Volunteers Needed for Next Week's Book Fair!

It takes a village and and we need our community to come together to make next weeks BOOK FAIR a success. We have 44 shifts to fill throughout the week and could really use your help. This job involves helping kids pickout, then ring up their purchases on a simple cash register. Please use the link below to VOLUNTEER - you will be making a huge impact on our library, as this book fair is the only source of money for new books. Thank you!

Sherwood PSO, Teachers, and Mr. Sonnen

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a45aca92ea5f85-book

This Week In The Library: November 14 - 18

This was Scholastic Book Fair Week in the library.

Each class had the opportunity to browse the fair and learned about one of the topics: sales tax, estimating tax, authors/illustrators, and more.  Kindergarten classes heard "Mother Bruce" by Ryan Higgins.  We had a great time.  Thanks to all of the parent volunteers who helped make the book fair a success.  All proceeds went to purchase books for the library (it is our only funding for materials).

Book Fair is Here!

The Scholastic Book Fair is here at Sherwood this week.  The family letter with all of the information is available here:  FAMILY LETTER

This Week In The Library: November 7-10

The Book Fair is coming and this week we are getting ready!  Since there was no school on Friday, book due dates for those students who have library on Friday will be December 2.

All Classes (except Friday Classes): We watched the Book Fair Author/Illustrator video.  The video highlighted some of the books that will be at the fair and some of those authors shared their writing process and inspiration.  There was one video for K-3 and a different one for 4-6

Professional: Attended the staff leadership meeting on Thursday.  Cataloged some donated books and our monthly magazines.  Videotaped some of the performances at the Veteran's Day assembly. Helped with some technology troubleshooting around the building. Set up the book fair with the help of some awesome parent volunteers.

The Book Fair is Coming to Sherwood!

Mark your calendar!!!  The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Sherwood November 14-18.  We will be open 2 evenings (until 7pm) Wed. 11/16 and Thursday 11/17.   This is a great opportunity for students to build their home book collection, get holiday gifts, and support our library.  Prarents/Adults if you'd like to help set up the book fair we could use more volunteers.  Set up is Thursday, 11/10 from 1-4...more hands make it go faster.  Thanks in advance.

This Week in the Library: October 31 - November 4

Wow!  November is here, fall is in the air (sort of).  Here's what happened in Sherwood's library this week.

Kindergarten / Grade 1: Heard "A Perfectly Messed-up Story" by Patrick McDonnell.  We talked about book care and how we can keep our books safe.  Vocabulary: stain, inspire, skipped,

Grade 2 (Gregerson): We heard "Mabela the Clever" retold by Margaret Read MacDonald.  This was a folktale from Africa.

Grade 2 (Holt): We watched the book fair author video.  The book fair is coming Nov. 14-18.  Due to Veteran's Day, Book Fair, and Thanksgiving books checked out will be due Dec. 2.  Remember, you can check in, check out, and renew books before school & at recesses (except during the book fair).

Grade 2 (Rempel): We began reading our Washington Children's Choice Picture Book nominees for 2017.  We learned about this Washington state award and heard "I'm Trying to Love Spiders" by Bethany Barton.  Students listened for facts about spiders and how spiders can be helpful to people.  Vocabulary: millions, billions, venomous, arachnid.

Grade 3 (Pawling, Keating): Heard "A Perfectly Messed-up Story" by Patrick McDonnell.  We talked about book care and how we can keep our books safe.  Vocabulary: stain, inspire, skipped,

Grade 3 (Liker): We watched the book fair author video.  The book fair is coming Nov. 14-18.  Due to Veteran's Day, Book Fair, and Thanksgiving books checked out will be due Dec. 2.  Remember, you can check in, check out, and renew books before school & at recesses (except during the book fair).

Grade 4 (Gibson, Hopper): We began to learn about the Dewey Decimal System used to organize the books in the Classified (non-fiction) section of the library.  We learned about the man who created the system and why learning a little about the system can help when using organization systems.

