RES Library Media Center News

February 2018 at the RES library, by the numbers: Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff: 1233 -- that's 77 per day in our three weeks of school this month Number of TumbleBooks electronic books read and listened to: 146 Number of scholar visits to the library: over 600 (14 classes per week plus additional class visits plus individual visits) Number of times scholars used the PebbleGo nonfiction research database: 130

Blog posts are done! You can see them at the  RES Second Grade Animal blog . Second graders at RES have just completed a nonfiction writing and blogging unit. This is a collaborative unit taught by the second grade teachers and Beth Redford, our library media specialist. First, second graders chose interesting animals, researched them in the PebbleGo online database, and wrote down facts to use in their blog posts. Second, the scholars used their notes to create informational writing pieces about their animals. Finally, the second graders used the Blogger iPad app to create posts for the RES Second Grade Animal blog . They typed in the great texts they had written, and then added photographs of their illustrations. We are very proud of all our second grade scholars!

Arctic Fox illustration from a second grader's blog post The first blog posts are up! You can see them at the  RES Second Grade Animal blog . Second graders at RES are working on a nonfiction writing and blogging unit. This is a collaborative unit taught by the second grade teachers and Beth Redford, our library media specialist. First, second graders chose interesting animals, researched them in the PebbleGo online database, and wrote down facts to use in their blog posts. Second, the scholars used their notes to create informational writing pieces about their animals. Finally, the second graders used the Blogger iPad app to create posts for the RES Second Grade Animal blog . They typed in the great texts they had written, and then added photographs of their illustrations. Seven posts are already up on the blog, and more posts will be coming in the next few weeks. We are very proud of all our second grade scholars!

second graders researching their favorite animals for an animal blogging project January 2018 at the RES library, by the numbers: Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff:  1708 --  that's  81 per day  in our five weeks of school this month Number of TumbleBooks electronic books read and listened to : 195 Number of scholar visits to the library:  over 800  (14 classes per week plus additional class visits plus individual visits) Number of times scholars used the PebbleGo nonfiction research database: 576 Number of second graders who began a blogging project about their favorite animals: 40 . Stay tuned for their blog posts about meerkats, hedgehogs, and more!