I have been settling in as the new librarian at Kerr Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I have been welcomed by the library assistant (golden, by the way), principal, teachers, staff, and students here at the school. My very first week, I celebrated my birthday in style by wearing my birthday crown and found out that two other girls in one of the classes that visited had the same birthday!
The library here at Kerr is about 6 years old and has a separate, glassed-in, reading room which is used all day by various small groups and story-time for younger grades. We have a large collection of books of all kinds and it is continually being assessed for use by students and faculty. We have a work room/office with storage closets, a computer area with a dozen desk top computers, and a learning area with a SMART board. I think I'm in heaven!
This week I have started lessons on various topics such as Jamestown, using atlases, dictionaries and call numbers, and listening skills. First graders are listening to Creepy Carrots, discovering fun characters throughout. Second graders are listening for alliteration and rhyming in The Runaway Pumpkin.
We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week here at Kerr, so I will probably have some fun pictures to share later this week.
I am looking forward to a fun, wacky, and wonderful week at the Kerr Cougars Library!
