Library Classes

All live (synchronous) library classes will be held on Zoom using this link.

If we need to have an asynchronous class, your class activities will be posted below and/or in SeeSaw. Use the tabs above for other library information.

5th grade end of the year author visit 6/14

Local author Rosanne Parry spoke with 5th graders about research, writing, and empathy. When one student asked if Rosanne thought they could be a writer, her response was a great reminder to us all, no matter what our dreams are: "What matters most is if you believe you can do it."

Please use this link to order a signed copy of one of Rosanne Parry's books from Annie Bloom's Bookstore.

Rosanne will return to OES in the fall for what we hope will be an in person visit with next year's 5th graders!

Rosanne Parry's books embody the importance of reading diversely-- spanning several different genres and featuring characters from diverse backgrounds, including rural Oregonians, military families, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, and immigrant voices from history.

Learn more about Rosanne Parry and her books here!

2nd grade Library Class, Friday, June 4, 2021

1st grade Library Class, Friday, June 4, 2021

  1. Click here to read "The Bee Tree" about how Patricia Polacco's mother felt about reading when she was a child.

  2. After listening to the story, make an origami thank you for Miss Alma. Shhh... it's a surprise!


Bonus material: If you need an idea for an origami shape to make, you can click here to watch a video on how to make an origami heart. Remember to write your name on it so she knows who it's from! And, if you have time, there's one more story below!

3rd grade Library Class, Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Everyone must check their account to see how many books they still have checked out. All library books are due JUNE 1st!

  1. Go to library.oes.edu

  2. Click on Lower School Library

  3. Click on Log In (in the top right corner)

  4. Log in using your OES Google account

  5. Click on the three bars on the top left corner

  6. Select Checkouts to see what you still have checked out.

Go to Epic! and read one of these two books. Choose between Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross Cherokee Aerospace Engineer or Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story

You can listen to author Traci Sorell talk about Classified by clicking here & learn more about Mary Gold Ross by clicking here.

Take care and happy reading!

Primary Class, Monday May 17, 2021

5th Grade Library Class, Monday, May 17, 2021

Click here to listen to A Place to Land, or read it on your own on EPIC!

  1. If you had to write an important speech, who would you gather around you to help you?

  2. Who do you see gathered around Dr. King? Who do you NOT see, or whose voice is missing from his inner circle? Why do you think that is?

Bonus book: Click here to listen to Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 or read it on your own in EPIC.

If you are interested in watching an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's final speech, given in Memphis the night before he was assassinated, here is a clip from The Smithsonian Channel.

Both Jerry Pinkney and R. Gregorie Christie have won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, though not for these books. Take a look at the award and see if there are any other author or illustrator winning books that you'd like to read.

Virtual author visit for Kindergarten, Primary, 1st, and 2nd grades on May 13!

Vera Brosgol virtual author visit

Vera Brosgol is a local, award-winning writer and artist whose picture books and graphic novels are beloved by students. If you would like to support our being able to host Ms. Brosgol, please consider purchasing one of her books through our book sale in partnership with Green Bean Books. Here is the link to our book sale.


Vera Brosgol will speak to Kindergarten, Primary, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students on Thursday May 13 at 1:15 via Zoom.


Thank you for supporting this wonderful opportunity!

Kindergarten Read Alouds & Activities for Library Class April 22, 2021

  1. Click here to listen to the author, Karamo Brown, read this book!

2. Click here to listen to this story. It is about imagination and resilience.

3. Click here to listen to author/illustrator Christian Robinson interview poet Amanda Gorman. Use whatever art supplies you have to draw your world as you imagine it to be.

1st grade (Molly/May): 04/22/2021

Click on this link to watch a read aloud with Ms. Lora

Please write down any questions you have for today's read aloud, and share your questions and drawings with Ms. Lora next week, or if your teachers can share them with me, they will.

1st grade: 04/02/2021 Two videos & a SeeSaw Assignment

2. Click here to listen to Ms. Lora read The Heart of mi familia.

3. Visit SeeSaw for instructions and to post your recipe for

or drawing of your family.

2nd grade 04/02/2021 3 videos & 2 SeeSaw Assignments

  1. Click here to listen to the author read this book! Then visit SeeSaw for instructions on the assignment.

2. Click here to listen to this story. It is about imagination and resilience.

3. Visit SeeSaw for the Imagine Your World Assignment and click here to listen to author/illustrator Christian Robinson interview poet Amanda Gorman.

4. Share your kindness map and your imagination drawings on SeeSaw.

1st grade: 1/29/2021


Do you and your family like to cook and eat beans? What kinds?

Watch: Cora Cooks Pancit

Do you and your family like to cook and eat noodles? What's your favorite noodle dish?

Write about or draw a picture of your favorite noodle or bean dish.

Post it in SeeSaw if you'd like to share it with Ms. Lora

2nd grade: 1/29/2021

What makes someone a scientist?

What makes someone a poet?

Does anyone you know have these character traits? Do you?

01/28/2021 Kindergarten

Listen to this reading of Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett.

