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

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.

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.

This Week in the Library: November 2-6

This was square dancing week at Sherwood.  All specialist classes were in the gym with our artist in residence.  Some classes came by to select books for checkout.  Books will be due next week on regular library days.

This Week in the Library: October 26-30

Despite conference week half days, we saw all of the classes (except 1/2 day kindergarten) during the week.  Here's what we accomplished:

Kindergarten (Morehouse): We heard "Cat Secrets" by Jef Czekaj.  We reviewed procedures for book selection.  Students selected books and then we checked them out on the computer. Vocabulary words: reveal, stretch, peeking, secret

Kindergarten (Cook): We heard "Bertie Was a Watchdog" by Rick Walton.  We reviewed procedures for book selection and what to do after we check out our book.  Vocabulary words: robber, horrible, bared.

Kindergarten (Widener AM & PM):  Since we didn't have class this week, all books will be due next week, Nov. 3.

1^st Grade: We heard "Don't be Silly, Mrs. Millie!" by Judy Cox.  We discussed how Mrs. Millie was acting silly and found examples in the text.  We also reinforced the Everybody section and how books are organized by the author's last name.  Vocabulary words: o'clock, announces, reminds.

2^nd Grade: We created a poster for the Fiction section of the library.  We talked about where the fiction section is in the library, what fiction is, and how books are arranged.  We also discussed the importance of doing the 5-finger check to see if a book is right for us.

3^rd Grade: We looked at the title page of a book.  We reviewed and/or learned: title, author, illustrator, publisher, place of publication, and copyright date.  We practiced finding these items on a title page by completing a worksheet as a class.

4^th Grade (Mindt): We did a partner activity looking for books from the various section of the Classified Section (Dewey numbers).

4th Grade (Gibson):  We finished the introduction about the Dewey Decimal Section.

5^th Grade: We almost completed our library rule posters.  Groups will finish them next week so they can be hung up in the library.

6^th Grade: We worked on our Ancient Egypt resource lists.  Students shared sites that they thought might help others in their upcoming social studies unit.

Professional: Attended the district librarian meeting.  Our focus this month was on multicultural resources and diversity in our collections.  I learned of some great books to buy for our library and how to promote them.