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Last week, I issued a challenge to our third and fourth graders. A big challenge. A big, scary, challenging challenge. I challenged Johnson’s third and fourth grade students to code and program for 100 hours during the month of December. Let’s get some background here. Kids these days are savvy tech users. They can swipe a […]
Read MoreWarriors by Erin Hunter It all started off with a kittiepet named Rusty. One morning he decided he would join a clan. It was a really good book because it was all adventurous and there was always suspense in each chapter. All the characters were believable and some were trustworthy and some were traitors. So […]
Read MoreWarriors by Erin Hunter This book was full of exiting adventure and suspensful plot twists. A cat named Rusty meets a warrior cat named Graypaw.He meets two other cats named Bluestar and Lionheart.It is so heartwarming! This Student Book Review was written by Rachel, a Johnson Elementary School student, and shared with the library via Google […]
Read MoreWarriors by Erin Hunter It is about a cat that ends up going in the woods.He becomes a clan member . It was a very tense book.It is good read for someone who likes cats and adverture.I liked it because it was very exciting.You should totely read it. This Student Book Review was written by Forcey, a Johnson […]
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Here’s a fact about me that not many people know: my father is British. Yep, with the accent and everything. He grew up in Radcliffe-on-Trent, a large village in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire (my Nan still lives there, in the same house!). He left his family and his home and immigrated to America in […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, Johnson was chosen by the University of Virginia to receive a grant through ALCOA to bring new and exciting technology into our library. A new software is being designed and beta tested for student use, and UVA wanted us to be a part of its creation. (Um, sign me up please!) After […]
Read MoreAt the 2015 Virginia Association of School Librarians conference, I noticed the repetition of certain buzzwords: MAKERSPACE! DIGITAL! 21ST CENTURY! CREATIVE! You’ve probably noticed… I love all of these words. And the excitement! Capitalize those letters! All the exclamation points! Sign me up! I’m in! But there was one buzzword that surprised me. It started […]
Read MoreDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney This student book review was written by Luka and Oak, Johnson Elementary School students, and shared with the library via Google Docs. Luka and Oak drafted and typed the book review independently. Luka and Oak are in the fourth grade.
Read MoreUntitled by Brandon Tomorrow, Ms. Messham is getting married. She is getting married outside where the ocean is, because there is a nice breeze. When she was dancing, she fell into the cake. Then the cake was wobbling and it fell on her face. Shew as angry because the cake got all over her wedding […]
Read MoreThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate This book is about a gorilla that lives at a mall and help a baby elephant get to be free and to get back into the wild. The end is so good so I think that you should read it if you like happy and sad (only […]
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