This Week in the Library: January 19-22

A short week because there was no school on Monday, Jan. 18 (MLK Day).  Books for Monday classes will be due on Monday, January 25.

Primary Classes (K-3, Except Monday classes & Goodsky):  We read "The Secret Lives of Squirrels" by Nancy Rose from our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee poster.  This photo story tells about Mr. Peanuts as he prepares his home for a visit from Cousin Squirrel.  We looked at the end matter in the book where we found information about wildlife photography and a Question and Answer section with the author that describes how she created the scenes and enticed the squirrels to visit. If there was time we watched a couple of short videos showing squirrels figuring out obstacle courses (link below). Vocabulary words: chattering, penmanship, vacuums, scrumptious.

Thursday, January 21 was Squirrel Appreciation Day. Click on the link for more information!  Squirrel Video, Secret Lives Slide Show (YouTube may not be available at school)

Grade 2 (Goodsky):  We reviewed what we learned about magazines last week and then we worked in table groups to explore magazine titles we have at Sherwood.  Students looked for title, audience, topic, and advertisement.

Grade 4: We learned about the Best Book Program and learned about some of the titles on this year's best book list. We'll learn about the rest of the books next week.  Mr. Gibson's class also completed their strong passwords assessment.

Grades 5 & 6:  We continued to learn about the titles on this year's best book list.  We'll finish next week.

Professional:  Laminated book covers, checked in Scholastic News issues, cataloged magazines and a few donated books. Continued looking for donors for our Donor's Choose Grant (we're have less than $200 left to have donated), Made arrangements for the 3rd grade Sno-Isle reading challenge. Created a book list with call numbers from the Book Whisperer appendix.  Attended this week's staff meeting and Foundation for Edmonds SD ambassador meeting.  I also had my annual formal observation and pre-observation meeting.  As usual, I troubleshot several tech issues around the building.