We've Been Busy!
It's been a whirlwind of a trimester - there's been a lot going on in our school library! Here's just a sampling of what we've been up to, by grade level. Kindergarten After learning about how to take care of books in the first few weeks, we began reading stories with patterns in them. To name a few: The Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown, This is the House That Jack Built by Simms Tabak Grade 1 After reviewing book care, we learned how to use library shelf markers, which means first graders can go into the stacks themselves to look for books. We did a Cinderella Unit, starting with the French version: Cinderella, retold by Barbara McClintock, by Charles Perrault and continuing with a different version each week, including: Yeh Shen: A Cinderella Story from China retold by Ai-Ling Louie Grade 2 We began reading Trickster Tales, which are folktales in which a smaller, less powerful person or animal wins against stronger, more powerful cha...