This Week in the Library: September 14 - 18

The first full week of school was a busy time in the library.  We hosted the annual hearing screening on Monday and Child Care for the first part of Curriculum Night, then the library was open for parents to visit during Curriculum Night.  Here's what we did in library classes:

Kindergarten (Morehouse, Widener): We met Mr. Sonnen, the librarian.  We shared our name and favorite food with the class and we heard "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes.  Vocabulary words: chrysanthemum, Parcheesi, miserably.

Kindergarten (Cook):  We heard "Stella Louella's Runaway Book" by Lisa Campbell Ernst.  We talked about how we can share our favorite part of the book.

1st Grade (Hirst):  We decorated our own shelf markers to use during book selection and check out time this year.  We also reviewed safety procedures in the library for fire, earthquake, and lock down.  NOTE: The other 1st grade classes were moved to the previous Friday due to vision testing in the library on Monday.

2nd Grade (Gregerson): We heard "The Library Dragon" by Carmen Deedy.  We practiced entering and exiting the library and reviewed safety drill procedures in the library. Vocabulary words: incinerated, incensed, linoleum, singed.

2nd Grade (Goodsky, Rempel): We decorated our own shelf markers to use during book selection and check out time this year.  We also reviewed safety procedures in the library for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

3rd Grade (Keating):  We created a list of things we remembered from library class last year and a list of things we hope to do in this coming year.  Students also checked out their first books and found their assigned table spots.

3rd Grade (Liker, Pawling): We decorated our own shelf markers to use during book selection and check out time this year.  We also reviewed safety procedures in the library for fire, earthquake, and lock down.

Student Created Shelf Markers

4th, 5th, & 6th Grade (all classes): We decorated our own shelf markers to use during book selection and check out time this year.  We also reviewed safety procedures in the library for fire, earthquake, and lockdown.

Professional:  I attended Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Books' first meeting of the school year at the Shoreline Center on Saturday, Sept 12.  I helped several teacher with technology issues.  I also worked on getting many books ready for circulation.  Depending on the book this might involve: cataloging, creating and placing the spine label, laminating the cover, taping the spine, stamping the book with school identification, or placing other labels (award, language, etc).  I also held a library helper meeting to distribute job descriptions and applications.  Finally, I create a brochure about the library program for Curriculum Night, which I attended, on Thursday.