BLOG INFO FOR JANUARY 2007

BOOK FAIR UPCOMING: READ AND SAVE THE BRIGHT PINK FLYER FROM THE FRIDAY FOLDER (JAN. 12) PLUS!!! THE SCHOLASTIC PROMO FLYER WHICH WILL BE IN THE FRIDAY FOLDER (JAN.19). PLUS!!!!!

GRADES 3-6 WILL ENTER A CONTEST TO MAKE BOOK FAIR BOOKMARKERS, TO WIN CERTIFICATES FOR THE BOOK FAIR ENTRIES MUST BE IN NO LATER THAN JANUARY 23 .

. FAIR HOURS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 28-NOON TO 3, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 8:30-3:00, AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 8:30-1:00. AT 2:00 ON FEBRUARY 1 WE WILL DRAW A NAME TO WIN AND SELECT $25.00 IN MERCHANDISE FROM THE FAIR.

*********BOOK FAIR WILL BE PACKED UP AT 2:00 THAT THURSDAY*******

THIS BOOK FAIR IS THE LIBRARY’S ONLY FUND-RAISER SO PLEASE SUPPORT IT – AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LIBRARY ACTIVITIES DURING THESE PAST MONTHS

KINDERGARTEN THINKS “OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH RAINBOW MOOSE!

GRADE 1 CONTINUES THINKING “OUTSIDE THE BOX” WITH IMAGINARY ACTION FOR THEIR ANIMALS

GRADE 2 THINKS ABOUT “MADELINE” AND LEARNS SOME FRENCH
WORDS AND RECOGNIZES THE EIFFEL TOWER!

. GRADE 3 LEARNS ABOUT CINDERELLA STORIES AROUND THE WORLD AND WHY, IN THE DAYS OF THESE STORIES, THERE WAS NO “MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE” SUCH AS THEMSELVES!

GRADE 4 RESEARCHES IN THE LIBRARY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR ASSIGNED “ENDANGERED” ANIMALS FOR A REPORT FROM MRS. MCCANN.

GRADE 5 READ BOOKS AND CLEVERLY DID A “COLORFU” CRITIQUE AS A PUMPKIN FACE! (DISPLAYED AS THE CHRISTMAS PUMPKIN PATCH IN THE HALL!)

GRADE 6 WATCHED “WHALE RIDER” AND LEARNED ABOUT A DIFFERENT CULTURE. THEY THEN WROTE A CRITIQUE OF THE FILM IN LIBRARY CLASS, THEN TYPED IT UP IN COMPUTER CLASS ON BEAUTIFUL SOUTH PACIFIC WATERY-BLUE PAPER.

GRADES 7 & 8 HELP PREPARE FLYERS FOR THE UPCOMING CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR ( THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY)
SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ALSO REVIEWED TITLES THAT MIGHT BE PLACED ON THE AR LIST FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS.

TWO 6TH GRADE STUDENTS, CASEY LEE HICKS AND STEPHEN SAXMAN, WORKED WITH PRIMARY STUDENTS, SHOWING THEM HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE ORIGAMI ANIMALS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO SERVE SO COMPETENTLY AS LIBRARY AIDES. WE COULDN’T RUN THE PLACE WITHOUT THEM. Colleen Brown, Jessica Allman, Danielle Harrington, Caitlyn McDade, Angelo Ragghianti, Amber Shields, Erin Ibarra, and Emily Melchiore

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE MANY LOVELY, IMAGINATIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS - ****PARTICULARLY THE OF GIFTS FOR PURCHASING BOOKS AT BORDERS, BARNES & NOBLE, AND MOST OF ALL, MY FAVORITE STORE - MYSTERY LOVERS BOOK SHOP IN OAKMONT. THE LIBRARY WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM ALL THIS!

TIME TO GO ( AS I SEE ON MY “BLING” SANTA WATCH FROM MISS HALL)

CHECK OUT THE ACCELERATED READER LIST ON THE LIBRARY’S WEB SITE.WE HAVE ADDED ANOTHER 50-60 NEW TITLES. PLEASE READ NOTE CONCERNING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN READING LEVEL AND BOOK AUDIENCE. WE ARE WORKING TO FINE-TUNE THIS PROBLEM. MRS. GRAY AND THE LIBRARY STAFF- Anita Tuskan, Joan Gallagher, Nikki Senchak, and Beth Clites.