Thursday Trivia - Daddy Longlegs

Congratulations to Hayley F in Mrs Fugars class. She answered the trivia questions last week about giant panda bears. Giant panda bears eat bamboo.

This week's trivia question: How many legs does a Daddy Longlegs have? Use the book that is on display in the library.

Answers must be turned in by Wednesday, June 3rd.

Thursday Trivia - Pandas

Congratulations to Taylor in Mrs. Fugar's class. He answered that giant squid's eyeballs could be the size of a human head, dinner plate, or basketball.

This weeks trivia question: What does a giant panda eat 20 to 40 pounds of everyday? use askkids to find the answer.

Answers must be turned in by Thursday, May 21 in the morning before annoucements. Since the K-4 students will be at Bay Beach on Wednesday next week.

Tech Tuesday - a Day Late - Voki

Voki is a site that let's you create animated characters. This would be a great way to have students create short book reviews.

Library Helpers

At Butte des Morts school 5th graders often help out in the library. They can check-out books put fiction books away. I would be lost without them!

New Book in Library: Daddy Longlegs by Catherine Anderson

We just received a new book in our library this week called Daddy Longlegs by Catherine Anderson. It is a non-fiction book and has a lot of interesting facts about daddy longleg spiders. Did you know daddy longlegs have no venom, but some make a smelly liquid that keeps their predators away. Want to learn more interesting facts about daddy longlegs? Then you should check-out this book for our library!

Thursday Trivia: Giant Squids

Last week's trivia winner was Alex S in Mrs. Tegge's room. She answered that pigs are teh only mammal besides humans that can get a sunburn.

This week's Trivia: What is the size of a giant squid's eye? Use askkids.com to find the answer.
All answers are due by Wednesday, May 13th.

Tech Tuesday: Flip Video Cameras

If you are looking for an inexpensive, easy to use video camera, you might want to consider a Flip Video Camcorder. They are very easy to use, and the best part is they plug right into the usb port of your computer. No need to have firewire ports or cords. Plus I just saw a preview of the new Flip cameras, and they now come with rechargeable battery packs instead of having to use AA batteries. We have two of them at school, and if you haven't used one, stop in and I would be happy to show you how they work. If you watch the website Woot, they are often on sale there for $69.99. Here is the website for Flip Video.