6th graders learned about the elements of a story using the mentor text "Little Red Riding Hood". We perfected our note-taking skills as we looked at what it takes to make a successful story. Students also are working on using PANDA to search for books more independently.
7th graders are learning more about how to select good books according to their interests. We talked about searching on the computer. Students have improved in using the Library catalog to search for books independently.
8th graders completed their research on the 13 original colonies. We're getting ready to have a mock town hall meeting in the Library Media Center (aka Independence Hall) in mid November. Students have also worked on a multi-genre research project using The Call of the Wild as a mentor text. Their creativity was superb!
Here are some pictures of the 8th graders doing research:
