Lewis and Clark Learns

Much is happening in our library.  We continue to strive for a balance of reading, making and thinking! Yesterday and today we celebrated our summer readers with an ice cream reading celebration. In the past we have had one big party for all kids K-5. That usually means we have around 130 kids in the library enjoying ice cream with yummy toppings.  We have noticed that our kindergarten kiddos tend to get lost in all ice cream madness.  So we changed things up a bit this year and our kindergarteners celebrated their reading with ice cream bars yesterday afternoon in the warm September shade.   Storytelling started this month.  What a great group we have!  They are so dedicated and excited for our storytelling sessions.  Each week they have a short assignment and the kids have amazed us by remembering what they need to do from week to week.  Our resident storyteller is Mr. Eric Haynes.  He is so good with the kids...the...

This is going to be a BIG week in the Lewis and Clark Maker Center!  Three clubs are beginning...6 sessions of MakerKid's Club for 2nd graders (other grade levels will follow), Page Turner's book club for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders and Storytelling Club for 4th and 5th graders.  MakerKids is a new club for us with the addition of our new MakerSpace and Page Turners will be seeing a few new ideas including Shelfies and creating "My Reading Year" journals. Additionally, we will be voting on the designs for our LFL from 18 K-5th grade entries and celebrating our summer reading! Plus, I will be getting ready for next week's Dot Day festivities and working on a couple of grant opportunities.   Several great things happened last week.  A student of ours talked to us about setting up a Chess Tournament.  We are really excited that he felt empowered to come up with this idea.  We are more excited that he will be the one to organize  and run it with...

Wow!  LC students spent their summer days reading great books:).  117 kiddos celebrated their summer reading with a huge ice cream party...check out the pics below.

Each May, our LC students are given the option of checking our 5 or 10 library books to keep and read over the summer.  This is a great opportunity for kids to get books to read and add to their summer reading lists.  Those backpacks can get pretty heavy weighed down with 10 books...but it is so worth it!  Think of the adventures that await the reader!

Our annual summer reading celebration was held today to recognize all of the students who brought in their summer reading lists.  111 kiddos enjoyed ice cream sundaes in the library and they all left with 4 extra book coupons to use whenever they feel like 5 books is just not enough.  One lucky student left with a Nook reader!   

Our summer is quickly coming to an end and I hope you have been reading as much as I have!  For four days straight, I read a chapter book a day...I was truly in the reading grove.  LC kiddos, don't forget to write down all the books you have been reading so you can submit them and participate in our annual Summer Reading Celebration when we get back to school in August.  You can turn your list in on the form I gave you in May or you are more than welcome to write your book titles down on any piece of paper.  Keep on reading and I will see you all in a few weeks. Good Books!  Good Times!

Don't forget to keep updating your summer reading lists! Please turn your list into the LC library by August 27th so you can join in our annual Summer Reading Celebration!

Finished The Search For Delicious and Look Again . Both books were very good! Now I am moving on to a book that many of you will recognize... The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. This is the first book in The Kane Chronicles. Be sure to check out his website for more information on this book. Two of my three kids have read the book and loved it. I will let you know what I think. If you have already read, please share your thoughts.

I hope all of you are having a fantastic summer. I know I certainly am. I love coming home from my early morning working out, drinking my latte, and reading the paper in silence...my kids are still sleeping. I have had a lot more time to read. Besides reading the paper from front to back each morning, I am catching up on my magazine pile, reading lots of blogs to get great ideas for next year's lessons, and of course enjoying some great books. I always tell you guys that I only read one chapter book at a time so you certainly don't need to check out 5 chapter books at one time. However, I may need to think about that again...I am currently reading a "kids" book called The Search For Delicious and an "adult" book called Look Again . I am finding that this is working for me. I have enjoyed seeing many of you all over town...at the grocery store, the *public library*, the pool, summer school, and even cross country running camp. You are all as busy a...

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Kay Grimminger...art teacher, quilter, jewelry maker, fiber designer, and doll maker talked to the kids about creativity and thinking outside the box. Mrs. Grimminger is Mrs. Rosheim's mom! Sharing Mrs. Thormod's creative outlet...dancing! Practicing the Cupid Shuffle! Practice makes perfect! Making bracelets! Getting creative ourselves! Bill Cardwell, Famous Liberty drum maker talked to the kids and teachers about his creative life. He has even made a drum set for Ringo Starr. The teachers and parents were very impressed...the kids not so much:). Mr. Cardwell is Mrs. Jellison's (LC 3rd grade teacher) father! Lots of questions following his presentation!

Great Sidewalk Chart Art-Inspired by the book, Ish Marker Magic! Watercolor Creations!

Dancing Away! Getting Funky! Creating Rain Sticks! Making it rain in the library!