This Week in The Library: April 11-15

We're back from Spring Break.  Here's what we did in library classes this week:

Kindergarten: We compared a fiction book cover with an informational book cover.  Students noticed the type of illustrations, the font of the title.  Then we heard the fiction book, "When Everything Came With Dinosaurs" by Elise Broach.

Grade 1 (Bonnell & Gordon): We listened to "And To Think I Saw If On Mulberry Street" by Dr. Seuss.  We learned that this was Dr. Seuss's first children's book, written in 1937 (we calculated it was published 79 years ago!).  Then we created word card from the nouns (people, places, things) in the book.  We will use these card next week to work on alphabetizing.

Grade 1 (Hirst): We read 1982 Newbery Honor book,"On Market Street by Anita Lobel.  After the reading this alphabet book, we took the words from the book and put them in alphabetical order as a class.

Grade 2: We created a poster for the Classified section of the library.  We learned that this section is sometimes called "non-fiction," they are ordered by numbers, each number represents a class or topic.

Grade 3: We reviewed using the computer search stations.  Students learned about how to access the catalog from any computer in the world with internet access, how to log-in with their district account information, how to put a book on hold, and how to sort result lists.

Grade 4: We began lessons on citing sources.  We discussed why it was important to cite the resources we use on research projects or reports.  Vocabulary: source, bibliography, citation, MLA.

Grade 5: We began lesson on communicating online.  We explored the difference between online-only friends and face-to-face friends.   Vocabulary: uncomfortable, monitor (noun), monitor (verb)

Grade 6: We completed work on reading bus schedules.

Professional: Continued reading "Mindful Tech" by David Levy.  Gathered books for the all-day kindergarten class's reader night.  Worked on class rosters for the upcoming SBA tests.  Ordered cords for technology. Planned the upcoming Library Helper field trip.  Troubleshot technology problems around the building.  Cataloged magazines and some new books.