News about the library and more!
It is hard to believe but tonight we will reach 50 nights of reading! Thank you to all the students and staff who are helping us reach our goal to “Read to the Moon!”. Please hand in your completed 50 night forms to the library. 100 night forms will be available Wednesday.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Picture books: On August 31, Candlewick launched a yearlong video celebration of picture books in honor of their 20th anniversary. Every day for 365 days, as part of the We Believe in Picture Books campaign, Candlewick will offer a video shot by authors, illustrators, staff, and friends, sharing what picture books mean to them, recommending a favorite story, and more….You can also submit your own video to the publisher in which you informally talk about your favorite picture book, what the format means to you, or why it matters.
From http://www.slj.com/2012/09/industry-news/news-bites-join-candlewicks-we-believe-in-picture-books-campaign/
Check out this great video I saw on 100scopenotes.com:
The new header on the blog was a photo taken last week in the library for the yearbook. The photograph club came to take photos of our library monitors.
Can you guess who they are?
I know they are dedicated students who help out in the library before and after school with shelving, decorating, displays and more.
Thanks to all of you!
Division 8 has been reading online using the links at BPL Hear a Story as well as wegivebooks.org.
Last we they voted on their favourite site. Most of the students like Bookflix which students can use with their BPL cards. Here is what they wrote:
I liked Bookflix because…
“Someone can read to you and you can read it yourself. You can also see videos.” Sophia
“It has lots of books and it has non-fiction.” Esther
“You can play games.”
These sites can be accessed at home or at school. Come and see Mrs. Araujo in the library or talk to someone in Division 8 if you need help!
Pink Day is February 29th. Come to the library to check out some great books about bullying and how to stop it. Remember to be a friend, not a bully.
“We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don’t have them, simply by reading online.
We Give Books combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers.
We Give Books also helps some of the world’s best, most inspiring, literacy organizations by spreading the word about their great work and by providing books to the young people these organizations support.” www.wegivebooks.org
Several classes at South Slope/ BCSD have or will be reading books from this site in the library. The images are excellent and classes have enjoyed being able to see the pictures in large format on the interactive whiteboard. Ask Divisions 6 and 7 about Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman, a new book in the library that we read online last week. Division 9 read Henry and the Valentine Surprise by Nancy Carlson.
Click here to go to the site, read a book online and help others, too.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
To all the parents who volunteered at the Scholastic Book Fair. It was a big success. All proceeds will go to purchase resources for the library.
Mrs. Araujo 🙂
The winners of the 2010/2011 Red Cedar Book Awards are (drumroll, please):
Information Book Award Winner: Everything but the Kitchen Sink by Frieda Wishinsky and Elizabeth MacLeod
Fiction Award Winner: Libertad by Alma Fullerton
A sincere thank you to all who participated this year!
Tomorrow afternoon our school will welcome future kindergarten students and their families to our school. There will be storytimes, playdough, movement and much more! We are very excited to meet everyone and have fun.
Just a reminder to intermediate students to cast your Red Cedar ballot in the library by Thursday! Come see Mrs. Araujo for more information.