National Poetry Month
This is an exciting month as we celebrate poetry in many different forms! Our April lessons will focus on poetry in all grades. April 27th is National "Poem in Your Pocket" Day, so I encourage each of you to celebrate that in your classes. Here is a template to get you started and some additional info.
We are doing "book spine poetry" in the library with grades 3-5 (check out the Padlet!), and we are focusing on space books and sharing "Storytime from Space" to coincide with our StarLab visit in grades K-2. (The kids are LOVING seeing the astronauts and books float around as they read to them!)
You can also use this fun Google Drawing template to create "magnetic poetry" about springtime. I have shared it in the Google Classroom with grades 3-5.
Library Schedule:
Regular classes will resume in April.
April 3-7--B Week
April 10-14--Spring Break
April 17-21--A Week
April 24-28--B Week (April 25th is regional Battle of the Books competition, so I'll be reaching out to reschedule those folks soon!)
April 26--Golightly and Daniels off-campus at all-day technology training at Downeast Middle School
May 1-5--A Week
May 8-12--CIRCULATION ONLY (Library Inventory/EOG Preparation)
May 15-19--CIRCULATION ONLY (Library Inventory/EOG Preparation)
All Books due back in the library by May 19th. (Teachers may continue to check out through the end of the year.)
May 22-25--EOG Preparation
May 26--Science EOGs (5th)
May 31st--Math EOGs (3rd-5th)
June 1st--Reading EOGs (3rd-5th)
June 6th--Read to Achieve Test (select 3rd grade students)
Battle of the Books Update
We only have a few practices left before our REGIONAL competition for Battle of the Books! Our team represented our school well at the county competition and learned a lot, and we are excited to compete against county winners from all over our region! Please remind your students on the team to always be reading at least one BOB book to keep them fresh in their mind. Each team member also has access to battlequestions.com, which helps quiz them on potential questions that may be like the ones at competition, so if they have any extra time during the day, that is a great tool to use to help them sharpen their skills!
Remaining Meeting Dates:
4/5/2023
4/6/2023
4/19/2023
4/20/2023
4/25/2023--Regional EBOB Competition at Morehead Elementary School/Boys & Girls Club
Students will be gone from 9:00-2:15 that day. They will report to your rooms BEFORE reporting to us.
All Battle of the Books shirts need to be laundered and brought back to school to make sure we have them for competition day.
STAFF BOOK CLUB--Yay!!
The first book club meeting was awesome, and we are meeting on Tuesday, April 4th from 6-8pm at Floyd's in MHC to discuss Game Changers (about Dean Smith and Charlie Scott and the way they changed basketball in NC and the world).
CLICK HERE for more information about the books and the NC Reads Grant.
40 Book Challenge!!
Contact Me!
Email: emily.golightly@carteretk12.org
Website: bit.ly/golightlyreads
Location: 219 Chatham Street, Newport, NC, USA
Phone: 252.223.4201 x324426
Facebook: facebook.com/nesmediacenter
Twitter: @EmilyGolightly3
Contact Me!
Email: john.daniels@carteretk12.org
Location: 219 Chatham Street, Newport, NC, USA
Phone: 252.223.4201 x324501