Now listen to her retelling of the Goldilocks story in a completely different setting in The Three Snow Bears.

How is this story the same or different from the first one and from The Mermaid which we read last week?

Finally, here is a different version of the Goldilocks story, this one written and illustrated by Mo Willems.

If you were going to create your own Goldilocks story with different characters, what kind of story would you create?

If you'd like to draw a picture of your Goldilocks characters and share it with Ms. Lora, you can upload them to SeeSaw.

Take care and happy reading, Ms. Lora

01/26/2021 Fifth Grade:

  1. Listen to the interview with Amanda Gorman on NPR from before her speaking her poem at the inauguration.

  2. Write key words from her speech. What stands out to you? Can you find books in Destiny on the topics or people she mentions, for example books about people with a speech impediment or books by or about Maya Angelou or Frederick Douglass?

  3. Watch the video of Amanda Gorman below.

  4. Watch the book trailers for two new books from U.S. History available in the Lower School library: Loretta Little Looks Back and Show Me a Sign.

  5. Search Destiny for books you are interested in reading. If you want to get books next week at your IPL visit, then put books on hold and take a screen shot of your holds list. If you don't want books from the LS Library, create a favorites list and take a screen shot of that. Post your screen shot in SeeSaw.

  1. Listen: NPR Interview with Amanda Gorman

  2. Make list of keywords you hear, names of people you could research.

4. Watch Ann Clare LeZotte discuss her new book Show Me a Sign

5. Both of these books are now available in the OES Lower School Library. Look for them and other books in the library catalog, Destiny.

11/06 Second grade

What makes someone a scientist? Please do the following to explore this question:

  1. Listen or read Ms. Lora's instructions in SeeSaw.

  2. Watch the video of the read aloud "Ada Twist Scientist." and take notes (See vidoe below).

  3. Watch the video of the read aloud "Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement" and take notes (See video below).

  4. Post your notes from the two readings in SeeSaw.

Take care and happy reading!

Lora

Ada Twist Scientist

Written by: Andrea Beaty,

llustrated by David Roberts

Listen to American physician, engineer, and austronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, read from the International Space Station!

Remember to take notes on these two questions:

What does Ada Twist do that makes her a scientist?

What traits does she have the make her a scientist?

Spring after Spring:

How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement

Written and Illustrated by

Stephanie Roth Sisson

Remember to take notes on these two questions:

What does Rachel Carson do that makes her a scientist?

What traits does she have the make her a scientist?

11/06 First Grade:

Listen to these two stories, then draw a picture of a food that is special to you and your family. Write about or make a video explaining what that food is and the steps or ingredients it takes to make it. -OR- Write or draw about how the characters in these books are same as you or different from you.

Post a photo or video of your drawing and writing in SeeSaw.

Ohana Means Family

Written by Ilima Loomis, illustrated by Kenard Pak.

Read by Kalei-okalani Matsui

Fry Bread

Written and read by Kevin Noble Maillard

Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

10/06/2020 THIRD GRADE: FIRST WATCH GRACE LIN'S TED TALK, THEN WATCH THE VIDEO ON HOW TO SEARCH THE ONLINE CATALOG, CALLED DESTINY. CAN YOU FIND MIRROR BOOKS AND WINDOW BOOKS?

IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN PLACE UP TO 8 BOOKS ON HOLD FOR DELIVERY TO ECCEW OR PICK UP AT YOUR COHORT VISIT.

Finding diverse books

To help you find mirror books, use key words from your "I am" list. For help finding window books, create a "You are" list about someone you are curious about and then search using those key words.

To place holds, log in to our catalog in Destiny using your Google login or to login with Destiny, your username is your last name and first initial. For example, mine would be wordenl. Your password is the same one we use for library Zoom classes.

10/06/2020 FIFTH GRADERS: WATCH THESE 2 VIDEOS

& SEARCH FOR DIVERSE BOOKS

Long May She Wave

Here is a hidden story from U.S. History. I hope this book will make you think about whose story you are learning about when you learn about U.S. History. How can you make sure you hear from multiple perspectives?

In either SORA or the LS Library Catalog (Destiny):

  • Find one book from a different perspective in history

  • Find one book from a different perspective in contemporary fiction

Write or make a video sharing the names of the books you found and how you found them. Share this with Ms. Lora in your library folder in SeeSaw,

WATCH THESE TWO VIDEOS, THEN SEARCH FOR BOOKS USING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LEFT.

In This Place: An American Lyric by Amanda Gorman

Watch this video of a reading of the poem “In this Place (An American Lyric)” by the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.

Listen to it once while watching the video. Listen to it again with your eyes closed. And if you want to read the words, you can read the poem here.

In this contemporary poem, who’s story is being told? Who do you see and hear from in this video?

You Matter!

There's usually one book a year that I share with every single student. This year it is this beautiful new book by Christian Robinson, and what a joy to hear him read it and talk about why he wrote it. All library classes will hear this story. Here it is for you and your family to enjoy again and again, because YOU MATTER!