Grade 4 (Mindt): We watched the book fair author video.  The book fair is coming Nov. 14-18.  Due to Veteran's Day, Book Fair, and Thanksgiving books checked out will be due Dec. 2.  Remember, you can check in, check out, and renew books before school & at recesses (except during the book fair).

Grade 5: We read an article about author/illustrator Chris Van Allsburg.

Grade 6: We continued working on resources lists of website for their upcoming study on Ancient Egypt.

Professional: Attended our bimonthly staff meeting.  The focus of this meeting was technology. I also attended a district website meeting. They shared some ideas for an updated website for the district and the schools.  I cataloged over a dozen donated books for the library.  I began reading "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary Schmidt (Newbery and Printz Honor Book for 2005).  I also submitted our 6 teams for the 3rd Grade Sno-Isle Reading Challenge.

This Week in the Library: Nov. 23-24

The book fair is over!  The carts and boxes went back to Scholastic early Monday morning.  Because of the 2-day school week, only 7 classes came to the library for class (3 others came for book selection only).  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Note: The online book fair continues until Sunday, Nov. 29.  See the post below for more information and a link to the online fair!

Primary Classes (Morehouse, Widener, Gordon, Bonnell, Gregerson, Keating):  We began reading our 2016 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Nominees.  This week we read "At the Old Haunted House" by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by Nate Wragg.  It is based on "Over in the Meadow" (link is to song version on YouTube and may be blocked within the school).  We discovered it is a counting book and a rhyming book.  Vocabulary words: draft, spells, vault, bayed, and haunt.

Professional: Wrapped up the book fair accounting, found books for an inter-library loan with Alderwood MS, prepared WCCPBA books for the primary teachers to read in class, checked in a mountain of books!

Book Fair Online Continues until Nov. 29

Even though the book fair at Sherwood is over.  You can still order online.  Online orders will be sent to Sherwood (no shipping charge) after the 29th.  Also, books purchased through the fair online will count toward our book fair and the proceeds will help the school library!

Visit this link: Online Book Fair

This Week in the Library: Nov. 16 - 20

The Book Fair is here!  All books due this week will be due at the next time the class attends library.  Here's what we did during library time:

Kindergarten: I read "The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School" by Deborah Diesen.  We then talked about the book fair.  Students had a few minutes to browse the fair.

Primary Classes: We talked about the book fair, caring for items, what sales tax is, and many other questions regarding the book fair.  Student had some time to browse the fair and complete an optional "wish" list.

Intermediate Classes: We talked about the book fair, caring for items, what sales tax is, how to estimate prices and taxes, and many other questions regarding the book fair.  Student had some time to browse the fair and complete an optional "wish" list.

Professional: Worked with the PSO on the Book Fair. Submitted the 3rd grade reading challenge teams to the Edmonds Public Library, did some troubleshooting of technology issues throughout the building. Continued reading "Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey" by Wayne Wiegand.  Read several books for Puget Sound Council book review group. Completed cataloging several donated books for our library collection.

This Week in the Library: Nov. 6-13

A fun week as we get ready for our annual book fair.  There was no school on Wednesday due to Veteran's Day.  Books for Wednesday classes will be due on their next library time (Dec. 2).

Because there will be no check out next week (and for W-F classes Thanksgiving week), we spend a bit more time for book selection.

Primary Classes (K-3): We viewed the K-3 Book Fair author/illustrator video.

Intermediate Classes (4-6): We viewed the 4-6 Book Fair author video.

Usborne Book Fair

Sherwood is having an Usborne Books and More Book Fair on Tuesday, May 19.

The fair will be in the library.  Sherwood will receive 50% back in free books for our library!  There are many new titles featuring books on science, skills, stories, art, and more!

You can shop online at www.myubam.com/95967

Book Fair Times for Tuesday, May 19

8:45 - 9:20am     Before School
11:45 - 12:50      Lunch Recesses
3:40 - 4:00ish     After School
6:00 - 7:00 pm    Evening

Usbourne Book Fair Coming Soon

The annual Usbourne Books & More Book Fair is coming to Sherwood on Tuesday, May 19.  Sherwood will receive 50% back in free books for the library.  You can browse and shop the E-Fair now at www.myubam.com/95967.  This is a great opportunity to get something cool and new for Summer!

