Roland Smith Is Amazing!

On Monday, March 15th I took my own 3 kids to the Literature Festival in Warrensburg, Missouri. We had a great time seeing 4 great authors! We ALL especially loved the presentation by Roland Smith. I have seen him speak ten to fifteen times, but it never gets old. He is an amazing speaker and really captures the audiences' attention. My kids have been quoting him all week! You MUST check out his website. He writes a blog called, Roland's Journal that will grab your interest if you are keen on becoming a writer yourself. You can follow along as he blogs about his day...what he is writing, what is ready to be submitted, and so on. Check it out...

http://www.rolandsmith.com/

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Dash Fashion Show

Earlier this Spring, my 2nd graders added a little creative flair to our robotics unit...we decked Dash out in the latest fashions! The kids put their designs on paper, created patterns out of newspaper, and then worked on their final projects. What a fun way to end our robotics study.

Adopt A Shelf

Each year the members of our Page Turner's book club adopt a shelf to take care of throughout the year. The kids pick a shelf and we take a "shelfie" and post their photo on the shelf they claimed. This group REALLY helps keep the shelves organized and looking good. Plus each student gets to highlight the books from their shelf.
Here are a few of our "shelfies".

The Making Of An Elementary MakerSpace

So much has happened at Lewis and Clark since the end of May. The library received a grant from the Liberty School District Foundation in the amount of nearly $8,000.00 to be spent on creating a MakerSpace. Since being awarded that grant, my brain has not shut off. I have been busy planning for great experiences, purchasing materials, and getting donations for our MakerSpace!
I knew that we needed a MakerSpace when I didn't have the resources my students needed and wanted during Genius Hour.
Our MakerSpace will be located in the reading resource room in the library. It will be very easy to access everything we need when we need it! This is what the room has looked like at various stages during the summer months.

Mrs. Carey and I relocated all the books in the picture below and our fabulous custodial staff has cleared out everything else.

I was fortunate to find 3 shelves hanging around storage closets that will now be used in the space. Thanks to Mrs. Carey for uncover…

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