Mock Caldecott Voters in Action

The big day arrived ... time to pick a winner from our six finalists!! Here are the kids filling out their ballots ... photos of some of the ballots are at the end:

 

How to Log in to the Catalog and Place Holds

Log in

1. Go to http://ricat.net.
   
2. Under “Elementary Schools,” scroll down to the Garden City link. The school library page will open.
   
3. Click the “Login” button in the top right.


4. Enter your User Name: CGN##### 
   (fill in your lunch/shelf card number)
   
5. Enter your Password: MMDDYY
   (fill in your six-digit birthdate; for example, May 5, 2003 would be typed in as 050503)
   
6. You should now see your name in the top right corner of the screen.

Check your account

Click on the “My Info” tab to see what books you currently have checked out.

Place a Hold

1. Click the "Catalog" tab.
   
2. Before searching for your title or subject, choose “RICAT (all members)” from the Location drop-down. This will search all schools, so if Garden City doesn’t have what you’re looking for, you can still request your item. 
   
3. When find the item you want, click on the book’s title to go to the Details page.
   
4. Then click the “Hold It!” button on the right

Room 12 Identified These Product Mascots - Can You?

I'm doing an advertising unit with grades 5 and 6 (who are also learning about propaganda and media messaging with Mrs. Hill), which will culminate with analyzing Superbowl ads.

This week, we discussed product placement in TV and movies, as well as how pervasive corporate logos are - just one abstract symbol can evoke a brand.

See how many of these companies you can identify by their logo.

You can also try this version or this one instead.

Companies and products may also use mascots, which are similar to logos, but as N.A. in Room 6 pointed out, they're alive. The students were able to get extra credit points for attempting to identify these product mascots ... how many can you get? (Honestly, it's probably a good thing if you don't know them all).

Here is Room 12 collaborating on the assignment:

Mock Caldecott Finalists - Batch 3

Each January, the American Library Association awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist of "the most distinguished American picture book for children." The 2016 winners were announced last week, but first- and second-graders are still making it through our Mock Caldecott list. After finishing up our list of 12 titles, these two will be moving on to the final vote in a couple of weeks:

Toys Go Out

penguinrandomhouse.com

Written by Emily Jenkins
Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

(Being the wintertime adventures of a curious stuffed buffalo, a sensitive plush stingray, and a book-loving rubber ball.)

A quiet celebration of wonder and exploration. Not as laugh-out-loud hilarious as some of our other selections, but sweet and gently humorous. Heard after reading: "That was nice."

Rude Cakes
Rowboat Watkins

goodreads.com

Don't be a rude cake.

They have no manners.

But they make adorable jaunty little hats for cyclopses.

Step-by-step instructions for drawing your own Rude Cake are here.

Fourth-Grade Faces

Room 10 likes the About Face game too.