Today, September 14, 2016 was a day to share with the world what goes on in 21st century libraries on a daily basis. I remembered to take a few photos & post them on twitter, but below is a list of what happened in my life and library today...
- Started my day with a stop at Starbucks for a latte for Mrs. Haynes and I.
- Opened the library around 7:20.
- Welcomed some kiddos who thought our bookclub started this morning instead of next Wednesday.
- Chatted with a teacher about a way to best support a particular student.
- Asked our nurse to check over my list of summer readers for allergy issues before our ice cream celebration.
- Tried to trouble shoot why my Britannica database isn't working on ipads...argh!
- Greeted students outside the library as the bell rang and we started our day.
- 8:55 Taught my first of 6 classes of the day-5th grade
- We started with a book trailer highlighting a great series and moved into a discussion of books kids were reading.
- Worked on our first Lego WeDo 2.0 build.
- 9:45 Second class of the day-4th grade
- Book trailer and book talks
- Reviewed locating citations in databases
- Learned more about catapults in preparation for building our own.
- 10:40 Third class of the day-3rd grade
- Book trailer and book talks
- Inventor inquiry in preparation for spending the year inventing
- 11:30 Fourth class of the day-1st grade
- Read a Show Me Award Nominee
- Worked on storyboarding our lego builds
- Will videotape them and share on our hallway televisions and webpages
- 12:20 Set out materials for kindergarten
- 12:30 Lunch duty
- 12:55 Ate my lunch while checking emails and responding as needed. Dumped humidifiers:)
- 1:25 Fifth class of the day-Kindergarten
- Practiced our library numbers
- Practiced using shelf markers
- Read/Build featuring Vincent Paints His House (reviewed parts of the book and fic/nonfic) along with a museum walk
- 2:15 Last class of the day-2nd grade
- Read a Show Me Award Nominee
- Learned about a new section to select materials from-magazines
- Researched (answered our questions) about robots in preparation for a year of coding and programming
- 3:10 Classes done
- Helped a class checking out find books
- Shelved a few books and put some magazines away. We have an early out tomorrow and no school on Friday so we will not have volunteers to shelve books.
- 3:20 Whole school SSR-I am reading Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
- 3:35 Car Rider Duty
- Throughout the day I helped kids locate books, set goals, trouble shoot devices, put on a bandaid or two, reminded kids about choosing kind and making good choices over and over:), looked at wiggly teeth, and verified that a grant I submitted was received.
I have the best job ever!
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