Mrs. Sweeney's Library

Practicing with Animoto

2011-02-08T19:42:00.000-05:00

Glogster

2010-11-17T20:36:00.001-05:00

I Keep Safe

2010-11-09T10:09:00.000-05:00

Learn how to keep safe on the internet with Faux Paw. Watch the video and play the games.

Historic Sites in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

2010-10-11T06:32:00.000-04:00

Would you like to learn about some special places in your town? Click on the link and learn a little about the history of your town!

Read Children's ebooks Online

2010-09-13T10:00:00.000-04:00

The New York Public Library has provided a list of ebook sites that children can go to see and hear stories online.

ABCya! Kids Educational Computer Games & Activities

2010-09-07T06:53:00.000-04:00

ABCya! Kids Educational Computer Games & Activities

Shepards Software/Learning Games

2010-05-27T09:51:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Kevin Jarrett at NCS-Tech who blogged about this site! There are hundreds of free interactive learning games. Try Magical Capitals, the Ocean Game or Punctuation Chameleon. There are many more for all grade levels. Have fun!!

Animals in Winter Photo Stories by 1st graders

2010-03-22T17:01:00.000-04:00

Click on the above link to see 1st grade students photo stories published on Glogster.

Internet Safety With Professor Garfield

2010-02-25T06:38:00.001-05:00

Wilson Bently Snowflake photos

2010-01-06T09:52:00.000-05:00

Pilgrim's voyage to America

2009-11-22T05:56:00.001-05:00

Wildlife Watch

2009-10-29T06:42:00.005-04:00

Wildlife Watch is a new site that helps children to explore wildlife. There are games and activities for them to do.

Helping students develop a deeper understanding of what they are reading

2009-10-08T09:35:00.002-04:00

How to help your reader think deeper from Jessie Lipsky on Vimeo.

LCM Library's Netvibes pages

2009-09-29T07:35:00.008-04:00

Be sure to check out LCM library's Netvibes pages for links to many learning sites. The links are pictured in order to make them accessible to a younger audience.
Click on the title above.

Kerpoof!

2009-09-21T09:57:00.001-04:00

Planet Information

2009-05-14T18:17:00.005-04:00

Second graders are learning about the planets. Livonia Primary School Library has information on their wiki that is very helpful. The information can either be read or listened to.

Third Grade Photo Stories

2009-04-27T12:30:00.003-04:00

Third grade students have been learning about different people by doing research on the computer and reading biographies. They have created photo stories about the famous person they researched.

Oyster Farming off of Sandy Neck in Barnstable, Ma.

2009-04-12T17:36:00.001-04:00

Scholastic Computer Lab Favorites

2009-04-06T10:43:00.001-04:00

Yarmouth Reads One Book April 2009

2009-03-30T12:55:00.002-04:00

Libraries across the country and around the world are implementing community based reading programs like the One Book project.
This month Yarmouth residents are reading Expedition Whydah and Real Pirates. Younger children will be reading Ghost Ship by Mary Higgins Clark.

South Yarmouth Library will be holding a Treasure Hunt on Monday April 13th from 5-7. On Tuesday the 14th at 4:00 Elena Shucke will be offering fun things to do at the library like pirate stories, games, crafts and jokes.

Netsmartz kids!

2009-03-27T09:28:00.000-04:00

The Little Seahorse lesson

2009-03-18T12:12:00.001-04:00

Archiving Early America- videos

2009-03-09T13:28:00.000-04:00

Famous People from Massachusetts Webquest

2009-03-09T13:26:00.001-04:00

Massachusetts Information

2009-03-09T13:23:00.000-04:00

3td Grade Massachusetts Biography Webquest

2009-03-09T13:20:00.001-04:00

Starfall

2009-03-04T13:14:00.001-05:00

Switchzoo

2009-03-04T12:01:00.000-05:00

Great site to go along with Build Your Wild Self!

Zoobooks

2009-03-04T11:58:00.000-05:00

Learn about animals and play games on this site

Build your wild self

2009-03-04T10:29:00.001-05:00

Dr. Seuss

2009-03-03T09:30:00.000-05:00

Starwords game

2009-02-25T10:01:00.001-05:00

Spelling City

2009-02-24T13:18:00.001-05:00

lovelyresources - Dr. Seuss BD - March 2

2009-02-11T19:39:00.000-05:00

lovelyresources - Dr. Seuss BD - March 2

Game Goo

2009-02-11T12:45:00.001-05:00

Kerpoof!

2009-02-11T12:42:00.000-05:00

Make a Valentines Day card.

Problem with my site.

2009-02-11T09:53:00.002-05:00

I am trying to restore my links. To use my site, google "lcm library" and view a cached page. Hopefully I will be able to fix this soon!

Pinky Dinky Doo

2009-02-11T09:51:00.000-05:00

Play word games, make podcasts and watch videos here.

