Archive for September, 2007

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Read Alouds: Week of 10/1

Kindergarten

Seeger. Abiyoyo.
Wood. Rude Giants.

First Grade

Sharmat. Gregory, the Terrible Eater.
Johnston. The Iguana Brothers.

Second Grade

McEwan. Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu.

Third Grade

Day. Frank and Ernest Play Ball.

2nd Grade: Fiction or Non Fiction

Oh no! A tornado hit the Amberly Elementary Media Center and all the books are on the floor. They need to be sorted, but where do we begin?
2nd graders agreed that we should first separate the Fiction from the Non Fiction. We first decided that Fiction books tell a story. The story could be “realistic” [...]

Read Alouds: Week of 9/24

Kindergarten

Bowen. Tooth Fairy’s First Night.
Carson. Pulling My Leg.
Collington. The Tooth Fairy.
Hobbie. Toot & Puddle: Charming Opal.
Maccarone. My Tooth is About to Fall Out.

First Grade

Sadler. Alistair in Outer Space.
Williams. Library Lil.

Second Grade

McEwan. Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu.

Fourth Grade

Helakoski. Big Chickens.

More Movie Tie-ins: The Dark is Rising

Coming October 5th, The Seeker, based on The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. This is actually the second book of a five book fantasy series. Like Harry Potter, Will Stanton’s 11th birthday brings surprising revelations about magical powers. Birthday presents include a belt of magic symbols and a strange and wonderful horned mask. Hopefully [...]

2nd Grade: Authors and Titles

September 11-19
How do we identify books? We look on the cover and expect to find the name of the author, possibly the name of the illustrator, and also the name of the book or the title. These are the first three words on our library media word wall.
For practice, each student created the cover of [...]

Read Alouds: Week of 9/17

Kindergarten

Brandenberg. Fresh Cider and Pie.
Hall. The Apple Pie Tree. (583 Ha)
Scheer. Rain Makes Applesauce.

First Grade

D’Amico. Ella the Elagant Elephant.

Second Grade

DiCamillo. Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride.

Computer Lab Volunteers Training, 9/17

This category will include resources for computer lab volunteers. If you missed the training, the handouts are attached below.
computer-lab.doc
Have a question? Just click on comments above.

Week of 9/10

Kindergarten

Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are.
Kimmel. I Took My Frog to the Library.
Cummins. Inside-Outside Book of Libraries.

First Grade

McPhail. Edward in the Jungle.
McPhail. Edward and the Pirates.

Second Grade

DiCamillo. Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride.

Second Grade Media

Second Graders at Amberly come to the media center twice each week.
On Monday or Friday, classes come for book checkout and a story. Books are chosen to expose students to a variety of genres and literary terms that they will be using throughout their school years and that they will encounter on the MEAP.
On Tuesday [...]

Birthday Books

(coming)