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Hall Fletcher has a fully Fixed K-5 Library schedule. Student visited with their class weekly and began checking out books on the first day of school.Â
Hall Fletcher has a fully Fixed K-5 Library schedule. Student visited with their class weekly and began checking out books on the first day of school.Â
Ms. Hoekema films a weekly school news (which can be found online here) and took back to school pictures of our many new students.
Ms. Hoekema films a weekly school news (which can be found online here) and took back to school pictures of our many new students.
Meet the Teacher Back to School Pictures
Meet the Teacher Back to School Pictures
had almost 50 students stopped by and many especially enjoyed being silly.
had almost 50 students stopped by and many especially enjoyed being silly.
Book Fair Fundraiser
Book Fair Fundraiser
Our fall book Fair happened early this year in the 4th official week of school. It raised some nice funds for our library but more importantly, it really did inspire an excitement about books and reading.
We had some great parent volunteers who helped to support our students although Ms. Hoekema did rely on her own parents who flew from Michigan to visit and volunteer.Â
They helped out every day including Thursday from 7:15am through 7pm! Next fall, she's going to have to give her parents more time off!
This student was so excited about his wish list, he carried it home IN his hat!
Inspired by another librarian in ACS, Weeks 5 & 7 lesson in the library (for 2nd-5th graders) was about the brain. First we learned about the benefits of reading stamina for the brain and then we learned about two different metaphors for losing your cool and how to try to get your pre-frontal cortex back in control.
Inspired by another librarian in ACS, Weeks 5 & 7 lesson in the library (for 2nd-5th graders) was about the brain. First we learned about the benefits of reading stamina for the brain and then we learned about two different metaphors for losing your cool and how to try to get your pre-frontal cortex back in control.
Weeks 3 & 5 for the K-1st graders includes some fun Hispanic Heritage Month read Alouds like Vamos, Let's go Read and My Party, Mi Fiesta by Raul the Third, I am Latino by Sandra Pinkney and The Great Adventure by Tony Piedra.
Weeks 7-9 in the library have centered on stories and storytelling with each grade which some adjusted offerings and learning targets. For example, with 1st grade, I've been telling them stories and working on their listening and responding to fantastical events in a story. While with 5th grade, our learning target was on how to tell a story in an engaging manner. Our 5th graders recently wrote and performed original scary stories to various ages in our school.
NCSLMA 2025
NCSLMA 2025
Meeting some authors including Jo Watson Hackl, Jennifer Swender, Rebecca Barcarcell and Sarah Clawson Willis
Visiting ImaginOn which is a combination of a children's and teen library and a children's theatre in Charlotte. Gained so much inspiration from their displays and from hearing about the programs and services they offer.
Wouldn't it be neat if we could get metal sheets to line the walls in our Makerspace or STEAM lab to make marble runs!!
Elementary Battle of the Books Launch & Practices
Elementary Battle of the Books Launch & Practices
The HFE team launched with an interest meeting and short video book blurbs on October 3rd. We had 24 students attend and 4 others expressed interest that missed the meeting for personal reasons. That is about 1/4th of the 4th & 5th grade students at our school. By the end of October, we have 15 students on the team and one student has completed all products and read 11 books!!
EBOB Book Trailers 2025-26By January, we have 10 team members, 5 from 4th grade and 5 from 5th grade. Our team is very grateful to Ms. Clanton who stepped in to hold practice even when Ms. Hoekema was out sick! The team worked on a keyword web.
Library Week 10 & 11: Focus on Indigenous People and Gratefulness with some great read-alouds.
Library Week 10 & 11: Focus on Indigenous People and Gratefulness with some great read-alouds.
PROBE Research on Holidays
PROBE Research on Holidays
2nd through 5th grade worked on a research PROBE (Personal Research on Basically Everything) project on holidays from December through January. Here are a few of the finished products and some of the PROBE note-taking sheets.
In January through March, students in Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade read and decided on their favorite book for the North Carolina Children's Book Award. This is an award with books nominated and voted on ONLY but students in our state. Voting took place March 16th-20th. At our school, the winning book was Don't Trust Cats but it was close and tied in second place was Home in a Lunch Box with 100 Dragons all named Broccoli which was the winning book at the state level. Ms. Hoekema's favorite was a three-way tie between Ice Cream Everywhere, Whirligigs and Whale Song.
Week 19 & 20 in the library for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade (when classes could happen in and around ice and snow) involves analyzing AI generated movie posters and deciding which poster is real. Weeks 15 through 19 have also been spent developing and submitting a list of books and requesting that they be purchased to update our library.
Read-In for Read Across America March 2nd
Read-In for Read Across America March 2nd
24 different reading sessions happened in classrooms and specials throughout the day with guest readers including ACS district leaders, author Ryan Graves, Asheville's mayor and some former HFE teachers.
Battle of the Books Competition
Battle of the Books Competition
Our school's Elementary Battle of the Books team got to the 7th of 12 rounds without getting a question wrong and came in 3rd overall. The team won the Sportsmanship Trophy.
Spring Book Fair along with STEAM night
Spring Book Fair along with STEAM night
One of Hall Fletcher's biggest family nights is a STEAM Career and Science Fair and this year for the first time we included the Book Fair into that week. It was a fundraising sucess!
Here are some STEAM pasta bridge activities in 4th grade science class.
Our last lessons in the library included attempts to avoid knocking over bookshelves with BlueBot robots AND talk about the many waysÂ
summer_reading_2026.pdfSchool events and end-of-the year celebrations--Ms. Hoekema supported and documented our first Drama club performance, the EOG Pep rally, our school talent show, the Senior walk, Ms. Simmons' Popping Poetry Performance, 5th grade and Kindergarten Promotion ceremonies.
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