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Hi All,
Peirce School Library's Blog has taken a long vacation but is officially back!

It is almost time for the Massachusetts Children's Book Award celebration to begin. This year I am presenting a challenge to Peirce 4th and 5th graders. I plan to read EACH AND EVERY TITLE for the 2009-2010 vote. Do you want to challenge me to a read off?? Stay tuned for information on what I am reading and how my progress in the challenge is going! So far I have read...

Rules- by Cynthia Lord
The Lemonade War- Jacqueline Davies
The London Eye Mystery- Siobhan Dowd
Swindle- by Gordon Korman

Yikes, I better get reading!

Happy Halloween!
Ms. Lightfoot

MCBA Ms. Champagne's Class

Mrs. Ceddia's class MCBA

Ms. Blanchard's Class MCBA

Big Hugh Labs

Here is the link for Big Hugh Labs!
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/

Contest!

Create your own video book review and enter it in the 2009 Storytubes Contest! To participate, film your 2 minutes or less review with 1 to 5 people per video and upload the file on to Youtube or Teachertube. Contest runs from January 8-February 15,2009. For more information click here, or come see Ms. Lightfoot in the library!

MCBA 2008-2009

Looking for more information on the MCBA books? Check out this blog post!

5th Grade- MCBA Voice Thread Project

Voice Thread - to watch the tutorial video click on "What is a VoiceThread Anyway"

I was really impressed with all of the brainstorming I saw today in class. There were some great ideas that came up and I am very excited for this project. Great work!

The Big House by Carolyn Coman

Coman, Carolyn. The Big House. Honesdale, PA : Front Street, 2004. ISBN 1-932425-09-8.

Ray and Ivy's parents have just been sent to prison for 25 years for embezzlement. If that isn't bad enough, their accusers, Marietta and Lionel, have offered to let Ray and Ivy live with them! The big house they live in holds lots of secrets. Ivy knows that Marietta and Lionel are guilty of something, she just doesn't know what. Her mission- find evidence against Marietta and Lionel and take them to court. As Ivy and Ray begin their investigation they find lots of different pieces of evidence but are not sure how this evidence adds up. Luckily, they make some friends along the way who help them figure out the evidence they have collected.

Halloween Research

Check out the following websites to learn more about Halloween- you will find information on the history of Halloween, bats, pumpkins, games and more! 

Time for Kids

PBS Kids Halloween 

Halloween Riddles

All about Pumpkins

Halloween History, Folklore, Phobias,  Symbols and Stuff

Bats 4 Kids

Vampire Bats