How to Read With Your Child Productively

Many parents wonder how to help their child read at home. Click the picture below to read a great article about how parents can read with their children productively.

Library Center Fun!

After each library lesson, students can select a library center to visit. All of the centers promote literacy and a love of reading! Students have been enjoying the library centers.  
                         

Here's what some students have said about centers:

“I like the Puzzle Center because it works my brain and it’s fun to do.” –Tate

“The News Center is my favorite because I like to read about marine biology and check for new fish and animals that have been discovered.” –Nathan

“I like the Book Wish List center because now I know what books to read next time I come to the library- I can just look at my wish list!” –Brecken

“The Book Wish List center keeps you organized and helps you remember which book you want to read next” –Addie 

ABC Book Center

Independent Reading Center

Magazine Center

Independent Reading Center

Puzzle Center- They finished the puzzle!

Independent Reading Center

Shelver Center

Library Center

Library Center

Read with a Friend Center

Read with a Friend Center

Puzzle Center

Read with a Friend Center

Read to Yourself Center

Library Center

The Global Read Aloud Begins!

This year, grades K-2 are participating in the 2016 Global Read Aloud. The GRA is a program that connects students across the world through shared book experiences. We will be studying author/illustrator Lauren Castillo for the next 6 weeks. Every week, we will read a different picture book that she has written or illustrated. We will connect with other schools across the country and world through a postcard exchange and through online forums. Look for more updates about this exciting program next month!

Would you like more information about GRA? Click Here! 

Listening to Lauren Castillo discuss what inspired her to write Nana in the City

Responding as a class to the Nana and the City padlet- we were able to read class responses from other states!

Book Wish List Center

The Book Wish List Center is one of the library centers students can visit after each library lesson. During one of our library lessons, we discussed how readers have reading plans and usually have a "book stack" or a "book stash" hiding somewhere- basically a pile of books they would like to read. This center helps students create their own "book stack" in list form. Students grab their library notebook and "shop the shelves" to look for books they would like to read next. When they come back to the library, they can look at their list to help them select their next book!

One student using her book wish list to select her next book!

Book Fair Success!

Our Fall Book Fair was a HUGE success! We sold $11,600 worth of books and were able to keep $3,800 in profit (cash and Scholastic Dollars) to purchase new books and other materials for the library. This would not have been possible without the PTO, parent volunteers, Pam Parker- the Library PTO rep, and of course- all our customers!

30 Favorite Spooky Stories Parents Love to Read Around the Campfire

Check out this list by Mandy McGuire from Scholastic.com!


30 Favorite Spooky Stories Parents Say They Love
Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine
Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz  
The Dark by Lemony Snicket
The Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. John
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
Hardy Boys books by Franklin W. Dixon
Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
No Way Out - And Other Scary Short Stories by MJ Ware
The Substitute Creacher by Chris Gall
Annie Was Warned by Jarrett Krosoczka
The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerrlizzi
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator series by Jennifer Allison
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Attack of the Vampire Weenies by David Lubar
The Vanishing Vampire by David Lubar
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Skeleton Creek series by Patrick Carman
Go Away Big Green Monster (and Nighty Night Little Green Monster) by Ed Emberley
The Haunting Hour by R.L.Stine
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow by James Howe
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
You're Invited to a Creepover Collection by P.J. Night
Monster High series by Lisi Harrison
Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud