Emily Arrow @ BookPeople – Saturday, February 4, 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 by englandlibrary

The stage is set @BookPeople awaiting the @helloemilyarrow storytime singalong!!! 💗🎼📚🏹 @ElsaEngRRISD pic.twitter.com/HPbajIWxMp

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

SO much fun singing & reading with @helloemilyarrow and our friends at @BookPeople today! 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/wGE8QLP9Fz

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

“Look around, look around, what do you see? Books! Books! Are you ready to read?” @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/9eUpo5Ed2r

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

Louise Loves Art song (book: @kellylight) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/Z2brqTIIqO

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

They All Saw a Cat song 🐱 “whiskers, ears & paws!” (book: @BRENDAN_WENZEL) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/4oI295MaPx

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

“Wo-ah, here I come, I am a hug machine!” (book: @scottlava) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/SNPgmKqqhn

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

“Dennis met a new friend, and they didn’t speak a word” (book: @SalinaYoon) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 #BeAFriendSong pic.twitter.com/e9pCvohzza

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

“Do you ever feel small in a world so big?” (book: @susanverde @peterhreynolds) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚 #IAmYogaSong pic.twitter.com/lDpiI2IxPy

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

I Love You Already! song, which I LOVE ALREADY!!!! ❤️❤️❤️(book: @joryjohn + @Benji_Davies) @helloemilyarrow @BookPeople #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/rNSUXqOzrO

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

Always so sad when “it’s time to go, Emily Arrow, time to go!” 😥 SO FUN to sing w/ @helloemilyarrow today @BookPeople! #LibrariesRRock 🎼📚💕🏹 pic.twitter.com/7weMgpxmEa

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) February 4, 2017

Preparing to meet Author-Illustrator Nathan Hale

Posted on January 23, 2017 by englandlibrary

Our Fourth and Fifth graders are very excited to meet Author-Illustrator Nathan Hale in a few weeks! Learn more about Mr. Hale and his hilarious, historically-accurate books in the Google Slides presentation below, which was presented to 4th & 5th graders last week.
{Note: Mr. Hale has many more works to his name than what is featured in the presentation below!
Read more about his work here.}

Order Forms are due THIS Friday, January 27th!

Click the order form below to download a copy!

Click below to watch his video on War Hats!

November 2016 by the numbers…

Posted on December 7, 2016 by englandlibrary

November in the Elsa England Library: ENERGIZING music w/ Emily Arrow, 1st Scholastic Book Fair, reading & learning! #LibrariesRRock

Emily Arrow sings with PreK, K, and 1st graders!

Posted on November 5, 2016 by englandlibrary

To say our students have been a little excited to meet kid-lit-tunes musician Emily Arrow is an understatement! We’ve been reading books, singing her songs, and watching her YouTube videos for weeks now, and the day finally came for her to sing with us LIVE and IN PERSON from the Elsa England Cafeteria!!!!!!

🎶 Hello, hello, Emily Arrow, hello! 🎶 Our @ElsaEngRRISD stage is set and we’re counting down the minutes until our @helloemilyarrow show! pic.twitter.com/DFVazvmxXs

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 2, 2016

This week’s @helloemilyarrow visit was THE highlight of our year! We LOVED every moment singing along w/ you, Emily! Such a SPECIAL day! 💕🎶🎸 pic.twitter.com/zvh1w25pzY

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

PreK, K, & 1st singing “Books, Books” live w/ @helloemilyarrow from the @ElsaEngRRISD stage!! A dream come true!! 💕🎶🎸📚💕#LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/bCbjDzBZ1n

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

“Louise Loves Art” during our live concert w/ @helloemilyarrow from the @ElsaEngRRISD stage! One of our favorite songs 💕🎨🎶🎸📚💕#LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/s3t8LtJe7v

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

We loved singing “Be A Friend Song” w/ Emily Arrow (@helloemilyarrow) during our live concert @ElsaEngRRISD this week!! 💕🎶🎸📚💕#LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/VaPn3klFg1

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

Singing “I Am Yoga Song” w/ @helloemilyarrow helps us slow our breath, relax & calm ourselves. Love it! #LibrariesRRock @ElsaEngRRISD 💕🌎🎶📚🎸💕 pic.twitter.com/d5Aulcu9xZ

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

We’ll forever keep poems in our pockets after singing this catchy song w/ the FABULOUS @helloemilyarrow! @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock 💕📚🎶📝💕 pic.twitter.com/sjOBIneG9U

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

I think @helloemilyarrow was blown away when we sang every word w/ motions to “The Dot Song”!! So fun!! #LibrariesRRock @ElsaEngRRISD 💕🎶🎨🎸📚💕 pic.twitter.com/kk6fgw59Bs

