Piles of books before break!

There's a break coming... so you know what that means!  Reading challenge!

Upham students have been challenged to read 51,040 minutes over break and I know they can do it!  If they are successful, we'll have a school-wide pajama day!  Additionally, classes with the highest minutes read and highest participation will earn extra recess time.

Reading logs will be coming home this week-- please remind your student to log his or her minutes (please help younger students) and return to school after break.

Yesterday, 4O students brought home piles of books! (4th and 5th grade are allowed to check out as many books as they need)

Celebrating Balloons over Broadway!

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, both fifth grade classes celebrated the book Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.  It's a beautifully illustrated biography about Tony Sarg and how he invented the balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  After listening to the story, students were asked to create their own balloon based on any book at Upham Library.  They were given a balloon, tissue paper, sharpies and glue (so.... so much glue...!).

After an hour, we had a library filled these awesome creations (and so much glue!!!):

It's hour of code week!

Did you know it's hour of code week?!  Students from around the world try to spend at least an hour coding -- Upham is also participating!  Learn more at hourofcode.com.

Want to do it from home?  Check this site for activities or see the Upham Library's hour of code page.

PebbleGo database

In anticipation of a second grade classroom project, students from 2M and 2C reviewed the PebbleGo database in library.  PebbleGo is a kid-friendly database we are able to use through Wellesley Free Library.  You can access it at home using your own library card number-- just visit the database A-Z page and select "PebbleGo".

Students read through biography articles and determined why that person was important to history.