Library Star Award Winners
Library Star Award:
The top 3 classes with the most books on their bookshelf that month win the Library Star Award to keep in their classroom for an entire month! Students earn books on their bookshelf by following library and school rules, working hard, and following expectations.
The top 3 classes with the most books on their bookshelf that month win the Library Star Award to keep in their classroom for an entire month! Students earn books on their bookshelf by following library and school rules, working hard, and following expectations.
Scholastic Book Fair is Coming!
When: June 3-6th, 2019
Where: North Scituate Library Media Center
Online Shopping: May 22-June 7th, 2019
More information to come soon!
Click the Button Below to visit our School's Scholastic Book Fair Homepage!
Where: North Scituate Library Media Center
Online Shopping: May 22-June 7th, 2019
More information to come soon!
Click the Button Below to visit our School's Scholastic Book Fair Homepage!
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Library Activities: January - June
Grades K-2: January 1-4 & January 14-18: Students worked with STEAM Bins to work creatively and collaboratively in the form of engineering. Students were given a bin of items such as: blocks, Legos, dominos, and Keva planks, and were instructed to build something together as a team like: a house, a boat, a wall, or a maze. Students were then prompted to consider how they could make their structure better, taller, or wider with only the materials they had. Students were also given the chance to practice using the OSMOS, an educational, digital, and interactive game. OSMOS help students practice math, spelling, and even coding! Week of January 7th: Students listened to the story "Tacky the Penguin" by Helen Lester and then participated in an unplugged coding activity called Winter Coding. An unplugged coding activity is where students learn about how computers work without using one. In this activity students followed the code to see which picture it led to on the map. They could also create their own codes and have friends figure them out. Week of January 21st: Kindergarten listened to the story "A Book is Just Like You!" by Kathleen Fox to learn about the many different parts of a book. Then we practiced finding those parts using our magic wands. Grade 1 listened to the story "How to Catch a Star" by Oliver Jeffers and answered the question "How would you catch a star?" in a writing and drawing activity. Grade 2 learned how to use the school's library catalog Destiny, so students would be more independent in locating books of interest. Week of January 28th: Students received a Digital Citizenship lesson. Kindergarten listened to the story "Goodnight iPad" by Ann Droyd and Grades 1 and 2 listened to "Once Upon a Time Online" by David Bedford. Students then discussed ways to be safe online as well as the positives and negatives of technology including how much time we are using technology. Week of February 4th: Kindergarten continued to study the parts of the book with a cut and glue activity. Grades 1 and 2 learned how to use a dictionary and practiced with a partner. Week of February 11th: Students listened to a Valentine's Day story and then wrote about their favorite book on a Hershey Kiss graphic organizer. Week of February 18th: Students listened to the story "Tissues Please" by Lisa Kopelke. Students discussed ways to stay healthy and how to properly wash their hands. February 25th-March 29th: Students worked on research projects in the library. First, we talked about the three steps to research using the Super 3 model created by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. The three steps are: Plan, Do, Review. Students planned, worked on their projects, and finished by creating appropriate citations for the book they used during their project. Grades K and 1 researched an animal, and Grade 2 researched a community helper (Teacher, Police Officer, Nurse). Week of March 11th: Students learned about the country of Ireland for St. Patrick's Day. I had recently visited Ireland and brought back two books to read: "Irish Children's Legends" and "Irish Leprechaun Stories." Each grade heard one story from each book. After the stories, kindergarten was given the prompt "If I Caught a Leprechaun" and Grades 1 and 2 worked on the "Making Words" activity. Week of April 1st: Students were handed back all their work done in library class. April 8th- May 3rd: Students began rehearsing their Readers Theater. Readers Theater is when a story is turned into a script for students to "act out". Some stories include: "The Three Little Pigs", "The Billy Goats Gruff", and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students will spend a few weeks practicing their reading parts to become fluent and to read with expression. They will also create some props to go along with their story. I am hoping to use the green screen app DoInk to record students in their storybook setting and post them on my final newsletter for the 2018-2019 school year. Week of May 6th: Students will play Sight Word BINGO. Week of May 13-June 12: Students will learn about