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

Emily Arrow sang “Hug Machine Song” with us by request! It’s one of our faves! @helloemilyarrow @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock 💕🎸🎶📚👐🏻💕 pic.twitter.com/Kwu6sLiHIk

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

Singing along w/ our mouth kazoos to “Are We There Yeti Song” w/ @helloemilyarrow, book by @ashlynanstee @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock 💕🎶🚌📚💕 pic.twitter.com/F9IOcBO3jo

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

Emily Arrow sings Follow Your Arrow; follow your hearts & dreams. 💕 Don’t go, @helloemilyarrow!! We loved your visit!! @ElsaEngRRISD 💕🎶🎸📚💕 pic.twitter.com/E2grNQkw6v

— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) November 4, 2016

Thanks again to our fabulous PTA for sponsoring this amazing experience for our community!

October 2017 by the numbers…

Posted on November 1, 2016 by englandlibrary

A FUN October in the library, Leopards! EXCITING visit w/ Author Aaron Reynolds, EveryArtistLive, lots of reading & learning! #LibrariesRRock

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August-September 2016 by the numbers…

Posted on October 14, 2016 by englandlibrary

It’s been a BUSY & GREAT beginning of the year in the library; a WONDERFUL start to our FIFTH year together, Leopards! #LibrariesRRock

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Hello Hello, Emily Arrow, Hello!

Posted on October 4, 2016 by englandlibrary

Kindergarteners and 1st graders are very excited to meet Emily Arrow in a few weeks! Emily is a former elementary-school-music-teacher-turned-kidlit-singer/songwriter; writing and performing fabulous songs based on picture books!

You can watch many videos of her original songs on her Emily Arrow YouTube channel, and we are excited to offer the pre-sale opportunity to purchase a kazoo and/or a signed CD before her visit! Order forms will be sent home this week, and please return them by Wednesday, October 12th!

Thank you to our AWESOME PTA for funding and supporting this very special literacy-music visit from Emily Arrow!

Check out Louise Loves Art and Hug Machine videos below:

Louise Loves Art Song – Emily Arrow
Book by Kelly Light

Hug Machine song – Emily Arrow
Book by Scott Campbell

The Dot Song Motions Guide – Emily Arrow & Peter H. Reynolds

BE A FRIEND Song by Emily Arrow
Book by Salina Yoon

The Curious Garden Song – Emily Arrow & Peter Brown

ARE WE THERE, YETI? Song – Emily Arrow & Ashlyn Anstee

ISH Song Motions Guide – Emily Arrow & Peter H. Reynolds

I Am Yoga Song – Emily Arrow
Book by Susan Verde, Art by Peter H. Reynolds

Battle of the Bluebonnets 2016

Posted on March 11, 2016 by englandlibrary

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23 dedicated students read ALL 20 Bluebonnet books and were poised to battle it out in our Campus Battle of the Bluebonnets on February 23, 2016! Students used the Quizziz app on our NextGen iPads to demonstrate their deep knowledge of the 20 Bluebonnet books.

Once our team was selected, it was time to PREPARE for BATTLE!

This year’s battle was being sponsored by the Round Rock Express and would be held at the Dell Diamond!

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2016 Battle Team Picture

Our team won THIRD PLACE out of THIRTY schools participating!!!!! We are so proud of our England Leopard Battle Team!

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Book Fair: NEXT WEEK!

Posted on May 5, 2015 by englandlibrary

Calling all volunteers! Our Spring Scholastic Book Fair is quickly approaching and we need YOUR help! We begin setting up for our book fair on Friday, May 8th, and there are tons of opportunities for you to make it a success.

Volunteers can help by setting up the fair, helping students write their wish lists, selling books and finally, packing up the fair. Please consider signing up for a shift! It is a fun volunteer opportunity!

Our Online Fair is already running!
Visit http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/England!

And the 2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner is……..

Posted on February 18, 2015 by englandlibrary

130,997 students across the entire state of Texas voted, including:

40,078 students in 3rd grade
42,354 students in 4th grade
38,651 students in 5th grade
9,914 students in 6th grade

AND… the book winning the state-wide Texas Bluebonnet Award for 2015 is……(watch the video!)…..(make sure your volume is on!)……

TBA 2015 Video Congrats

Here at England Elementary, our voting totals were as follows:

3rd runner up: The Illuminated Adventures of Flora and Ulysses (10 votes)
2nd runner up: The Neptune Project (14 votes)
1st runner up: Dead City (15 votes)

and the winner at England Elementary, with 39 votes, is Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin!

At our school, 133 students voted, including:

45 students in 3rd grade
48 students in 4th grade
40 students in 5th grade

THANK YOU to all of the students who participated in the Bluebonnet Program and to all of the teachers and parents who supported our awesome readers!!!!

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