This Week in the Library: March 6-10

What a busy week in the library.  We hosted the Sno-Isle 3rd Grade reading challenge In-School Battle on Tuesday.  Wednesday was group picture day for the yearbook, many groups were photographed in the library.  Classes also got a lot accomplished.  Here's what we did:

Kindergarten (Cook/Morehouse): We learned a lot about spiders from the book "I'm Trying to Love Spiders" by Bethany Barton.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year. We also worked on presenting our after-book selection drawings using the document camera and microphone.  Vocabulary: millions, billions, venomous, and arachnid.

Kindergarten (Widenr):  We read "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  The dog was not discouraged and kept on trying to find a farm job right for him.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year. We also worked on presenting our after-book selection drawings using the document camera and microphone. Vocabulary: discouraged, foofaraw, plodded, barnyard, and commotion.

Grade 1 (Bonnell): We read "I'm New Here" by Anne O'Brien.  This story looks at 3 children who have come to America from other countries around the world and how they adjusted to their new homes.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year.

Grade 1 (Gordon):  We heard "Mummy Cat" by Marcus Ewert.  Mummy cat roams the pyramid waiting for his queen to wake up.  It was noted that there were several other stories in the illustrations.  Students poured over the books (see photo) during reading time to solve the mystery.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year.  Vocabulary: pyramid, pharaohs, century, serene.

Grade 1 (Hirst):  We heard "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  The dog was not discouraged and kept on trying to find a farm job right for him.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year. Vocabulary: discouraged, foofaraw, plodded, barnyard, and commotion.

Grade 1 (Stillwaugh):  We heard "A Perfectly Messed-up Story" by Patrick McDonnell and reviewed what we knew about taking care of books.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year.  Vocabulary: skipping, stain, fingerprints, respect, inspire.

Grade 2 (Gregerson): Due to yearbook photos in the library, we were only about to read during this time.

Grade 2 (Holt):  We heard "Job Wanted" by Teresa Bateman.  The dog was not discouraged and kept on trying to find a farm job right for him.  It is one of our Washington Children's Choice nominees for this year. Vocabulary: discouraged, foofaraw, plodded, barnyard, and commotion.

Grade 2 (Rempel):  We heard "Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas" by Lynne Cox.  We learned about an elephant seal from Christchurch, New Zealand who, in spite of being taken away, kept returning to the river it loved.  Vocabulary: New Zealand, flippers, nostrils, swerved.

Grade 3: We began working on our posters for the "Best Book I Ever Read" poster contest.  The annual contest is sponsored by the Edmonds Arts Commission and the Friends of Edmonds Library.  All posters need to be completed by Thursday, March 23.

Grade 4: We continued to work on using Newela to read current event articles and informational text online.  Mr. Gibson's class was unable to do this due to yearbook picture taking.

Grade 5: We continued to discuss fact and opinion.

Grade 6: We finished our work on comparing our school online library catalog with catalogs at a public library and university library.

Professional: I attended the district test coordinator training Monday evening so I can be up-to-date on information regarding our upcoming SBA testing.  I served as a panelist at a meeting on Tuesday for prospective librarians at the district office.  I attended our regular staff meeting on Wednesday morning.  I set-up and organized our In-School Sno-Isle Reading Challenge contest for 3rd graders.  Edith Farrar from the Edmonds Public Library served as the emcee.  I helped Mrs. Shumway with Woodway Walkers on Monday.  I updated old PC that will create computer stations in Mrs. Widener's kindergarten class.  I helped troubleshoot technology and met with our tech support person for the upcoming gmail conversion and state testing.

Marvin K. Mooney Group Reading @ Edmonds Downtown Read Across America Celebration Saturday

From Edith at the Edmonds Public Library:

As part of this year’s READ ACROSS AMERICA day long festivities in downtown Edmonds, I am organizing a group reading of MARVIN K. MOONEY WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW!, by Dr. Seuss. The text of the book is arranged in a script for 3 groups of readers.

Our hope is to have AS MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AS POSSIBLE!  Maybe we’ll set a Guinness World’s record! 

