There are several activities that my library sponsors in order to raise funds for our operating expenses. Each year my budget covers the annual subscription to our automation system and the annual subscription to World Book Encyclopedia with maybe a little left for processing supplies. In order to add books and other materials requested by… More Fundraising Ideas
What will you celebrate in June? As I’ve mentioned before, our library likes to display 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. I know many of you are on summer… More June 2019
As promised – Each year I allow the fifth grade students to tell me what their favorite picture book in our library is. I use those titles for read-alouds the last couple library times. Here is this years list. They are listed in order of number of students who choose the title. Seuss, Dr. The… More Fifth Grade Favorites – 2019
Our last week with the kiddos. This week is all about sharing favorite books and getting books returned. I missed the library time with the littles – had a medical appointment so my assistant handled the lesson. The favorites I shared with the kinders were The Snowy Day, Peter’s Chair, and A Hat for Ivan. The story time… More Week by Week – Week 34
This was a full week. Our annual Young Authors Day was on Friday so most of our spare time during the week was spent on the last minute details. It is always such a fun day – but more about that in a bit. As the school year winds down, this was our last week… More Week by Week – Week 33
As you may know I have a book review blog. There are at least 25 posts each month – books I’ve read as part of book tours, books I’ve read to my students in the library, and books I have previewed for the library or the Land of Enchantment Award. Once a month I share… More Favorite Books of April 2019
It was book fair week – in some respects an easy week. Classes visit – we read from one or two of the book fair books – the students check out books – students visit fair to decide how much money they want to ask their parents for. In other respects the week isn’t so… More Week by Week – Week 32
What will you celebrate in May? As I’ve mentioned before, our library likes to display 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… More May 2019
Children’s Book Wee is almost here. As part of that celebration, some of my classes will be participating in the Children’s Choice Award voting process. With my littles, kinders, and first graders this week we read three of the books on the list: Day at the Beach, There’s a Dragon in Your Book, and I Say Ooh. After book… More Week by Week – Week 31
I can not believe how the fast the end of the year is approaching. We just have 4 more weeks with the kiddos and one of those is spring book fair week. I have so much going on in the next 4 weeks, I hope I can keep my head on straight. Of course more… More Week by Week – Week 30