This Week in the Library: April 27 - May 1

Congratulations to Mrs. Goodsky's 1/2 class.  They earned 50 Library points and their class earned lunch in the library.  Each student also received a "Read" bookmark.  Point were earned by coming into the library quietly, quiet checkout time, being learners, silent reading, and lining up quietly at the end of class.  Way to go!

Here's what else happened in the library this week:

Little Eaglets (Preschool Story Time): Mrs. Floe, General Music teacher, was our guest reader. Eaglets got color sheets about monsters and the letter M.  Next week's reader (5/7) will be Mrs. Gordon, 1st grade teacher.

Kindergarten:  We finished our exploration of poetry.  This week we heard "Truckery Rhymes" by Jon Scieszka. This book contained nursery rhymes that had been changed to have a truck theme.  We tried to figure out the "real" nursery rhyme.  Vocabulary words were: junkyard, muffler, and screeched.

1st Grade:  We hear "Sixteen Cows" by Lisa Wheeler.  Next time we will alphabetize the names of the cows!  Vocabulary words were: thaw, yonder, unison, and truce.

2nd & 3rd Grade (including Mrs. Goodsky's 1/2 class):  We heard "Flicker Flash" by Joan Bransfield Graham to celebrate National Poetry Month.  Poems in this book were all about light.  Each poem was in the shape of the light that it described.

4th Grade: We reviewed our previous learning on ordering call numbers in Dewey Decimal order by working in 2 stations: Order in the library and a Dewey crossword.  We will have a short quiz on this in 1 weeks.

5th Grade:  We took the TRAILS assessment.  This short test assesses information literacy skills.  I use this to see growth in student understanding of these skills and for future planning.

6th Grade:  We worked on using technology to create book spine poems.  Students worked in small groups to assemble a poem, photograph it using the Chromebooks, and then putting the photo into a shared presentation.  There was a great deal of cooperative learning going on!  Here are our final results:  Hanson   Bogert

Professional:  Attended our school's PLC on student research.  Went to a meeting between district librarians and public librarians at Lynnwood Public Library to talk about summer reading opportunities for students in Edmonds School District. Attended our building's staff meeting on Wednesday morning.  Wrote book reviews for Puget Sound Council.  I also helped with finishing 3rd grade SBA English Language Arts testing make-ups.