Can you imagine falling asleep on the most luxurious cruise ship in the world and waking up to hear that the boat hit an iceberg and you may not make it until tomorrow?  Well, that's what happens in Can You Survive the Titanic? An Interactive Survival Adventure by Allison Lassieur.  You will be tasked between being a surgeon's assistant, a governess for a wealthy family, or a 12 year old boy traveling with your dad.  Be sure to choose wisely, or you may end up sinking with the Titanic.
If you would like to read other Can You Survive books be sure to check out: 
Can You Survive Antarctica?
Can You Survive Being Lost at Sea?
Can You Survive the Special Forces?
Can You Survive the Wilderness?
If you are interested in learning more about the Titanic, give these nonfiction books a look:
Exploring the Titanic
Finding the Titanic
Titanic: A Picture History of the Shipwreck that Shocked the World
Titanic
882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
Iceberg Right Ahead
T is for Titanic: A Titanic Alphabet
The Titanic
​Inside the Titanic
Or, if you prefer historical fiction, these titles may be a good fit for you:
Deadly Voyage RMS Titanic
Titanic
White Star
Voyage on the Great Titanic
Titanic, The Long Night
S.O.S. Titanic Book #3
Unsinkable Titanic Book #1
​A Night to Remember
Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
Tonight on the Titanic
I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic
The Titanic Locket: Haunted Museum #1
Titanic Crossing

I am excited to be doing a book study over Steve Layne's Igniting a Passion for Reading with a few other Denver teachers.  One of the ideas is for students to set reading goals, so I am going to be teaming with Mrs. Westendorf's class to make goals and encourage them to read more.  We are going to kick off the idea with some book talks, discussion on how to make a right for you goal, and discussion about different types of genres to try out.
Over the next few weeks, I am going to give book talks about the following titles:
The Terrible Two
Crenshaw
Roscoe Riley Rules: Never Glue your Friends to Chairs
Pax
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time
Ivy + Bean
Can you Survive the Titanic? An Interactive Survival Adventure
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
Robert and the Three Wishes
​Flora & Ulysses

We have had a great start to the school year here at Denver Elementary!

Kindergarten students have made great strides with their mousing skills in just two class periods.  For some, it is a difficult fine motor skill to master, but we continue to improve.  If your student would like to practice using the mouse at home, I would suggest going to www.funbrain.com/pre-k-and-k-playground.
​Our first graders have been reviewing their technology skills to begin the school year.  I am excited to also be doing library with them this year!  We have been talking about book care, so be sure to ask them why the Pigeon can't touch the books.
The second graders have also been reviewing to begin the year and have just started using the app Toontastic to create their own stories.  Be sure to ask them what their stories are all about.  You can learn more about the app here toontastic.withgoogle.com/.
This year in third and fourth grades, I have changed some things up and they are having an integration of technology and library skills each time they see me.  We have started off the year by doing a fiction scavenger hunt that utilizes our library researcher and Google Docs.  They have to use their knowledge of alphabetical order, Alexandria, and Google Docs to find books in the library and take a picture of them for their Doc.  This also takes a lot of teamwork, so hopefully all of the skills will improve as we work on it more.
When fifth grade has not been at EWALU we have been reviewing our G Suite apps. We started with an All About Me Google Drawing and will soon be reviewing Docs and Slides.

Please take the time to ask your student what they are doing in Library and Technology.  
If you are interested in seeing more of what we do in Technology class check out our Symbaloo site at symbaloo.com/mix/technology79