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Mrs. Bargiel
sbargiel@fboe.org
Mrs. Bargiel
January 2012
Library
Preschool – 8th Grade Web Update
Preschool
– The students look forward to their weekly
visits and conversations with “Bobby the Book”
puppet. The books chosen to be read to the
preschoolers always lend themselves to audience
interaction. The students are continually
encouraged to make predictions and communicate
verbally about the illustrations and the story
plot. Each preschooler is allowed to borrow one
library book a week, which is kept in Ms.
MacDonald’s classroom.
Kindergarten
– For the past two months, the kindergarteners
have been practicing how to be responsible
library patrons by borrowing their books and
keeping them in the classrooms. They will
finally be allowed to take their library book
home for a one week loan period at the end of
January. Each kindergarten will bring home a
“Book Care” booklet with a letter explaining the
school library borrowing instructions. Mrs.
Bargiel will call each home to remind the
families about helping their kindergartener find
a “safe place” to keep their library book.
The Easy –
“Everybody Loves to Read Theme” section of the
library is being explored in alphabetical
order. Books from the Easy E, F, G and H
section will be read this month.
First Grade
– The first graders
will apply the comprehension strategies
that they learn in their language arts lessons
to the stories that are read in the library.
Text-to-self, text- to-text, and text-to-world
connections are incorporated to understand the
books that are read aloud during library class.
The theme for the next few months is classic
folktales. The folktales that will be read and
discussed this month will be “The Tortoise and
the Hare,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and “Henny
Penny.”
Second Grade
– “Reading Around the World” is the
theme for the second grade library lessons.
Folktales and stories from each continent will
be read. Extended activities may include a
game, a craft and and/or a cultural awareness
activity.
Africa is the first
continent that the second graders are exploring
through literature.
A “trickster” folktale from
Ghana entitled “Zomo the Rabbit,” a pourquoi
story from Nigeria called “Why the Sky is Far
Away,” and an African twist on the classic story
“Caps for Sale” called “The Hatseller and the
Monkeys” will be read and discussed.
Third Grade
– “Library Lingo” is the theme for
the current third grade library lessons. The
students will learn the different parts of a
book such as a dedication, a glossary, and an
index. They will need to be able to identify
these parts in a book and explain their usage.
Fourth Grade
– Identifying and practice utilizing
particular print and online versions of
different reference materials will be the next
unit of study for all of the fourth grade
classes. The reference materials will include an
almanac, an atlas, an encyclopedia, a
dictionary, periodicals, and the Internet.
Fifth and Sixth
Grade Battle of the Books
Book talks for this year’s
Battle of the Book selections are completed.
Each 5th and 6th grader
has been assigned a Battle of the Books reading
team. Each team member is required to read and
become an “expert” on three chosen Battle of the
Books titles over the next five months. There
are a total of 15 Battle books. The students
are encouraged to read as many Battle books as
possible. Their progress is being monitored
through their language arts class and the
library. Each Battle book is also an AR book.
Seventh and
Eighth Grade Battle of the Books
The 7th and 8th
grade Battle of Books teams are made up of any
students who volunteer to make a genuine
commitment to the program. Each team member
needs to read a minimum of one Battle book a
month and pass the AR test on it. Our meetings
are during the 7th and 8th
grade lunch/recess period every third Thursday.
Fifth –Eighth
Grade
All of the 5th -
8th grade classes have a designated
period each week to visit the library for books,
to take AR tests, and/or to do research.
Every parent of a 4th
- 8th grade student has received a
letter which explains the instructions on how to
access Renaissance Home Connect from
their home computer. Parents will be able to
view the following items:
·
My Overall Progress – This
feature is an overview of the student’s current
year’s AR progress.
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My Last Quiz and View My
Bookshelf – This feature will show the
Reading Practice Quiz results for every quiz
that the student has ever taken.
·
AR BookFinder – This
feature allows the student/parent to search for
books that have AR quizzes. *Please note
that the school library does not own all of
these books since there are over 130,000 AR
titled books available.
The
following list of class library days for the
2011-2012 school year will help both, the
parents and the students, to be responsible for
returning library books on time.
Grade/Teacher Library Day
AM Preschool/MacDonald
Monday
PM Preschool/MacDonald
Wednesday
K-Grillo
Thursday
K-Sugar
Wednesday
K-Winters Tuesday
K-2 Campana
Friday
1-Decker Friday
1-Fanuel
Wednesday
1-Kota
Monday
2-Banfield Monday
2-Black
Thursday
2-Labance
Tuesday
3-4 Domicolo
Monday
3-4
Street Thursday
3-Crosby Friday
3-Hendershot Thursday
4-Brady Friday
4-Ellis
Tuesday
4-Panaite Friday
Accelerated Reader Book/Movie Contract
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The purpose of this contract is to verify
that the student listed below has read a
book that is also a movie, prior to taking
the AR test on this title.
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The student knows that if the AR test is
taken without completing this contract, then
any earned AR points will not be counted
toward the student’s total points.
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The student must show his or her language
arts teacher and/or ARM teacher the book
that is being read.
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The book may be a library book from either
the school or public library or it may be
the student’s personal book.
Book
title _____________________________________
Student’s signature ____________________________
Teacher’s signature _________________________
Date ________________________________
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