For the past few weeks, many of our Kindergarten Scientists have been using our iPads and an online research database (PebbleGo) in order to become experts on an animal of their choosing. Families can now explore our World Of Animals. 
Student work is behind a very simple password, please contact your student’s classroom teacher for the password.
For passwords and access to subscription databases provided by Seattle Public Schools, please contact Ms. Wynkoop.
To celebrate poetry month, students in Ms. Manley, Ms. Outhouse, and Ms. Filep’s classes have used our library’s collection, along with the Book Creator app to create Book Spine Poems. Enjoy!
| Ms. Manley | Fairy |
Bagley Peace Prize
Each week, 5th grade students from rooms 5, 8 and 213 come to the library to work collaboratively on Current Events. We are now moving on to more in depth research in preparation for highlighting nominees for the first annual Bagely Peace Prize. Thanks to Andy Plemmons for his guidance and inspiration!
After selecting and researching a notable person, students will write and record their nomination video to be shared via FlipGrid. Our researchers will then solicit votes from our DBE Community (forthcoming Google Form) and Beyond to tabulate and eventually award the winner the Bagley Peace Prize.
Our Bagley Peace Prize will be awarded to the candidate that exemplifies the following criteria: dependable, kind peaceful, determined, modest, fair, brave, loyal, honest, respectful and helpful.
The seeding voting has begun for March Book Madness 2016!
Submit your selections HERE!
Brackets for #MBM2016 are divided into two categories, Fantasy and Reality.
After 4 weeks of research and production, Rooms 209 and 7 have compiled their own eBooks on Voting Rights and the Common Good. Each scholar’s name is linked to their eBook and an alternate .pdf is linked in parentheses.
Student work is kept behind a password. Please contact your child’s teacher if you do not know the password to this page.
Thank you, and enjoy!
For the second time, DBE Readers will be participating in a worldwide March Book Madness. Thanks to the Nerdy Book Club, all DBE readers have the opportunity to help seed (select) 16 participants (books) to compete in a bracket modeled after NCAA’s March Madness. The theme for 2016 is FANTASY vs. FICTION.
Brackets are available for Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers and Young Adult Titles. DBE Readers will be looking solely at the Pictures Books Bracket. Thanks to our DBE PTA, and their Special Initiatives Grant, we will have 3 copies of each MBM title available!
If your student would like to submit their selections, independent of our school wide selections, they can simply use the Picture Books Form (available after March 1).
Let the Games Begin!
In order to prepare ourselves for our CBA (Classroom Based Assessment), we will begin to explore the issue of Voting Rights through the following Glog. We will be researching Voter IDs and looking at how voting rights are or are not a common good.
Be sure to keep track of your sources. You can find a copy of our Glogster Bibliography here.
This is our first year as a part of Seattle Public Library’s Global Reading Challenge! We are so excited to have 7 FULL teams of 4th and 5th grade readers participating.
On January 28, all GRC participants will have the opportunity to go the Downtown branch of the Seattle Public Library to hear Margi Preus talk about her book, The Heart of a Samurai.
Our schedule for remaining practices is:
January
6 – complete notecards for individual reading plans, intro organizational system (stickers), read. Make a list of books that are needed. Permission slips for Field trip.
13 – Return Permission Slips for Field trip, checkin with personal reading plan, read.
20 – Return Permission Slips for Field trip, checkin with personal reading plan, read.
27 – practice round
28 – Margi Preus author field trip – downtown public library
February
3 – practice round
10 – practice round & team posters.
12 – in-school competition
Many DBE Classrooms have begun to play book BINGO both as individual readers and as a classroom community. Our BINGO boards provide:
DBE Families can get in on the BINGO action – especially with an extended holiday break just around the corner. Choose which BINGO board fits your family best and just get started!
Once you get going, share your BINGO squares and pics of your BINGO boards on Twitter @dbelibrary.
Our Fall Book Fair was a huge success!! Thanks to Mary Park and Alison Rice, our book fair co-chairs, for your all of your help.
In partnership with the University of Washington Bookstore, 25% of all book sales directly support the continued growth of our school library. This year, Daniel Bagley Library will receive over $2000 in store credit!
Thank you to everyone who was able to support our library with purchases or with your volunteer hours.