The Sycamore School podcasts discuss educational issues, tips and tricks, great books and more!
Your host, Sam Rudavsky, is joined by Mr. Keith to chat about the VEX Robotics club. We also give you an update on Sycamore sports and more in this new Sycamore news podcast!
Elizabeth and Kelly discuss The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin.
Heidi and Kavi talk about Rick Riordan's book The Red Pyramid.
Brooklynn and Jaclyn talk about Katherine Rundell's book Rooftoppers.
This is a recording of the parent meeting that took place on the morning of February 8, 2018. If you have questions about the trip please contact Mr. Philipose.
On this episode Jamie MacDougall, Jennifer Williams and Glenna Lykens will discuss some great books for gifted children to read. Here is a full list of all their choices. Books Recommended by Jennifer Williams - After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat - The Alphabet Room by Sara Pinto - The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater - Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by - Shelley Johannes - The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall - The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster - Books by Peter Reynolds: - The Word Collector (January 2018) - Happy Dreamer - The Smallest Gift of Christmas - Someday - Going Places Books Recommended by Glenna Lykens - After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got - - Back Up Again) by Dan Santat - Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus (illus. by Kadir Nelson) - The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken - Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition by Leland Melvin - Come With Me by Holly M. McGhee - The Distance to Home by Jenn Bishop - Dory Fantasmagory (series) by Abby Hanlon - Frank and Lucky Get Schooled by Lynn Rae Perkins - Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan - I Love Science: A Journal for Self-- - Discovery and Big Ideas by Rachel Ignotofsky - I Survived (series) by Lauren Tarshis - If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams Ivy by Katherine Coville - Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco - Land of Stories (series) by Chris Colfer - Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein - Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander - The Origami Yoda series by Tom Angleberger - The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan - Round by Joyce Sidman - Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce - Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson - Swimming with Sharks by Heather Lang - The True Gift by Patricia MacLachlan - Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka - What in the World? by National Geographic Kids - Wishtree by Katherine Applegate - Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers - - Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky Books recommended by Jamie MacDougall All books on this list were published in 2017 - You Can Read by Becker and Hoffman - The Thing Lou Couldn't Do by Spires - Away by Emil Sher - The Book of Mistakes by Corrina Luyken - The Bad Seed by John and Oswald - Creepy Pair of Underwear by Peter Reynolds - LaLaLa by Kate DiCamillo - Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet - - Earth by Oliver Jeffers - Love by de la Pena and Long - I Am Enough by Grace Beyers - I Am Peace by Susan Verde - The Antlered Ship by Slater and Fan - Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Winter & Innerst - Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker by Shelly Johannes - Hortense and the Shadow by O'Hara and O'Hara - Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Davies and Sutton - Schomburg: The Man Who Build a Library by Boston-Weatherford & Velasquez - Animal Asanas: Yoga for Children by Kadri-Oostendorp & Bahia - My Museum by Joanne Liu - See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng - Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani - Felix YZ by Lisa Bunker - As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - Dear Martin by Nic Stone - American Street by Ibi Zoboi