This Week in the Library: June 1 - 5

ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE JUNE 5

This was a busy week in the library.  All library books were due Friday.  Mrs. Morehouse and Mrs. Alderson's classes did not have library class due to field trips.  Here's what we did in class:

Little Eaglets (Preschool Story Time): Mrs. Goodsky, first & second grade teacher, was our guest reader. Eaglets heard "Freight Train" by Donald Crews and got color sheets about trains and the letter T.  This was our last preschool story time.  Good luck to all those moving on to kindergarten next fall and we hope to see those who are still in preschool next year!

Kindergarten (Cook & Widener):   This week we heard "Alphabet City" by Stephen Johnson and "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood. We created illustrations for our class alphabet book and talked about the role of the illustrator.

1st Grade (Gordon):  We heard "Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish." by Janet Halfmann.  We reflected on the non-fiction text by completing a sheet where students listed one thing they learned from the story and created an illustration.

1st Grade (Bonnell & Hirst): We heard "Chameleons are Cool" by Martin Jenkins.  We reflected on the non-fiction text by completing a sheet where students listed one thing they learned from the story and created an illustration.

2nd Grade (Rempel):  We heard "One Tiny Turtle" by Nicola Davies.  We reflected on the non-fiction text by completing a sheet where students listed one thing they learned from the story and created an illustration.

2nd Grade (Gregerson):  We heard "Astronaut Handbook" by Meghan McCarthy.  We reflected on the non-fiction text by completing a sheet where students listed one thing they learned from the story and created an illustration.

3rd Grade (Pawling):  We read the 4-part stories created by students in Mrs. Keating's class.  We became illustrators and talked about how the illustration needs to reflect the text.  Then we illustrated their stories!

4th & 5th Grade (Gibson): We began a lesson of private and personal online information.  We identified sites that students go to that require some kind of registration to gain access to the site.  Vocabulary: register

4th & 5th Grade (Wildenhaus / Mindt): We continued a lesson of private and personal online information.  We looked at several websites that require registration and we looked at what information they were collecting and why they might need that information.  We also discussed the difference between required information and optional information.  Vocabulary: required, optional

6th Grade (Hanson) :  We began a lesson on the Latin language.  We had an overview of where Latin developed, why it might be helpful to learn some of it (especially roots), and how English uses words from other languages.  We'll continue this exploration next week.

6th Grade (Bogert) :  We continued a lesson on the Latin language.  Students used online and print dictionaries to look up Latin roots and find English words that originated from the root.  Students put those words into a Google slides presentation.

PSC Book Review Mtg.

Professional:  Worked with newspaper club members on their articles for the upcoming issue.  Attended the last district librarian meeting of the year at Alderwood MS.  Topics discussed included summer reading programs, best book battle, new technology for next year, and the upcoming tech levy.  I also attended the Puget Sound Council book review group meeting at Shoreline Center.  I heard reviews for over 30 books and selected books to read and review over the summer (most of which will end up in our library collection).  We also worked on getting circulation records ready for bills to be produced next year.