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

We welcomed some of our classes back to the library this week!  Here are the precautions we are taking to keep everyone safe:

Being healthy is super-important, and so is reading!  Students are so happy to choose books to check out.  Remember that we have two other ways to get books--classroom and Grab & Go Curbside Book Delivery.  All of the details can be found on our library website.  All books that have been read by students will be quarantined for seven days before checking them in and placing them back on the shelves.

We are giving away books for your own home library, too!  If you haven't taken the survey yet, check in with your teacher for the link.  We have been delivering books to in-person students as well as during Grab & Go.  A home library gives you lots of reading practice--and reading is fun to do when the weather gets colder and you're stuck inside.

What we're learning this week:

PreK gets a peek into other children's daily lives around the world as we share One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley.  Then we're getting into the holiday spirit with Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean, illustrated by Kimberly Dean.

First and second graders are helping a pirate skeleton get himself together in Give Me Back My Bones by Kim Norman, illustrated by Bob Kolar.  We're talking about story settings and making connections between this book and the last one we shared, a nonfiction book called Skulls!. 

Third through fifth graders are learning how to track their Bluebonnet Nominee reading, how to access our eBooks and new Comics Plus database, and guidelines for in-person library visits and checkouts.

We won a Partners in Education Grant for new library books!  Ms Margocs will be purchasing a collection of board books in English and Spanish for our PreK students.

The library is set up for lessons and read-alouds!  Welcome back to our library space, Dillo Readers!