This week's library challenge is inspired by one Capilano family who created their own "Capilano Home Library". Libraries are organized in different ways to attract the attention of its users. Here are some ideas for organization:
So this week I challenge you to relook at your bookshelves and create a renewed reading library for your home! | If you are looking to engage others in reading in your house, here are some ideas of things you can do do:
Have another ideas? Please comment below. |
Hold your own Flashlight Friday event in your house! Challenge your entire family to cosy up somewhere is the house with a flashlight and a book to just read for 30 minutes! I would love to see pictures of your event, so please feel free to email me!
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This week's challenge has been inspired by many different books and artists! Particularly, the books, Anywhere Artist by Nikki Slade Robinson and Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis as well as by the artist, Andy Goldsworthy. This Week's Challenge(s)I thought I would try something new and create three different challenges for you to choose from:
Challenge 3 |
This week's library challenge is to look through the bookshelves of your home to find book titles that can be used to create a poem. Check out the task card on the right with details on how to create your own poems. You can also check out my examples below for inspiration. |
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Mrs. Farrell's Examples of Book Spine Poetry
Student and Staff Examples of Book Spine Poetry
April is Poetry Month!
To celebrate I have posted videos on both the Primary Storytime and Intermediate Read Aloud pages so please check them out.
To celebrate I have posted videos on both the Primary Storytime and Intermediate Read Aloud pages so please check them out.
Your Challenge - To Write a Spring Nature Poem: Go for a nature walk and record or describe to an adult all the things you are seeing, hearing, smelling, or touching. Feel free to print off and use the Senses Sheet at the bottom or just use a regular sheet of paper! Once you come back from your walk, use your ideas from your Senses Sheet to write a Triante poem. |
Triante Poem Line 1: One word (Title) Line 2: Two words (Smell) Line 3: Three words (Touch) Line 4: Four words (Sight) Line 5: Five words (Sound) | Example from Reading Rockets: Trees Fresh, green Hard scratchy bark Tall, thin, many branches Soft rustling in the breeze |
My Family's Poem
Blossoms
Sweet, beautiful
Soft fluffy silky
Clumps of blossoms together
Thank you to Reading Rockets for this idea!
Blossoms
Sweet, beautiful
Soft fluffy silky
Clumps of blossoms together
Thank you to Reading Rockets for this idea!
Poetry Sharing
Chickadees
Fresh seeds
Tiny feet perching
Black caps, busy bodies
Chick - a - dee - dee - dee
Poem and Pictures by our very own Ms. Jenna
Fresh seeds
Tiny feet perching
Black caps, busy bodies
Chick - a - dee - dee - dee
Poem and Pictures by our very own Ms. Jenna
Garden
Fresh, Floral
Smooth, Soft, Prickly
Red, Green, Purple Hues
Birds singing, Squirrels running, Peace
Poem and Pictures by our Ms. Melissa
Fresh, Floral
Smooth, Soft, Prickly
Red, Green, Purple Hues
Birds singing, Squirrels running, Peace
Poem and Pictures by our Ms. Melissa
Here I am taking a photo of my front sliding glass door. My family has found a way to share messages and our creativity with friends, families, and members of our community. Your challenge this week is to send a positive message to others displayed either on your window(s) or on your sidewalk. What positive message do you have for others? |
Your challenge is to create an I Spy picture inspired by the I Spy series created by Jean Marcello and Walter Wick.
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Example I Spy Challenge: I spy some things for school A paper clip, a sharpener, and an Expo marker, How cool! | Want ideas? Check out the: |
Here is a LEGO I Spy Challenge from our talented Ms. Melissa
Can you find the Minifigures who are now a part of the LEGO song, “Everything is Awesome”?
- Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you find 3 Minifigures who work for LEGO. Hint: They all have LEGO written on their shirt.
- Everything is awesome, when you find a Minion Minifigure.
- Everything is better when you find a boy fishing. Looks like he caught a big orange fish!
- Some have said you and I are going to win forever? Let’s find Mr. Gold!Hint: He’s made of all gold.
- We're the same unlike you, you're like me we're all working in harmony. Let’s try to find a girl holding a camera.
- Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team. See if you can help your team find the Joker.
- Everything is awesome, when you're living out a dream. Where’s Batman? Hint: There are 2 of him.
- Woo! Three, two, one, go! Find Robin (Batman can’t find him)
- Have you heard the news? Everyone's talking about finding DJ Suki from the Trolls movie. (She’s all pink)
- Life is good because everything awesome when you find Ms. Melissa hanging around the Joker’s Funhouse! Hint: I am in all black and have long brown hair. My shirt says BrickCan in white writing.
Here is a trinket I Spy Challenge from our amazing Ms. Jenna
I Spy...
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Build yourself a fort using materials from your house like bed sheets, blankets, pillows, cushions and hunker down with a good book or online read aloud.
Want to extend the fun, check out Scholastics Fort Ideas |
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Capilano Elementary School
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