Rooftop's three third grade classes embarked on a multi-disciplinary library skills project which culminated in a display on a 30 foot bulletin board display at the San Francisco Main Library.
The project was led by Rooftop Librarian Tamra Marshall and teachers Amy Whitcomb, Richard Mattson and Judy Toupin. Jeremy Rourke, Rooftop's Computer Lab Instructor and Art Coordinator Amy Balsbaugh assisted with this project.
Why is the Golden Gate Bridge considered such a marvelous landmark of San Francisco?
Students became engaged in answering this question by listening to stories read aloud in their school library and using information literacy skills in the computer lab to broaden their knowledge and appreciation of the great Golden Gate Bridge. In the library, students enjoyed several books read aloud including Pop's Bridge (fiction) by Eve Bunting, The Golden Gate Bridge (non-fiction) by Thomas Owen and Monumental Verses (poetry) by J. Patrick Lewis. In the computer lab, students searched the school library catalog for titles about the GGB and linked to several informative websites about the GGB through the Rooftop Library home page. A library scavenger hunt for other San Francisco books put 3rd graders to work using newfound searching skills. In the classrooms, students wrote poetry to reflect what they had learned about the Golden Gate Bridge and a collaborative art project "bridging" the knowledge and creativity of each young poet was created in celebration.
Each element of the bridge, the hillside, the buildings downtown, the waves in the bay and the clouds in the sky contain the verse written by the students.
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