Icenhower Intermediate Library

Huskies Celebrate Open House with Book Fair Luau!

Aloha, and welcome to Book Fair Luau at The Ice House!  Huskies and their families enjoyed Open House and spent time reading and shopping at the Book Fair Luau on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Fun Hawaiian decorations and relaxing island music greeted everyone as they spent time among the lighted palm trees, fishing nets and tropical flowers while enjoying beautiful new books from Scholastic.

There was also a 'Guess the Number of Starfish' contest, which was won by Zhane Haskins, 5th grader on Team Iditarod!  Zhane got to pick out $20 worth of merchandise from the Book Fair!  A big Hawaiian Mahalo (Thank You) go our PTA for their generous donation of the prize!

Schooled

On Friday, February 03, students were surprised by a visit from Capricorn "Cap" Anderson during their lunches.  Cap, the main character from the book Schooled,  came to hang out with students at Mary Lillard Intermediate.  Schooled is a book written by Gordon Korman that is being used for our Read it Forward program district wide at the intermediate level.  Students who have read the book, passed a short comprehension test, and participated in the online survey are considered "Schooled".  They then pass one of the 100+ copies of the book along to another student on our campus.  "Schooled" students at MLIS will have a variety of activities in which to participate in the following months.

Carolee Wilson
Lillard Intermediate

Google Earth meets Prezi in the MLIS Library!

I had the opportunity to attend TCEA's Virtual Technology Conference this past week.  While watching a session on Google Earth, the presenter was sharing how to embed student created projects into a pin on Google Earth.  At the time, Language Arts and Socials Studies teacher Mrs. Martinez had a group of her students in the library researching countries.  She had told me they were putting their research information into a Prezi.  I looked up  Prezi to see if what I had learned would work with the program and it would!  I shared it with Mrs. Martinez.  She got excited about it and asked if I would show all of her students how to do it.  I quickly made a handout with the steps and showed all the classes.  Now, when the students present their project, they will begin with a saved Google Earth file.  When it opens, it will zoom to their country so all students will have a visual of where the country is located, what it looks like, etc. and they will launch their Prezi from there. 

I love learning new things and sharing with my faculty and students!

Carolee Wilson
Lillard Intermediate

This isn't your Ordinary Book Report!

Vickie Johnson's 3 Language Arts classes at Mary Lillard Intermediate are learning how to create book trailers for books they have read.  Not only is this their book project, but we are also tying in to Media Literacy and Persuasive Writing.  The students learned about appropriate places to search for pictures they have the right to use, how to cite them and then how to create their video!  Once the videos are created, they will be uploaded to Book Trailers for All's website, I will create QR codes to put on the books.  The students will be able to scan the QR code either in the library using a webcam or at home using their own device to watch the trailer.  I'll post again when we have some finished products to share! 

Carolee Wilson
Lillard Intermediate

Researching in the Library

My November and December calendar has been filled with Language Arts classes and I am so excited!  I asked to visit with the LA teachers during one of the Department meetings.  I shared with them some information about the Big6 research process and let them know that I would gladly share it with their students, as well as, teach a lesson on Citing Sources.  To date, I have had 6 LA teachers bring all of their classes to the library for 2 lessons...one on how to cite their sources and one on the Big6!

Carolee Wilson
Mary Lillard Intermediate

Latte Day in the Library!

Mary Lillard Library sponsored "Latte Day" in the Library Thursday, December 15!  Each Language Arts teacher selected 10 students to attend.  The criteria for being selected was being a student who would love to be rewarded with time to kick back and read!  We served "lattes" to 200 students throughout the day.  The students loved having time to just read!

Math in the Library @ Mary Lillard

Today, Mr. Roe's 6th grade GT math class stopped in the library to apply what they had been learning in class.  The class had been studying decimals.  We decided to show them one real-world application....the Dewey Decimal System!  Students rotated through stations using Destiny Quest, arranging non-fiction books in order, and locating non-fiction books using a call number.  Simple, but fun and relevant!