First, I completed my first Shelf Challenge! I previewed all the Fiction books with an author whose last name began with "P" and found many interesting books, some by authors very familiar and some not as familiar. Gary Paulsen has written sooo many books, and many are in our library. James Patterson, Katherine Paterson, Richard Peck and Christopher Paolini are all popular authors in this library, as well as Barbara Park, Lisa Papademetriou, and Marci Peschke. Students are the primary beneficiaries of this challenge as I have been able to make new recommendations of the books I reviewed. I did also see some "lonely" books and will be looking to find them a new home for next year. The Shelf Challenge has been an excellent learning experience for me and I will be ready for next year's challenge!
April was also Poetry Month and we used some amazing new technology to help celebrate Poem in my Pocket Day! We used the Aurasma app on our ipads to create "auras" or pictures that can be scanned with the use of the app. When you scan the aura, a student magically appears and reads his/her poem in her pocket! It is "so wicked" as one student exclaimed when she saw it work. (I just love it when students get excited.) If you have the chance come by Gilbert and we will show you this cool technology. If you have a smart phone or other smart technology, download the Aurasma app, join and follow Gilbert Intermediate and scan the picture below to watch an example of our newest technology.
Now it is May and we will fly through the rest of the school year!! Let's keep reading!
