First Full Week of Library

We read a lot of great books this week in the Highland Library.

Third grade students listened to Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book by Lauren Child, which in a mixed-up twisted way helped us to understand why it is so important to take care of books.  The characters don't like getting spilled on, written on, crossed out or cut out of our books!!  So beware if you  make a mess of your book the characters may just take their own revenge! 


If you are a first grade student you listened to me read Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell.  Molly Lou is small, sings out-of-key and has some lovely buck teeth but she's received good advice from her grandma about being proud of herself and it gets her through when a classmate teases her. 

Fourth and Fifth grade students learned how to use their shelf markers and the sections of the library.  Their focus was to find two good fit books for reading.  They were excited to pick new books and are ready for a great new year! 

First full week finished

What a great first week it has been. A bit like a wild roller coaster ride for some students and staff but we've weathered the worst and will continue to make improvements! I've welcomed most classes to the library and we've discussed our expectations (theirs and mine) for library time. In helping students this week I discovered two new books hiding in the shelves.

Cesar takes a break by Susan Collins Thoms (2008) is about a helpful class iguana. The iguana journals for us his adventures while the students are on Spring Break! Who knew class pets had so many fun while we are out of the building! This story is pure fun, great writing and would help students think about writing themselves, after all it is Cesar's journal we are reading!

Dog and Bear; Two friends-three stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a great tale of the simpliest form. Dog wants attention and bear wants to read=they work it out. Dog wants to change his name and comes up with many alternative, typical dog names. Each little vignette has friends working together. Try this one as a read-aloud in your classroom. It focuses on dialogue between the two characters; there is no narrator.