Date: Tuesday, May 19
Location: Sherwood Library
Times: 8:45 - 9:20 AM, 11:45 - 12:50 PM, 3:40 - 4 PM, 6-7 PM
Flyer: Click HERE

This Week in the Library: December 8-12

Another full week! Here's what happened in the library.

Primary Classes (K-3):  We listened to "Carnivores" by Aaron Reynolds. (illustrator Dan Santat)  This is one of the Washington Chiildren's Choice Nominees.  We talked about the differences between carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.  Vocabulary words discussed were: carnivore, vicious, vegetarian, and disguise.

We also wrapped up last week's story by watching a few minutes of a silent movie "The Bank" (1915). (this link is from You Tube and blacked at school). Here's another one "The Immigrant" (1917) (Teacher Tube).

4th Grade: We worked on organizing book cards by Dewey number in table groups.  This week we worked on numbers to the tenths place.

5th Grade:  We finished looking at bibliographies and source notes in biographies.

6th Grade:  We began working on reading time lines.

Professional:  Cataloged this month's magazines, some of the books we have gotten from Puget Sound Council, and started to process books we earned at our Fall Book Fair!

I also attended the District Tech Leader Training on Wednesday with Mrs. Goodsky and Mr. Wildenhaus.  I completed the 2 to 1 laptop distribution in the building.

I attened a meeting with folks from the district Technology Dept. regarding Wireless Access Points (WAPs) at Sherwood.  I did a walk through the building with them to identify locations for future WAPs to enhance the wireless signals at Sherwood.

In addition I checked out snow books to 2nd grade and worked with some small groups of 1st graders on logging into their district accounts and using laptops.

Book Fair Wrap up

We had a great book fair. Many kids were able to purchase some great books for their home libraries.  As a result of our Scholastic Book Fair we received about $1700 is cash and $850 in Scholastic Books (85 books).  This was almost the same total as last year's book fair.  The money will be spent to add books to our collection for best books, children's choice nominees, and books that will support curriculum.

2 of our poster winners!

The book fair also had 10 students selected as poster winners.  Due to donation from the community ($300) we were able to get books to students in need.

The change donation box competition results were:  UW-$64.00, WSU- $15.68, Small WA colleges: $7.39.  All donation went to the purchase of new library books for Sherwood!

THANK YOU to all of our volunteers and the the PSO for handing the money and organizing the volunteers.

This Week In the Library Nov. 24-25

A very short week at Sherwood.  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

I only saw Monday classes this week due to the holiday.  Any books due Wednesday will be due the following week.

Primary Classes: Heard "Little Dog Lost" by Monica Carnesi.  This is a true story about a dog found on the ice in the Baltic Sea and is on our WCCPBA list.  Vocabulary words presented before this story were: Baltic Sea, adrift, and paddles.  News Video of Baltic.

4th Grade: Gibson: Reviewed our learning of the sections in the Dewey Decimal System.

5th Grade: Alderson: Completed our work on learning about a book's index.

6th Grade: Hanson: We reviewed the concept of fact and opinion.  We completed a worksheet as a class and discussed how determining if a statement is fact or an opinion can help with research.

Professional: Finalized the book fair documents.

This Week in the Library:November 17-21

It's Book Fair Week at Sherwood.  Here are some of the links your might need:

Volunteer LINK:  There are still some open slots during the week.  We'd love help!

Online Book Fair LINK.  Can't make it to the book fair?  Grandparents out of town looking for gift ideas?  You can order through this link and Sherwood will get credit for the sales.  The items come to us after the online fair closes (a few days after the regular fair).  If you are buying something as a gift, please send Mr. Sonnen an email with your phone number, so he will know not to give it to your child and to call you for pick up.

Scholastic Book Fair Videos:  PRIMARY (K-3)  INTERMEDIATE (4-6)  MIDDLE SCHOOL (6-8)

Book Fair Letter Home

Here's what was going on during classes:

Kindergarten:  Heard "More Bears!" by Kenn Nesbitt.  We made a chart of the similarities and differences between a library and a bookstore.  Students also have several minutes to browse the book fair.

