encouraging students to become competent 21st Century learners
You may have already noticed library books coming home. By now I have seen all K through 5 classes and given them an opportunity to take home their first library book of the school year. The past week and a half has been spent going over library rules and book care. While each student is... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of things in store this year for the SP Library. As I look around our space I am happy to see full shelves with books just waiting to be opened. Three short years ago our little library hardly existed and now there are books on every shelf. As the students start... Continue Reading →
As summer approaches and we start dreaming of vacation I am reminded of heat! This Falcon HATES the heat. Sometimes it seems no matter what you do, in the middle of summer you just can't cool off. The character Tess feels exactly the same way in the book "Come on, rain!" by Karen Hesse. This... Continue Reading →
As the school year rapidly comes to an end we welcomed our very last librarian of the day. Corinne Gray, 1st grader, was a delight to have as temporary librarian. She was happy and friendly with every student loving her beautiful smiles. As always I pass off the blog to her. Thank you Corinne!My name... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Falcon's Fables 