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For the past few weeks Divisions 5,6,7,8,17 and 18 have been reading the five nominees for the Maryilyn Baillie Picture Book of the Year Award. From these five Canadian Picture books students will be choosing their winner for the Great Canadian Picture Book of the year.  First,students read some award winning books during our library times and were encouraged to check out award winning and Canadian picture books. Next, we created criteria for deciding what makes a great picture book.  Then, we began reading all five nominees for 2016.  Soon the students will vote for their favourite. Stay tuned to find out which book won!

Here are the nominees:

Here is a short video/slideshow about our DEAR Day. Please share!

DEAR 2016 from South Slope/ BCSD Library on Vimeo.

We had a great day celebrating Drop Everything And Read day and School Library Day.  Everyone was invited to wear their pyjamas and some of us even brought our favourite stuffies.  We read in the hallways, the pods, our classrooms and, of course, in the library! 

Why do we do this every year? Independent reading,  choice and time to read is what students, and adults, need to become readers.

“A child sitting in a quiet room with a good book isn’t a flashy or marketable teaching method. It just happens to be the only way anyone became a reader.”  Nancy Atwell, The Reading Zone

Thank you Jon Scop from Burnaby Public Library for visiting our school yesterday.  Divisions 3,4 and 15 attended the presentation where Jon talked to us about resources at BPL and gave some great book talks.  Many of the books are now on my list to read and purchase for our school library.

Here is the list of books Jon spoke about:

https://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/list/share/85569609_jonprogramming/689987307_grade_4_reads

Thanks, Jon and BPL!

Next week, September 19-22, the Scholastic Book Fair will be coming to the library. We hope you will visit and find a great book and support our school library. 60% of book sales go towards new resources for the library! Parent volunteers are needed. Please see Mrs. Araujo in the library and/or check the sign up sheet in the hall just outside the library.

Book Fair Hours:

Monday 11:45 – 12:15pm, Recess and 3:00 – 3:30pm

Tuesday 11:45 – 12:15pm, 1:45 – 6pm

Wednesday 11:45 – 12:15pm, 2:00 – 2:30pm
Thursday 11:45 – 12:15pm, 1:45 – 5:00pm, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Welcome back to another exciting school year! I hope you all had a wonderful summer and read some great books.  Here is some of the reading I did:

 

The library program has some exciting opportunities in store for your child this year:
• Our curriculum will be promoting the very best of children’s literature to your child with activities designed to help students enjoy the stories even more.
• We will be doing our very best to get (or keep) your children “hooked on reading” by recommending specific reading materials to each individual.
• At each grade level, students will be learning information literacy skills specifically suited to their developmental needs.
• The iPads will continue to be used for learning and exciting new projects!  We have 25 iPads for students to use.
• We have a lot of special events being planned: author visits, DEAR day, book fairs, Literacy Week, the home reading club, and more!
• If you would like to volunteer to help in the library, please let me know. We’d love to have you.

Upcoming Events:

Scholastic Book Fair: Monday, September 19th until Thursday, September 22nd.  Parent volunteers are needed.  Please see me in the library or look for the sign up sheet on the library bulletin board soon.

Reading Club: Our reading club begins again on September 28th.  Notices will go home the week prior.  I encourage all families to make reading for pleasure a part of your day, every day.

Check out the library blog for more information and updates throughout the year. You can access it from the school website under the library tab or go to: http://goo.gl/PPPXu
Use your smartphone to find us too! (A great app for scanning QR codes is i-nigma)

Questions? Comments? Please come and see me in the library. I’m looking forward to an exciting year!

Looking for some suggestions for summer reading…

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Summer Reading

ALSC Summer Reading Lists 2016       

Burnaby Public Library Recommended Reading

100 Best Canadian Books for Children

Want to try some online reading on your home computer, tablet or ipod?

International Children’s Digital Library

Storyline Online

Tumblebooks and BookFlix are also great online reading resources available through the BPL databases.

Any questions?  Please come and see Mrs. Araujo in the library.  I would be happy to help you.

Our district has recently been given a trial subscription to the online reading site, Tumblebooks.  All the South Slope primary classes have visited the computer lab to learn how to access this site. We have also sent home notices to let families know how to access Tumblebooks at home.

Tumblebooks has many benefits for readers, including English Language Learners.  Listening to reading is one of the best ways for students to develop comprehension, fluency and, most importantly, experience the joy of reading.

Please see me in the library if you have any questions or comments.

Here is a quick video created by Ms. Shuster about Division 9’s experience:

Tumblebooks Listen to Reading from Lindsay on Vimeo.

 

 

 

  On Monday at our assembly we recognized 150 students and staff for their participation in our home reading club.  Congratulations everyone!  We also gave away books to some lucky winners.  We will reach our next milestone of 200 nights on April 14th. 
I hope everyone enjoys a restful and rejuvenating spring break.  I know I’m looking forward to reading lots of great books.  I hope you are, too! 

We all know February 14th is Valentines Day, but did you know it is also Love Your School Library Day?  This week I invited our school to share what they love about our library.  

  What do I love about our library?

• I love it when students rush to choose books after my book talks.
• I love it when someone finds just the book they were looking for.
• I love it when students put books on hold because they just can’t wait to read them.
• I love it when classes are reading in the library and they don’t want to leave. Sorry teachers. 
• I love it when someone comes to share a book they’ve written and wants to add it to our student author basket.
• I love it when we’re in the middle of an inquiry project and the students are so excited about learning.
• I love it when I have to tell my library monitors to stop reading and get back to work.
• I love my parent volunteers who make everything run smoothly.  Thank you!
• I love that this list could go on forever.
• I love being the teacher librarian at South Slope/BCSD!

Happy Love Your School Library Day! Please come and visit to find a book you’ll love.