1st. Grade:  We talked about being a savvy shopper.  Figuring out what you need vs. what you want.  Knowing how much money you have.  Being kind to cashiers.  Students also have several minutes to browse the book fair and create a wish list if they wanted to.

2nd ,3rd & 4th Grade:  We talked about sales tax.  We discussed how the government uses their tax money (schools, parks, roads, police, fire, libraries, etc).  Then we learned how to estimate tax using 10%. Students also have several minutes to browse the book fair and create a wish list if they wanted to.

5th & 6th Grade:  We talked about all of the people involved in making/producing and selling a book.  We also talked about how shoplifting affects prices.  Students also have several minutes to browse the book fair and create a wish list if they wanted to.

Professional:  This week I pulled Thanksgiving books for Mrs. Bonnell, continued to work on the building laptop 2 to 1 redistrbution, helped run the book fair.

This Week in the Library: November 10-14

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR NEXT WEEK'S BOOK FAIR.  SIGN UP HERE.

Although there was no school on Tuesday to honor our Veteran's, we did have classes on the other days.

All Classes (except Morehouse): We prepared for next week's Book Fair by watching the author preview video. Flyers for the book fair were given to teachers to distribute and a letter was sent home to families.  It should be noted that all books checked out this week will be due after the book fair:

Monday Classes: books due Monday, November 24
Wednesday Classes: books due Wednesday, December 3
Friday Classes: books due Friday, December 5

Links to videos: Primary (K-3), Intermediate (4-5), Middle Sch. (6)

Professional: This was a busy week.  I worked with the district tech. dept. to enable printing on our new Chromebooks.  I continue to work on our laptop re-positioning so that all classrooms will be 2 students per computer.  I cataloged our monthly magazines and donated books from PermaBound and the Puget Sound Council.  I prepared for the book fair and will set the fair up Friday afternoon with a team of super volunteers.  There was also a Library Helper meeting on Thursday.

This Week in the Library: November 3-7

This week we had an artist in residence working with all students on Square Dancing, so library sessions were cancelled and we were in the gym dancing.  It was amazing to see the progress of the students in just one week and all of the thinking skills required to square dance.

I was also able to work with Mrs. Hirst's first graders on computer skills (logging in, treating laptops with care, opening a browser, navigating).

Professional: Attended the Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Materials monthly meeting at the Shoreline Center.  I served as substitute meeting chair as the president was out of town.  I presented 5 books to the group.

I began shifting computers in the building so every classroom will have at least 1 computer for every 2 students.  This project should take a couple weeks to complete.

I also did some work getting the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair ready.  The book fair will run from November. 17 - 21,  Details will be sent home soon.  Volunteers are needed: VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

This Week in the Library: October 27-31

This was conference week at Sherwood Elementary.  Kids were dismissed at 12:20, however, all classes visited the library during the week (except the half day kindergarten - who did not come to school this week).  Here's what we did:

Primary Classes (except Widener):  Heard "Outfoxed" by Mike Twohy.  This book is on the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee list.  Students figured out how the duck outsmarted the fox and found evidence in the text of the dog traits the duck demonstrated. Cool words to impress your friends found in this book: henhouse, exhausted, adorable, sly.

4th Grade: Work on our Dewey Decimal skills.

5th Grade: Learned what an index was and started to practice finding things in an index.

6th Grade:  Finished up work with Egypt website resource lists, Google Classroom, and using the library catalog.

Professional:  Met with the PSO President to talk about the upcoming Book Fair (Nov. 17-21).  Participated in a webinar titled "Common Core Partnership, Instruction, and Advocacy in the Elementary School Library" presented by Demco. Reviewed over 30 books for the Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Material. Many of these book will become a part of Sherwood's library collection.  I also worked on a distribution list of staff members for professional magazines and worked on a procedure for receiving Scholastic News print copies and distributing the to classrooms. Prepared book packets for primary teachers with WCCPBA books and activities.  Created a blog to improve Sherwood CCC communication.