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Fourth grade scholars looking for resources to answer their research questions about animation and pottery February 2017 at the RES library, by the numbers: Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff:  1328   --  that's  78 items   per day in our three weeks of school this month Number of TumbleBooks electronic books read and listened to : 168 Number of times scholars used the PebbleGo nonfiction research database:  316 Number of scholar visits to the library:  over 700  (14 classes per week plus additional class visits plus individual visits) Number of scholars served by librarian visits to  classrooms:  over 150 Number of fourth graders who developed research questions for their independent capstone projects: 49 . You can read their amazing questions here: Fourth Grade Capstone Research Questions

Cross-posted from the Think Create Collaborate blog. RES fourth graders have been working on their interest-based Capstone Projects in their Enrichment Library classes.  They have each developed a research question they will use to focus their investigations. We are so impressed by the thoughtfulness of the questions! Our students have a great breadth of interests, and we can't wait to see the results of their research! -Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Redford How do guitars, drums, and pianos make sounds? How do architects make their plans? How do things get their names? World War II: What was it like at home during that time period? How do people create good doodles? How do people get evidence of monsters? Why would someone make an instrument? How are coral reefs made? How did World War II submarines work? How did the Battle of the Bulge happen? How do inventors come up with inventions? How are cows treated from birth to death? How will cars look in the future? Ho...

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Second graders working on their blog posts about animals January 2017 at the RES library, by the numbers: Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff: 1553   --  that's  78 items   per day. Number of TumbleBooks electronic books read and listened to : 339 Number of times scholars used the PebbleGo nonfiction research database: 467 Number of scholar visits to the library:  over 700  (14 classes per week plus additional class visits plus individual visits) Number of scholars served by librarian visits to  classrooms: over 200 Number of second graders who researched, wrote, and blogged about interesting animals:  52 . You can see their awesome blog posts on the RES Second Grade Animal Blog !.

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