2015 Bluestem Winner and results from Prairieview

The 2015 Bluestem Award went to The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and it was also 1st place for Prairieview.

2nd Place for PV was Small Steps: The Year I got Polio by Peg Kehret

3rd Place for PV was A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean!

Thank you to all the participated and voted! Ask Mrs. Csorba or Mrs. Warkentien about the 2016 nominees. We have them on display for you to start reading for next year!

2015 Rececca Caudill Winner and Results

The 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award goes to Legend by Marie Lu.

For Prairieview:
1st Place was The One and Only Ivan by Katerine Applegate
2nd Place was One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
3rd Place was Legend by Marie Lu

Last IMC class of the year!

Last class of the year...as in calendar year! Ha! Traditionally in the IMC, this week's classes hear a holiday story. Mrs. Csorba is excited to share the audio version of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. Van Allsburg just so happened to be our author spotlight for December too!

Checkouts last week and this week had this cozy fire to read next too! Don't these two Panthers look cute reading by the fire?!?

Wishing all my readers a wonderful winter break and Happy Holidays from the Csorba Family. We are excited to celebrate little Miss Emma's first Christmas as a family of 4. She is already 9 months old! 

Digital Passports

This week our library learners will be in the computer lab again to continue our internet safety unit. Mrs. Csorba set up their digital passports. Students will watch a quick video and play a game to reinforce what they learned about internet safety. All students create their avatar and learn why and how to make a strong password.

3rd grade: Communication: Twalkers
4th grade: Privacy: Share Jumper and Cyberbully: E-volve
5th grade: Search: Search Shark and Creative Credit: Mix n Match

www.digitalpassport.org

Internet Safety

This week, library learners will be in the computer lab learning about all different ways to stay safe online and rules. 3rd graders will be learning about online safety. 4th graders will be learning about information privacy. 5th graders will be learning about cyberbullying. We will be watching Brainpop videos and doing the activities that accompany the video.

Book Hunt with Aurasma App

 To reinforce the Zaption book tour from last week, students went on a book hunt. Using location in the library, call numbers, team work, and the Aurasma app on the iPad, students searched for books in the different sections of the library. 3rd graders had 4 books to hunt for. 4th and 5th graders had 6 books to hunt for. It was awesome to see the excitement, engagement and team work among the students. The hard work and time spent to develop this book hunt was WELL WORTH IT! Many students rated this week's lesson with a smiley face again. :)

Cavoto's 1st Place

Mandru's 1st Place tie

Mandru's 1st Place tie

Hendron's 1st Place

Klacza's 1st Place

Olsen's 1st Place

Pellin's 1st Place

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Bell's 1st Place 

Spakausky's 1st Place

A Girl With A Cape Author

A Girl With A Cape author, Amy Logan came to our school Friday, 11/14/14 to Rock the Cape with our Panthers. Her books delivers such a great message about the power of our words and to pay it forward with kindness. Our wonderful PTO paid for our author visit, bought a book for each classroom and the IMC, and provided a green and gold colored cape/scarf for each student! What a great day it was! 

4th Grade

5th Grade

3rd Grade

Amy Logan & Mrs. Csorba

Mr. Pagel and Amy Logan