Book Fair

Thank you to all families that came out to our Barnes & Noble Book Fair. It was a great night to buy books as presents and raise some money for our school. I attended the event with my son, Jack. We spent most of our time in the children's section because they have a train table! He loved playing with it! We ran into a few students too! Of course, we had to get a group picture too!!!!

Santa from Cinncinati

This week we will be hearing the story, Santa from Cincinnati by Judi Barrett. She is the author of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. This is a jolly story about Baby Boy Claus who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and grew up to be Santa!

Happy Holidays!

~Mrs. Csorba

Weekly Recap

Prairieview students have been working hard at keyboarding with our Ultra Key program! We will be in the computer lab the next two weeks to continue learning our skills. Don't forget you can practice at home by clicking the links at the very end of this blog. Happy Keyboarding!

We will return to the IMC for the final week of school before winter break for a special activity to kick off vacation!

Thanks!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to thank all those who visit the IMC blog. An even bigger thanks to those who have taken the time to comment on some of my posts! I get so excited to see your comments, so keep them up!!! ;)

 Mrs. Warkentien and I are so thankful to be working together with the students, parents, and staff in the library. Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving! See you all on Monday!!!!

~Mrs. Csorba

This week in the IMC...

This week, students will be in the computer lab working on Ultra Key. Keyboarding is such an important life skill that takes a lot of patience and practice!!! We will spend the next couple of weeks working on the program and typing using both hands to type. I've added the links to some free keyboarding sites on my blog. Have fun using them to practice at home!

November's Word Cloud

UPDATE: Congrats to Reese R. in Bucklin's class and Kate. S in Trefonas's class. They won a book prize for correctly guessing the word cloud. The correct answer is Andrew Clements. 

Here's the mystery word cloud for the month of November. Remember to guess by clicking "comments" at the end of this post. Type a sentence with your guess. Type your first name (no last names) then your teacher's name. Then Comment As "Anonymous" and then click submit!  You have until November 30th to guess! Good luck!

Weekly Update

This week will begin our introduction to keyboarding skills through the program, Ultra Key. If you notice, I also have links to some free keyboarding sites in my blog for students to practice this skill at home.

Some students visited the election center this past week and told me why they would make a good president!

3:15 Things That Go Bump in the Night

3:15 Things That Go Bump in the Night by Patrick Carman is the book we are doing in the IMC this week for Halloween. 

The 3 in 3:15 stands for listen to the narrator begin the story online, read a few pages in the book, and watch the ending of  story in a video online. The 15 in 3:15 stands for how long it will take us to complete a story...15 minutes or less. 

Third graders listened to "Mr. Mason's Jars."

Fourth graders listened to "Buried Treasure."

Fifth graders listened to "The Lift."

You can check out this book in the IMC or at your local library! Check out the website 315stories.com for more information!

Carve a Pumpkin Online

Click on the pumpkin and carve your very own Jack-o-lantern!

 Mawhahhahahahaa! (Mrs. Csorba's scary laugh!)

Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2013

The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award is an annual award given to an author. Students across the state in grades 4-8 will choose one of the nominees and vote for the one they consider the most outstanding. The award is in honor of Rebecca Caudill, an author, who resided in Urbana, Illinois and was an author for nearly 50 years.  This is 25th year for this award!

 Prairieview is registered to participate in the award program. Students must read or hear at least 3 of the 20 books to vote. Only students are allowed to vote! Voting takes place between mid February. We will vote in the IMC.

 Here are the 2013 Nominees. You can visit http://www.rcyrba.org/ for more information. This week, the fourth and fifth grade students will be introduced to the 20 nominees. Once I've shared the nominees to all the classes, students are able to check out the books at their book checkout.

Now let's take a look at the books!!!!!!

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins

Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer


Born To Fly by Michael Ferrari


Bounce by Natasha Friend


Countdown by Deborah Wiles


Dark Life by Kat Falls


The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart


Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai


Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur


Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes


One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams


Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper


Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai


Smile by Raina Telgemeier


The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger



Trash by Andy Mulligan


Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm


The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins


Which book will you read first? Did you notice one of the Caudill nominees is also nominated for the Bluestem award?!?! Remember to read or listen to at least 3 to vote by February. These books will be on reserve for fourth and fifth graders in the IMC.

Happy Reading!
~Mrs. Csorba

Book Fair

Thursday night was the Scholastic Book Fair at Prairieview. My son Jack and I met Mrs. Warkentien at school and we all went together. I want to give a big THANK YOU to the following people for donating to the IMC from the book fair. Mrs. Wronkiewicz donated I Survived the Attack of September 11, 2001 and Infinity Ring Book #1. The PTO also donated Scholastic bucks and I was able to get 10 new books to add to our collection. Today, we have 12 new books to process and add to the IMC. I know the students will be eager and excited to check them out! Thank you PTO! Thank you Mrs. Wronkiewicz!!!!

Bluestem Nominees for 2013

The Bluestem Award: Illinois' Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award is sponsored by Illinois State Media Association (islma.org). Our very own Mrs. Warkentien was on the committee to select the 20 books nominated for this award. :) This is only the 3rd year for this award.

 Prairieview is registered to participate in the award program. Students must read at least 4 of the 20 books to vote. Only students are allowed to vote! Voting takes place between mid February to mid March. We will vote in the IMC.

 Here are the 2013 Nominees. You can visit http://www.islma.org/Bluestem.htm for more information. This week, students will be introduced to the 20 nominees. Once I've shared the nominees to all the classes, students are able to check out the books at their book checkout.

Now let's take a look at the books!!!!!!

How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez

 

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton

The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino

Redwoods by Jason Chin

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

The Familiars by Adam J. Epstein & Andrew Jacobson

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee Fraizer

The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff

(Same book but 2 different covers!)

Honus & Me by Dan Gutman

Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford

Guyku by Bob Raczka

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Mirror, Mirror by Marilyn Singer

The Shadows by Jacqueline West

Which book will you read first? Remember to read at least 4 so you can vote!

Happy Reading!
~Mrs. Csorba