Poetry form finder

2009-02-09T13:17:00.000-05:00

Piclits

2009-02-09T13:14:00.001-05:00

Make a flake!

2009-02-09T11:07:00.001-05:00

Scholastic Computer Lab Activities

2009-02-09T09:25:00.001-05:00

A selection of new books added to the LCM library thanks to a Tower Foundation Grant

2009-02-08T09:21:00.001-05:00

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Digistories, a wiki all about creating and sharing digital stories.

2009-02-06T14:24:00.002-05:00

There are some great tutorials on this wiki to help with digital storytelling.

Ways to use a Flip video camera with your students. Thank you Tom Barrett

2009-02-03T06:36:00.002-05:00

Game Goo-Phonemic Awareness, Word & Alphabet Order

2009-02-02T09:11:00.005-05:00

Great learning games for early learners with different ability levels. Thank you to Kevin Jarrett for sharing this site.

Cinderella story and interactive

2009-01-26T10:57:00.001-05:00

Elements of a story.

Leveled story books for students to read on-line

2009-01-24T20:57:00.001-05:00

Click on your guided reading level to read the stories on-line. The reading levels range from A-G.

Into the book

2009-01-23T09:28:00.002-05:00

Practice your reading skills at this fun site!

PBS kids "Between the Lions"

2009-01-08T07:11:00.003-05:00

Holiday tradition wikispaces project

2008-12-11T09:36:00.002-05:00

Students around the U.S. shared their holiday tradions with us. We shared ours with them. Click on the link to have a look at these great holiday projects!

National Gallery of Art Kids Zone

2008-11-24T16:16:00.005-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving! Try to explore this site. I think you will love it! It is interactive art that you make online.

Tumblebooks Library

2008-11-22T13:56:00.001-05:00

Click on "Tumblebooks Library" title instead of Tumblebook icon.

Shape pictures

2008-11-20T14:49:00.001-05:00

Shapes

Dinosaur Playground

2008-11-17T16:15:00.004-05:00

Learn about the Continents

2008-09-24T10:05:00.002-04:00

Second grade students will be doing a web quest to learn about the continents.

The Democracy Project from PBS Kids

2008-09-01T21:10:00.001-04:00

PBS kids

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pics for learning

2008-05-08T10:42:00.002-04:00

Use this link to find pictures for you animal big book.

Links for Teachers

2008-05-07T21:17:00.001-04:00

Links for teachers

pbs kids games for k-1

2008-05-01T12:36:00.000-04:00

Net Smarts Kids

2008-04-07T13:22:00.003-04:00

This is a great web site where students can learn about internet safety by listening to songs and viewing video, playing games and by doing other activities. There is imformation here for parents and educators also.

More Worms!

2008-04-03T09:35:00.001-04:00

All about worms!

2008-04-03T09:32:00.001-04:00

Ghost Math Multiplication

2008-03-19T15:07:00.002-04:00

Dinosaur Links

2008-03-14T10:43:00.005-04:00

Dinosaur links

2008-01-14T15:05:00.002-05:00

Dinosaur puzzles Jigsaw Puzzle Gallery - JigZone.com

Panwapa is a great site to learn about geography!

2007-12-17T13:05:00.001-05:00

I have added some great links for students to investigate! One is Panwapa. This is a site produced by Sesame Workshop and is geared toward ages 4-8. It is a site that teaches about all the countries in the world. And quoting from their PDF it teaches an:
Awareness of a wider world
Appreciating similarities and valuing differences
Taking responsibility for one’s own behaviors
Community participation and willingness to take action
Understanding of and responsiveness to economic disparity.
In addition to all that it seems really fun! Watch a few videos on the site to get an idea of how it works.
Children need to sign up with a user name and password. The user name will say USA with a number following. Children do not give any personal information.

2007-12-05T09:47:00.000-05:00

Mr. Allanbrooks second grade class have been studying dinosauurs and their projects are on display in the school library.

Veterans Day Ceremony at LCM

2007-11-19T12:11:00.000-05:00

We had a very moving Veterans Day Ceremony on Thursday Nov.8th. Seven veterans from Yarmouth were here to remember those Veterans that served for the United States in the Armed Forces. Mike Conroy, one of the Veterans’ visiting mentioned how nice it was to have children recognize Veterans Day. Mr. Conroy served in the Air Force in Thailand and through out the US including Cape Cod. Tom Kelly a native of Dennis Village who attended John Simpkins Elementary School was here also. Mr. Kelly served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Butch Hiller a native of Hyannis served in the Army during the Vietnam War as an Intelligence Officer. Lou Morea was another Veteran we had the honor of meeting and he served in the 328 Infantry of the Army that landed on Normandy Beach on D-Day. John Newton entered the Army out of high school and went overseas to the Philippines and finished his service there. Bob Dubois whose grandson Mitchell attends LCM also visited us. He served in the Navy and took part in the Cuban blockade during the Kennedy Administration. He also patrolled for Submarines on a Navy Destroyer. Tom Bailey, 85 years young served in the Army during World War II in England, France and Germany as a Chemical Warfare Specialist. The students listened to their history and then sang many patriotic songs taught to them by music teacher Mrs. Valerie Schultz. There wasn’t a dry teachers eye in the house!