Readers will assemble on and around the steps of Edmonds Historical Museum -- Reading will be at 2:00pm (Saturday 3/4) – just after a donation driven showing of HORTON HEARS A WHO at the Edmonds Theatre.

I am including copies of the 3 scripts here - practicing ahead of time is strongly recommended!

SCRIPT ONE

SCRIPT TWO

SCRIPT THREE

Read Across America Coming to Downtown Edmonds

Read Across America is coming to Edmonds.  The link below is to a flyer that lists all of the wonderful event occurring this weekend!

FLYER

This Week in the Library: June 13 - 17

Wow, our last full week of the school year.  It was a busy one.  Wednesday afternoon was when Edith Farrar from the Edmonds Public Library (Sno-Isle Library system) came to visit K-3 classes.  There were no classes held on Friday due to Field Day (Hanson, Wildenhaus, Gibson, Liker).

Kindergarten (Morehouse): Heard "Matthew ABC" by Peter Catalanotto and "ABC, I Like Me" by Nancy Carlson.

Kindergarten (Widener): We heard several alphabet books, "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood, " Alphabet City" by Stephen Johnson, "Animal Antics" by Anita Lobel.  Then students chose what they would draw for their letter in our class alphabet book.

Grade 1 (Gordon/Bonnell): We heard "Insects are My Life" by Megan McDonald and "Scaredy Squirrel" by Melanie Watt.  We also watched the parody video "All About Them Books" which reminds students to return their late books!

Grade 2 (Gregerson): Heard "A Killer Whale's World" by Caroline Arnold. After hearing the story, students recalled one piece of information from the book and wrote the fact down and created an illustration to go with it.

Grade 3 (Keating): Students wrote a simple 4 part story.  The stories will be illustrated by other students, so these authors made sure they had strong details to help the illustrator.

Grade 3 (Pawling): We created illustrations to go with stories created by a different class.

Grade 4 (Mindt): We had our picture book battle of the books.  We used the online quiz tool Kahoot to have our contest.

Grade 5 (Alderson): We had our picture book battle of the books.  We used the online quiz tool Kahoot to have our contest.

Grade 6 (Combined Group, Bogert): We had our picture book battle of the books.  We used the online quiz tool Kahoot to have our contest.

Professional: I continued collecting and organizing testing materials to archive and send to the district, attended the Wednesday morning staff meeting, printed award certificates for best book students, hosted our best book celebration for students who read 15 or more books this year, printed and completed overdue notices/bills for students who have library materials not turned in.  Helped with Field Day (manned the Bouncy House).

Poster Winners Receive Certificates

Trudi talks to the students!

Thursday night 7 Sherwood students received their certificates for the 19th Annual "Best Book I Ever Read" Poster Contest.  The award winner reception was held in the Edmonds Plaza Room at the Edmonds Public Library.  Students were presented with their certificates, they heard from author Trudi Trueit, and got a cookie snack!

The contest was sponsored by the Friends of Edmonds Library, Edmonds School Librarians, and the Edmonds Arts Commission.  Mr. Sonnen was one of the judges this year.  The contest was for 3rd grade student attending schools in the city of Edmonds.  Each school submitted 20 posters for the contest.  Congratulations to all of the winners!

Sherwood Winners

Outstanding Award: Kendall A., Maddy C., Mikaela U.

Honorable Mention Award: Elias H., Ariana M., Emelia M., Sophia W.

This Week in the Library: March 14-18

This was a busy week in the library.  With three half-days at the end of the week some classes did not have library class this week.  If your class did not come to the library, your books will be due next week.  Here's what we did in class:

Kindergarten: We read a fiction book about bears ("More Bears" by Kenn Nesbitt) and a non-fiction book about bears ("Bears" by Emma Helbrough).  We compared the two books and talked about which book would be most useful for getting information.

Grade 1 (Gordon, Bonnell): We read "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 (Gregerson): We created a poster about the magazine section of the library.  We focused on magazine title, audience, advertising, and topic.

Grade 3: We worked on our posters for the Best Book I Ever Read poster contest, sponsored by the Edmonds Arts Commission and the Friends of Edmonds Public Library.

Grade 4:  No classes this week.

Grade 5:  No classes this week.

Grade 6:  No classes this week.

