Infographics

In 6th grade, students are learning about nutrition in their Health class. I collaborated with their teacher to create a culminating project to teach others about what they had researched and learned. We decided to try creating infographics as a way to share information. Infographics are a visual way of presenting information. Students learned about infographics during their library time--and we viewed a lot of infographics on the internet. I then went into their classroom, and taught them how to create an infographic.

1.	Lydia [6- K]	21.	Rhea (6K)	41.	madalyn 6w
2.	Elizabeth (6- K)	22.	Sylvia (6- R)	42.	Oskar 6-W
3.	Olivia( 6K)	23.	Michelle (6-K) Final	43.	Jack 6w
4.	Melissa Final (6K)	24.	Indira (6R)	44.	jonathan( 6W)
5.	Acer (6K)	25.	Bjorn (6W)	45.	leeminja
6.	Jaden (6K)	26.	Miranda( 6W)	46.	Amya
7.	Hussein	27.	Nathan (6W)	47.	kelly
8.	Olivia ' 6R'	28.	Denis( 6J)	48.	Minjae 6W
9.	Lisan	29.	Eric (6W)	49.	Lucas( 6W)
10.	Maxine( 6- K)	30.	Tatum (6W)	50.	Tiiso 6W
11.	hussein	31.	Hayley (6W)	51.	Olivia (6W)
12.	Kaitlyn (6-K) Final	32.	Bella (6W)	52.	Lucas( 6W)
13.	Jaden (6K) Final	33.	pasy (6W)	53.	Sherrie 6w
14.	Ethan( 6- K)	34.	carly 6w	54.	Madison 6-W
15.	Carrie (6- K)	35.	Yaodong( 6w)	55.	Olivia Final (6W)
16.	hussein {6- k}	36.	changyoon (6W)	56.	Yujin( 6W)
17.	Olivia( 6K) FINAL	37.	Derek (6W)	57.	Lucas( 6W)
18.	Lydia [6-K] Final	38.	caitlyn 6-w	58.	Yujin( 6W)
19.	Anna Final Version (6- K)	39.	Eleanor (6w)	59.	You're next!
20.	Laura (6- K)	40.	Antavion (6R)

We learned about copyright of images and using the Creative Commons as a resource to find free licenses of images. We learned about citing our sources as well. Students then learned some tools to insert images into their infographic and alter them if needed.
**I was inspired to try making infographics after I read Tamara Cox's post on infographics on her blog The Eliterate Librarian. I also got a lot of great information about teaching  infographics from Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything Page.

Voting

It is election day at Brimhall School. Our students are voting for the last name of our mascot Blaze. It is fun to see them excited to vote. Students may go with their families to vote at the polls tonight to vote in the KIDS VOTING election. It is a great way for kids to experience elections in the real world.

So--go out and vote! If you need to know your polling place in Minnesota, use the poll finder. Super fast, and easy.

I'll Read You Maybe?!

Nothing shows a love of reading more than a great music video! Check out our school grooving to "I'll Read You Maybe?!!"

Video made by one of our great Parent Volunteers!

Read-a-Thon

November is our school Read-a-Thon! This year, students and staff are trying to read 1.5 MILLION minutes in the month of November.

Wow! That's a lot of minutes.

We are reading for fun--and to raise money for our PTA.

See if you can guess who these people are that are reading in our READ-A-THON!

Book Fair

The book Fair is here! Later edit--the book fair is over--and it was a huge success! Check out our online Book Fair to purchase books online or to preview book fair selections: Later edit--the online fair is closed!

CLICK HERE

Brimhall's Online Fair

Book Club Modeling

This past week, I was invited by one of our sixth grade teachers to model a proficient book club. A small group of teachers read My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco. We then prepped quality questions and had a discussion in the middle of her classroom while the students watched us and used a rubric to score how we did. We had a wonderful discussion with a lot of meaningful questions and connections. What a great way to model how a book discussion should look like and sound like. We will be doing it again next year.

Online Catalogs!

This week, fourth graders have learned some of the functions of our online catalog. We use Destiny, and it is really easy for students to use.

Fourth grade is pumped, because they were given their logins and passwords to place books on hold. It had been exciting to see so many kids revved up to read!