What are we doing this week in Library?

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday break. So far the students are eager to be back in the Library, for some it has been a while since they checked out new books. This week, the beginning of Library class is dedicated to going ove LMC rules and procedures (not that I think anyone has forgotten). Here is a sampling of who is learning what in the LMC:

Kindergarten will be starting a new theme- Winter. We will be reading stories about activities to do during the winter months, what animals do during the winter, and the Olympics. This week, the students will have a SMART Board activity about things we can do during the winter. They will listen to Ezra Jack Keat's story, The Snowy Day. Students will be able to go onto Starfall (http://www.starfall.com/) and play Ten Little Snowmen.

First graders will be talking about what it means to be a citizen and how they can teach our LMC community to become good Library citizens. This week we will be reading Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman.

Second grade is continuing learning about the different parts of nonfiction books and how they can use that to find information. This week we are going to talk about captions (the sentence underneath a picture that describes what is going on in the picture). Students will have a chance to place Animal Caption Matching (Mrs. C created Quia game).

Third grade is working on their Dewey Podcast. Each table will be created a podcast that teaches about one class of the Dewey Decimal System. Students will be researching their class, writing their podcast scripts, and recording their podcast. When the podcast are completed, I will be uploading them onto the LMC's blog.

Fourth grade will start a Diary of a Wimpy Kid read aloud. We will enjoy the 1st book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Greg Kinney. Students will be responsible for writing in their own journal (helping them prepare for the MCAS Long Comp. in March).

Finally, fifth grade is coming to the end of their Google ninja training. Students will be learning about Boolean operators and how to use them.

I hope everyone enjoys their week back!

Mrs. C