Mrs. Nuala Ryan

It has been my honor to be part of the OLC School community since 2007. In that time, I have have worked with all grade levels and have seen the student population greatly increase in size. I have especially enjoyed watching our students grow up from preschoolers into fine young adults, ready for high school.

I am delighted to be returning to the Art Room! I taught Art for several years, and am so happy to have the opportunity to do it again. My goal is to familiarize the students with major artists throughout history, and enable them to interpret their works in a way that relates to the children.  As the students' artistic skills improve, they are better able to express their own creativity. Finally, after 3 years of covid restrictions, we are looking forward to bringing back the OLC Art Show in person, with works from all the students! 
Stay tuned for more details later in the Spring!

I am very excited that we will be able to bring back Library Book Exchange in the Upper School. Due to Covid restrictions and other logistics, it was not possible for most classes last year.

For the past several years I have coordinated the school’s yearbook, as well as handling our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. I am likely to pop up, taking pictures, at any place, at any time!

Prior to beginning my career in education, I worked in politics and the labor movement in Washington, D.C., and then raised our two sons, who are now adults.

I graduated from Georgetown University, where I met and married my husband.  After he finished his doctorate, we returned to New Jersey. Eventually, I began substitute teaching in Bayonne Public Schools, and then attended graduate school at Saint Peter’s University, where I received my teaching certificates in Elementary Education and in Middle School Social Studies.

In my free time, I enjoy reading, creating, travelling, and doing genealogy research.

Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1BbKOfGtWk
Winner of the 1941 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations!  
This book was published so long ago that your grandparents may have read it when they were kids!
In fact, maybe even your great-grandparents read it when THEY were kids!
(Total viewing time about 13 minutes.)
 
John Philip Duck, by Patricia Polacco
This is loosely based on the ducks who daily march through the lobby and then swim in the fountain in the famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjC0zu039R0
(About 22 minutes)
 
Rechenka's Eggs, by Patricia Polacco 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUeDbJPgtc
(About 13 minutes)
 
Ginger, by Charlotte Voake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xVTddmwKlo&t=
(About 6 1/2 minutes)
 
After the Fall - How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again, By Dan Santat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgiUbmbxPyA
(About 8 minutes)
 
The Squeaky Door, retold by Margaret Read MacDonald, pictures by Mary Newell DePalma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=borG4PUZf9o
(About 12 minutes)
 
Angelo, by David Macaulay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2SQ6DOaUo&t=1s
(About 15 minutes)
 
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,
written by Jon Scieska and illustrated by Lane Smith
This is the team behind The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by A. Wolf, as told to Jon Scieska.
(Part 1)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOCwdPeuXLQ
(Part 2)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnMIAqq7VZc
(About 30 minutes, total)
 
Sam the Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the World, by Mo Willems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATdkrx6TMg
(8 1/2 minutes)
 
The World's Greatest Elephant, by Ralph Helfer, illustrated by Ted Lewin 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iU-B9pTR30  Part 1: (14 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orzkl0zXHGs Part 2: (18 minutes)
 
Waiting is Not Easy, by Mo Willems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJcpzIEdnxc 
(About 8 1/2 minutes)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xVTddmwKlo&t=
Ginger, by Charlotte Voake
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtvJhUdUprQ     
The Invention of Hugo Cabret  -  Chapter 9    "The Key"   (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJb4l5BGS0
The Invention of Hugo Cabret  -  Chapter 9    "The Key"   (Part 2)
(Total viewing time of both parts about 16 minutes.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mog34k9xgbM
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Chapter 10 -  "The Notebook"
                           and                 Chapter 11  - "Stolen Goods"
(Total viewing time about 7 minutes.)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22-sRsd6nqQ&t=2s
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Chapter 12 - "The Message"
This chapter is the end of Part One of the book.
(12 minutes)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
"Part Two: Chapter 1 - The Signature"
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIIaK5V1SVA
 (About 10 1/2 minutes)
 
"Part Two: Chapter 2 - The Armoire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8fMfRi_098
(About 8 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 3, "The Plan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgrI9tMOFU
(About 9 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 4, "The Invention of Dreams"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9sVSiIakt4
(10 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 5, "Papa Georges Made Movies"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuVFurDsNfg
(About 6 1/2 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 6, "The Purpose"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6o4cgdC6nE
(About 10 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 7, "The Visit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2ti9Rl7NY&t=
(About 15 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 8, "Opening the Door"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N6VKvEKSVU&feature=youtu.be
(About 9 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 9, "The Ghost in the Station"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYkdj-KQqeE
(About 10 1/2 minutes)
 
Part Two, Chapter 10, "A Train Arrives in the Station"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDjZKdzSRI
(About 10 minutes)
 
Part Two :  SIX MONTHS LATER   (This is the Conclusion!)
Chapters 11 and 12:
"The Magician"

Just for fun:
How to make owls with just an empty toilet paper roll, as scissors, and some markers or crayons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCrF3dL2Cqo

Who Were the Brothers Grimm? by Avery Reed

For Third Grade - Week of January 18, 1021
 
Who Were the Brothers Grimm? by Avery Reed  
https://youtu.be/1IiULesbR4s   (about 11 minutes) (part 1)
and
https://youtu.be/unilxUwVvVQ   (about 4 minutes) (part 2)
The Cookie Fiasco, by Dan Santat
 
A fun story about four friends trying to figure out how to share just 3 cookies.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmNCSDHvKo