Mrs. Smith’s Red Room and Mrs. Sylvestre’s Orange Room Friends visit the library together each week. They are the first kindergarten group to fill
a second book return chart with 100 stickers. The children selected foam stickers as a reward for the group’s accomplishment. Miss Brown’s first graders completed their first poster puzzle last week. They earned each piece of the 100-piece puzzle by returning a library book. Each first grader received a pencil for his/her contribution to the class’ achievement. Congratulations, Red and Orange Room Friends! Congratulations, first graders! Keep up the good work.
Recognition earned
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Cal-Cal-Caldecott…
“…Medal on a book, means it’s won the picture prize so take another look!”
During their weekly visit last week, the kindergartners reviewed the name and significance of the Caldecott Medal. They learned the “Caldecott Song” before exploring two nonfiction Caldecott Honor Books: First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger and What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. The location of the library’s nonfiction section was introduced and the students were taught how to use a shelf marker when browsing informational texts. After the lesson, the students completed their personal Caldecott Medals (illustrated the previous week) and proudly left the library wearing them!
Run, run, as fast as you can…
Mrs. McCall’s class explored the folktale The Gingerbread Man last week. During their library visit, the children listened to two versions of the runaway cookie: The Gingerbread Man by Ed Arno and The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires.
Pulling for the Ronald McDonald House
Last week’s competition was an estimation contest. Everyone was invited to estimate the number of pull tabs in a large container. The tabs were donated by third grader Chaz and first grader Grace. Now that the contest is over, the tabs will be given to the Ronald McDonald House in Portland. There were 9,197 tabs in the container. The person making the closest estimate from each grade wins a book. The winners are and their estimates:
Grade 1: Breanna estimated 11,111 tabs.
Grade 2: Skye estimated 10,020 tabs.
Grade 3: Emily and Kyle both estimated 10,000 tabs.
Grade 4: Marlon estimated 9,001 tabs.
Grade 5: Dan and William both estimated 10,000 tabs.
Grade 6: Aaron estimated 9,251 tabs.
Staff: Mrs. Lansing estimated 7,055 tabs.
Geo quiz
Last week’s library contest was a geography quiz. Students were asked to label three countries on a map of North America. Every paper with the countries Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala correctly labeled was entered in a drawing for a stuffed animal. The lucky winner is sixth grader Aaron.