Library Update
Library Highlights for April
This month in library students will be given the opportunity to celebrate School Library Month. A few special days that can be celebrated throughout the month of April include:
April 1st- National Fun Day! Take time to have some fun with song lyrics and poetry.
April 2nd- International Children’s Book Day! Celebrated since 1967, use this day to celebrate children’s books. Promote and use the International Children’s Digital Library at http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
April 12th- National D.E.A.R Day (Drop Everything and Read Day)! Entice the most reluctant readers to D.E.A.R. today. Take time to sign up for a free membership on http://www.wegivebooks.org/. You can “combine the joy of reading with the power of helping others!” with over 150 free digital books to read online.
April is National Library Month! Take time to explore more books that can be found in the library by visiting RFES Destiny quest at http://destiny.bcps.org. Students can make their selections at home and then find those resources during their scheduled library period. Also, don’t forget to stop by the Towson Public Library for even more titles! Check out their website to take a peek at their collection: http://www.bcplonline.org/branches/branch_to.html
April 15th-21st – Young People’s Poetry Week! Find a variety of ways to promote poetry during this week, or this entire month! You may try a few of these popular poetry titles:
COMING SOON – 2015 Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held this year in the Room 3, from April 20th-Aprild 24th. Students will be able to visit with their classes twice during the week – one day to preview the books and one day to purchase their books. There will also be evening opportunities to visit with the whole family as well. When sending in payment for the book fair, please remember to include the standard 6% sales tax in your total amount and all checks must be made payable to Rodgers Forge Elementary School. You may also visit the Online Fair for RFES at www.scholastic.com/fair closer to the fair date to review the daily book fair schedules and make online purchases. More information will be sent home with students after spring break, during the week of April 20th.
Also, take time to download Scholastic’s new FREE app!
That’s so “WRAD”!
Last month in library, students participated in World Read Aloud Day (WRAD), an event that was celebrated this year on March 5th. WRAD was about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. To celebrate, students Skyped with published authors all over the United States. Below are resources to learn more about the authors, as well as some pictures from the events!
Kindergarten: Kim Normanà http://www.kimnormanbooks.com/
1st Grade: Kathy Duvalà http://kathyduval.com/
2nd Grade: Lori Degmanà http://www.loridegman.com/
3rd Grade: Leslie Bulionà http://www.lesliebulion.com/
4th Grade: John Andersonà http://www.johndavidanderson.org/
5th Grade: Sarah Albee à http://www.sarahalbeebooks.com/
@MysterySkype
Mystery Skype is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of other classrooms by asking a series of geography questions that can be answered with either “yes” or “no”.
4th grade is the first grade level to participate in the event. Other grades will have opportunities to participate this year as well! We have started making connections across North America (including Canada) and we can’t wait to see where we Skype next!
Trying to see what is happening in the RFES library? Well, let’s keep it short and “tweet”- follow the library @RFESLibrary! You can hear and see some of the wonderful things happening in the library, learn about new resources, and hear new reading suggestions.
Rodgers Forge Elementary Library Wiki
As always, please take time to visit our school library wiki, in order to find a variety of resources that can support library and classroom instruction! www.rodgersforgeeslibrary.pbworks.com *Always say no to “show all content”