This Week in the Library: October 27-31

This was conference week at Sherwood Elementary.  Kids were dismissed at 12:20, however, all classes visited the library during the week (except the half day kindergarten - who did not come to school this week).  Here's what we did:

Primary Classes (except Widener):  Heard "Outfoxed" by Mike Twohy.  This book is on the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list.  Students figured out how the duck outsmarted the fox and found evidence in the text of the dog traits the duck demonstrated. Cool words to impress your friends found in this book: henhouse, exhausted, adorable, sly.

4th Grade: Work on our Dewey Decimal skills.

5th Grade: Learned what an index was and started to practice finding things in an index.

6th Grade:  Finished up work with Egypt website resource lists, Google Classroom, and using the library catalog.

Professional:  Met with the PSO President to talk about the upcoming Book Fair (Nov. 17-21).  Participated in a webinar titled "Common Core Partnership, Instruction, and Advocacy in the Elementary School Library" presented by Demco. Reviewed over 30 books for the Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Material. Many of these book will become a part of Sherwood's library collection.  I also worked on a distribution list of staff members for professional magazines and worked on a procedure for receiving Scholastic News print copies and distributing the to classrooms. Prepared book packets for primary teachers with WCCPBA books and activities.  Created a blog to improve Sherwood CCC communication.