I had more sheets of these 2. 

And if last's weeks Jam news wasn't big enough. Jamberry has announced that they will soon be bringing Jamberry to the UK. So if you or anyone you know lives in the UK and wants to be one of the first consultants there, let me know! 

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This week Jamberry made a HUGE announcement!  I am talking about the mother of all announcements.  They have partnered with Disney to bring us...

The Disney Collection by Jamberry

Oh, yea!  You heard right!  21 new wraps all things Minnie and Princess!  Check these out!

 

Awesome, right!!  And check them out on hands...

See the whole collection here 

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Kinder kids are so funny.  I read the book Early Bird by Tony Euly to kinder this week.  It is a cute story about a bird that gets up early and goes on a journey to the garden to get the early worm.  It has good position word usage like over, under, across and through.  While I was reading to the first class of kinder students I asked them what the opposite of early was.  The first student I called on said, "You know, like early in the morning."  I said, "That is what early means, but what is the opposite?".  The next student I called on said, "Like before breakfast."  I again said yes and that the opposite of early was late.  

The next kinder class I had decided to start with "What does early mean?" and about 4 of them shouted out "Late!"

This week in the library...

- four days of makerspace 

- 4 Second Grade Augmented Reality + Writing Lessons

- 6 First Grade Inch by Inch  Measurement Lessons

- 5 kinder story times

- 1 Teacher Makerspace Faculty Meeting

And I am still wearing my wraps from last week, but here is a picture of the St. Patrick's Day wraps 

Shamrockin, Bit O' Luck, and Over the Rainbow

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2nd grade had their turn in the makerspace this week.  I think I am going to need to change or simplify the activities that I have for them to choose from.

- 4 days of 2nd grade makerspace

- 3 Second Grade Map Key lessons

- 3 First Grade water research lessons

- 5 Kinder lessons with the Crayola  Coloring app

- 6 Third Grade mini lesson for research: questions and key words

- 3 eBook sessions for parents at STAARy Night Literacy Night

- coding club

- newspaper club
- hosted Storyteller Sue Kuentz (@Door2LoreSue)

And my wraps this week Fame and Serene 

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It was early dismissal this week for parent-teacher conferences.  I typically don't schedule my regular 1st and 2nd grade lessons this week because the schedules are so screwy and it gives me a chance to do some special lessons or work on projects if I need to.  One of those projects was to rearrange the space where I was holding makerspace.  My original space was not big enough and did not flow right for me.  When our director came we talked about shifting my fiction section and using that space.  So I did.  

This was originally where I was going to have my makerspace.  It just wasn't working right. 

So I rearranged my fiction area so that the makerspace was near the tables in my teaching area and there is lots of floor space for those that like to spread out.

This was my fiction section before.

I put three genres on the shelves on the wall so have a clear space so I could see into the area.  I tuned two of the now empty shelves on the side to put the materials on.  This is much more functional now.  

- 5 Kinder Storytimes

- worked on makerspace activities

- rearranged makerspace area

- planned STAARy Night Parent eBook Session

And my nails from last week are still going strong so here are some Thanksgiving Wraps.  Gobble Gobble

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We are having a massive rainstorm in San Antonio today, so besides almost having to swim to work today, we have had a lot going on this week.  Our library has been filled with storybook characters for our literacy pumpkin patch.

Elephant from Elephant and Piggie

Katniss

Pout-Pot Fish

Other things going on

- pipe cleaner challenge for 2nd grade makerspace (more difficult for them than the other grades)

- 3 Second Grade nonfiction neighborhood lessons

- 5 Kinder It's a Tiger storytimes

- Halloween Magnetic Poetry with one 2nd grade class

- attended a library pull-out day (great edcamp sessions and augmented reality session with @TechChef4u

- Coding Club

- Newspaper Club - check out our 1st publication of Woodstone eNews

And my wraps this week... Disoriented and Dem Bones

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This week we had two opportunities connect with authors via google hangout.  First with Kate Messner (read about that here) and then with Kelly Bennett, author of the Read for the Record book, Not Norman.

I also 

- had makerspace for 3rd grade

- 4 Second Grade Nonfiction Neighborhood lessons

- 6 First Grade Hallo-wiener lessons 

- 5 Kinder Storytimes with Halloween books

- met with my director about our library transformation

And my nails this week are Dem Bones and Glowing Ghouls

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Besides the very fun Kate diCamillo webinar we participated in yesterday, here are the other things that happened in the library.

-  3 Second Grade finding books in the everybody section lessons

-  2 1st grade Pebble Go/Popplet lesson about Objects in the Sky

-  5 kinder storytimes Not a Box

-  4 days of 4th grade makerspace

-  newspaper club

And my glow in the dark wraps from last week are still going strong so here is a picture of another fun fall manicure Apple Cider and Faux Fox

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Can you believe it is already October and 6 weeks of school have gone by?  We are supposed to be having a "cold front" in San Antonio this weekend (meaning our temperatures will be in the 80s during the day instead of the mid 90s, but I'll take it!).

This week in the library...

- 5 Kinder Storytimes (My Teacher is a Monster, No I am Not) - such a funny book for this time of the year as the honeymoon is over and some of the "monsterness" is coming out ;)

- 4 Second Grade Digital Citizenship Copyright lessons

- I met with 3rd - 5th grade teachers to explain how our makerspace will be working since that is starting Monday - Eekk!

