Bonjour! Hello!

Bonjour tout le monde!  Hello Everyone!

My name is Ms. Lloyd and I am so excited to be at Inman as your new librarian and head teacher.  Our library opened this week, after careful consideration of the health and safety protocols.

What does that mean?  To keep our community safe, we will be following a pattern and routine.  Each class has a designated time to visit.  Primary classes will follow the cookie monster footprints into the library.

When the tracks end, the students will choose a cookie to sit on.  Each cookie has been distanced from the others so the children can maintain a safe distance while listening to the story.

To sign out a book, primary students will follow the tracks to the desk.  They will place their books on the desk and then stand on the monster feet while the librarian signs out their books.  If someone is already at the desk, they know to stand on the next available cookie monster foot while they wait.

Intermediate students will sign out their own books at a separate desk.  They will each have their own large card.  This card will also serve as a shelf marker to help students replace books in the correct location as they browse.

To assist the librarian, intermediate students will be asked to help with the shelving of books.

When students return their books, the books will be held in a bin.  There will be one bin for Monday-Tuesday, one for Wednesday and one for Thursday-Friday.  The books in the bin will be quarantined for at least 72 hours.  The bin will then be pulled out and the books will be reshelved.

To begin the year, each student will take out only one book.  We will test our procedures and routines to see how they are working and adapt as we see the need.

Happy Reading!