We were extremely excited to have Christmas again after returning from Christmas break! My assistant, Mrs. Holcomb, and I agreed that getting new books was just like getting Christmas gifts. We received 9 heavy boxes of new books and slowly went through each and every one, labeling and marking them for Reading Counts quizzes and lexile levels. It took us all of the first week back and some of the next week before we got them all done. WHEW!
Because of testing being done in the library for Kindergartners, I wasn't able to hold regular classes in the library last week. I did the next best thing, which was to take the library to the students! I loaded up a little shelving cart with all new books and did multiple booktalks in every classroom. Boy, are those kids thirsty for the new books! This week, we've hardly been able to keep a new book on the shelf. We made it easy for kids to find the new books by locating them in a central shelving area for circulation. It's fun to have students come in and excitedly ask for certain books by title.
This week during classes for 1st-3rd grades, I've done booktalks on a couple of my favorite author/illustrators whose books we purchased for the library. Now, the kids are chomping at the bit to get these books!
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| Wonderful books illustrated and/or written by Dan Santat. |
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| We can't wait for new books by Tammi Sauer! |