- Attended a library Professional Development

- Attended a library transformation planning meeting

- Held our 2nd newspaper club meeting

- More planning for the makerspace

And my wraps... Spellbound -I just couldn't wait any longer - Love them!

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It was digital citizenship week in the library this week.  I had to tech the district copyright lesson to Kinder, 1st and 2nd (see post here)

- 3 Second Grade digital citizenship lessons
- 5 First Grade Digital Citizenship lessons
-5 Kinder Digital Citizenship lessons and story/journal time
- met with one book jobber
- spent lots of time working on my makerspace that I will be starting Oct 5.

And my wraps... Renaissance, retired Orchid Glimmer and Retired Galaxy.  Renaissance is one of the new "Satin" wraps.  It is so shimmery and applies really nicely.

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This is the last Friday of the school year!  While I can't believe this school year is over, it seems like these last two weeks will never end.  But the end is in sight.  

Besides hounding kids to turn in or pay for their books, we have actually been pretty busy.  

-3rd grade Battle of the books

-hosted a former student turned author, Megan Padalecki, for 1st and 2nd grade.  She has written, illustrated and self-published a book called Big Mo.  A story about an iguana who grows too large and threatens his environment.  

- I also met with our district battle of the books planning committee to debrief our battle from last Thursday.  

- We have also been changing all our genrification stickers to colored labels over the call number so that has been a lot of peeling and degunking with Goo Gone.  

My wraps this week... Mermaid Tales and Fountain of Youth

Wimberley Fundraiser

I am so saddened by the pictures and stories coming out of Wimberley from the floods this weekend.  I have seen many posts on social media of people in central Texas sending supplies and manpower to Wimberley to help search for missing people and clean up the destruction from the floods.  I wanted to do something too.  So I have decided to donate 30% of all purchases from my Jamberry website from now until Sunday night to the Red Cross to help with aid.

This can be any items from the website - wraps, gift certificates, nail care products, Style Box subscriptions, application tools, hand care products... anything.  Think of gifts you need for birthdays, graduations, summer fun, even the holidays in December (get shopping done early and help a great cause at the same time).  Remember wraps (excluding college and sorority) are always Buy 3 Get 1 Free.  

Please help me help those in Wimberley who have been affected by these recent storms.  

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This week was spent with 4th grade doing research.  Each of the 7 classes came in everyday to research a topic of the student's choice (a modified genius hour).  I definitely want to change it up if I do it again, even though they were very engaged because it was a topic of their choice.  The structure of the research time is what I need to rethink.

My wraps this week last month's sister style Bellagio and Navy Quarterfoil

It's Pedicure Season

After being at baseball games all weekend, I realized it is pedicure season and not everyone is aware of that.  This video floating around social media hits the nail on the head


So in honor of this enlightning bit of information, the fact that it is Mother's Day next weekend and that I LOVE my Jamberry Nail Wraps, I'd love to send you a Jamberry Pedi Pack, just for hanging out with me here at Lessons from a Laughing Librarian.  It doesn't matter if you are new to Jams or a regualr customer, but sorry other Jamberry consultants are not eligible.  Get your Pedi Pack here while supplies last: http://goo.gl/forms/Ope0bI9u4A

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This is a short week for schools here in San Antonio due to our Fiesta celebration.  We are off today for the huge Battle of Flowers Parade downtown.  Besides giving STAAR for 3 days - blech!  We actually did get some poetry stations done with 4th grade for our upcoming visit from Poetry Alive.  I also moderated a twitter chat for my district librarians about things they brought back from TLA. And I participated in our district chat about education where each question (and some answers) were introduced with memes.  You can read about that chat on @Terrieichholz blog post .

My wraps this week are in honor of Fiesta time in San Antonio.... Lotus , the June Hostess Exclusive and Skinny Pink (I am not usually a "pink girl", but after having it on last week I LOVE it!

I have nothing to do with the first grade Fiesta parade that goes on at our school, but I just love how the whole school dresses up and lines the hallways.

And the floats that the 1st graders make are AMAZING!!  Check these out (sorry some are blurry, they were moving fast).

Some floats are carried

Some are on wheels

Of course there are plenty of Spurs floats!

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And my favorite... The Texas Longhorns!

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Whew!  I am glad this week is over!  On top of having two 5th grade classes in the library at the same time all week for research, I lost my voice due to allergies.  But now the week is done and it is time for the weekend!

This week, as I mentioned, we started 5th grade research.  Our fabulous ITS, Laura Moore, and I were talking one day about the research coming up and we met with the 5th grade team to talk about some ideas.  After deciding on the topic of ecosystems, Laura came up with a Thinglink and the steps for our project (More about the actual research in a later post).  My 5th grade teams departmentalize so 3 teachers each teach reading to 2 classes and one of them has a third reading class.  So pretty much all day every day this week, I was surrounded by 5th graders.  

I did break away to do some more poetry reading to kinder and started poetry centers with 2 second grade classes.  

Two 4th grade class and I participated in the #stu2stuchat about technology on Wednesday.  

I still have my same wraps on from last week, so I thought I show you a picture of a Jamicure I saw this week on Facebook.  I just love this one and will definitely be trying it soon.  It is Prince Charming with Boomerang (a clear wrap) layered OVER it!  Isn't that awesome!