Wow! What a terrific event. Author Julie Sternberg visited Third and Fourth Grade classrooms in November and introduced her new book Celie Valentine: Friendship Over. Julie sharing her process with 4th Grade Julie shared her writing process and publishing process with our students. She debunked the myth that publishing books is for “other people.” Julie linked […]
Drum roll please…….We have initiated self checkout with our Third and Fourth Grade students! iPad app: Follett Destiny In our libraries here at BFS, we use the company Follett to assist with our online cataloging and access systems, among other services. Recently, Follett has added an app which we use with our library iPads to […]
The Third Grade has spent time learning to navigate the library this Fall. Recently, we asked them to conceptualize the Dewey Decimal Classification System and track themes that emerge from each hundreds section from 000s to 900s. Students worked in pairs to explore one section and become experts to then share what they discovered using […]
