I purchased 2 books - a copy of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas for the Brewster Library and a copy of Dasher to raffle off to a lucky Brewster student. All week, students could fill out raffle tickets if they wished. One was a chance to be the first person to check out 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. The second ticket was a chance to win the copy of Dasher. We announced the winners at assembly at the end of the day on Friday and boy were there some big smiles! I love giving books to kids!
Matt Tavares was a delight on a snowy Sunday in December! After visiting Byrd's Books in Bethel the day before, Tavares came to Turning the Page bookshop in Monroe to share his latest book - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Tavares has also created favorites Lulu and Red as well as Dasher. Tavares read Dasher aloud and then showed the audience how he draws those amazing cardinals and the details that surround them. Following the presentation, books were signed. If you haven't seen his books before, please go and get them. They are spectacular!
I purchased 2 books - a copy of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas for the Brewster Library and a copy of Dasher to raffle off to a lucky Brewster student. All week, students could fill out raffle tickets if they wished. One was a chance to be the first person to check out 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. The second ticket was a chance to win the copy of Dasher. We announced the winners at assembly at the end of the day on Friday and boy were there some big smiles! I love giving books to kids!
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We love celebrating computer science, computational thinking and the art of not giving up at Brewster School! Computer Science Education Week was celebrated December 5-9, 2022 all over the world. In the library, learners viewed a message from NASA astronauts on the International Space Station about how important computer science is. Kindergarteners used Kodable and learned how to move the fuzzball through tunnels by telling it the directions to go. First graders chose from RodoCodo or Kodable. Second graders worked to solve challenges in Beaver Achiever or created their own characters and then code their actions in Scratch Junior. Some students chose to do some unplugged coding like in the picture below - Compound words from STEAMPoweredFamily.com. Digital coding can be found at code.org. Now that they've gotten started, they can continue coding all year long! The Brewster School library was so excited to participate in the 2022 Global Traveling Mural Project this fall. I have participated in the past and it was amazing to send and receive mural pieces from all over the United States as well as countries as far away as China! First we signed up with a group. Librarian Shannon Miller posted about the project and included the link to the group sign-up. Then we needed to create the mural! This year we partnered with our amazing art teacher Ms. Dwyer to create the mural. In library class we read Hey, Wall by Susan Verde and illustrated by John Parra to help students understand what a mural is. Once we did that, Ms. Dwyer added a design to our paper and started having learners add color to it using pastel crayons. It came out amazing! Once the mural was complete, we cut it (gasp!) into 10 pieces. I wrote a note to the other schools in our group which included a little about our school and a picture of our completed mural. We kept 1 piece and mailed the other 9 to our group members. And then we waited! And slowly but surely, other pieces began to arrive. Our first piece was from Alabama and we read the note, explored their piece, and then searched for their school using Google Maps. It was exciting to see how close they were to the Gulf of Mexico! We also noticed that because their school was brand new in August, all we could see on Google Maps was a construction area. We have also received pieces from the Hudson River Valley area of New York, a town outside of Chicago, Illinois, a small town in SW Kansas, a piece from northern California, one from a middle school in right here in Connecticut, and a town in Kentucky. Our school community loves to watch the new mural growing in the hallway. We are hoping to do a mini-traveling mural project with schools in Connecticut beginning in January. And of course, we can't wait til next year!
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AuthorMrs. Lussier is a Library Media Specialist at Brewster Elementary School in Durham, CT and at John Lyman Elementary School in Middlefield, CT. I am passionate about getting kids reading (ok, everyone!), wondering, using technology and having FUN! President of CT Association of School Librarians Blogroll
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