It's Wednesday! What's happening in the Sommer Library?

Welcome back from Spring Break!

We are excited to have our readers back in the library.

Ms Drew's second grade class

Everyone is getting a read-aloud or lesson this week!  Kindergarten is giggling over the fractured fairy tale, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith 

while first graders are getting caught up with Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emily MacKenzie, and second grade gets to hear about Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug.  We are still exploring our Depth and Complexity icons with our read-alouds; the students are getting really good at deciding for themselves which icons fit the books.

Third graders are exploring nonfiction text features using books from our library (and learning that an index can be a researcher's best friend!).  Since half of fourth grade is in Camp Write-Along this week, we're talking about great opening lines from children's books, and ending our writing with a lesson or truism.  Fifth graders are pairing up on the iPads to review the basics of digital citizenship.  They've got some really good questions for Ms Margocs to cover as we get closer to summertime internet surfing!

Speaking of fifth grade--Ms Margocs accompanied Mrs. Jackson, Mrs.Erickson, and half of our KSTAR News Team students on a field trip this week!  We went to the Apple store to practice iMovie skills, followed by a visit to the KXAN studio to see the professional newscasters do their job.  The students had a blast!

Next week, the library will be closed to all visitors Monday through Wednesday for testing.  School is also closed on Friday for a holiday....so Ms Margocs will be checking books out from a not-so-secret location on Tuesday and Wednesday--the school foyer!

Happy Spring from your Sommer Library!