We have had a lot of poems added to the wiki this month.  Even some teachers posted poems, including Mrs. Inman, Mrs. Cowart, and myself (Mrs. Thigpen).  There have also been a lot of students writing poems as well.  I encourage everyone to visit the wiki and read what everyone is writing.

We have 3 new class sets of books.  They are Night of the Twisters (AR:3.8), The Phantom Tollbooth (AR:6.7), and Charlie’s Raven (AR:4.6).  These class sets are located in the Teacher Resource Room of the Media Center and must be checked out as a set.  Each set has 30 copies of the book.

I have added a page to the Media Center website called Digital Storytelling.  On the Digital Storytelling page, there are projects that the first and second graders have worked on in the library during exploratory time.  More projects will be added throughout the year.  Feel free to take a look at them.  During October, the first and second graders are writing Halloween poems, although not all of them will be posted online.

When you click on the link, the project will open in Windows Media Player.  For best results, wait until it finishes buffering before playing.  If teachers in other grade levels want to create similar projects, let me know and I can show you how.  I used Audacity, which is a free software download, to record and edit the audio.  The pictures were scanned into the computer.  The audio and pictures were put together using Windows Movie Maker, which you probably already have on your computer.  If not, you can download it for free.