This Week in the Library: February 6-10

We opened the week with 2 snow days and ended with a half day!  If you usually have library on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday morning, your books will be due next week.  Here's what we did the rest of the week.

Kindergarten: We read "Who Want's a Hug?" by Jeff Mack.  Skunk does not want hugs from bear and tries to find ways to make bear stinky so others won't want hug either.  Vocabulary:  mackerel, huffed, skunk, fix.

Grade 1-3 (except Bonnell, Hirst, Holt, Liker): We read "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  Dog is looking for a job.  There is no job for a farm dog, so he tries work as a cow, horse, and chicken.  The farmer realizes that a farm dog is just want he needs.  Vocabulary: plodded, commotion, barnyard, discouraged, foofaraw.

Grade 1 (Bonnell): We heard "What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night" by Refe and Susan Tuma.  This book was created using plastic dinosaurs and taking photographs.  It is on our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list. Vocabulary: slobber, Picasso, messy. AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Grade 4/5 (except Mindt,Wildenhaus): We worked on our best book exploration project.

Professional: Reviewed a dozen books for Puget Sound Council Book Review Group.  These books were then added to our collection.  Readied old items for surplus.  Updated best book tracking for students.