In honor of Black History Month, 3rd graders have been hearing some classic African-American folktales from the South.
The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack is a wonderful collection of haunting stories. Students have been on the edge of their seats!
This year a whopping FIVE books won the Caldecott Honor Medal (silver)!
Students have really enjoyed comparing all the winners and giving their opinion about the results.
All the students in every grade have been so excited to talk about the 2013 Caldecott Award and Newbery Award winners. The American Library Association announced the winners of all their book awards on Monday, January 28th.
2013 Caldecott Award (for best pictures)
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
2013 Newbery Award (for best writing)
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Congratulations to these talented authors and illustrators!
To see a full list of all the awards and winners, visit www.ala.org.
It’s a new year and a new library blog!
As they become more independent library users, Third Grade students have started to learn more about our online catalog.
Developing their understanding of how the system works will help them tremendously as they navigate the stacks for research and leisure reading.
Award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel visited us on Friday, October 26th!
Check out the video that we made to thank him for his wonderful presentations.
Mr. Kimmel loved it so much, he gave us a shout-out on his website!
Happy New School Year!
All grades have been spending the first few weeks of library visits getting to know more about Mr. Eric Kimmel and reading as many of his books as possible to prepare for his visit. We can’t wait to meet him!
The 3rd grade classes are closing out the year
(and their time in the First Program Library!)
by sharing some classic chapter books.
This year’s Newbery Gold Medal winner…
two great books about bullying…
and two classics by Andrew Clements.
Third grade is down to business in the library! Classes have been hearing more about the various online resources available through the library website. Hopefully it will all come in handy for the exciting projects in store this year!
In honor of Black History Month, 3rd graders have been hearing some classic African-American folktales from the South.
The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack is a wonderful collection of haunting stories. Students have been on the edge of their seats!
Third Graders have been learning all about how to use our online library catalog so they can become more independent researchers. To add to the excitement, they’re the first group in the history of Dalton to use our brand new iPad library catalog kiosks – the “card catalog” of the future.
Visit our Online Catalog: e-Library
