MPS Library News
Winter 2024 - Volume 5
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January Monthly Events
National Braille Literacy Month. January aims to educate people about the importance and advantages of Braille literacy. The Braille system came as an advantage to people who suffer from different vision problems. Now that Braille has been incorporated into digital devices and computers, it has become more accessible and relevant to the present technology-driven world. We have numerous teaching resources in our Library Padlet that can be found on the Library Lesson Plan website.
National Mentoring Month. Each January, we come together as a community to ignite those passions and help turn those wildest dreams into reality with National Mentoring Month. By harnessing our collective voice, MENTOR advocates for mentorship, legislative priorities, and raises awareness for how one conversation, one experience, and one mentor can change a young person’s life. We have numerous teaching resources in our Library Padlet that can be found on the Library Lesson Plan website.
January Celebration Weeks/Days
Jan 14 - 20 Universal Letter Writing Week
Jan 1 New Year's Day
Jan 1 National Copyright Law Day
Jan 2 National Science Fiction Day
Jan 4 National Trivia Day
Jan 4 World Braille Day
Jan 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 18 Thesaurus Day
Jan 27 Intl. Holocaust Remembrance Day
February Monthly Events
Black History Month - Every February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. Black History Month celebrates the rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that are an indelible part of our country's history. We have numerous teaching resources in our Library padlet that can be found on the Library Lesson Plan website.
National Library Lover's Month - The month is dedicated to the people who love the buildings, halls, or rooms that house numerous collections of books, books, and books! We have numerous teaching resources in our Library padlet that can be found on the Library Lesson Plan website.
Chinese New Year - This is the year of the Dragon, 2/10 - 2/24! The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. It is the most solemn festival of the year and has been celebrated in China for thousands of years. We have numerous teaching resources in our Library padlet that can be found on the Library Lesson Plan website.
February Celebration Weeks/Days
Feb 1 - 7 Children's Author & Illustrator Week
Feb 11 - 17 Random Acts of Kindness Week
Feb 2 Groundhog's Day
Feb 3 Take Your Child to the Library Day
Feb 6 Safer Internet Day
Feb 7 World Read Aloud Day
Feb 9 Read in the Bathtub Day
Feb 10 Lunar New Year Day
Feb 13 Mardi Gras
Feb 14 Valentine's Day
Feb 14 Library Lover's Day
Feb 14 International Book Giving Day
Feb 15 Digital Learning Day
Feb 15 National Wisconsin Day
Feb 26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Professional Development
Upcoming Library Professional Development:
Library PLC
We will tentatively be having our next PLC on Monday, March 11 at North Division High School from 8:00 - 3:30. All librarians, library paras, and library support staff are expected to attend. We will notify you when it is time to register on the LMS.
Resources for the Holidays
Future Ready Librarians are highlighting how educators across the country are utilizing digital learning tools to create authentic connections and personalized learning opportunities for every student, everywhere. Celebrate Winter 2024 with this new and exciting learning experience Choice Boards!
Resource of the Month
Design Squad is designed to show kids that engineering is active, fun, and collaborative through hands-on activities, videos, and games. Students are able to :
Share their engineering ideas and drawings with the community.
Play engineering games to challenge their brains.
Hands-on engineering activities featuring easy-to-find materials.
Ability to be creative and help people understand engineering.
Join special design challenges.
See what other kids are creating and add to their inventions.
Photo Gallery
Christine Carrillo at Greenfield Bilingual Second Graders read the story, Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. The story shows how Snowmen come alive at night and are quite “active”. Our students had to design their version of their snowmen being “active” at night.
Tracy Raasch at MacDowell Montessori collaborated with the middle school science teacher during her ecology unit! Her students read 8 Climate Education books. They worked in groups to design and create their own picture books to synthesize the information they learned.
Christine Carrillo at Greenfield Bilingual had the 3rd-grade Bilingual students take the Keva Plank challenge and construct various structures from skyscrapers to bridges and of course, a beautiful flower!
Laura Vanderbilt at Story shared pics of their 5th graders making a Keva block creation and working on Snap Circuits during makerspace time.
The first-grade Bilingual students at Greenfield are busy reading library books to their Book Buddies. They tell their book buddy [hand-held puppets] all about the events of the story from cover to cover!
Abby Rose at Garland teamed up with the Social Studies teacher and held a debate in the library with middle schoolers. (you can find the full lesson plan here).
In this video, Sara Kemp shows us how Pulaski is celebrating Black History month. (Click on the picture to see video)
The K - 2nd graders at Greenfield Bilingual read a new book by Peter Reynolds, All I Need is Love and a Soft Pillow. After the story they completed the sentence stem, All I need is love and _______. They created a special message for the people that they love! Awesome job!
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