Week of February 2nd

As always, a jam-packed busy week here in the Library.  We started off our Monday with a new Virtue for the month of February:  Self-Discipline.  Kids had great insight and examples of how to demonstrate this Virtue.  As we connected to many emotions from the Sunday game, I know I had to show self discipline!!  Stay tuned for more updates and findings about our Virtues curriculum, now onto the status of this week's learning!


First Grade:

Students were giggling and cackling over the latest Read Aloud:  Outfoxed, written by Mike Twohy and is yet another Washington Children's Choice Award nominee!  Kids love the humor in this hilarious picture book.  As we're trying to connect with self-discipline and finishing our January Virtue of Optimism, we reviewed a short (very short) story:  "Good News/Bad News" - check out the cute trailer here:
Good News, Bad News Trailer

As a closing activity, students voted on whether or not the Groundhog would see his shadow.  Overwhelmingly, the kids voted for six more weeks of Winter.  And it looks like Groundhog Day produced that very outcome, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow! 


Third & Fourth Grade:
I'm very excited about the upcoming Non-Fiction text focus (biographies and autobiographies) which will include a 3 week session (with a break for Mid Winter holiday).  We jumped in with a Read Aloud:  "Hoop Genius", yet another amazing Washington Children's Choice Award book written by Jon Coy and illustrated by Joe Morse.  Students were enthralled with incredible illustrations, and discussed how it was difficult to determine between F/NF with such picturesque drawings.  Up next week, we will use our database and utilize PEBBLE GO to research innovators and leaders. 

Fifth Grade:
We briefly met  to check out books and recommendations. Last week I introduced eBooks to Fifth Graders and how excited was I to find them utilizing the program (at school and even home)!!!  Here's a tip for you Fantasy readers:  check out the GRAPHIC NOVEL for Wrinkle In Time (one of my all time favorite books from childhood)

It's been a busy three days in the Library (what a treat to have an extra day to work with the Amazing Ms. Arika)!  Also, Thanks to my Fourth Grade friend for a wonderful Biography recommendation - The Family Romanov, cannot WAIT to dig in!

As we closed the first month of the year (is it February already?), here's a little check in for my READolutions: 

• Finished my first autobiography book of the year (my goal is 1-2 biographies per month)
• Just uploaded my most recent review onto My Quest

Have a great week!
-Mrs. Bethel