Monday, November 29, 2021

Announcement: Take the Reading Challenge 2 Poll

The poll has been paused due to access issues - stay tuned for details/updates Reading Challenge 2 began October 29. Please help choose an end date for the challenge in the Schoology Library Course (7QWH-T2DV-HHTPN). Students and staff should access the poll in updates and complete by lunchtime on Wednesday.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Friday, October 22, 2021

Deforestation


Station 1
Video 1: Rain Forest (Twitter)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o4dAS_A5jYQMODABQLYdtFC1Oct4nBUE

Station 2
Video 2: Indegious leader in Brazil ... (CBSN on You Tube)
Station 3
Chart 1: Timber value and murders
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o7xBBaqY3LSlwgOVNa6KjGmd4xZMCAGNRqiTdV0Kakc

Station 4
Article 1: Amid Outrage Over Rain Forest . . .
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jRJ3TUZzuEyUwybnKqXjWAxePQLFe41Uzl09W2HkKgc/edit?usp=drivesdk

Station 5
Article 2: Why the Amazon doesn't really produce 20% of the world's oxygen
https://drive.google.com/a/lrsd.org/file/d/1olPrMu7kNPYkRiiVOeY2pheiFk1Emo4N/view?usp=drivesdk

Station 6
Chart 2: Deforestation in the Brazilian Ampn, 1988-2015
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18yyjvFnlM1QoG-CuN8HZ6-dY7vcv3YvD1skGlaH6pac

Other
Destructive Amazon Fires Do Not Threaten Earth's Oxygen Expert Says

Causes of Deforestation in the Brazillian Amazon, 2000-2006

Resources and handouts compiled by J. Davidson/FHSA

Gallery Walk Set-up and Co- Facilitated with Library Media Center Staff

Chance to win $10 (Middle School Guest Author Challenge)

Students 6th-8th, be sure to check your library Schoology folder today (Grade - Notices) for details about our guest authors next week, Sharon Flake (Oct. 25 for 8th Grade) and Kate Milford (Oct. 27 for 6th and 7th Grade). Enter a chance to win $10 (cash or gift card) for yourself and 1 of your teachers. 

Access the challenge here as a copy and share the completed document to deidre.williams@lrsd.org:

8th Grade Activity

6th and 7th Grade Activity


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Other ways to submit (see your grade level discussion groups):


8th Grade Only (Go to Groups)

Activate: NZN5-DSSM-56DM2


7th Grade Only (Go to Groups)

Activate: N2TP-P77Q-6FZJM


6th Grade Only (Go to Groups)

Activate: 8ZNM-CM78-2D38G


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All Students (Go to Courses)

Activate: 7QWH-T2DV-HHTPN

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Monday, October 18, 2021

Kate Milford October 27 Virtual 10am

 Guest Author

Forest Heights STEM Academy

6th and 7th Gradesmo

October 27 10am

Virtual Zoom  https://zoom.us/j/96284738005?pwd=RWNoMDRiMUc2MVdQdWpFLzUxNHNuUT09  (New link 10:23AM)

 Submit questions: 

https://forms.gle/Lfo6WWcEM5Zwt38L8


From Central Arkansas Library






Sharon Flake Oct 25 Virtual 10am

 Guest Author

Forest Heights STEM Academy + Hall

8th - 12th Grades

October 25   10am

Virtual

(teachers click this link for details)

 Students and staff may submit questions to the Author

 Teacher resources are available here.





Wednesday, September 29, 2021

8th Grade Orientation

 

Slide Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1spv5I-2Hth1sEuJQgRlLqkkOgEe9t39InMmYYTeLi70/edit?usp=sharing

Need to Visit the Book Fair - Check the Best Times Here

Here are good times to check-in with the library staff about the Book Fair.


Friday, October 1

(Subject to Change by Grade, Check Before Arriving)

8:10-8:40 - may be in hallway delivery bags

8:40-9:10

9:10-9:40

9:40-10:10

10:10-10:40

TBA


Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Read My Height Mini-Challenge #1: Summer Reading in Review (Staff and Students)


1st- Consider a book you read this summer

 

2nd- Select and submit one chat question on the Read My Challenge Site

  https://forms.gle/uPNu7jAhP72SRiw5A 

(K-3 may submit retell drawings to the library instead of submitting online)

3rd-Check your group’s progress in front of the library

Staff, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

 

The challenge link is also available in 

Schoology > Library Course (Activation: 7QWH-T2DV-HHTPN) 

or

https://sites.google.com/lrsd.org/readmyheightfh/home

 


Follow Challenge Results

Monday, July 12, 2021

Get Inspired: Way to Go Yashika On Reading 300 Books

 



Share what you have been reading here:https://forms.gle/uPNu7jAhP72SRiw5A.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Summer Reading and Learning 2021




Reading Programs

 Barnes and Noble (Grades 1 - 6)

Camp Book It (up to 6th Grade)

Kawaii House 3 Books for Boba

Scholastic Summer Reading


Curriculum Topics and Resources for Preventing Learning Loss

 Arkansas PBS Rise and Shine (Programming Aimed at Preventing Learning Loss K-5)

myarkansaspbs.org/riseandshine

(Try Reading Books About Your Grade Level Topics)



