For the last few weeks the Kinders have been learning about shelf markers, manners and book care and they finally were able to check out books and take them home. We read What Happened to Marion's Book by Brooke Berg and talked about how we would take care of our books once we got them home. Ask your child about my "No, No, Never" bag and remind them where the best place to keep their book is (their backpack). Please find out what day your child has library and make sure their book comes to school on that day so they can get a new book each week. Kinders also heard Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library by Vicki Myron and helped me read a fun story called The Prince Won't Go to Bed by Dayle Ann Dodds. Ask your child what the Prince said over and over.
The other grades all learned some library skills this month. 1st and 2nd graders had a lesson on ways that fiction and non-fiction books differ. To illustrate this point, we read The Gum Chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes and a non-fiction book about rattlesnakes. 3rd graders had a lesson on searching for books in the library using OPAC, our cataloging system, while 4th and 5th graders got their first look at our library wiki.
Kinder through 3rd grade heard Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated by Florence Parry Heide. We had a lot of fun with this story and many of the kids shared where they would like to go if they could float (Vegas was a common answer?!). 1st -3rd graders also got to listen to Judy Schachner, the creator of Skippyjon Jones, read her latest book Lost in Spice. It was a nice break from me reading all the time and the kids seemed to enjoy the accents and the music that went along with the story.
Finally, the 4th and 5th graders practiced and performed in the second annual Library Fiction Relay race. It was noisy and busy and we had a great time with it! Results will be posted in this space soon.
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