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What's the point? Having students identify and describe the main idea of the story is an important skills. I was amazed this week by our multiage students who easily identified the point of Stone Soup as being all about giving and sharing. Traditional tales are often told so kids can get the point. But who knew that you could use Dr. Seuss for some deeper messages? Maybe I'll try some of those next week since connections is a focus for Gr. 2 and Gr. 3. This week with Gr. 2 and Gr. 3 we talked about connections and how they often help us decide whether or not we like a story. There is a relationship between the number of connections you make and your enjoyment.  Kindy's and Gr. 1's made connections between traditional fairy tales and twisted ones. Sometimes we over think things, I have to stop myself when teaching students connections from not going overboard and connecting to myself, other books as well as the world all in one story. This article about school playgroun...

“It is an error … to think of children as a special kind of creature, almost a different race, rather than as normal, if immature, members of a particular family, and of the human family at large,”  J. R. R. Tolkien Browsing for new books is one of my favourite parts of being a librarian. And getting input from others is great. Social Media has changed the way I browse for books, I often look at other librarians or educators blogs, Facebook pages, Scoop.it and random newspapers. A Mighty Girl does have great books that encourage girls to be empowered but she has a wider range of genres as well including some interesting multicultural books and some hilarious humorous books. The Facebook page I recently used for my shopping list is the PYP Library , which has the latest books and includes articles about the latest strategies and happenings in education. Scoop.it allows people to share articles or scoop them with others. You use tags to help people find topics and keep your own art...

Grade 4 students will soon be creating their own book trailers using iMovie. There's are some examples to help them see what the program is capable of doing. Watch this space!