Grades 3-5 AUTHOR VISIT ALAN GRATZ WEDNESDAY ​FEB. 10th 10:30am ​Alan Gratz is the New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels for young readers, including Ground Zero, Refugee, Allies,Grenade, Prisoner B-3087, Projekt 1065, and Ban This Book.

Two kids. One devastating day. September 11, 2001. New York City. Nine year old Brandon goes to work with his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion that threatens everyone in the building. Can Brandon survive–and escape? ​ September 11, 2019. Afghanistan. Eleven year old Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help him–and put herself and her family in mortal danger?

Order his books for the visit here!

For link to the virtual author visit, email drudnick@pps.net
​*Buckman students, families and staff only

3RD GRADE - Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Awards

4TH & 5TH GRADE - Oregon Reader's Choice Awards

5th graders have made book trailers for our library!

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These videos will be linked to a QR code bookmark so students at Buckman can view a trailer of the book made by their classmates!

and now for the...

BOOK TRAILERS!

Over the course of 8 weeks the 4th and 5th graders were engaged in a unit that involved:

researching an invention that already exists with multiple databases choosing to modify that invention into something that helps humans, animals or the planet  developing a detailed sketch (blueprint) of the invention or modification that included detailed parts, drawing parts that move, explaining what each part does and what materials it is made of answering questions about where this product would be sold and for what price, would your friends purchase it? building a model of the invention using our library recyclables MAKERSPACE  having a limit on how many supplies they could use each day (replicating funding and resource scarcity)  experiencing a time limit of three 20 minute sessions to complete developing questions to ask other teams about their inventions based on all the previous steps

THEN...

Having the opportunity to share their inventions with their classmates in a conference style gallery walk!

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Marilyn Singer's reverso poems are quite interesting. She writes a poem then reverses the lines in a mirroring poem and has two different viewpoints! Our 4th and 5th graders used an app called "ChatterPix" to make the images in these books come alive!

Ms. Rudnick's YouTube Channel ​has all the ChatterPix...
​Here is a sampling of the same poem in reverse: