New Contest: Can You Find the Olympic Rings?

Over the next week I will hide some Olympic rings inside of a book here in the Butte des Morts library.  If you are the first person to find the Olympic rings inside of the book you will win a prize!  Today I hid the rings inside the book 'Wow! City!' by Robert Neubecker.  Who will be the first to find it?

Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners announced

On Monday, the Newbery and Caldecott winners were announced.  The winners were:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead for Newbery

and

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Martin Luther King Jr

On Monday the country will celebrate martin Luther King Jr day.  If you are looking for good materials to use with your classroom, here is a list of items available from the Butte des Morts Library.

Boardgames have arrived in the Butte des Morts Library

The boardgames have arrived.  Students in grades 4-5 had a chance last week to preview and play some of the new games that will be available in the Butte des Morts library.  Right now the games are available for teachers to check out, but eventually I would like to make them available to parents also. 
Here is the list of games we have received:
Scrabble Junior
Ticket to Ride
Number Chase
Froggy Boogie
M is for Mouse
Squint Junior
Snorta
My Word
Quiddler
Apples to Apples Junior
Apples to Apples kid 7+
Backseat Drawing Junior
10 Days in the USA
Galloping Pigs
Chicken Cha Cha Cha
Dancing Eggs
Hear N' Seak
Secret Door
Blokus
Max
Skallywaggs

Tech Tuesday - Using Playaways in the Classroom

Mrs. Plachetka's Makeover

The Stylist for our Hair Rasing makeover tells how she got involved!

Deb Gehrke, a hair stylist at Grassroots salon, has graciosuly agreed to donate a complete hair makeover to one of our staff members.  She recently blogged about how we met and how she became involved in our Hair Raiser.