Room 2's Unfortunate Letters

Second graders are reviewing how call numbers help us find books in the library.

We read The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg, which features the letters of the alphabet meeting sad fates. The students had to guess the action happening to them, which started with the same letter; for example, the F was flattened by a foot and the Q was quartered.

Then the kids created their own version of the book, as well as their personal call number. I have to say, this is always one of my favorite assignments - Room 2 showed some wonderful creativity.

Room 9 FICtion covers

Third graders now get to take out books from anywhere in the library ... but they're not sure how to find what they want. So we'll be learning how to use the online catalog and convert call number listings into shelf locations.

We started simple, with the fiction section. Every fiction call number has "FIC" as the first line, and then the first three letters of the author's last name as the second line.

For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would be

FIC
MOO

What would YOUR call number be?

Students figured out the call numbers for a list of books and and then created their very own for a fiction book they "wrote." Here are some of Room 9's book covers: 

Room 8 FICtion Covers

Third graders now get to take out books from anywhere in the library ... but they're not sure how to find what they want. So we'll be learning how to use the online catalog and convert call number listings into shelf locations.

We started simple, with the fiction section. Every fiction call number has "FIC" as the first line, and then the first three letters of the author's last name as the second line.

For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would be

FIC
MOO

What would YOUR call number be?

Students figured out the call numbers for a list of books and and then created their very own for a fiction book they "wrote." Here are some of Room 8's book covers: 

Two Different Worlds

Kindergarten can be a tough transition, especially for kids who haven't already attended preschool.

We read Dinosaur v. The Library by Bob Shea and talked about how we need to use our indoor roars at school. Then we watched this video about some of the other differences between home and school ... I love this song. Several of the kids had already learned half the words by the second time we watched it. Have fun dancing at home!

Room 1 Imaginations

Today in library, we read Ally-saurus and the First Day of School, written and illustrated by Richard Torrey. The characters use their imagination, and Mr. Torrey uses crayon to add wings, tails, helmets, and other accessories to them to show what they're pretending to be. The first graders did the same thing to themselves. Here are some of their drawings.

Ballerina princess

Pete the Cat!

Slightly Donnie-Darko-esque

Santa!