Margo Newtown

Working with elementary students to drive their own learning through inquiry, and embedding Maker philosophy to inspire creativity in all students.

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What’s my message to all students after 30+ years of teaching, 13 as Librarian? Picture Book titles to spark my wishes and dreams for them. #lfmoments #lakeforestd67 @SHlightbulblab

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Coding with Dash in Library class. Small group learning sequencing and looping..,and the joy in their learning is everything! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67 #lfmoments

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K’s learned the connection among ships, a spring and a marvelous thing…a slinky! What fun making their own accidental inventions! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Classes enjoy author Brooke Saucier’s reading of his Epic Poem, The Isle of Stuck Faces for Poetry Month. He’s coming back to finish per student request!! @Shlightbulblab @LFMoments @LakeForestSD67

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Sometimes kids just need some extra time to just enjoy books for pleasure! #ilovebooks #SHlightbulblab #lakeforestd67 #lfmoments

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Librarians at work! Learning about the weeding process and applying it to books using a rubric! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Let them go with motion…love their stories and imaginations! #iMotion @LakeForestSD67 @SHLIGHTBULBLAB

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K’s retelling through Legos and Art. @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Animation Introduction-kids were so creative!! Left it up to them to decide what they’d like to animate! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Introduced basic animation! These kids took off with creativity!!! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Inspired by two books, K’s create and transform our Sheridan Library community. @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67 Some even regroup with some meditation and humming! Libraries can sometimes be noisy with productive chaos!

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2Maines shared their kindness today by creating bookmarks and placing them in Library books to surprise those who check out those books! @MainesKMaines @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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K’s morning book checkout! My favorite start to the day!! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Design Process #DesignThinking at work! Redesign Market Square for kids, an animal crossing, arcade game or book/character-themed mini-golf hole! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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How would you design and build your own bathysphere? #barbrosenstock Oh, and you can only choose 6 items. Creation at its best! @SHlightbulblab @LakeForestSD67

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Media Literacy at 4th grade. Can’t discuss enough. @LakeForestSD67 @SHlightbulblab

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1st grade authors and illustrators in Sketches School. @LakeForestSD67 @SHlightbulblab

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Our favorite activity! Character pumpkins are making their way in! @LakeForestSD67 @SHlightbulblab Creative, thoughtful, clever designs!

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K’s learning coding commands with BeeBots! @LakeForestSD67 @SHlightbulblab