Winnie the Pooh and Poetry Too!

Kids Reads Biography
Scholastic
Just Pooh .com

New Poetry From Shel Silverstein

We have a new book in the library by Shel Silverstein! Mr. Silverstein published his first book in 1963. He is well known for his silly poems and simple black and white illustrations. We even wrote songs, "A Boy Named Sue" that was recorded by Johnny Cash, and "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" recorded by Dr. Hook.  Shel died in 1999 but his poems continue to be popular with children. Be sure to visit his website to learn more about him and his work.

Shel Silverstein

Good Trick Walking Stick

Walking Sticks are amazing creatures! See them in action by watching the videos below.

You can learn more about walking sticks at Pebble Go. Don't remember the login? See Mrs. Tibbetts. You can also find an article in Britannica Encyclopedia. Remember, you will find links to all of these resources right here on the learning commons website.

Maybe Something Beautiful

Maybe Something Beautiful is a FICTION book based on a true story about a community that decided to make their neighborhoods more colorful.

More about the Urban Art Trail. LINK

The Water Princess

Bring in coins for the 2017-2018 Ryan's Well school challenge to raise money for water in Kenya.

The Water Princess by Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter Reynolds, is one of 10 books nominated to receive the Maine Chickadee Book Award. Although it is a fiction story it is based on real life model, Georgie Badiel, who grew up in a village in Africa called Goundi, in the country of Burkina Faso. In Africa, many people have to walk great distances to get water. They then have to carry the water back to their homes where it has to be boiled to get rid of the contaminants. That water is used to wash clothes, bathe, to prepare food, and for drinking. Very often the water makes people sick. 

Burkina Faso

We can help the people of Africa get clean water by helping them to dig wells. These two organizations are working towards making this happen.

Ryan's Well LINK

The Georgie Badiel Foundation

Real life model, Georgie Badiel.

Hour of Code is Coming!

December 4-10

Hour of Code takes place every year during Computer Science Education Week. Students in over 180 countries participate. At South School we will participate in our own coding activities during the week of December 18-21st. Anytime is a good time to learn about code. Check out these websites below. Remember, children under the age of 13 should not create their own accounts but parents can do it for you.

Places you can go to code.

Code.org (web based)

Kodable (App)

Tynker (App)

Swift Playgrounds (Apple App)

Scratch and Scratch Jr. (from MIT)

Hour of Code

Big Blue Sea!

Kindergarten and First Graders are listening to books about creatures from the Big Blue Sea! Ask them what they have learned about whales and sharks and visit some of these resources for more information.

Discovery Kids has great videos, games, and coloring pages for kids. LINK

National Geographic Kids has a playlist of great shark videos. LINK

Here's a video about blue whales. LINK

Don't forget these websites on the left side of the screen, Britannica Encyclopedia, Pebble Go, Brain Pop, Arkive, San Diego Zoo, and Seaworld. You'll find them in the 590s, the Dewey Decimal number where information about animals can be found in the library.