One Book, One School Family Reading Night

Thank you to everyone who came to our Family Reading Night last week! To go along with the book Prospect's hallway had stations for each of the ten Dewey Decimal sections. Families started off by finding their assigned starting section and then completed different activities, from building "squishy circuits" in the 600s, to writing poetry in the 800s, to making up trivia questions and decorating a game board for the 000s. We also heard from storyteller W. Nikola-Lisa.
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, 

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Manners Advice Video from Family Reading Night

At our Family Reading Night, families had to find different stations based on the numbers in the Dewey Decimal System. In the 100s area, students were invited to give manners advice. Here's what they had to say:

One Book, One School Family Night!

Next week is an exciting week for Prospect readers! The Bookfair will be in the Gym on Thursday, Nov. 20 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm; 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm), Friday, Nov. 21 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm), and Monday, Nov. 24 (2:00 pm - 6:00 pm).


We will also celebrate our reading of our One Book, One School book, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, with a Family Reading Night! It will be on Thursday, Nov. 20 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  Families will be able to listen to entertaining stories from storyteller W. Nikola-Lisa in an upbeat, action-packed presentation filled with music and lots of humor. Prospect's hallways will be transformed into stations relating to the 10 divisions of the Dewey Decimal System, with activities ranging from using conductive dough to make "Squishy Circuits" to designing your own Greek monster. We hope to see you and your family there!

Going Batty

Third graders have been doing bat research! After being introduced to the topic, students brainstormed questions and chose one they wanted to research. They have been using books and websites from the LibGuide: http://libguides.d181.org/bats.

After gathering facts and working hard to put their findings into their own words, the third graders are now organizing their facts into paragraphs. This can be a bit tricky! We will share our learning using the presentation iPad app Shadow Puppet EDU. 

Last Friday, third graders heard from a bat expert, Dan "The Bat Man" from Incredible Bats. (See his website at http://www.incrediblebats.com/). The students heard all kinds of facts and got to meet his Egyptian Fruit Bat and African Straw-colored Bats.  Even though bats are a common symbol for Halloween, one of the facts we learned was that no bats would be out and about on Halloween in Illinois! Dan told us all 12 of the species of bats in Illinois would be hibernating by now.