Book Squirrels and Deadly Snails to Represent Sherwood

Congratulations to all of the teams for reading Best Books this year and working so hard on preparing for the school battle!  We had 5 strong teams compete and the scores were the closest we've seen in years (see below).  The district competition will be held at Meadowdale Elementary School in Lynnwood on Friday, May 29.  Good luck to our teams!

Place	Score	Team Name
1	24	Book Squirrels
2	23	Deadly Snails
3	22	Final Countdown
4	21	Battling Unicorns
5	20	Bookeaters

This Week in the Library: May 18 - 22

Here's what happened in the library this week:

Little Eaglets (Preschool Story Time): Mrs. Shook, Assistant Principal, was our guest reader. She read "Bark! George" by Jules Feiffer. Eaglets got color sheets about monsters and the letter D.  Next week's reader (5/28) will be Mrs. Hirst, 1st grade teacher.

Primary Classes (K-3): These classes heard the book "The King's Taster" by Kenneth Oppel.  We talked about point of view, the book's narrator was the dog.  Students were asked to listen for the cook's dream and what the cook discovered about the king.  Vocabulary words were: leftovers, coronation, boar, and venison.

Intermediate Classes (4-6):  These classes looked at newspaper articles from 1980 relating to the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.  We discussed primary source material.  Mrs. Mindt's class also got to see a quick video about the disaster.  HISTORY CH. VIDEO   


Other Mt. St. Helens Links:

Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Mt. St. Helens Information Rescource Center (commercial)
How Volcanoes Work - Mt. St. Helens 1980 Eruption  (San Diego St. Univ.)

Best Books:  We had our school Best Book competition on Friday.  Book Squirrels and Deadly Snails are the teams that move on to the district competition next week.  Good luck!

Professional:  Completed the last of the state testing (SBA) make-ups.  Worked with the other specialists on developing a master schedule for the 2015-16 school year.

Edmonds Public Library Hosts Lego Slam - May 23

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.  Saturday, May 23, 2pm.  Edmonds Public Library

More info at: Edmonds Public Library

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

Reading with Rover! @ Edmonds Library

From Edmonds Public Library: 
"Read aloud to a loving canine listener. The community-based literacy program, Reading with Rover, helps kids strengthen reading skills and improve reading confidence. For school-age children with a caregiver."  Saturdays May 16 & 30, 11:00 AM, at Edmonds Public Library  More info: Edmonds Library

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: April 27 - May 1

Congratulations to Mrs. Goodsky's 1/2 class.  They earned 50 Library points and their class earned lunch in the library.  Each student also received a "Read" bookmark.  Point were earned by coming into the library quietly, quiet checkout time, being learners, silent reading, and lining up quietly at the end of class.  Way to go!

Here's what else happened in the library this week:

Little Eaglets (Preschool Story Time): Mrs. Floe, General Music teacher, was our guest reader. Eaglets got color sheets about monsters and the letter M.  Next week's reader (5/7) will be Mrs. Gordon, 1st grade teacher.

Kindergarten:  We finished our exploration of poetry.  This week we heard "Truckery Rhymes" by Jon Scieszka. This book contained nursery rhymes that had been changed to have a truck theme.  We tried to figure out the "real" nursery rhyme.  Vocabulary words were: junkyard, muffler, and screeched.

1st Grade:  We hear "Sixteen Cows" by Lisa Wheeler.  Next time we will alphabetize the names of the cows!  Vocabulary words were: thaw, yonder, unison, and truce.

2nd & 3rd Grade (including Mrs. Goodsky's 1/2 class):  We heard "Flicker Flash" by Joan Bransfield Graham to celebrate National Poetry Month.  Poems in this book were all about light.  Each poem was in the shape of the light that it described.

4th Grade: We reviewed our previous learning on ordering call numbers in Dewey Decimal order by working in 2 stations: Order in the library and a Dewey crossword.  We will have a short quiz on this in 1 weeks.

5th Grade:  We took the TRAILS assessment.  This short test assesses information literacy skills.  I use this to see growth in student understanding of these skills and for future planning.

6th Grade:  We worked on using technology to create book spine poems.  Students worked in small groups to assemble a poem, photograph it using the Chromebooks, and then putting the photo into a shared presentation.  There was a great deal of cooperative learning going on!  Here are our final results:  Hanson   Bogert

Professional:  Attended our school's PLC on student research.  Went to a meeting between district librarians and public librarians at Lynnwood Public Library to talk about summer reading opportunities for students in Edmonds School District. Attended our building's staff meeting on Wednesday morning.  Wrote book reviews for Puget Sound Council.  I also helped with finishing 3rd grade SBA English Language Arts testing make-ups.