For those of you making some Star Wars snowflakes, here is a video to explain how to fold and cut your designs. Want to make one? Get a template from Mrs. Osborne.
Thanks to www.anthonyherreradesigns.com for the templates to download and the instructions!
The Grade 6 boys discovered the “help yourself to a mustache” box on the library counter. Here they are in all their Movember, dabbing glory:
Mustache Dabs
We had 14 Pets Caught Reading submissions this month- now is the time to vote on your favourite!
Voting guidelines: Please only vote once. Don’t vote for your own pet. Consider the reading material of the pet that gets your vote and the creativity of the photo.
Vote by commenting below with the pet name that you like best and why you think this pet is the best. Voting is open until 1pm, Thursday, December 1st. Winner will be posted here by 2:45pm. Anyone can vote- so get your friends to vote for your pet!
Here are all our submissions from November!
Today’s challenge-
Horses and Dragons for people to ride on so they don’t have to walk! By Joshua
The Teacher’s Throne by Yemill and J.O.
iPad, desk, portable printer, book, stapler and calculator by Priscilla and Elisha
Pencil by Liam
The Bible by Evanie and Grace
Date Stamper by Theodore
Today’s winner:
Best invention: Theo
Invention Mrs. Osborne wants most: Yemill and J.O.
Honourable mention: Liam’s pencil
The RCS McLibrary is joining with the SCLibrary and thousands of others around the world to participate in the “Hour of Code”, where students will be introduced to simple coding skills that are projected to be highly beneficial in their future. They will have one hour to complete as many coding challenges as possible, in a fun, game-like format.
We are happy to announce that this is almost entirely full- with over half the participants GIRLS! If you are interested in signing up, please contact Mrs. Osborne immediately to reserve one of the few spots left.
This is the last week for our “Pets Caught Reading” Photo contest. Starting Monday, we will post all of the Pets Caught Reading Submissions and viewers will vote for their favourite pet. Winners will be announced by the end of next week.
But, until then… here are the submissions that came in this week. Take a look at some of the funny book choices…
Today’s challenge was the toughest yet:
We had a few smarty-pants who did this:
One group created the circulation desk complete with the library book return monster and a monkey Mrs. Osborne checking out books…
Another group designed the entire library:
And one group created a futuristic hover-library (actually hovering) complete with a Mrs. Osborne librarian robot:
Most creative: the Hover-Library
Most true to the library: Loukas and Zach.
Today’s Lego at lunch challenge:
Today’s entries:
The Cross, the Death and the Holy Curtain
Grace and Priscilla
Baby Moses Flowing Down the Nile
Aaron and Liam
Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat
Stephen
David and Goliath
Jemill and Joshua C
I loved this challenge and the creativity that students had.
Winners: Tie for a win in the individual category- Congrats to Joshua and Stephen! For the group category- Congratulations to Grace and Priscilla!
In studying short stories, the Grade 6’s came into the library to learn all about 6 story genres: Dystopian, Historical, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Realistic and Mystery. To demonstrate their learning, the students created iMovie trailers demonstrating each genre and featuring library books that suit the genre. Take a look at these videos below from 6SH:
REALISTIC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho3nnqNIagU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zLiTlu07aY
HISTORICAL FICTION:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O869QqIRO0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqX9JZ4qlcs
MYSTERY FICTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgRBbm1EhM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDxT79CImwc
SCIENCE FICTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtktYwS_CQg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHSWao9qdSU
Fantasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q65E8teOGK8