Learning in the Library

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Identifying characters

The students in Mrs. McCall’s class continued to read winter tales this week and to work on identifying characters.  They began with Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson.  It is the sequel to last week’s story Bear Snores On.  As the new story was read, the students were asked to check the list to see if both Bear stories have the same characters.  The sequel had all the same animals plus one more!  The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt, a Russian folktale, followed.  Once again, the children listed the characters in the story and colored pictures of them.

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Kudos

Ms. Abell’s first graders just completed their poster puzzle!  The students earned each piece of the 100-piece puzzle by returning a library book.  The children received Valentine pencils as a reward for their accomplishment.  Keep up the good work, first graders!

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Pulling for the Ronald McDonald House

This week’s competition was an estimation contest.  A large jug was filled with 8,008 pull tabs. A bag of 1,000 tabs was provided as a hint.   It is not surprising that no one guessed the exact amount, but fifth grader Alan and sixth grader Haylie were very close with their estimate of 8,000 tabs.  Each wins a new book.  Congratulations, Alan and Haylie!

The library thanks second graders Aidan  and Grace for their recent donations of pull tabs.  All of our pull tab donations are given to the Ronald McDonald House in Portland. 

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Stories to chickadee-dee-dee about

The kindergartners explored snow and snowflakes with Gail Gibbons’ informational text It’s Snowing.  After the story, the children cut out paper snowflakes.  This simple activity is such a magical experience.  You make a few cuts, open up the folded paper, and voila!  A beautiful snowflake!

The nation remembered civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday.  The first graders listened to a Chickadee Award nominee about segregation this week, White Water by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein.  Set in the segregated South on a scorching hot day, the story tells of a young African American boy who is determined to find out if the water from the “Whites Only” water fountain in town tastes any better that the warm, rusty water from the “Colored” fountain.  In the end, he finds something much more empowering.  As a follow-up to the story, the children decorated hand cut-outs and mounted them on colored squares.  Each class’ squares will be glued together to make a paper quilt celebrating differences and dreams.

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Library honor roll additions

This week three classes earned a place on the library honor roll for returning library books.  Mrs. Dupere’s kindergartners filled their second chart with 100 stickers.  Each sticker represents a returned book.

Mrs. Sullivan’s and Mrs. Ball’s second graders completed their poster puzzles.  Each poster is made up of 100 pieces and each piece is earned by returning both library books!  Congratulations, students!  Keep up the good work.

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