Well, the Library Orientations are well under way!
School Staff is looking forward to taking in Widget Wednesdays, a ten part series in computer apps available to staff after school on Wednesdays.
Please note: TD Canadian Children's Book Week has been moved from November to April 30-May7, 2011!
www.bookweek.ca
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Design Bookmarks Using PowerPoint!
Notes from:
“Designing Bookmarks” by Gareth Poon (The Bookmark, Fall 2009, Vol. 50 Issue 1, pp. 25)
-Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
*Italicized points differ from original instructions(2003).
1. Launch PowerPoint
2. From the ‘design’ tab click on page setup.
3. For “Width,” enter 4 inches. For “Height,” enter 6 inches. Click “OK.” (If you are using PowerPoint 2003 for Windows, enter 40 inches for the width and 60 inches for the height).
4. Under the ‘home’ tab click on the ‘shapes’ button.
5. Choose the ‘line’ option, and draw a line straight down the center of the slide. (To make this easier, you may want to ‘view’ tab and make sure that the ‘ruler’ option has a checkmark beside it.
6. Add text and images to the left side of your bookmark.
7. Under the ‘home’ tab press the ‘select’ button near the very right hand side of the menu bar. Choose the ‘select all’ option.
8. Still on the ‘home’ tab, choose the ‘copy’ button from the left hand side of the menu button. This creates a duplicate of everything on the left hand side of the slide.
9. Drag all of the duplicated items to the right side of the bookmark. You can also use the arrow keys to move the items around.
10. Click on the dividing line that you drew in step 5. Press the ‘delete’ key to remove it.
11. Click the big Microsoft button in the top left hand corner and choose ‘Save As.”
12. In the ‘format’ drop-down menu, choose “JPEG.”
13. 14. 15. Only apply to people who are using PowerPoint 2004 for Mac (see The Bookmark Book)
16. Name your bookmark, choose a location, and click ‘save.’ This will produce a JPEG file (i.e. image file) in the location that you specified.
17. Upload this JPEG file to a photofinishing website (such as https://www.londondrugs.com/ldps) or bring it to a photofinishing store on a USH flash drive.
18. Order 4” x 6” borderless prints with a matte finish.
19. When you pick up your order, kindly ask the technician if they can cut the stack of print in half. If they can’t, take the prints to an office/copy store (e.g. Office Depot) and ask them to cut the prints in half.
*Updates by Andrea Meerstra May 2010.
“Designing Bookmarks” by Gareth Poon (The Bookmark, Fall 2009, Vol. 50 Issue 1, pp. 25)
-Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
*Italicized points differ from original instructions(2003).
1. Launch PowerPoint
2. From the ‘design’ tab click on page setup.
3. For “Width,” enter 4 inches. For “Height,” enter 6 inches. Click “OK.” (If you are using PowerPoint 2003 for Windows, enter 40 inches for the width and 60 inches for the height).
4. Under the ‘home’ tab click on the ‘shapes’ button.
5. Choose the ‘line’ option, and draw a line straight down the center of the slide. (To make this easier, you may want to ‘view’ tab and make sure that the ‘ruler’ option has a checkmark beside it.
6. Add text and images to the left side of your bookmark.
7. Under the ‘home’ tab press the ‘select’ button near the very right hand side of the menu bar. Choose the ‘select all’ option.
8. Still on the ‘home’ tab, choose the ‘copy’ button from the left hand side of the menu button. This creates a duplicate of everything on the left hand side of the slide.
9. Drag all of the duplicated items to the right side of the bookmark. You can also use the arrow keys to move the items around.
10. Click on the dividing line that you drew in step 5. Press the ‘delete’ key to remove it.
11. Click the big Microsoft button in the top left hand corner and choose ‘Save As.”
12. In the ‘format’ drop-down menu, choose “JPEG.”
13. 14. 15. Only apply to people who are using PowerPoint 2004 for Mac (see The Bookmark Book)
16. Name your bookmark, choose a location, and click ‘save.’ This will produce a JPEG file (i.e. image file) in the location that you specified.
17. Upload this JPEG file to a photofinishing website (such as https://www.londondrugs.com/ldps) or bring it to a photofinishing store on a USH flash drive.
18. Order 4” x 6” borderless prints with a matte finish.
19. When you pick up your order, kindly ask the technician if they can cut the stack of print in half. If they can’t, take the prints to an office/copy store (e.g. Office Depot) and ask them to cut the prints in half.
