In STEAM, most of the students in kindergarten and first grades had a chance to read "The Library Gingerbreadman" and make a gingerbread man decorated with RECYCLED materials. The students could use scraps of paper from our bookmark basket as well as left overs from the bone bridges (straws, pipe cleaners, and q-tips). Ms. Sally was able to use the die cut machine in our building which was a huge time saver. We wanted them to resemble ornaments for the holidays so each gingerbread man got a tiny hole in the head with a loop of string. In addition to the recycled materials, students also go to use crayons, glue sticks, and scissors. Again, the two challenges were using glue sticks for some objects DOES NOT WORK. However, the students in STEAM work on carpet with out tables, so white school glue is not a good idea for clean up. This was a fun, messy project that ties to literacy and science standards!
Dottie Enderle AUTHOR
In library, the Kindergarten and First grade students read "Christmas Tree Memories" and then created a holiday tree as a book extension activity.
In Library, students in second grade finished up learning to use dictionaries! These students defined the words avalanche and blizzard. The students in third grade defined four words in the dictionary the first week and in the second week learned to use a paper encyclopedia. The additional two words were from the science curriculum which were earthquake and tsunami. After the holidays, the same papers will be used in STEAM to show how to use the online version of these books. In addition, students had fun reading two winter books. After Snowflake Bentley, many of the students got to make a cool black paper/chalk snow picture!
It has been a busy fun time in STEAM and Library!
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