News about the library and more!
Help your child succeed in school! Join the Summer Reading Club at your local public library.Registration starts Friday, June 15 and continues until the middle of July.
Click here for more information.
Check out the ASL welcome to Summer Reading below.
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n June 2nd we reached 250 nights of reading. Please hand in your forms to the library ASAP. Those students who completed 250 nights will choose a book in the library and put their name in it. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Reading Club this year. You will be recognized at our assembly June 2oth.
Next year there will be some changes and new ways to celebrate and support families with reading. Looking forward to it!
All Library Books are due June 11th! Please return your books as soon as possible. The library will re-open in September for book exchange.
Don’t forget that reading doesn’t stop in the summer. Do you have a public library card? Please see Mrs. Araujo if you have any questions or just go into any public library and sign up. It’s free!!! Stay tuned for more information about the Summer Reading Club at BPL!
Home Reading Club: It’s hard to believe, but On April 13th we will reach 200 nights of reading! Students and staff will be recognized at our Celebration of Learning assembly on April 27th.
Why is reading for fun important? Here is an excerpt from the International Reading Association position paper on leisure reading:
“Research shows that leisure reading enhances students’ reading comprehension (e.g., Cox & Guthrie, 2001), language (e.g., Krashen, 2004), vocabulary development (e.g., Angelos & McGriff, 2002), general knowledge (e.g., Cunningham & Stanovich, 1998), and empathy for others (e.g., McGinley et al., 1997), as well as their self-confidence as readers, motivation to read throughout their lives, and positive attitudes toward reading (e.g., Allington & McGillFranzen, 2003; Eurydice Network, 2011). The benefits of leisure reading apply to English learners (ELs) who read in English as well as in their native languages.”
You can read more here: http://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/leisure-reading-position-statement.pdf
Pick up your forms any time from the library. Thank you for participating and keep on reading
The Scholastic Book Fair will be back Feb.19-Feb.22 and will be open during student led conferences on Thursday. Parent volunteers are needed! Please sign up on the sheet outside the library or speak to Mrs. Araujo.
Come and visit the fair to find a great read and support your school library!
Literacy Week January 22nd-26th : What did we do during Literacy Week?
We started things off at our assembly on Monday. We were treated to a special Readers’ Theatre performance by the South Slope staff who performed The Little Red Hen.
Our school-wide read this year was Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi. 
Many classes also read her other books One, Two and Zero in the library. Students made many connections to Otoshi’s messages about tolerance, acceptance and friendship. All week classes read and responded to Draw the line in the library and in classrooms. Have a look around the school to see what’s been happening.
On Tuesday the fun continued with the Book Swap. Thank you to everyone who donated a book or more! 
On Wednesday everyone was invited to dress up. Some of us dressed up as their favourite character from a book and others wore t-shirts we could read.
On Thursday, we had special guest readers and ASL storytellers for every classroom from the Burnaby School district and the community. Guest Readers: Gordon Li, Tanis Anderson, Pietro Calendino, Patricia Finlay, Raj Chouhan, Victoria Lee, Shirley March and the Burnaby Fire Department. ASL Storytellers: Dorothy Crombie, Peggy Fee, and Eileen Edgar.
Throughout the week there was Book Trivia and Drop Everything and Read (DEAR).
Finally, we had PJ Day and a wrap up assembly on Friday. BCSD Staff performed One by Kathryn Otoshi. Our leadership students performed their own reader’s theatre of Little Red Riding Hood. Division 15 from BCSD also shared a great movie they made retelling Draw the Line in ASL. Finally, we also watched a short slideshow of the week’s events.
What a great week! Thanks so much, everyone!
On January 3rd we reached 100 nights of reading. 152 students and staff completed 50 and 100 nights of reading and all were recognized at our Celebration of Learning assembly on Jan 22nd. Pick up your forms any time from the library. Thank you for participating and keep on reading!
Well, the votes are in and we have chosen our Canadian Picture Book of the Year. South Slope has selected We found a Hat by Jon Klassen as the winner!
We chose this book because…
In close second place was Town is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz and pictures by Sydney Smith.
We chose this book because…
We enjoyed reading and talking about the other books as well. When we were Alone was recently voted a winner in the Governor General Literary Awards. The Snow Knows was named the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book of the Year.
We look forward to reading more great Canadian picture books next year!
For the past few weeks several classes have been reading some fabulous Canadian picture books. The books were chosen from the nominees for the Marilyn Baillee Picture Book of the Year as well as the Governor General’s Literary Awards nominees. We created criteria to help us decide on what makes a great picture book. Then we read a different book each week and discussed how the book met the criteria for us. Finally we will vote on our favourite.
Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner!
On November 14th we reached 50 nights of reading. So far 148 students and staff have handed in their forms! Our assembly is this Thursday so there is still time to hand in your Reading Club forms and be recognised. There will be book draws, too! Come and see me in the library any time to ask about the Reading Club and to find a great read!