Professional: Attended the Edmonds SD Librarian meeting.  The meeting was at Brier Elementary.  We discussed a variety of topics including: collection development, best books, budgets, and MakerSpaces.

This Week in the Library: February 8 - 12

President's weekend is coming up.  Remember if you have library on Monday or Tuesday, your books will be due the following week.  Due to the half-day schedule, Friday classes did not come to the library (their books will be due next week, 2/19).  Here's what we did in the other classes:

In many primary classes we are trying out potential books for the 2017 WCCPBA nominee list.  I'm reading them and so are some of the primary teachers.

Kindergarten (Cook): We read "The Bear Ate Your Sandwich" by Julia Sarcone-Roach. We talked about how to find the title and author on the covers of books.

Kindergarten (Morehouse): We read ""Friendshapes" by Amy Rosenthal and "Dad's First Day" by Mike Wohnoutka. We talked about how to find the title and author on the covers of books.

Kindergarten (Widener-AM): We read "I Yam A Donkey, " a fun book about using proper English by Cece Bell. We talked about how to find the title and author on the covers of books.

 Kindergarten (Widener-PM): We read "Elephants Can't Jump" by Jeanne Willis. We talked about how to find the title and author on the covers of books.

1st Grade (Bonnell): We read "Dilly Dally Daisy" by Mark Fearing.

1st Grade (Gordon): We read Audrey Wood's "The Full Moon at the Napping House." We noticed that this was a cumulative tale, where each page added onto the previous page.

1st Grade (Hirst): We read "In Mary's Garden" by Tina and Carson Kugler.

2nd Grade (Goodsky): We read "The Bear Ate Your Sandwich" by Julia Sarcone-Roach.

2nd Grade (Gregerson): We began our discussion about magazine and our magazine section.  We learned about title, topic, and audience.  We also learned how they are organized in our library.

2nd Grade (Rempel): We read "Evermore Dragon" by Barbara Joose.

3nd Grade (Keating): We read "Drum Dream Girl" by Margarita Engle.  This book was a poem based on the life of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga who broke Cuba's traditional ban against female drummers in the 1930s.  Vocabulary: Bongo, Conga, Timbales <Book Trailer - YouTube>

3rd Grade (Pawling): We read "Friendshape" by Amy Roselthal and "I Don't Want to be a Frog" by Dev Petty.  <Frog Finger Puppets> <jumping frog origami>

4th Grade (Mindt): We read "Leo the Ghost" by Mac Barnett

5th Grade (Alderson): We continued our unit on fact and opinion.  Groups had to determine if statements were facts or opinions and then justify their reasoning by listing sources that could prove/disprove the fact or find the word that could be argued in an opinion.  We will share out next week.

6th Grade (Combined Group, Bogert):  We began/continued a project on comparing library catalogs.  Students will search for common books in school, public, and university libraries.  We will be gaining experiences with different user interfaces and will be comparing the catalogs and call numbers.

Professional:  Reviewed more books for Puget Sound Council. All of these titles will be added to our collection.  Continued reading "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American" by Stephen Ambrose. Began reading the suggested titles for the 2017 WCCPBA list and began reading them (there are over 145 suggested titles).  Attended the district Building Test Coordinator training to learn about this year's Smarter Balanced Assessment.  Met with our principal and other to begin planning for the administration of the test in May.  Sorted out the delay in the Donor's Choose grant equipment (it should arrive next week!).   Added the dates for the Battle of the Best Books to the school calendar (see previous post).  Attended staff training on Friday afternoon regarding the new writing program.


Other Information:

Don't forget! The Edmonds Public Library, part of the Sno-Isle Libraries system, is offering homework help on Wednesdays from 4-5pm.  Stop by for FREE homework assistance for students in grades K-8.  A teen homework volunteer will be waiting to help you in the teen section of the library.

HOMEWORK HELP FLYER

4th Saturday Lego Slam @ Edmonds Public Library Coming Soon!

Saturday, November 28 - 2:00pm

Build your best with LEGO. Open session for creating by yourself or with a building buddy.  Bring the whole family!  For ages 5 and up.

For more information visit Sno-Isle.