*Updates by Andrea Meerstra May 2010.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Website resource for parents:
http://pluggedinparent.com/
Features a number of articles of particular interest to parents regarding kids and technology.
Features a number of articles of particular interest to parents regarding kids and technology.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Have a great summer!
Have a great summer!
If you get a chance, email to me a photo of you reading a book on your summer holiday!
I would love to post them on the foyer TV in September!
ENJOY!
If you get a chance, email to me a photo of you reading a book on your summer holiday!
I would love to post them on the foyer TV in September!
ENJOY!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
June News!
Please see the Library today if your child has materials or fines owing.
ONLY students who are clear at the Library will receive their yearbooks.
June 25th LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE!
Bring your quarters, dimes and nickels!
Get your summer reading on Fun Day!
*Summer Reading:
House of James Summer Reading Club http://www.houseofjames.com/
Call 604-852-3734 for details or see in store after June 17th to register.
Kids’ Summer Reading Club resources http://www.kidssrc.ca/
Sign up at your local public library mid-June.
Can’t get to the public library? Try their e-books! http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/learn/ecollection.htm
Books for pre-K to Adult available for FREE with your FVRL Library account.
Read online or download to your computer, eBook reader or Smartphone.
Travelling by car? Try the public library’s collection of audio books! http://fvrlhp.fvrl.bc.ca/search/X
Type in your keyword and narrow your search by Material Type: Books on tape or Books on CD.
Don’t forget to stop by your Church Library for more summer reading resources!
*Keep those card fronts! The Library continues to collect any used greeting card fronts (trim off the personal writing) for making bookmarks throughout the year. Thank you to Judy Tyers of Bethesda House who makes these bookmarks for us.
*Did you pay for a lost Library book? Keep looking over the summer! The Library would love to have the item back and give you your refund in September.
Thank you to all our Library Student and Parent Volunteers for all their help all year!
Consider volunteering in the Library this September! We need you!
ONLY students who are clear at the Library will receive their yearbooks.
June 25th LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE!
Bring your quarters, dimes and nickels!
Get your summer reading on Fun Day!
*Summer Reading:
House of James Summer Reading Club http://www.houseofjames.com/
Call 604-852-3734 for details or see in store after June 17th to register.
Kids’ Summer Reading Club resources http://www.kidssrc.ca/
Sign up at your local public library mid-June.
Can’t get to the public library? Try their e-books! http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/learn/ecollection.htm
Books for pre-K to Adult available for FREE with your FVRL Library account.
Read online or download to your computer, eBook reader or Smartphone.
Travelling by car? Try the public library’s collection of audio books! http://fvrlhp.fvrl.bc.ca/search/X
Type in your keyword and narrow your search by Material Type: Books on tape or Books on CD.
Don’t forget to stop by your Church Library for more summer reading resources!
*Keep those card fronts! The Library continues to collect any used greeting card fronts (trim off the personal writing) for making bookmarks throughout the year. Thank you to Judy Tyers of Bethesda House who makes these bookmarks for us.
*Did you pay for a lost Library book? Keep looking over the summer! The Library would love to have the item back and give you your refund in September.
Thank you to all our Library Student and Parent Volunteers for all their help all year!
Consider volunteering in the Library this September! We need you!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
RABS May - June 2010
RABS
May 3-7, 2010
Kindergarten: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Grade 1: Fluffy Grows a Garden by Kate McMullan
Grade 2: Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker
Grade 3: Stanley's Beauty Contest by Linda Bailey
Grade 4: Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller. Along with a fun storyline illustrating good manners, students learned about pig-latin.
Grade 5: If the World Were a Village by David Smith
May 10-14, 2010
Kindergarten: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Grade 1: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Grade 2: Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Grade 3: Follow that Bus! By Suzan Reid
Grade 4: Church Camp Summer Cramp by Chris Thaler
Grade 5: Tale of a Great White Fish by Maggie De Vries (and Rick Hansen)
May 17-21, 2010
Kindergarten: Pete’s A Pizza by William Steig
Grade 1: The Most Amazing Dinosaur by James Stevenson
Grade 2: Mr. McMouse by Leo Leonni
Grade 3: Pink! By Lynne Rickards
Grade 4: Ted by Toni Diterlizzi
Grade 5: A chapter of BOY by Roald Dahl.
May 24-28, 2010
Kindergarten: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Grade 1: Bad Boys Get Cookie by Margie Palatini
Grade 2: Lom and the Gnatters by Kurusa
Grade 3: Because Brian Hugged His Mother by David L. Rice
Grade 4: There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnigan adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Grade 5: Yay, You! By Sandra Boynton
May 31-June 4, 2010
Kindergarten: The Turn Around Upside Down Alphabet Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Grade 1: Mickey McGruffin’s Ear by John Hall, Pie Rats Ahoy by Richard Scarry
Grade 2: Arthur’s Tractor by Pippa Goodheart
Grade 3: The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews. The illustrations in this book give a whole new perspective to old nursery rhymes. Sure to inspire creative photography! Encouraged students to take photographs of objects that start with the different letters of the alphabet and make their own book on the computer.
Grade 4: Gilbert de la Frogponde: A Swamp Story by Jennifer Rae
Grade 5: Oh the Places You’ll Go Dr. Seuss
June 7-11, 2010
K-3: Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Kindergarten: Willow’s Whispers by Lana Button
Grade 1: Willow’s Whispers by Lana Button
Grade 2: Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears by Linda Bailey
Grade 3: My Librarian is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs (this would be a great book to sign out during Freedom to Read Week in February!) This book was recently published in Japanese. See Margriet's Blog at http://www.margrietruurs.com/
Grade 4 & 5: DVD Interview: In this half hour long DVD, Jon Scieszka, author of Math Curse, The Stinky Cheese Man, The Book that Jack Wrote, and the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs interviews Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jeff Kinney describes where he gets the ideas for his stories, his writing process and how he overcame the pull of video games. He encourages students to always do their best and have pride in their work, even when doing tasks they don’t like.
May 3-7, 2010
Kindergarten: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Grade 1: Fluffy Grows a Garden by Kate McMullan
Grade 2: Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker
Grade 3: Stanley's Beauty Contest by Linda Bailey
Grade 4: Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller. Along with a fun storyline illustrating good manners, students learned about pig-latin.
Grade 5: If the World Were a Village by David Smith
May 10-14, 2010
Kindergarten: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Grade 1: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Grade 2: Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Grade 3: Follow that Bus! By Suzan Reid
Grade 4: Church Camp Summer Cramp by Chris Thaler
Grade 5: Tale of a Great White Fish by Maggie De Vries (and Rick Hansen)
May 17-21, 2010
Kindergarten: Pete’s A Pizza by William Steig
Grade 1: The Most Amazing Dinosaur by James Stevenson
Grade 2: Mr. McMouse by Leo Leonni
Grade 3: Pink! By Lynne Rickards
Grade 4: Ted by Toni Diterlizzi
Grade 5: A chapter of BOY by Roald Dahl.
May 24-28, 2010
Kindergarten: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Grade 1: Bad Boys Get Cookie by Margie Palatini
Grade 2: Lom and the Gnatters by Kurusa
Grade 3: Because Brian Hugged His Mother by David L. Rice
Grade 4: There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnigan adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Grade 5: Yay, You! By Sandra Boynton
May 31-June 4, 2010
Kindergarten: The Turn Around Upside Down Alphabet Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Grade 1: Mickey McGruffin’s Ear by John Hall, Pie Rats Ahoy by Richard Scarry
Grade 2: Arthur’s Tractor by Pippa Goodheart
Grade 3: The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews. The illustrations in this book give a whole new perspective to old nursery rhymes. Sure to inspire creative photography! Encouraged students to take photographs of objects that start with the different letters of the alphabet and make their own book on the computer.
Grade 4: Gilbert de la Frogponde: A Swamp Story by Jennifer Rae
Grade 5: Oh the Places You’ll Go Dr. Seuss
June 7-11, 2010
K-3: Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Kindergarten: Willow’s Whispers by Lana Button
Grade 1: Willow’s Whispers by Lana Button
Grade 2: Gordon Loggins and the Three Bears by Linda Bailey
Grade 3: My Librarian is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs (this would be a great book to sign out during Freedom to Read Week in February!) This book was recently published in Japanese. See Margriet's Blog at http://www.margrietruurs.com/
Grade 4 & 5: DVD Interview: In this half hour long DVD, Jon Scieszka, author of Math Curse, The Stinky Cheese Man, The Book that Jack Wrote, and the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs interviews Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jeff Kinney describes where he gets the ideas for his stories, his writing process and how he overcame the pull of video games. He encourages students to always do their best and have pride in their work, even when doing tasks they don’t like.
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