Kings media center news
Mrs. Butler
Spring, 2008
Announcements from Mrs. Butler
Updates
Greetings! Students have been busy working on several projects for the monthly raffle and reading motivation program in the library. For participating, students’ work is also on display.
January/February/March News
In January, second grade students listened to the story, “The Big Snow,” and made book jacket covers. K-4th grade students filled out a snowman sheet providing summary information about their books they listened to or read. 5th-8th grade students wrote summary sheets for a Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee Book that they read. For February, students competed in a Valentine’s heart contest - a coloring contest for students in grades K-3- and 4th -8th grade students wrote a valentine greeting and decorated a heart picture. Students also had the opportunity to write about “a snowy day” and illustrate their writing. For March, students created posters and postcards for a place that they have traveled in honor of the Book Fair theme—”Take a Reading Road Trip.” (Our book fair was held in March)
Library themes for January, February, and March included: Winter, Chinese New Year, Ground Hog’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, Our government and military (in support of the upcoming election), Dental Awareness Month, Easter, Travel, and Women’s History Month. Books were available to students on these topics.
A BIG THANK YOU to the volunteers who have come into our library to help update our barcodes for the State’s library loan program. We are pleased to announce that we are almost completely done with placing new barcodes on our books.
Recently, students in grades K-4th have been learning about the Newberry and Caldecott Award for books. Fact/Coloring Sheets were distributed to teach students about the awards. Students in 2nd and 3rd grade are giving their own awards to their favorite books by filling out a summary sheet.
GREAT NEWS! Winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards for 2008 our:
The John Newberry Medal Winner – “Good Masters, Sweet Ladies” by Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
The Caldecott Medal Winner – “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”
By Brian Selznick
Students also voted for the 2008 Rebecca Caudill and Monarch Award on Tuesday, February 26th. Kings Choice for the Rebecca Caudill was “The Ranger’s Apprentice” by John Flanagan, and Kings Choice for the Monarch Award was “Bad Kitty” by Nick Bruel. Actual award winners are: 2008 Rebecca Caudill Award— “Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie” by Jordan Sonnenblick, and 2008 Monarch Award— “If I Built a Car” by Chris Van Dusen.
April News
Kings Library is happy to announce that we did very well at our Scholastic Book Fair. We received over $1,500 in books for our library and classrooms. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED by purchasing books, volunteering, baking cookies, or helping with the set up and closing procedures.
April is an exciting month at the library. Many special events are taking place this month. April is National Poetry Month. Students are busy reading and writing poetry. April 17th was Poem in a Pocket Day. Students shared poems with students, staff, and teachers. Students are also busy writing many different types of poem. New styles of poetry which they are trying include: acrostic, concrete, and diamante poems. Students are also using the poetry techniques of rhyme, alliteration, and repetition.
April 13th – April 19th was National Library Week – In celebration, students participated in D.E.A.R in their classrooms, received book marks, and had a chance to guess how many items our library owns. The winner with the closest guess will receive a prize.
Tuesday, April 15th was National Library Workers’ Day. To honor our school library volunteers, invitations were sent out to honorees for a Library Tea which will take place on Thursday, April 24th in the library media center.
April is also National School Library Media Month. Students have the opportunity to participate in an Internet Scavenger Hunt at home or at school. Prizes will be awarded to all who participate.
WE THE PEOPLE BOOKSHELF is a grant from the American Library Organization that Kings Library recently received. It includes 17 books for our library on the theme “Created Equal.” Teachers will use these books to teach with next year during the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial.