Seuss on the Loose!

Our school will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2.  We have plans for celebrating one of our favorite author all that week.  It will be as fun as eating Green Eggs and Ham!

African American History is all our History

Thank you to Mrs. Cupples from Roberta Tipps Elementary for creating this ThingLink about African American history:

Time to vote!

Our 3rd and 4th graders will have the chance to vote for their favorite on the Texas Bluebonnet list.  They have to read five books on the list and turn in their reading log sometime during the week of January 23-27.  Their votes will be sent to Austin to be counted with others all around the state.
The Texas Bluebonnet winner will be announced in early February and all of our voters will celebrate the winning book soon after.

Click on the Texas Bluebonnet logo to find out more about this unique opportunity for students to have a say on a favorite book.

A guy with a "flaky" hobby

William "Snowflake" Bentley spent his whole life studying and photographing snowflakes. How cool is that??

This is a Caldecott Award winning biography about his life with lots of links to satisfy your curiosity about snow.  You can even make snowflakes yourself.  Follow the hotspots to find out more!

Hi! My name is Melvil Dewey!

This week, another librarian sent out a link to this video that is an excellent way to learn about Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal System.  4th graders definitely learn about Dewey but I think 3rd and even 2nd grade would also learn from this as well.  Watch and find out for yourself!
Be careful - this song might get stuck in your head!!

http://www.breitlinks.com/dewey1.htm

Thank you, Sarah!

Who is Sarah and why are we thanking her?  She is Sarah Hale and not only did she write the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb", she also wrote to politicians for years then five different presidents(!) until she finally convinced Abraham Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Thank you, Sarah, for being an example of perseverance... and for the turkey and the pumpkin pie!

11-11-11

We will only see this date once but every year on November 11, we observe Veterans' Day and take a moment to remember veterans in the past and thank our veterans today.

Thanks to Mrs. Cupples from Tipps Elementary for the image with the hotspots and to Ms. Robison from Anderson Elementary for gathering such great links!
Thank a Veteran today!