80,000 minutes? Yes, we can!

Sprague School December Break Reading Challenge.

Can Sprague students and staff read 80,000 minutes over the December break?
I believe we can.

Every student and staff member should have a Reading Challenge reading log to keep track of their minutes read over the December break.

If we hit our goal (or blow it out) we will earn an all-school Pajama Day!  Personally, I am very excited about a pajama day because I don't usually get to participate in those.  I've got my pajamas, bathrobe and fuzzy slippers all picked out.  I hope we make it.

What counts as reading?

• Being read aloud to
• Listening to an audio book
• Reading to yourself
• Reading aloud to someone else

Also, we will recognize

• the class with the most total minutes read
• the top 10 student readers
• the class with the highest percentage participation

Don't forget to bring your reading log back to school after the break!

All reading logs are due on Thursday, January 5, 2017.

We've got this!

Read On!

Ms. J.

Need a reading log?  Here's the link to the Sprague December Break Reading Challenge LOG

Hour of Code... in the Library? Yes!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... I worked for a software company and not only did computer programming, but also taught it.  Weird, but true.

Flash forward to 2016, and here I am the Library Teacher at Sprague, but I still think programming is fun to do.  Personally, I love the problem solving aspects of it and the fun of making something that actually works.

Code.org sponsors The Hour of Code - a global week of coding for children all around the world.  We took time in library this week for students to try out block coding. Here is a cool video about coding in the library:

If you want to keep working on your coding here is the link to all of the code.org modules:

https://code.org/learn

And even though I do enjoy a little coding, now and then, I still love books!
Read on!
Ms. J.