Young Reader's Choice Award - Red Cedar Winners ...

Drum roll please!

The winners of the 2013-14 Red Cedar, Young Reader's Choice Award, British Columbia was the following:

Fiction - Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman speaks at that National Book Festival (USA), 2011. (43:05)



Non-fiction - The World in Your Lunchbox: the Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods by Claire Eamer






Book Trailer by ACSTunis (3:12)

Claire Eamer talks about her favourite childhood author, Catherine Anthony Clark.

Red Cedar fiction and non-fiction can now be signed out by our school members - enjoy! 

I suggest Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath.  An odd but entertaining read situated on Vancouver Island.  Ask other Red Cedar participants for their recommendations.  Happy reading, Ms. M.

May is Be Kind to Animals Month, SPCA

Parkview had a guest from the SPCA recently who taught us about how to be safe around animals and also how to be kind to them.  To learn more about animals try these options:

- Dewey # 636 = the domestic farm and pet animals section (Parkview and the ORL (public library)).

- 600'es Dewey Browse by Gail Shea Grainger, Teacher-Librarian, Chesterfield.  Go to the 636 and higher section

- Canadian Veternary Medical Association - Animal Owners
- Dogs In Canada


Shuswap SPCA - summer camps, how to adopt and care for animals, etc.

          -   Try the live kitty cam from Pentiction

National Poetry Month (April) shifts into Be Kind to Animals Month (May), SPCA

A Kitten

by Eleanor Farjeon

He's nothing much but fur

And two round eyes of blue,

He has a giant purr

And a midget mew.

He darts and pats the air,

He starts and cocks his ear,

When there is nothing there

For him to see and hear.

He runs around in rings,

But why we cannot tell;

With sideways leaps he springs

At things invisible -

Then half-way through a leap

His startled eyeballs close,

And he drops off to sleep With one paw on his nose.

What a wonderful month we've had reading and experiencing all sorts of poetry.  Thank you to the Sicamous, Okanagan Regional Library and Mrs. Leonhart for the wonderful poetry field trip for Mrs. Taylor's class.

Poem in Your Pocket Day was sooooo fun.  Thank you to all who participated and especially Mrs. Kennedy in helping with sewing the poetry pockets!

Let's keep finding and reading poems as we shift into our next learning themes.

Here's a YouTube clip and poem for you to enjoy about dogs and cats:

My dog ate my homework.

That mischievous pup

got hold of my homework

and gobbled it up.

My dog ate my homework.

It's gonna be late.

I guess that the teacher

will just have to wait.

My dog ate my homework.

He swallowed it whole.

I shouldn't have mixed it

with food in his bowl.

--Kenn Nesbitt

National Poetry Month Continues

National Haiku Day has come and gone. Ms. Milton and Peels' class created some wonderful Haiku, click on image below to read their creations:

The next big event for National Poetry Month is Poem in Your Pocket Day, Thursday, April 24th

For some wonderful poetry reading check out these options:

• Your school (Parkview & Silver Creek) and public library (ORL)
• Ms. Murrells' poetry collections: Primary & Intermediate

Concrete or Shape Poems