This week at Cascade...

Last week we learned a little about poetry, where it is in the Library, and read a few out loud. This week, I wanted to review some of the fairy tales, and what better way to do that than to read Betsy Red Hoodie by Gail Carson Levine! Gail takes several fairy-tales/nursery rhymes and weaves them together for a very cute story. After we read the story, the students see if they can identify the different tales that were in the story. It's been great fun so far!

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This book resides in the PIC section of our Library, but we also are reviewing where in our Library the students can find fairy-tales. Non-fiction, 398

I am sharing a simple presentation about President's Day this week. As part of it we are watching 2 short movies from history.com. You CAN access history.com from school without problems and they have a ton of short clips full of great info about history. We are watching the "White House deconstructed" and one about George Washington as well.

Check it out at http://www.history.com

Saw this cute idea to make paperclip bookmark. I plan to give them out for my Valentine cards. I'm clipping them onto a note with the quote "There is no friend as loyal as a book" ~Ernest Hemingway ... but you come awfully close! Happy Valentine's Day

Peggy Sharp Workshop

I did not get to attend the Peggy Sharp Workshop this year, but I did purchase the audio program and book. She mentioned something that I thought was worth repeating...

"Children want/need to choose their own books to read."

According to a survey conducted by Scholastic, 90% of readers were more likely to finish a book if it was one that they picked out themselves. We need to introduce them to different types of books, but we need to let them select the ones they read. That includes letting the upper grade students select picture books if they choose.

Did anyone else gain added insight from Peggy?? Any thoughts/ideas come to you that you would like to share? Please share... =)

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a spectacular break! Ready to hit the ground running?

Just to start off the year on a fun note, and to "freshen up" your shelving skills from the long holiday...try this librarian game! Don't play it at work though... =)

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/lightning-librarian.html