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The Toothless Wonders

2/12/2014

Check out these First Grade Toothless Wonders!

After hearing their classmate read aloud from her favorite part in the book, Junie B., First Grader Toothless Wonder, by Barbara Park, they all couldn't wait to show the missing space in their own mouth.

The reader said, "I have something in common with Junie B. She lost the same tooth that I did. Top teeth are scary." Listen to her enthusiastic reading of her favorite passage below.

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Strong words: Determination, Courage, Unlimited!

2/12/2014

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This photo may not look like much to you but if you saw it up close and read the autograph then you would fully appreciate the awesomeness of this baseball!

After Schechter parent, Grant Finkel, volunteered in the library and heard the story, The Value of Courage: The Story of Jackie Robinson, being read aloud to the first graders, he brought in this object, a signed Jackie Robinson baseball. Grant said, "My Uncle Harry Finkel gave me this baseball when I was a little kid just getting into baseball. I didn't know who Jackie was then but now I understand."

First graders have been hearing the words determination, courage, limited and unlimited a lot during library class. In their unit, Understanding Differences: Eye Disabilities, they read about Helen Keller's determination to speak, hear and see even though she was mute, deaf and blind.

Wilma Rudolph was limited as a child by the childhood virus of polio and the unfair segregation laws but she was determined to become unlimited. She showed the world in the 1960 Olympic Games just how unlimited she could be!

And Jackie Robinson used his courage and determination to break through the color barrier first through baseball and then through his own fears of swimming.

The children got to see another side of this great man, as a father, in the book, Testing the Ice, written by his daughter Sharon Robinson.

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Knock knock

2/4/2014

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Third graders share the classic library lovers knock knock joke. I just love how silly they are!

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Purple and Nine meet STEM

2/3/2014

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I like receiving Tami Lehman-Wilzig's blog. It's always filled with short but very interesting child-centered connections to things Jewish and Israeli. Today's blog, http://zvuvisisrael.blogspot.co.il/2014/02/girls-can-make-it-in-math-and-science.html Zsuvi has a preview of the new animated series created by two female American-Israeli entrepreneurs to help girls get excited about math, science and technology (STEM). Tami shares links to both the Haaretz newspaper article and to the new YouTube video of Purple and Nine's adventures.

The first season will include 12, five-minute cartoon episodes that present several new technologies and encourages viewers to experiment with them to solve various problems.
In this pilot (which will be available at http://www.ganglysister.com/watch/episodes/), Purple and Nine try to use a 3-D printer to fix a chess piece before Purple’s father discovers they’ve broken it. Instead of a chess piece a new creature, similar to a ferret, is born and causes more chaos for the girls.
Hooray for the Purple and Nine Creative team. Can't wait to see more episodes!!

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The Toothless Wonders

Strong words: Determination, Courage, Unlimited!

Knock knock

Purple and Nine meet STEM

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