the big green bookshelf

career and community helper room

Ms. P. — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:46:34 +0000

Our library is partnering with the counselor to host community helpers and volunteers discussing their careers at our Career Fair (ish). To support student reading we will post this room on our library site. There are lots of great book read alouds out there, though many of them do focus on younger learners. Happy reading! https://bit.ly/bgbsjobs

easy color and cut- make a standing santa

Ms. P. — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:05:31 +0000

We are making holiday cards and crafts this week in our makerspace. I doodled a santa and more for students to cut out and glue to toliet paper rolls (we ran out really fast). Lots of versions emerged with some students using plaid wrapping paper (recycled) instead of solid red paper. I challenged them to recycle as much as possible for this craft. I printed the image below for them to color, cut and glue. I also invited them to doodle their own if they preferred. Print the image below if you need a handy busy hands paper activity, Happy crafting!

superhero reading and comic celebrations

Ms. P. — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:26:28 +0000

For this year’s COMIC CON, our 5th graders celebrated the genre with reading, making and movie watching. Check out some images of the celebration below, and view our Superhero bitmoji room used during a computer lab rotation. Our comic con scheduling including rotating students through 6 areas of the library and alternate outside stations. This was a little hurried but everyone was busy and never bored!

Stations included superhero/monster cookie making, vintage movie clips (original Batman costumes were commented upon), Star Wars paperbag puppets, sidewalk chalk, and computer lab activities. Students did have time for flashlight reading in the Batcave.

miss spider’s tea party & spider bitroom

Ms. P. — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:17:04 +0000

Spiders Aren’t Spooky if you celebrate with Miss Spider’s Tea Party. In October, we use my spider bitroom to explore both fiction and nonfiction titles about spiders. We culminate our spider reading with a tea party just like Miss Spider! Parents helped us by donating treats and we created mini-donut spiders (edible eyeballs are a hit).