Maple School LMC

Tweeting from the LMC at Maple School in Northbrook-Glenview District 30.

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Our goal at the start of the year is to help every student learn how to use library resources to find a "right fit" independent reading book. This year, students practiced at the Back to School Book Shopping event in Maple's library!
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Step right up to Maple's Summer Reading Spectacular! All mustangs are invited to participate by selecting and reading one book from our collection, and then posting a review to Padlet. See our summer reading website for details.
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At Career Day, 8th graders each participated in a practice interview with a community professional and then attended several presentations to learn more about various industries.

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Students used books as inspiration to write their own poetry during the LMC's workshop: Poetry Uncovered. Moving through choice stations, students created book spine, blackout, emoji, word scramble, and pastel poems.
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Thank you, science teachers, for pairing with the LMC to learn about and celebrate the solar eclipse!
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The LMC was proud to support 7th grade social studies throughout their WWII research unit! From selecting topics to creating unique projects, students gained research skills while expanding their view of history.
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We celebrated our love of books during Valentine's week in the LMC by hosting all ELA classes at I HEART Books Bingo! Students populated their own Bingo boards with new independent reading book titles and then learned about the titles as they were called.
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The Maple LMC team visited several elementary schools to deliver the book bundles that students made during our December event, The Art of Giving.
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Seventh grade navigate students practiced craft writing moves in a lesson inspired by Chopped, Jr. this week! Using mystery craft move ingredients, teams formulated persuasive writing dishes during a friendly writing competition.
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Maple school welcomed visiting author, Joelle Charbonneau. Students enjoyed an engaging presentation before small groups participated in creative writing workshops where they practiced several writing techniques.

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With the help of many incredible authors, Maple students supported elementary classrooms by creating SEL-themed book-bundles...products of our annual event, The Art of Giving.
We send our gratitude to @PatZMiller, @HudsonTalbott, @tapkidmd, and @TrudyLudwig!
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Eighth graders participated in Book Club Cafe which included a series of activities designed to help them make informed choices when selecting their book club texts.

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We love celebrating the reading accomplishments of our students, and that's why the LMC hosted Starbooks with the 7th grade ELA team...to share independent reading books, goals, and proud reading moments!
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Maple students learned that we are a team in the library while also mastering several library resources and routines in our Great Resource Relay!
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Happy Halloween from the Maple LMC! We loved working with @literacymanders and his class on their spooky analysis seminar and with the Service Learning Club on their philanthropic pumpkin decorating contest! Today was a total treat!
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This week's #CaudillSpotlight is featuring DAUGHTER OF THE DEEP by @rickriordan!!

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The Maple LMC would like to thank our fabulous PTO for sponsoring our Scholastic Book Fair! This collaboration resulted in many students and staff members finding great new books!

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Maple students celebrate their TRRFCC behavior...actions that support the pillars of Character Counts...by earning tickets and then being selected to play games on Fridays!
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The LMC and seventh-grade ELA teamed up to prepare students to present book talks using strong presentation skills!
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We are proud of all of the students who participated in our 2023 summer reading program: Maple's Camp Read S'more, and so we celebrated by writing recommendations and playing summer-style games! Congrats, summer readers!

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