Poetry Month: Student Word Mover Poems

2nd grader's WordMover found word poem @RWTnow #PoetryMonth #slm pic.twitter.com/anFBPSewFB

— Elizabeth Graham (@Libscigal) April 19, 2016

Schachner's Class BrainPOP Jr. Biography Padlet

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Second Grade Animal Tagxedos

During this week's library classes, 2nd graders created group Tagxedo word clouds to share what they have learned in class about owls, bats and spiders. Great work second graders!

Mrs. Dickerson's Class

Mrs. Schachner's Class

Ms. Tiller's Class

Ms. Josey's Class

 

Guest Reader: Welcome Back Mr. Dearybury!

We had a special guest in the library this week: Jed Dearybury (Mr. D.) stopped by to share a favorite book and lesson with Ms. Tiller's second graders. Students heard Tony DiTerlizzi's Caldecott Honor Book, The Spider and the Fly, and created spider web doodles. Written in 1829, The Spider and the Fly is a famous poem by Mary Howitt. DiTerlizzi's illustrations cast the poem in a film noir, black and white style, with a villain and a damsel in distress. Mr. D. invited the students to identify the tone and feel of the story and, no doubt, turned our 2015 students into fans of this classic poem. Link to Tony DiTerlizzi's website.

As an A.B.C. (Arts in Basic Curriculum) school, Woodland Heights is all about infusing the arts into all elements of our school. Mr. D. guided the 2nd graders through a spider web doodle activity. Check out the results below!

The Spider and the Fly image: http://www.amazon.com/The-Spider-Caldecott-Honor-Book/dp/B0012F29OM

"Be" by Kada

RT @Libscigal: @RWTnow 2nd grade student poetry created with WordMover. #NationalPoetryMonth pic.twitter.com/Lffy1d8PDi
— ReadWriteThink.org (@RWTnow) April 21, 2015

Guest Reader: Cathy Nelson of Dorman High School

Cathy in the Story Well

We had a special guest visitor in the WHES library today, Dorman teacher-librarian, Cathy Nelson. Cathy was one of my mentor librarian's during my school library media internship at Dorman. A group of second grade students were treated to the award winning book, Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet. Perfect story for the week before Thanksgiving!

Thank you Mrs. Nelson!

Mentor and Mentee