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

We are getting new books in to end this school year and begin the next with fresh reading material!

Next year's Bluebonnet Award Nominees were part of this last shipment too, so our readers can get a good start on reading at least five to vote in January.

We have even more books on order, supporting our IB-PYP learner profile, units of study, and student interest.  Ms Margocs is also working on updating our nonfiction offerings, beginning with newer books on countries around the world.

This is a week of read-alouds and lessons!

PreK is using their imagination along with White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes--and then we are hopping around like bunnies and counting down back to our seats.

Kindergarten and first grades are thinking about social expectations and rules that don't make sense for everyone in Ogilvy by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by T.L. McBeth.  Our first grade students especially are making terrific connections with this book,  some mentioning the blue is for boys, pink is for girls norm and delving into racism in our discussion.

Second graders are focusing on sensory details in My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Peña.  We feel like we are riding along with Daisy and her father!

Third through fifth grades are getting lessons on internet safety. Ms Margocs times this at the end of the school year on purpose, as students admit to spending a good deal of time online during the summer.  

Third grade lessons are focusing on privacy and not sharing personal information.  

Fourth grade will be discussing how to spot fake sites and phishing, and fifth graders are bringing up the Golden Rule as we talk about being a kind digital citizen and upstander online.  Ms Margocs is using lessons from the collaboration of Pear Deck and Google's Be Internet Awesome program.

We are sending out our second round of overdue notices!  We have a LOT of books out that were due BEFORE Spring Break; those are the ones we are most concerned about getting turned in.  Remember that the green bins are located all around the school and outside by the portables for book returns throughout the school day.  

We are still doing curbside service on Tuesdays 130p-230p and Thursdays 5p-630p; books can be returned then as well.

We are putting up a new bulletin board for April, and would love to feature poetry by our students and staff!  Email Ms Margocs with your writing or share a Google Doc.

We still have a month to go before all books will be due--so keep on reading, Dillos!