For the week of Valentine’s Day, Kindergarten students heard a not-so-conventional story of friendship:
Not Norman – A Goldfish Story.
The story served as a friendly reminder that this is the time of year to show appreciation for everyone we love, including our pets! 🙂
Kindergarten students are now starting to learn about the Dewey Decimal System and how to find non-fiction books in our library. This week we discussed the 800s (Poetry, Jokes, Plays) and the 900s (History and Geography).
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.
As we prepared for the announcement of the Caldecott and Newbery winners, Kindergarten and First Grade students heard stories by two authors who have won the Caldecott Award multiple times: David Wiesner and Mo Willems.
Mr. Wiesner is known for his incredibly detailed drawings, often creating masterful wordless picture books.
Mr. Willems is known for his uncanny ability to tune in to children’s humor and tickle the funny bones of readers of all ages.
We love the work of both of these talented authors! We look forward to seeing what creative ideas they come up with next.
It’s a new year and a new library blog!
To kick off 2013, Kindergarten and First Grade students have been learning about the Caldecott Award (given to books with the best pictures) and the Newbery Award (given to books with the best writing).
The winners for 2013 will be announced on Monday, January 28th. We can’t wait!
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!
Kindergarten and First Grade students wrapped up our year-long trip around the world with one last stop in Africa: SENEGAL!
In honor of its location in Western Africa, all groups read a variety of tales featuring the world’s favorite trickster (who originated in West Africa): Anansi!
We also had a chance to review the last few sections of the Dewey Decimal System:
Kindergarten classes visited Ethiopia this week.
We enjoyed reading Trouble, a folktale retold by Jane Kurtz.
Students loved hearing about Tekleh, a young goat herder who always seems to find himself in – you guessed it – trouble.
We also had a chance to discuss the 600s section of the Dewey Decimal System, which houses all the books about Technology.
This week Kindergarten’s traveling again, and we’re visiting a new continent: Africa! First stop: Nigeria.
Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson, is an engaging story about how the greed of people pushed the generous sky away from us forever. The hidden message of not wasting nature’s gifts is a timeless lesson.
While folktales are a lovely way to imagine why nature is the way it is, we learned that a great way to discover actual scientific facts is by borrowing books from the 500s section of the library – Science and Nature!
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