The Marshmallow Challenge

When I asked middle school students how they wanted to spend their last few weeks of intervention in the library, they said the wanted to make things.  I love the idea of the library being a place of creation, so we went for it!

For the first few weeks, we worked on creating some poems for National Poetry Month.  Congratulations to Megan Sobba, Christian Kohls, & Jacob Viehman for winning our poetry contests.  They left with new MP3 players and headphones.

Now we're working on the Marshmallow Challenge!  The task is simple:  in eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow.  The marshmallow needs to be on top.  Learn more about the history of the Marshmallow Challenge here.

Here's what we've come up with so far!

So far, a 20 inch tower is the record to beat!  The fun will continue through next week.

How to Use Your Destiny Quest Account

Students can access so many wonderful features by logging into their account.  Learn more by watching this video!

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month.  We started with the kick-off event, Poems on Pavement!  It was so much fun to see students and teachers alike using chalk to fill the playground with poetry.

Quote of the day as a student checked out their first Shel Silverstein, "I'm going to read poetry all night!"
It doesn't get any better than that!

Cat in the Hat Portraits

The Cat in the Hat is everywhere!  Check out these great portraits our students did in art class this week!

The MASL Reader Awards

(MASL) Missouri Association of School Librarians' four Readers Awards represent the best current youth literature available to students of different grade levels.  Every year, MASL's Readers Award Committees work to create a preliminary list of titles that are read and voted upon by groups of Reader/Selectors to create the final list of nominees.  Titles on the final list are then read and voted upon by students across Missouri to determine the recipients of the MASL Readers Awards.

Today, we voted at Sunrise!  This amazing group of kids pictured below read the required amount of books in order to vote today.  They had a blast at their voting party, and I'm so grateful for their dedication to reading!

Our top picks are:

Show Me Award -- Charlie the Ranch Dog
Mark Twain Award -- 13 Gifts
Truman Award -- Legend

If you're looking for something new to read, these books come highly recommended!  
Check them out in our library. 

Getting Ready for Read Across America

In March, we celebrate the birthday of the great Dr. Seuss with Read Across America Day!  The library will have an entire month of fun filled events.

Learn more about Read Across America Day.

Sunrise R-IX Library Calendar of Events

Our March Madness--Seuss Book of Sunrise

Follow our bracket competition to learn who will be the final champion!

Learn more about our Book Swap!

Take a Virtual Tour of the Library!

Are you interested in knowing more about what is available in our library?  View this slideshow to see pictures of our library and hear an explanation of what is available.

or follow this link...https://voicethread.com/share/5398851/