encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
Falcon here again. I am just saying a quick hi and then turning the Falcon's Fables over to 1st grader Ryan Miller. He is the librarian today and has been doing a wonderful job. Every class received a free day and we listened to The Beatles because Ryan likes to play it on Rock Band!Hi I am... Continue Reading →
Today I am going to get a little personal. To start with, I am currently taking a Reference Librarian class. When I accepted the job of SP Librarian I didn't know much about running a library. Last year found me learning how a library truly works. For the most part I am self taught. I quickly realized... Continue Reading →
As spring winds down to summer and we all look forward to days playing in the sun I thought I would share a thought provoking book that helps explain the question of which came first the chicken or the egg. First the Egg by Emmy Award winning artist Laura Vaccaro Seeger shows the reader many... Continue Reading →
The Falcon here, reporting from the St. Philip's Library. It is 10:00 am on Friday and 1st grade has just come in to check out books. I was wondering......what are their favorite books?According to AJ Miera "The Official Pokemon Handbooks is about Pokemon and it tells you about them." When asked AJ told us his favorite Pokemon are Pikachu... Continue Reading →
The country of the month for May and June is Cambodia. This country is located in Southeast Asia and it's capital is Phnom Penh. Cambodia's climate is very tropical with about half of it covered in tropical forests. The rainy season is between May and October. Because it often floods the houses in Cambodia are... Continue Reading →
Today the library had two very special guest librarians. Miss Sarah Hankins and Mr. Dylan Hankins. They are both in 6th grade and won the Librarian for the Day at the SP Auction. We have had so much fun today! They wanted to share the books they choose to read to the 1st grade classes.... Continue Reading →
Last month when the faculty attended Congress I picked up a few fun books for the library. I recently noticed our library is lacking in the religion section. Pretty shameful in my opinion. We are a Catholic school after all! Another thing I noticed is that our children aren't really looking at the religious books... Continue Reading →
In honor of grandparents and special friends day tomorrow I thought I would share some wonderful picture books that show the special bond grandparents and grandchildren have. I love talking to my own grandma and listening to her stories and family history. Sometimes all we can do is guess about the generations that came before... Continue Reading →
This Falcon was always an avid reader but I do realize not everybody can find a book they really get into. Sometimes it is hard to read chapter after to chapter, especially if the book is assigned and not one of your choosing. Yet who out there has no problem opening a Superman comic or... Continue Reading →
I thought I would share with you some interesting SP Library statistics.First, here are the top ten homerooms. These classes have checked out the most books this school year.4B with 489 books.4A with 364 books.3A with 286 books5B with 238 books.2B with 229 booksKA with 217 books1B with 212 books5A with 212 books2A with 206... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 