National Young Readers Day!

2007-11-13T16:21:00.000-05:00

In our music classes over the past week, the book The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow has been read aloud by our music teacher, Mrs. Schultz. Tonight there is a webcast of John Lithgow reading The Remarkable Farkle McBride that will begin at 5:00 PM and be viewable all night long. It will be "America's Biggest Bedtime Story!"
Click on National Young Readers Day! above and the link will take you to the story.

Whats happening in the library this week?

2007-11-05T11:29:00.000-05:00

Students in third grade continue to work on their non-fiction big books on the Wampanoags. Students in first and second grade are learning about bats. This week they will put what they have learned into a slide show on Kid Pix. Hopefully I will be able to post those slide shows here! Kindergarten students are listening to books about friendship.

Third grade students at LCM are preparing for their field trip to Plymouth Plantation.

2007-10-29T11:57:00.000-04:00

Students in Ms. Duggan's, Mrs. Filosa-Wills and Mr. French's class are going to visit Plymouth Plantation. They are preparing for the field trip by making a non-fiction big book on the Wampanoag's. They are logging on to the Plymouth Plantation web site and using the interactive program that they have provided titled "You Are the Historian"

First graders take a trip to a local farm

2007-10-29T11:53:00.000-04:00

Journey North for kids

2007-10-17T10:09:00.000-04:00

Last spring students viewed the "Journey North" web site where they learned about monarch butterfly migration. This past Sunday I was able to experience that migration first hand while golfing along the ocean in Hyannisport. Coming up on the 17th hole overlooking a marsh I saw two or three monarch butterflys floating in the breeze. By the time we got to the green monarch butterflys were everywhere! It was very exciting for me! They were much larger than I expected! Monarchs can be seen flying along the Atlantic coastline from Maine to South Carolina at this time of year. They are on their way to Mexico.

Ms. Duggan's Class Fieldtrip "Snapshots"

2007-05-21T10:16:00.000-04:00

What students are learning in the library during the month of May

2007-05-14T16:14:00.000-04:00

Third grade students are learning how to give a book talk. Their mission is to create an exciting book talk that will get second graders interested in reading a book that they recommend. Children who get hooked on an author, or series, tend to read more often. Children who read frequently do much better in school!

Second grade students are learning about biographies and research. They are using books and the Internet to research a famous person. They are learning what information to include that will make their biography interesting to others. They will be using Kidspiration (a graphic organizing tool) to make a concept map and a time line tool to make a time line of their famous person's life.

First graders are learning about life cycles of frogs and butterflies in the library to enhance what they are learning in the classroom. We are reading an enjoyable fiction book called A Tadpole's Promise that cleverly compares a butterfly and a frog's life cycle.

First graders also used Microsoft Drawing and Kid Pix to design place mats for the LCM Volunteer Tea that is being held on May 16th.

Kindergarten students are learning about seeds and plants in the library to enhance what they are learning in the classroom.

10 Podcasts for teachers and kids

2007-04-09T12:46:00.000-04:00

Instructor Magazine published by Scholastic Inc. just published a great classroom resource called "10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids." They are:
1. Wild animal Chronicles www.nationalgeographic.com/podcasts
6 minute videos about animals
2. Radio WillowWeb www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio
10 minute audio podcasts produced by third graders "Did You Know?", "Vocabulary Theater",
history.
3.Children's Fun Storyime (on iTunes)
Audio of favorite stories like The Little Engine That Could
4. Poem of the Day www.sonibyte.com
Audio recordings of many famous poets including Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson.
5. Sixty-Second Science www.sciam.com
Brought to you by the editors of Scientific American. Includes new theories on haw some dinosaurs knew how to fly, and whether groundhogs can really predict the weather.
6. My German Class www.mygermanclass.com
Weekly video podcast produced by a former elementary school teacher.
7. The Science show for Kids (On iTunes)
five-minute audio podcasts that answers kids burning questions like Are there really aliens?
8. ESL Teacher Talk www.ESLteachertalk.com
Classroom activitiyideas.
9. The Teacher's Lounge www.podcast.net/show/67551
For Middle School Teachers
10. Do Your Own Podcast www.intelligenic.com
How to do podcasts with kids.
All of these sites are available on iTunes also.

Pictures of LCM Library

2007-03-15T10:23:00.000-04:00

The library moved into a larger room this year.
Books from John Simpkins Elementary Library were added to the collection. I wanted to have the library be as inviting as possible and designed it with that thought in mind.