This Month in the Library: November 2017

It's been a busy month in the library.  Here's what the various grade levels did during library class.

Kindergarten: We began checking our books.  We learned the process and procedures.  We also learned about relatives.  We also learned about the upcoming book fair.

Grade 1: We continued listening to books from the everybody section.  We learned about authors in that section and the call number of the books.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 2: We heard some more folk tales from around the world.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 3: We worked on finding bibliographic information from the title page of books.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 4: We began to learn about Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification system used in our classified book section.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 5: We finished our library rule posters and we learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Grade 6: We worked on a project comparing call numbers in several different library catalogs: school, public, and university.  We worked on computer productivity skills such as copy, paste, multiple tabs open, etc.  We also learned about some of the authors whose books will be in the upcoming book fair.

Professional: I attended the Washington Library Association annual conference in Tacoma on Saturday, Nov. 4.  I attended the American Association of School Libraries conference over Veteran's Day weekend .  I also participated in building staff and leadership meetings.  I met with my collaborative learning group of librarians.  I attended several Washington Library Association meetings as I will assume a role on the board of directors in January.