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

There's been lots of great student chatter in the library this week:

(To a classmate) "I know where those books are!  I can show you."

(To the librarian)  "I remember you reading this book to me last year in kindergarten."

(From a kindergartener) "Are the fifth graders helping us today?" (They didn't--time for kindergarteners to practice their library skills on their own!)

This week's read-alouds and lessons:

Kindergarten:  Another Armadillo Readers' Choice book, Escargot by Dashka Slater.  Ms Margocs gets to practice her French--magnifique!  The question of the day is--Would you kiss a snail?

First grade is checkout only this week.  

Second graders are learning about being scientists in their classes, and learning about a "dragon doctor" in the Book Nook--Joan Procter!  She was a real-life herpetologist who helped introduce England, and the world, to Komodo dragons.  Joan Procter,Dragon Doctor is a Texas 2x2 book.  We are talking about "Language of the Discipline" for reptile studies.

Third grade is getting to explore the databases--there is so much to learn through them!  Home access passwords should be going home this week or the next.

Fourth and fifth graders are logging into their Google accounts to add-on EasyBib for citation use.  We are talking about the importance of giving credit to information sources for both moral and legal reasons.  They will be required to provide bibliographies for upcoming assignments, and EasyBib makes that, well, fairly easy!

Upcoming visitors:

Margaret Clauder, aka The Bookworm, will be visiting with our Pre-K and kindergarten classes on Monday!

Steve Swinburne, author and honorary 4th grade writing coach, will be helping our fourth grade students on October 16th; be on the lookout for book orders soon!

A big THANK YOU to all of our volunteer shelvers helping us with our daily "book flood"--especially on Wednesdays!

See you in the stacks this coming week!