Library Collaboration Project: Interactive Solar System

The 3rd Grade teachers and students at Castleberry Elementary School are Amazing!  Thank you so much for allowing me to collaborate with you and for taking a chance on coding!  The result is authentic learning with collaboration, making, and technology!

Throughout this collaboration project our students created Interactive Solar System Displays!

The students:
*Researched information on each planet in our solar system
*Collaborated and created solar system displays
*Collaborated and shared their research by coding within Scratch.mit.edu

As each planet is touched their research information is shared on the screen!
Scan the QR codes below for a few examples.  Links are below as well :)

YouTube Examples:

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Press Green flag to begin - Red stop sign to stop

Directions below each 

Press the Green Flag
Keys to press:
Space Bar
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Down Arrow
Up Arrow





Press the Green Flag
Keys to press:
Space Bar
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Down Arrow
Up Arrow

More Scratch.mit.edu Examples

Collaboration Friday: Valentine Story Problems!

What do you do with a million Valentine hearts that you Do Not Want To Eat?
Create story problems, of course!

Check out these awesome math skill videos using grouping & multiplication/repeated addition story problems.

Grouping:








Multiplication/Repeated Addition story problem

TCEA 2016

I love learning and connecting with new people!  I learned soooo much at TCEA! I have had to let it all settle in my brain and try to figure out how to implement and use what we learned.

I have been inspired by my fellow friend and Librarian, Mrs. Scott @ JJE, to share a few highlights of the conference. If you are looking for a great blog to follow, check hers out at http://thejoyfullibrarian.blogspot.com/



This week I participated in a new edchat at #EdBeat.  I really enjoyed the questions and conversation that ensued.  This was my favorite thought shared!

A5) I'd love to see my campus give kids an #edcamp period! #edbeat https://t.co/vDPIRZLD80

— Maggie Bolado (@mrsbolado) February 11, 2016

During the conference we found a collaborative notes group on Twitter, be sure to check out all of the amazing info compiled! 

We have Makey Makeys!!  Check out all of the resources on the Makey Makey button!

The Google Add-Ons were AMAZING! I think we may have found a new way to sign up for Collaboration Fridays! 

We saw a lot of Makerspace workshops! We even presented our own :) There are a ton of new things we are looking into purchasing to help our students grow even more! Click the button above to see our presentation.

Genius Hour!  Everyone is a genius at something!  

During the #EdBeat edchat someone shared a great list of websites you should checkout! 

February Library Newsletter

Who Framed Mrs. Lamb?

Last year students used video clues to infer who ate the gingerbread cookies.  This was a huge hit with our kiddos!  They used QR codes to see each video and were totally surprised by the outcome!  Check out the clues below.

This year we wanted to see if they could use those amazing inference skills to see who Framed Mrs. Lamb!!  We read the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School and reviewed the video from last year.  The students then read the new evidence and worked together to infer who the real culprit is at CE. 

Who Framed Mrs. Lamb Clues

I confess! #ceohgo #CE_ArtLions pic.twitter.com/A2Ag1A88yX

— Michael Jenkins (@MichaelJenkinsm) January 28, 2016

CE Read Aloud: The Day the Crayons Quit

Check out this amazing read aloud by CE's very own, Mrs. Lamb!  She captures the spirit of each crayon perfectly.  I know Mr. Daywalt had these voices in his head as he was writing this wonderful story! 

CE Library Winter Wonderland

CE Library Winter Wonderland

The week before winter break, the CE library hosts a week of maker activities that we like to call Winter Wonderland! It is my favorite week of the year! This year we had two activities that we educational and fun! The students were engaged and excited about the challenges.  

Challenge 1:

Students were challenged to create new antlers for the Grinch's dog, Max.  They were then asked to persuade the Grinch to choose their antlers.

Challenge 2:
We read the book The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever! Each group of students were given 35 small drinking cups and we challenged them to build the Biggest Christmas Tree Ever! Throughout the building time, we measured each tree and posted the tallest height on the board for students to work toward passing.  The winners created a talking Christmas Tree stating their height using ChatterPix.

Biggest Christmas Tree Ever Playlist: