Congratulations to the Frost students who earned the Movie Party by participating in Frost Flyers Stick to Reading program! 56% of the students earned 6 stickers on their Reading Chart and were invited to the Movie Party! Here is the grade level break down:
Kindergarten 97%
1st Grade 97%
2nd Grade 65%
3rd Grade 33%
4th Grade 23%
5th Grade 27%
Click here if you would like to learn more about the Frost Flyers Stick to Reading Program.
What a treat! 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Frost students were introduced to Cassie Beasley, a 2016 Bluebonnet Award nominee! She talked about what authors do (read a lot, write a lot, edit, edit and edit some more!). She shared her favorite books (Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones, A long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck, and Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson). She read a passage from her book Circus Mirandus (see below video) and she led the students in creating their own crazy story. Thanks to L.E.A.F. (Lamar Educational Awards Foundation) for covering Ms. Beasley’s travel expenses! And thanks to Mr. Avinger for creating the amazing banner!
Our 3rd grade students have spent the last 4 Mondays creating Stop Motion Animation videos of Nursery Rhymes to show the Kindergarten students. Take a look at the finished products below.
Check out the book trailers for the 2016/2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees! I read all 20 amazing books over the summer. My top 5 favorites are (5) Space Case (4) Woof (3) Fog Diver (2) Roller Girl and my #1 favorite book was Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley! And guess what?!? Cassie Beasley will be visiting Frost the week of November 7th! I can’t wait to meet the author of this magical book!
3rd graders had a great time in Maker Monday learning how to design circuits using the littleBits we were awarded through a L.E.A.F grant. Students created jungle characters with craft supplies and added littleBits circuit pieces to give their creature a super power. Then they wrote a story about their Techno Jungle Creature using its super powers to save the day. Check out their Maker Monday journey in this video:
The Reading Reward Building Party was a HUGE success! Kindergarten and 1st grade students enjoyed building stations while 2nd through 5th grade students worked together to build motorized robotic vehicles. Thanks to all the library volunteers who helped! Check out the pictures from each grade level.
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
Life Skills
I’m a mother of two adult children, three adult step-children and a grandmother to five precious grandchildren. When my kids were younger I read aloud to them every night as part of our bedtime routine. Sure, our schedules were hectic with sports and other afterschool activities but I made reading aloud every night a priority and here’s why: (1) Research has established a link between listening to books read aloud and school success. Children acquire language by listening to language. Books have a more sophisticated sentence structure and vocabulary than spoken language. So when children listen to books read aloud on a regular basis, their vocabulary increases and they have a giant advantage over a child who hasn’t heard those words. (2) Reading aloud increases a child’s reading comprehension. When children listen to books, they create mental images of the story in their head. Creating mental images is a very important reading comprehension skill that leads to reading success. (3) Do you have a reluctant reader? Reading aloud to children whets their appetite for independent reading and will help develop a passion for reading. Your child’s reading level isn’t as high as his listening level so you can and should be reading books at a much higher reading level (about 2 grades higher). The characters and plot will be more complicated and exciting and will hook your child into the real fun of reading independently. (4) Reading together builds relationships and opens up opportunities to discuss important issues that your child may be facing. When you talk about difficult issues of a character in a book together, it sounds less like a lecture (which we all know goes in one ear and out the other!) and more like a conversation.
So where to begin? Over the remainder of the school year, I’m going to be recommending books that are great read alouds for different age groups. My recommendations today are books that have been turned into movies. Reading a book and then watching the movie is a great way to get the entire family involved. Check out these fantastic book-movie combinations!
Book: The Complete Adventures of Curious George; by Margret Rey; 432 pg.
Movie: Curious George; Rated G
Recommended: Kindergarten and up
Book: Beezus and Ramona; by Beverly Cleary; 183 pg. Family life fiction, humor
Movie: Ramona and Beezus; Rated G
Recommended: Kindergarten and up
Book: Charlotte’s Web; by E.B. White; 184 pg. Animal and farm life fantasy fiction
Movie: Charlotte’s Web; Rated G
Recommended: Kindergarten and up
Book: How to Eat Fried Worms; by Thomas Rockwell; 115 pg.; Humor
Movie: How to Eat Fried Worms; Rated PG
Recommended: 2nd grade and up
Book: 
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread; by Kate DiCamillo; 267 pg. Fairy Tale/Fantasy
Movie: The Tale of Despereaux; Rated G
Recommended: 2nd grade and up
Book: Fantastic Mr. Fox; by Roald Dahl; 81 pg. Action/Adventure, Humor
Movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox; Rated PG
Recommended: 2nd grade and up
Book: Pippi Longstocking; by Astrid Lindgren; 207 pg. Action/Adventure, Humor
Movie: The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking; Rated G
Recommended: 2nd grade and up
Book: The Indian in the Cupboard; by Lynn Reid Banks; 227 pg.; Fantasy, Friendship
Movie: The Indian in the Cupboard; Rated PG
Recommended: 3rd grade and up
Book: How to Train Your Dragon: The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking; by Cressida Cowell; 214 pg.; Fantasy, Humor
Movie: How to Train Your Dragon; Rated PG
Recommended: 4th grade and up
Books: The Harry Potter Series; by J.K. Rowling; 250+ pg. each, Fantasy, Friendship
Movies: Same titles as the books; Rated PG
Recommended: 4th grade and up
Book: Holes; by Louis Sachar; 265 pg.; Mystery, Friendship
Movie: Holes; Rated PG
Recommended: 5th grade and up
Book: A Wrinkle in Time; by Madeleine L’Engle; 262 pg.; Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Movie: A Wrinkle in Time; Rated PG
Recommended: 5th grade and up
The Maker Monday program provides an opportunity for students to explore, create, invent and problem solve in a collaborative environment that fosters authentic, hands-on, inquiry-based learning. They learn how to experiment and construct in a setting that invites curiosity, inspires wonder and celebrates unique solutions. With the Maker Monday program, Frost Library empowers budding engineers, inventors, artists, programmers, builders, performers and more!
Third Grade created stop motion animation videos to recreate a scene from a favorite book. Check out some pictures we took during the creation process:
Check out the finished products:
Kindergarten traveled around the “Library Community” to read. Each group used an iPad to scan QR codes that linked to images of environmental print. Environmental print are words you can read all around your environment such as on the road, in your house, in a store or even at the movie theater. Check out some examples of environmental print that you can read. You can also watch the slideshow of our Kindergarteners in action. They are SUPER READERS!
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Join us this week for our Scholastic Book Fair!
Book Fair Hours
Monday 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Tuesday 7:45 am – 3:30 pm
Academic Fun Night Tuesday night 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Wednesday 7:45 am – 3:30 pm
Thursday 7:45 am – 3:30 pm
Friday 7:45 am – 12:00 pm
