Dear 4th & 5th Graders, Would you like to turn your love of reading into a chance at $1,000? Theme: How did an author’s work change your view of the world or yourself? Select a fiction or nonfiction book, a poem or play you have read and about which you have strong feelings. (Sorry, no […]
Category Archives: Library
Electronic Tools, November 2014
Word Fun Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) Make fun, artistic “word clouds” from text you provide. Tagxedo (http://www.tagxedo.com/) Create your own shape poems out of text. Coding Animated Yeti (https://www.madewithcode.com/project/animation) Animate a yeti and give it simple commands. Angry Birds (https://learn.code.org/hoc/1) Basic programming with the angry birds. Solve puzzles. Lightbot (http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html) Help Lightbot light up all the blue […]
Hello, Fall!
Welcome to Maury Elementary’s brand new library blog! I will be using this space to communicate more effectively with all the wonderful Maury parents and students who help make us the best elementary school in Washington, DC! Check back regularly for book recommendations, handy technology tools, upcoming events, and a calendar of the cool literary events […]
2014 Shelf Challenge
April is School Library Month, and to celebrate I’m participating in the The Busy Librarian’s annual Shelf Challenge! After seven years at Maury I’m still amazed at how often I’ll come across a book that I didn’t know we had. In this challenge, I’ll re…