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

We got new books for our library!

  

We are working on increasing the diversity in our collection and updating our nonfiction with relevant subjects.  Many of the new picture books are appropriate for older grades to share and discuss--so don't forget the picture books when using our Grab & Go delivery, third through fifth graders!

We added some fiction titles for older readers, too; Ms Margocs already checked out the first book in the Keepers of the Lost Cities series to read this coming weekend.

Regular library "visits" have started!  Ms Margocs is using Google Meets to maintain social distancing.  This is what we're doing this week during our fifteen minutes together:

PreK has been talking about how we are the same and different, so we're reading Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin, illustrated by Lauren Tobia.  I've been told that the belly button pages are the favorites so far. 

Kindergarten and first graders have been talking about how they can be scientists, and first grade will be learning about plants soon, so we are sharing Seeds Move! by Robin Page.  We are being great observers, remembering the different ways seeds can be distributed.

Second grade will be discussing how government works for us, so we'll be sharing I Voted! Making a Choice Makes a Difference by Mark Shulman, illustrated by Serge Bloch. It's one of our Armadillo Readers' Choice books.

Third through fifth graders are being reminded about the process for getting books via our Grab & Go Curbside Delivery service, whether they are learning at home or at school.  We are also sharing the books we are currently reading--our classmates can be the best way to get book recommendations!

We still have several books out from the spring, and we have a new way to return them--our return bins have arrived!

There will be one placed on the portable side of the school each day for our at-home learners to drive up and return books.  Bins will also be placed in the two main hallways for our at-school learners.  Books will be "quarantined" for seven days prior to being checked in and placed back on the shelves.

Emails have started going out to remind our students about books checked out last spring that need to be returned ASAP!  If you have returned your books already--thank you!

It's been nice seeing your faces in our Google Meets, 'Dillos!  Keep on reading!