Week of August 28th

Here is what we learned in the library this week!

Grades 4 & 5
We watched book trailers for some of the 2018 Bluestem Award books.  The Bluestem Award is the children's choice award for students in Illinois in grades 3-5.  While watching the trailers, we discussed elements of book trailers that make them effective.  Eventually, our students in fifth grade will be creating their own book trailers in the library.  Students discovered many new books that they are interested in reading after watching the book trailers!  We will watch the rest next week.  Here is the link to the presentation with all of the 2018 Bluestem Award book trailers:

Bluestem Book Trailers 

Grade 3

In third grade, we read School's 1st Day of School.  This is a book written from the school's perspective about a brand new school that is worried to start a new year. We learned that just like the school, people have different feelings at the beginning of the school year as well. After reading the book, we discussed different objects that we could write stories about from their point of view.

Grades 1 & 2

Students in first and second grade heard the story Interrupting Chicken.  In this funny story, little chicken keeps interrupting her father while he reads her favorite bedtime stories because she wants to change the endings.  Students had fun predicting what was going to happen next! We also practiced using the shelf markers again so that our books stay in their "homes".

Kindergarten & PK

In kindergarten and preK, we read Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes and Curious George Visits the Library.  Afterwards, we talked about how important it is to take good care of our library books so that others can enjoy them.

Battle of the Books won't officially begin until December but our book lists are set!

3rd Grade	4th & 5th Grade	6th, 7th & 8th Grade
Andy Shane and the Barn Sale by Jacobson, J	Among the Hidden by Haddix, M	Don’t Turn Around by Gagnon, M
Clementine by Pennypacker, S	Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to not Reading by Greenwald, T	Drowned City by Brown, D
Hilo Book 1 by Winick, J	Crenshaw by Applegate, K	False Prince by Nielsen, J
Houdini Box by Selznick, B	Escape: Story of Houdini by Fleischman, S	Final Four by Volponi, P
How to Steal a Dog by O’Connor, B	Oggie Cooder by Weeks, S	Guitar Notes by Amato, M
Lemonade War by Davies, J	Roller Girl by Jamieson, V	House Arrest by Holt, K
Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Whybrow, I	Secret Science Alliance by Davis, E	Insignia by Kincaid, S
Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Levy, D	Swindle by Korman, G	I Will Always Write Back by Alifirenka, C
One and Only Ivan by Applegate, K	The Terrible Two by Barnett, M	Night Divided by Nielsen, J
Stick Dog by Watson, T	The Thing About Georgie by Graff, L	Raft by Bodeen, S

Our book fair begins next week!  Enjoy the long weekend and happy reading!

Wonderful Week 1!

We have just wrapped up our first week of school and we are getting back into the swing of things in the library!  Students are already checking out books, learning library routines and expectations, and reading.  Here are some highlights from our first week:

Grades 4 & 5
Students in fourth and fifth grade participated in a library orientation BreakoutEDU!  What is a BreakoutEDU??

This activity is similar to the popular "escape rooms" except instead of breaking out of a room, students have to solve clues to open locks and break into a box.  Students work in groups and they use important skills such as critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.  This activity was a great way for students to be actively involved in learning about how to find library books, how to check out library books, how to take care of library books, and about our new makerspace.  Most of all, it was fun!

Primary Grades:

In the primary grades, we read the book How to Read a Story and talked about our favorite books and our favorite places to read. 

 Afterwards, students practiced using the shelf markers to check out books.

Students love to read in our new comfy reading area!

Happy Reading!

New Library Books!

Harrison students will be starting the school year with so many new library books!  

We now have all of the Rebecca Caudill Award, Bluestem Award, and Monarch Award books as well as so many other new books.

I can't wait for our students to visit the library and begin checking the new books out!