This Week in the Library: Sept. 6-8

Welcome to the 2017-18 school year.  It was great to see everyone back at Sherwood.  Here's what we did during Wed, Thu, & Fri classes:

Kindergarten: No Kindergarten students this week

Grade 1 (Gordon, Bonnell): We heard "The Librarian from the Black Lagoon" by Mike Thaler.  We learned about the library and some of the things we will work on this year.  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home: laminate, laminated, laminator, decontamination, overdue.

Grade 2 (Holt, Rempel): We heard "The Library Dragon" by Carmen Deedy.  We talked about library behavior and learned about some of the things we will work on in library this year.  We checked out books!  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home:  incinerated, incensed, linoleum, singed.

Grade 3: We heard "Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library" by Julie Gassman.  We talked about library behavior and learned about some of the things we will work on in library this year.  We checked out books!  Vocabulary words to reinforce at home: jig, roam, ignite, bios (short for biographies).

Grade 4: We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Grade 5 (Alderson): We completed a survey for specialist classes (library, music, PE) about what students liked last year and the things they hope we do this year.  We checked out books!

Professional: Helped staff with tech station set-up, participated in staff meetings, completed the annual Safe Schools trainings, registered for the AASL National Conference.