and use Code.org to learn more about how computers work. Also, May 13th will be the LAST WEEK for students to check-out books. | Grades 3-5: January 1-4 & January 14-18: Students worked with STEAM Bins to work creatively and collaboratively in the form of engineering. Students were given a bin of items such as: blocks, Legos, dominos, and Keva planks, and were instructed to build something together as a team like a house: a boat, a wall, or a maze. Students were then prompted to consider how they could make their structure better, taller, or wider with only the materials they had. Students were also given the chance to practice using the OSMOS, an educational, digital, and interactive game. OSMOS help students practice math, spelling, and even coding! Week of January 7th: Students listened to the story "Snowflake Bentley" by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian. Students then participated in an unplugged coding activity called Winter Coding. An unplugged coding activity is where students learn about how computers work without using one. In this activity students followed the code to see which picture it led to on the map. They could also create their own codes and have friends figure them out. Week of January 21st: Students learned about the school's library catalog Destiny, so students would be more independent in locating books of interest. Week of January 28th- February 15th: Grades 3 and 4 participated in a "Book Tasting" to try out the 2019 Rhode Island Children's Book Award (RICBA) nominees. Students were given a couple of minutes to look at and read a couple of pages of each book. They then wrote down notes about their level of interest about the book. Grade 5 began working on the Health Professionals project for Mrs. McCann's class. Week of February 18th: Students participated in a President's Day WebQuest. Students read an article about the United States Presidents and then answered questions about what they read. Grade 5 continued to work on their health projects. Week of February 25th: Grades 3 and 4 were given a review on two Digital Citizenship lessons from last year: Rings of Responsibility and Personal vs. Private information. These lessons came from Common Sense Media Education. Grade 5 continued to work on the health projects. Week of March 4th: Grades 3-5 received a second Digital Citizenship Lesson on the Power of Words, another Common Sense Media Lesson. Week of March 11: Students learned about the country of Ireland for St. Patrick's Day. I had recently visited Ireland and brought back two books to read: "Irish Children's Legends" and "Irish Leprechaun Stories." Each grade heard one story from each book. Grades 3-5 worked on a St. Patrick's Day WebQuest, if there was time. Week of March 18th-29th: Students began prepping for the RICAS testing. Students were shown the RICAS Tutorial and then were given directions to practice the tools they could use on the test. Once all students were done practicing using the tools we played RICAS BINGO to review all the tools. Week of April 1st: Students were handed back all their work done in library. Week of April 8th: Students received their final Digital Citizenship Lesson for the year: Cyberbullying. Week of April 22nd: Grades 3 and 4 will begin their research projects. They will learn about research model TheBig6 by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. Grade 3 students will research the 50 states and students in Grade 4 will research a Greek Myth. Grade 5 will receive a review on Digital Citizenship for their post-test using Kahoot. Week of April 29th: Grades 3 and 4 will continue their research projects. Grade 5 will take their Digital Citizenship post-test. Week of May 6th: Grades 3 and 4 will begin finishing their research projects. Grade 5 will play a game of Categories. Week of May 15th: Grades 3 and 4 will wrap up their research projects by creating their final product, as well as creating citations. Grade 5 will begin working on Code.org. Week of May 20th- June 12th: Students will learn about and use Code.org to learn more about how computers work. Also, May 13th will be the LAST WEEK for students to check-out books. |
Students Working Hard!
STEAM Bins
RICBA Book Tasting
STEAM/Enrichment
Dr. Seuss Character Drawing Contest Winners
Using Destiny/Library Catalog on Our New Search Tablets!
Animal Research in the Library
Spring Bulletin Board
We <3 Our Libraries!
From commonsense.org
Prevent the Summer Slide!
From Follett School Solutions, INC, 2019
Volunteers Needed!
Would you like to volunteer in the library?
Here are some things I would have you do:
Here is what I need from you:
Here are some things I would have you do:
- Shelve books
- Read shelves
- Keep an eye on students while they book browse
- Help with spine, genre, and barcode labels
- Maintain the organization and cleanliness of the library
- Decorate bulletin boards
- Put up student work
Here is what I need from you:
- Send me an email regarding your interest to [email protected]
- Tell me what days and times you would like to volunteer (I only work Tuesday-Thursday).
- Tell me if you have previous experience.
- Talk to Maria Pagliarini about getting a BCI.