Thursday, February 28, 2013
Awesome Shirt of the Day
A great t-shirt for fans of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. (Greta says she got it at Barnes and Noble.) Upper learning students—if you haven't read this book you really should. It's amazing.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Skype with Laura Resau

Friday, February 15, 2013
Author Peter Lerangis
It was a privilege to host author Peter Lerangis today in Galloway Middle Learning. He spoke to our 5th and 6th graders about his new book, Colossus Rising. He was entertaining and very gracious, and took a lot of time to autograph books and be interviewed by Galloway 6th graders. Here they are holding up the orb (you have to read the book to understand this). Thank you to The Little Shop of Stories for sending him and to Ms. Pierce, Ms. Starkman, Mr. Boswell, and Ms. Eisenman for helping to coordinate his visit.
Free Hot Chocolate
Today we gave out hot chocolate and Valentine candy before school in the library. We gave out about 115 cups of hot chocolate. It was a cold morning and the end of a tough week at Galloway so it was nice way to start off the day. Next winter we will do it more often!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Author Peter Lerangis Coming to Galloway
On Friday, February 15 Galloway will welcome author Peter Lerangis, who will be speaking to 5th and 6th graders about his upcoming book called Colossus Rising. It's the first book in a new series called Seven Wonders. The book will be published on February 13, but the publisher sent us a few advance copies so teachers have been reading it to the kids to get them excited about the presentation. Here Ms. Starkman is reading chapter four to some of her sixth graders in the library. Thank you, Little Shop of Stories, for giving us the opportunity to meet Peter Lerangis.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Great Depression Photographs
Ms. Lander's 8th graders are coming in this week to look at photographs from the Great Depression. Ask yourself these questions:
What do I see?
What do I wonder?
What would I want to ask these people?
Here are the links to the photos.
Library of Congress: 15 Most Popular Photos
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/requests.html
Library of Congress: 15 Staff Selections
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/selections.html
Library of Congress: All Depression-Era Photos (black and white)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsa
History.com Photos
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/photos
A Photo Essay on The Great Depression
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
What do I see?
What do I wonder?
What would I want to ask these people?
Here are the links to the photos.
Library of Congress: 15 Most Popular Photos
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/requests.html
Library of Congress: 15 Staff Selections
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/selections.html
Library of Congress: All Depression-Era Photos (black and white)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsa
History.com Photos
http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/photos
A Photo Essay on The Great Depression
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
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