Students have had so much fun reading the 2025 @NCCBABooks nominees this week in celebration of #ReadAcrossAmericaWeek Our readers had me laughing out loud many times with their dedication to characterization and peer engagement! #CCSLibraryMedia@VirginiaCrossEl
This week we've been reading through the 2025 NC Children's Book Award nominees -- students have to read at least 5 of the nominees before they cast their vote. They've had great discussions about what stands out to them in each book! #CCSLibraryMedia
Happy Read Across America Week! Our Cubs have been celebrating by digging into text, reading for fun, and checking out new books...some of which had a surprise in store! #OneChatham#ReadAcrossAmerica#VCEPride
VCE celebrated the 2025 Young Authors launch by raffling off books from last year's and this year's featured authors, Scott Reintgen and Amber Ivey. I look forward to the day I'm raffling off former students' books! #CCSLibraryMedia#YoungAuthors2025
Stumbled upon Ms. Hitmar's 5th graders taking their author pictures during indoor recess as they gear up to write their masterpieces! #CCSLibraryMedia#YoungAuthors2025
Young Authors is back! Students can write an original story between now and March 21 to become published authors online. Last year VCE students published 32 stories -- we can't wait to see what is written this year! #CCSLibraryMedia@VirginiaCrossEl
This week Kindergarten learned about robots and code thanks to βHow to Code a Sandcastleβ by Josh Funk. Today they designed a sequence and programmed a robot themselves! #HourofCode#CCSLibraryMedia@VirginiaCrossEl
By the end of their current ELA unit, 4th graders will be the authors of a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure text, so we took some time this week to start digging into the genre with print and digital examples #CCSLibraryMedia
Some of our 2nd graders happened to be dressed on-theme for our dinosaur fossil VR expedition today! We had fun applying classroom vocabulary and continuing to grow background knowledge for their new EL Module @VirginiaCrossEl#CCSLibraryMedia
After using the Chalk Talk method to review our first AI lesson, we used AI, internet sources, & VR to gather info about rain forests. Then we compared results and reflected on how effective our AI/search engine inputs were in gaining a complete understanding. #CCSLibraryMedia
Today 5th graders are touring UNC Chapel Hill (Go Heels!). Last week students prepared for their visit by interacting with the @magicschoolai College & Career Counselor chatbot, asking questions about UNC, the college experience, and possible future careers! #CCSLibraryMedia
October was full of fun fall activities related to our read alouds, from 2nd graders reimagining pumpkins to 3rd graders trapping creepy carrots and making (paper) sugar skulls! #CCSLibraryMedia