Well, we are down to the last 4 weeks of school. Some important dates and things to remember:
Now, let's cover what we got up to in the library this week.
- This is the last week for book checkout (May 2-6)
- All books must be returned by Friday May 13
- If your child has lost a book then the book must be paid for by Monday May 23.
- As an incentive for the students to return their books, each class that returns all books (or pays for lost books) will get a popsicle party with me on their library day during the last week of school.
- Any questions about your child's library record then please don't hesitate to contact me.
Now, let's cover what we got up to in the library this week.
- Kindergarten are learning about maps and globes in their classroom, so I read your students There's a Map on My Lap, a Dr. Seuss style book about maps and globes. They then explored our classroom set of atlases and we looked at the globes. Most of the students were fascinated by both the atlases and the globes and we had a great discussion. We then completed an activity identifying maps and globes.
- First Grade continue to study Plants and Eggs in their classroom so we read the book Egg to Chicken and then completed a Chicken Lifecycle Wheel.
- Second Grade are almost done with their Insects unit in class so I was able to include one last Insect lesson in the Media Center. We read Monarch Butterfly of Aster Way and then completed a map activity about monarch butterflies migration patterns.
- A Third Grade standard that your students are expected to know is sequence words, so we did a fun sequence word activity using Patricia Polacco books. I read them Thundercake and then they explored other Polacco books on their own trying to identify sequence words this wonderful author uses. They might have also brought home a Thundercake Recipe for you to try at home.
- In Fourth Grade we began looking at Reference Sources in the Media Center and started out with a look at almanacs.
- In Fifth Grade we continued looking at encyclopedia indexes and using heading as a means of quickly finding information.
