Friday, June 17, 2016

I want to go to the library this summer!

This week we were fortunate to have a visit from the fabulous Laura Jenkins - Ms. Laura to the kids - children's librarian at the CPL Uptown branch.  She presented about the Chicago Public Library summer reading program to our 1st-4th graders.   They were so excited to hear about all the fun to be had!


Sign up for the program begins June 20th at each library branch in the city.  This year you get a bag of free books just for signing up for the program!  And as you continue you can earn other prizes as well.  In addition to encouraging summer reading there are ways to create and discover as well.

If there are little brothers or sisters at home they can join in the fun too!  There's a little readers summer reading program.  I know I'm looking forward to taking my two little boys to sign up.


For more information follow the links below:

Rahm's Readers: Explore on the Go!
Little Readers: Explore on the Go! 

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

AGOPPE Research: Amelse's Class

And last, but not least, Amelse's class presentations.  You might notice on all the videos that students have included a slide that lets you know where they got their information.  They may not be writing formal citations yet, but all students should be giving credit to the sources that they use for information and images for every project.  One of the many things I like about Adobe Voice (now Adobe Spark) is that there's a credits slide at the end of the presentation that gives credit for the images used.  This class did a great job - take a look!