Taking Care of Our Books
Kindergarten and first graders listened to a picture book read aloud about Marion, a Hedgehog who LOVES books. The story was a reminder about taking good care of all of our books - books at home AND books from school. We learned that picture books are fiction books and can have parts that are pretend and parts that are real. Ask your student what they learned from the story, as well as which parts were pretend (ie. animal characters) and which parts were real (ie. if you damage a library book, you have to pay to replace it.).
All students (including second graders) learned about fiction and non-fiction books, shelf labels, and how books are organized in the library. Picture books and chapter books are fiction books and are shelved by the author's last name. Some students in Mr. Reid's class helped out by checking and finding some misshelved books. This is also a lesson for everyone about removing books from the shelf - if you don't know excactly where it goes, please leave it on the table!
If you would like more information about Marion, you can visit her website here.
Reading@Home
Family reading time is a powerful tool for building literacy. Reading together, listening to stories, and seeing adults immersed in books inspires children to become confident readers. Reading@Home is going to be a regular section of my weekly Media Center newsletter where I offer ideas for you to help develop a culture of reading in your home. The Reading Rockets website is a great place to start if you are interested. I welcome feedback, ideas, and questions, so please feel free to reach out to me directly. Ilene Zeff - izeff@csdecatur.net.
Be a Good Steward of Our Books
Bring your books home or leave them at school. Students are not required to bring their books home. The most important thing is to read at home. If they have access to books at home and are worried about forgetting or losing their library books, they are welcome to keep them in the classroom to read during school.
Read with your family. If your student brings library books home, please talk to your student about the books and read together. I will be sending out more information about this throughout the school year.
If you take the books home, find a safe place in your house to keep them. Please help your student find a safe place for the library books. This might be a special shelf, bin, or even in their backpack.
Make sure your water bottle is tightly closed in your backpack. I love that our students have reusable water bottles! Please help remind them to make sure the lid is tightly closed if it's in the main part of their backpack. They can always ask a teacher for help.
After school, leave your books in your backpack until you get home. I love when the students get excited about their library books; however, if your student attends an afterschool program or goes to a friend's house, they should wait until they get home to take the library books out of their backpack.
How to Identify Our Books
Here are some examples of our Winnona Park library bar codes. We still have a few "vintage" books that originally belonged to other elementary schools or have a "City Schools of Decatur" bar code. In addition, we have "Winnona Park Elementary School" stamped in the front and often the back of the books.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Ilene Zeff, Media Specialist
izeff@csdecatur.net
Page updated
Report abuse