Student Book Review: Oak’s Review of I Survived the Great Chicago Fire 1871, by Lauren Tarshish

January 15, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshish This Student Book Review was written by Oak, a Johnson Elementary School student, and shared with the library via Google Docs. Oak drafted and typed the book review independently. Oak is in the fourth grade.

Luna the Therapy Dog visits Johnson

January 15, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

We had a special four-legged visitor on Thursday, and she had ALL of our tails wagging! Stacy Diaz, teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School, is the owner and handler of some very special dogs – and she shared one of these amazing pooches with us on Thursday morning in a special presentation. Luna and Ms. Diaz […]

2015 By the Numbers

December 18, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s time for our traditional By the Numbers post! I love the way that this annual post allows me to look back on the calendar year to celebrate all that we have accomplished and make goals for the year to come. 2015 has been a spectacular year, and I was so happy to share it […]

2015 Hack-a-Thon – COMPLETE!

December 17, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

We did it! 100 hours of computer programming and coding in three weeks. We learned. We grew. We wrote. We made mistakes. We were scared and unsure and we kept on going, anyway. We built, deleted, built, deleted, and built again. We honed our critical thinking skills, used our best logic, pushed our creative thinking […]

Student Book Review: Grace’s review of Matilda, by Roald Dahl

December 14, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Matilda by Roald Dahl This is a book about a five-year-old girl, who has horrible parents. She learned to talk when she was one, learned to read when she was three, and she was fluent with multiplication by the time she was five. Her parents were not home much, and that’s when Matilda discovered the […]

Student Book Review: Rachel’s review of Warriors, by Erin Hunter

December 8, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Warriors 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 […]

Student Book Review: Forcey’s review of Warriors, by Erin Hunter

December 7, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Warriors 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 […]

Code like a Girl

December 4, 2015.Reading time 11 minutes.

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 […]

Student Book Reivew: Olivia’s review of Warriors, by Erin Hunter

December 4, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Warriors by Erin Hunter Warriors is a stupendous book filled with excitement, adventure, mystery, and investigation. If you are a person who likes excitement, adventure, mystery, and investigation… then this is the book for you. It all starts with a kitty pet (house cat) named Rusty. One day Rusty dreams of catching a mouse… but […]

Making steps with MakerSpace and MakerStudio

December 1, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Earlier 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 […]