MakerSpace… Cheap & Easy
November 16, 2018
Thought my readers might like to read this blog – it fits with the theme of Library Lady.
Author: janemouttet
I am a K-12 librarian at Mesilla Valley Christian School. I have a masters degree in Children's Literature and hold a NM teaching certificate with a Library Media Endorsement.
Week by Week Series – Week 12
November 12, 2018
How was your week? What fun activities did you do with your students? At MVCS I continued working with my two kinder classes on ABC order. The very littles (first year of two year kinder program) put cards in Alphabetical order which they have done before as a group. This time they completed them by… More Week by Week Series – Week 12
Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
November 8, 2018
What do you call them? How should they be represented in materials given to our students? When I got up this morning, I had no thought of discussing this topic in my blog but two things happened before 9:15 AM that made me decide to talk about this today. I want to start by saying… More Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
Week by Week Series – Week 11
November 5, 2018
Last week was a short week for us – classes dismissed early on Wednesday so that the teachers could travel to Phoenix for the annual ACSI Professional Development. I still got in most of my elementary classes and a couple of extra classes besides. **This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if… More Week by Week Series – Week 11
What’s happening this month?
October 31, 2018
Each month our library displays a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. For our display, I also include the birthdays of our students and faculty. Feel free to adapt the… More What’s happening this month?
Week by Week Series – Week 10
October 29, 2018
Good morning! How was your week last week? With my kinders I took an easy week. We’ve had a lot of rain lately which is highly unusual for us, so they were quite wiggly. We started with some calisthenics and they settled down for the story. I read Library Mouse this week. For our activity after check… More Week by Week Series – Week 10
Week by Week Series – Week 9
October 22, 2018
It was another week in the library – thankfully this was a short week for us. We had parent teacher conferences on Thursday and no school on Friday so I only had three days with the kiddos. On Thursday evening we hosted a FAFSA workshop with our local college – NMSU. They sent a couple… More Week by Week Series – Week 9
Week by Week Series – Week 8
October 15, 2018
Sometimes with new skills, repetition is key. Once again we focused on alphabetical order with the kinder and first grade classes. My story this week was L is for Library, another alphabet book. With my very littles, the kiddos in our two-year kindergarten program, I had them put alphabet cards in order by themselves. Up… More Week by Week Series – Week 8
Week by Week Series – Week 7
October 8, 2018
This week we continued on alphabetical order with the kinder and first graders. My story this week with those groups was Harold’s ABC . With the kinder kids, they worked in small groups put alphabet cards in the correct order. If you’d like some ready-to-print alphabet cards, see my link to my TpT store at the end of… More Week by Week Series – Week 7
Money for books for your library!
October 6, 2018
I am here today to tell you about an awesome giveaway you can participate in. I know that librarians really never have enough money to spend on books. Avid readers don’t have enough money for books either. Here is a way to enter this giveaway for $100. $100 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway… More Money for books for your library!