Via SLJ's email newsletter comes The Week in Rap, a weekly summary of current events and news in the form of (you guessed it) a rap. While it's definitely focused primarily on the United States and the news and events that occur there, it is certainly worth a look. Below is a special edition about Barack Obama's election victory.
The Week in Rap from Week in Rap on Vimeo.
Great idea!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Remembrance Day 2008
Remembrance Day is tomorrow, and (surprisingly) it looks like the temperature won't be too cold - it would seem like cheating if I didn't stand in cold rain or snow during a Remembrance Day ceremony. It always feels like a small payment for my freedom: standing, shivering, while Taps is played and wreaths are laid.
Over the past couple of years at Parrsboro schools, I've collected over 70 websites about Remembrance Day on the PRHS library Delicious account. Just click the link above to view the list and find out about everything from war brides to the merchant navy, Great War weapons to life after Auschwitz, Vimy Ridge to peacekeeping.
There are also a number of books in the PRHS library about Remembrance Day. Some are listed below.
I wish you well this Remembrance Day, and hopefully I'll see you at the Parrsboro ceremony tomorrow.
Friday, November 07, 2008
New books!
Between the Scholastic book sale at the elementary and a batch of books coming in that I had ordered a while back, there are more than 10 new books this week.
Fiction
Jinx by Meg Cabot
The crow (third book of Pellinor) by Alison Croggon
Arthur: of the crossing places by David Crossley Holland
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The specialists: model spy by Shannon Greenland
Diary of a wimpy kid and Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules by Jeff Kinney
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Hero by Perry Moore
The death gene by Malcolm Rose
Nonfiction
Between a rock and a hard place by Aron Ralston
Fiction
Jinx by Meg Cabot
The crow (third book of Pellinor) by Alison Croggon
Arthur: of the crossing places by David Crossley Holland
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The specialists: model spy by Shannon Greenland
Diary of a wimpy kid and Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules by Jeff Kinney
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Hero by Perry Moore
The death gene by Malcolm Rose
Nonfiction
Between a rock and a hard place by Aron Ralston
November newsletter and December calendar
The Parrsboro Schools' November newsletter is now available online. It includes a copy of the schools' December calendar.
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