From Scholastic:








Other

Math, Coding, and More


Home Activities from 4H (Free Download Prek-12)


Monday, April 26, 2021

3 Books for Free Boba, April - August 2021


We're excited to announce a partnership with Kawaii Boba House LR. Here's how it works:

1- Students obtain the certificate from the FHSA Library Media Center
(Receive after you submit your first book for the Book Cover Reading Challenge until May 12)

2 - Read 3 "just right" books* and discuss with an adult or 
Until May 12, Submit What You Have Read and Discussed with an Adult This Semester 

3 - Get a signature from your teacher of library staff (ask about parent option in the summer)

4 - After 3 books marked and authorized signature, 
visit Kawaii Boba House to order and enjoy your Boba Tea
(certificates should be left with the cashier for library staff pick-up)

*Just Right books are those recommended by teacher, library staff and/or in your ZPD (reading range).  Ask for assistance in the library.  Find challenge and reading level details on the Library Schoology Page (Code: 7QWH-T2DV-HHTPN).
 

Friday, April 16, 2021

Billy Sure Competition Submissions April 2021

 

District Winners Update

Adil Yelen - 1st Place T-shirt Logo Design

Isabel Hansen - 3rd Place Invention - Tubie Friend



Presenters: Adil, Isabel, and Sanaa

Also view a The Talk Brush Demo (Slide 5, You Tube player)





Congratulations Adil, Sanaa, Isabel, Nyah, Autumn, HJ, and Serenity!

Monday, April 5, 2021

Contest and Challenge Kick-off Celebrating National Library Week (Congrats Winners 5.13.21)

Congratulations to Janani, Sanjay, Pranav, Sadie, Harrison, Henry, and Michael



Congratulations to boomark design winners: Sanaa, Adil, Sadie, and Charlotte.




Check the FHSA Library Schoology Page for details and submission process or Click Here 
(must be activated 7QWH-T2DV-HHTPN).

1 - Bookmark Design Contest (due Apr 23)
*Black & White original artwork for standard bookmark size
*Submit on the Library Schoology Page

2 - Book Cover Reading Challenge (log all books completed by May 12)
*Read the book and discuss with an adult
*Take a photo of you showing the book cover
*Rate, review, or create (new book cover or book trailer) = Challenge Points Vary
*Submit on the Library Schoology Page

3 - Recommend prize options (students can make suggestions)
*Submit on the Library Schoology Page

Monday, March 15, 2021

Reading Challenge Results and Status December 2020 - January 2021


Congratulations to the top students per grade (December 19 - January 29).

Complete the Virtual Event Survey at: https://forms.gle/cBrEbbcbfGfQbGcK6

 

Grade 5 

HuhnoLee
AhmetYelen
PrishaBhandari
ChihiroSimmons
SadieLivers
SanaaHunter
JonathanGeter
NataleeDyess
MarleyBanks
KassadiTims
AnnieEubanks
JayceUtsey
JulietSeale
BryceCampbell
AllenPhillips


Grade 4 

JordynMiller
IsabelHansen
AnnalisseJenkins
MariyahJohnson
RaheemAlabi
JadenJohnson
IsiahHoward
LanaHull
DestinyUkadike
AnthonyLai


Grade 3  

SamuelJanganati
KhloeHouston
PranavBhandari
AltonPhillips
JoshuaWebb
ArloBreaker
JaydenNelson
NadiaAdams
JustinSpencer-Cole
JasonReedy


Grade 2 

VanessaLai
FrancisWade
KyleighBadejo
LauraHull
TessaVocque
ChloeMaass
KarterLindseyBoyles
ZainGamble
BrooklynnBridges
GraceButler
ReubenSaunders
RebeccaDoss

Grade 1 

MackenzieEnochNoble
MagdalenaKinder
CarterBulloch
EverettBerry
JeremyMenjivarSibrian
EverleighStaton
BeckhemStuart
BrooklynnMcjoy
JaxonStout

Grade K 

GwendolynPerez
BennettLiem
EmersonBerry
MasonCoker
XavierSummerville
SkylarNoble
ZaidenMartin
GraemeMcElroy


Congratulations to the following students and 3rd Grade for Top Reading on Myon December 19, 2020 - January 19, 2021:

Top Grade - 3rd Grade (Wright, Hanson, and Carson)


Top Students   

JordynMiller4th Grade
SamuelJanganati3rd Grade
KhloeHouston3rd Grade
IsabelHansen4th Grade
VanessaLai2nd Grade
HuhnoLee5th Grade
PranavBhandari3rd Grade
GwendolynPerezKindergarten
BennettLiemKindergarten
MackenzieEnochNoble1st Grade
MagdalenaKinder1st Grade


The challenge is extended until January 29  to add to the top for each grade.
Winners will be invited to design their own Virtual Theme Listening Party (Stories and Music from
Frozen, Lion King, Kids Bop 80's, etc.). Check back for details here.

6th - 8th don't forget about the Reading Bingo for drawing entry, dropped assignment, and dropped grade prizes.