Genre Challenge - January

Congratulations to Mrs. Schwab's class for reading the most Biography books in January!! Her class earned 71 points!  Their class will receive a popcorn party in library sometime in February!

February's genre is  Award Winners (Newberry, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Geisel Award, current and old Iowa Children's Choice, etc.).  This does include honor books as well.

All results:

3M -5 (-)

3R - 2 (-)

3S - 6 (-)

4D - 5 (+)

4H - 0 (=)
4S - 40 (-)

5G - 2 (-)

5P - 0 (=)

6H - 0 (-)

6S - 71 (+)

Two Week Update - January

I let January get away from me!  Here is what's been happening in the library the last few weeks!

Kindergarten:  We started one of our most exciting units of the year!  We started our author study of Mo Willems.  We started by reading Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and learned how to draw the pigeon.  Then we learned about Elephant (Gerald) & Piggie by reading a few of their books and creating cartoons.

First Grade: We read The Hat by Jan Brett and compared it to The Mitten which we read the library class previous.  Now, we are starting our wordless book unit.  We read The Snowman and wrote about what we could do if we were a snowman that came alive at night.

Second Grade: We read Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems and wrote about what dinosaurs would do if they were alive today.  Now, we're looking at nonfiction text features using our research books.

Third Grade: We continued discussing how books are organized in the library and used the Mimio to help us practice!

Fourth Grade: We're wrapping up our learning of the nonfiction by reviewing the different Dewey sections and working on how to find the books we're looking for.

Fifth Grade: We studied different search engines to see which ones are the best for different things.  Then we learned how to "Google Like a Boss"!  We'll use those skills in an upcoming library class.

Sixth Grade: We finally finished our commercials and were able to watch them and vote!  Lots of great work done by the sixth graders!!

Weekly Update - January 9

It feels like a long time since our last Weekly Update!  It has been great in the library!

Kindergarten:  We looked at the difference between fiction and nonfiction books.  We read a nonfiction book Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, and Coughs by Penny Raife Durant.  We were able to sort fiction and nonfiction books too!

First Grade: We read The Mitten by Jan Brett and talked about predicting.  We also wrote about our favorite part and what would fit into our mitten.

Second Grade: We read The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbra Kerley and listened to Brian Selznick talk about creating the illustrations.  This ties into the second grade dinosaur study.

Third Grade: Now that we know how to use the catalog we're learning how to find things we want.  We started talking about how our library is organized and how books are shelved.  This is a conversation we will continue for a few library classes.

Fourth Grade: We're continuing with Locked in the Library but extending it to finding things in the library and using the catalog to find what is available.  

Fifth Grade: We discussed what we found for explorers and talked about the importance of verifying information we find online.  We should be able to find each fact in at least two different locations to make sure it is correct!

Sixth Grade: We FINALLY finished our commercials!  We're ready to watch them and vote on our favorites!  I can't wait to see who will win!