encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
We are trying our very hardest to get all the new books processes. It is taking longer than expected but as each new book is entered, labeled, covered and protected we put it on the shelf for you! Many of the books have been checkout right away. I suggest logging into your accounts and putting... Continue Reading →
Some of you may not realize that when we host Mrs. Nelson's Book Fair a percentage of the earnings go directly back into the library. The library is in a bit of a transition period at the moment. Not only are we looking at opening a learning commons but we are still transitioning to genre-tizing... Continue Reading →
If you are looking for a way to help explain 9/11 to your children this might be just what you want. This short animation from BrainPOP does a pretty good job of explaining what happened and why. I showed it to my 5th grade class today and they found it very helpful.
There are lots of exciting things happening in the library this year including the building of the new Learning Commons. Until that happens it is business as usual. I have plans to be here to support the teachers with all their Common Core needs. We continue to relabel the Fiction section, organizing the chapter books... Continue Reading →
Here are the top two book voted on by you. This final round of voting will be open for one week. At next weeks Monday morning assembly we will announce the winner of March Madness of Books and hold the raffle for everyone who voted.
Can you believe we are already at the final four of our March Madness of Books?! So here we are ready to vote in our Top Two. The winners of the last round are The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins. That series will be going agains The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.... Continue Reading →
Today I received a fun surprise in the mail; a tan package with something hard inside. Upon opening it I saw it was a foam board print of cute little Hank from Hank Finds An Egg by Rebecca Dudley. The letter, from Peter Pauper Press, explained that they wanted to send a token of their... Continue Reading →
The results are in… the winners of the Sweet Sixteen are To vote in the Elite Eight fill out the following form.
This year in the library we are having a March Madness of books, GENRE STYLE! We will celebrate the winner of our tournament by announcing it at the end of March at assembly. The library is also going to give away prizes by holding a raffle. For every round you vote in you will receive... Continue Reading →
I finished counting all the votes and tally's for our Mock Caldecott just in time to watch the real event online. I was very surprised by the book St. Philip Students chose. I knew they liked the book but I didn't realize they loved the illustrations so much that it was the clear winner. But... Continue Reading →
Officially, the Caldecott Medal is part of the Youth Media Awards. Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos and other materials for children and teens. Perhaps the most famous of these awards are the Newbery for distinguished children's book and Caldecott for exceptional illustrations in a children's book. There are other important awards... Continue Reading →
Last week I posted a video of author Aaron Becker explaining his "journey" in making his book Journey. You can watch it here. Today I would like to show you another great video of an author/illustrator explaining his process. Mr. Tiger Goes Wild is by Peter Brown and one of the books the students have been... Continue Reading →
The Falcon's Fables 