This Week in the Library: October 5-9

It's October!  Check out the new books on display.  They were purchased with money from last year's book fair.  Here's what we did in classes this week:

Kindergarten (Morehouse): We heard "I Took My Frog To The Library" by Eric Kimmel.  To respond to the book, students created a page for our class book, "What We Took To The Library." Vocabulary words: dictionary, pouch, shoulder

Kindergarten (Widener): We heard "I Stink" by Kate McMullan.  We practiced getting and returning supplies in the library.

Kindergarten (Cook):  We heard "Chester's Way" by Kevin Henkes.   After discussing the book, we created shelf markers so we can begin checking out books next week.  A letter went home to parents.  LETTER TO PARENTS.  Vocabulary words: diagonal, disguises, nifty

1st Grade: We worked on understanding how to take care of library books.  We heard "Manners With a Library Book" by Amanda Tourville. Vocabulary words: dance, dancer, dancing, sneakers.

2nd Grade (Gregerson): Reviewed library expectations using an interactive PowerPoint presentation and practiced looking for books quietly.

2nd Grade (Goodsky, Rempel):  We heard "Manners in the Library" by Carrie Finn.  We discussed how to act in the library.

3rd Grade (Keating) :  We heard "Applesauce Season" by Eden Lipson.

3rd Grade (Liker, Pawling): We completed our book care bookmarks!  Students used book care tips they had brainstormed in a previous library lesson.

4th Grade (all classes): We continued our introduction of the Dewey Decimal System, which is used to organize the books in our classified section.

5th Grade (Alderson):  Groups used their brainstormed list of library rules to pick 1-3 ideas to use for a poster to be displayed in the library.  Groups began to create a rough sketch of their poster.  

5th Grade (Wildenhaus): We brainstormed how the school rules "be kind, be safe, and be a learner" look in the library.  Groups will create posters next week to remind others.

6th Grade (all classes):  We worked on our library skills checklist.  Students had to demonstrate that they knew how to checkout/return/renew, place a hold on a book, create resource lists on their library account, and add books and web sites to these lists.  We will finish this work next week.

Professional: Read chapters 6-7 in "Mindsets in the Classroom" by Mary Cay Ricci.

     Also, continued working on getting materials ready for circulation. Depending on the book this might involve: cataloging, creating and placing the spine label, laminating the cover, taping the spine, stamping the book with school identification, or placing other labels (award, language, etc).
     Participated in the district's Tech Team Training on Tuesday with Mrs. Goodsky, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Wildenhaus.  We began to work on a technology tools plan for Sherwood.

    Attended the building staff meeting on Wednesday morning.

    Worked on gathering data and information so we can ensure classrooms have the computers they need (1 to 1 in 5th & 6th grades, 2 to 1 in all other classes).
     Attended my beginning of the year conference to set goals for this year's teacher evaluation.

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.

New Magazines at Sherwood

We are very lucky to have 3 great new magazines in our collection.  These replaced magazines that have gone out of print.  Make sure to check them out!

Ask- Arts & Sciences for Kids combines the creativity of art and science.  

Dig into History- This magazine looks at different historic time periods with a variety of articles.  Recent issues have looked at Egypt and Greece.

Faces-  People, places, and cultures are explored in this magazine.  Our first issue looked at the nation of Greece.