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

 Our Second Annual AME Read-Aloud Marathon began yesterday!

We have read-alouds at the top of every hour, 8a through 2p, via Google Meet.  Yesterday's guest readers were a freshman from Westwood High School, the Westwood librarians, and staff members--Ms Brown, Ms Foster (the IB coordinator), and Ms Margocs.  Today we are hosting two school board members--Ms Weir and Ms Vessa, as well as more staff members.  Several classes are joining us each hour to hear great stories.

The big event today is our book bag distribution!

EVERY scholar on our campus is getting a book, scented bookmark, and RROCKREADS pencil.  This is possible due to the generosity of

• Our RRISD Library Services Department
• Donations to our AME Library eWallet during Book Fair
• Book Fair proceeds
• PJ Hoover, a local author
• Parent Support Services
• Our wonderful AME PTA--especially the George and Dancer families

Our goal is to promote the love of learning and literacy--building home libraries is a great place to start!

Dillo Readers, enjoy your new books.  Have a safe, happy, and healthy Winter Break!  We'll see you in the library in 2022.

It's Monday! What are you reading?

 We celebrate Christmas in our house, and with only eleven days to go, it seems like the to-do list keeps getting longer and longer with tighter and tighter deadlines.  There are school tasks that have to be done by the end of the week before Winter Break starts, and there are home tasks like baking and shopping and mailing gifts by December 21st.  

In other words, I need this book right now.

Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy by Beth Kempton is a quiet place to be in the midst of the holiday hubbub.  It's a small, unintimidating book that is perfect for bedtime reading, soothing my frazzled holiday nerves and reminding me that I don't have to do everything--just the things that bring me joy. 

It's Monday, and I'm reading a different kind of Christmas book this week.  What are you reading that makes you feel peaceful and ready to celebrate the season?

It's Wednesday! What's going on in the AME Library?

We still have a lot of new books waiting to be checked out!  Ms Margocs unboxed the last shipment, and here are some of the new additions to our collection:

It is checkout week for first through fifth grades.  Students with clear accounts--no overdues or bills from this school year--can check out books for winter break.  (We have books for those who may not have clear accounts, too.)  Please do your best to keep your library books in the same safe place each week so you can bring them back and get new ones!

PreK and kindergarten classes are helping Ms Margocs read wordless books this week:

PreK is reading Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell.

Kindergarten is going on a Hike, by illustrator Pete Oswald.

Wordless books help build vocabulary, visual literacy, and oral communication; illustrate story sequencing; and are great prompts for student writing.

Next week is our second annual AME Read-Aloud Marathon!

We are soliciting readers from our learning community to share their favorite books at the top of each hour throughout our school day, next Tuesday through Thursday.  Twenty-one read-alouds in three days!  Ms Margocs will be hosting the read-alouds via Meet, so we won't have regular library visits.  Students who need to clear their accounts or refresh their books before break may come in small groups during their regular library times.  We will also be distributing a special gift to each student courtesy of the AME Library, Library Services, PTA, and our Parent Support program!

Keep on reading, Dillos!

It's Wednesday! What's going on in the AME Library?

Holiday books are on display, and our scholars are excited to check them out!

We are on the quick downhill slide to Winter Break:

This week:  Lessons and read-alouds

Next week:  Read-alouds for PK-K, checkout for 1st through 5th grades

Last week of semester:  Checkouts only for students who need to refresh books.  2nd Annual AME Read-Aloud Marathon Tuesday through Thursday!  Also...a surprise gift for every scholar from AME Library/ AME PTA/ AME Parent Support!

Please note:  Scholars need to clear ALL overdues and/or pay for lost books from this school year in order to check out books for Winter Break.  Scholars received an email in their student account if they have overdue books.  Scholars can also check their account by logging into the online catalog using their s-number without the s as the username and password.

This week's read-alouds and lessons:

PreK is listening to a nonfiction book about the changes winter brings.

Kindergarten, first, and second graders are making text-to-self connections and discussing favorite foods as we read Every Night is Pizza Night, a Texas 2x2 book.

Third, fourth, and fifth graders are looking for text features in nonfiction books aligned with their classroom studies.

Schlitterbahn's Waves of Pages reading program has begun!  Reading logs will be going home this week.  Students have until February 7th to log ten hours of reading and receive a free ticket to the Schlitterbahn waterpark in New Braunfels.

Enjoy our holiday book selection, Dillo Readers!