Jolly Memorial Media Center
2013 SUMMER READING FORMS CLICK HERE
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“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
SPRING 2013
It is amazing to me how quickly this year took flight and has nearly completed its journey. What a perfectly wonderful job I have teaching your children about literature and getting them to find books that meet their interests and reading levels. Below is my latest newsletter about what is going on in the library.
ACS is participating in a Summer Reading Program to read a minimum of 15 minutes each day. As part of the program we are also attempting to break the world record on summer reading time. See the commercial above. I have already registered your child to participate. His or her username and password has been sent home. Click here to log your child's reading time.
So far this year, with your very generous support of book fairs and Bombard Us with Books, we have added almost 700 books to our library. Thank you so much for your interest in our library!
It is amazing to me how quickly this year took flight and has nearly completed its journey. What a perfectly wonderful job I have teaching your children about literature and getting them to find books that meet their interests and reading levels. Below is my latest newsletter about what is going on in the library.
ACS is participating in a Summer Reading Program to read a minimum of 15 minutes each day. As part of the program we are also attempting to break the world record on summer reading time. See the commercial above. I have already registered your child to participate. His or her username and password has been sent home. Click here to log your child's reading time.
So far this year, with your very generous support of book fairs and Bombard Us with Books, we have added almost 700 books to our library. Thank you so much for your interest in our library!
Spring 2013
In Pre-K through 2nd grade we have been reading seasonal books including some on spring, Easter, and health and fitness. This month I will introduce them to Caldecott and Caldecott honor books. Each child will be able to check out up to two books one time this month as the book report (not required) that will come home is worth 5 tickets to the school special class store. In third grade we continue to read Twice Upon a Time #1: Rapunzel, The One With All the Hair by Wendy Mass. This fairy tale gives us a behind the scene look at the viewpoints of both Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin. The lesson in this story is ageless…things are not always as they seem. Fourth grade is now reading Found (The Missing, Book1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I read a chapter from this book and received only minimal response and decided that maybe this was not a good fit for this class and proceeded to choose another book for their next reading. So what should have been week two of this book, I pick up another book and received numerous cries of “What happened to the last book?” and “Why did you stop reading Found?” Lesson learned. Next time I will make sure I ask before deciding to change a book for this class.J Amazon critics have this to say about our book: One night a plane appeared out of nowhere, the only passengers aboard: thirty-six babies. As soon as they were taken off the plane, it vanished. Now, thirteen years later, two of those children are receiving sinister messages, and they begin to investigate their past. Their quest to discover where they really came from leads them to a conspiracy that reaches from the far past to the distant future—and will take them hurtling through time. In this exciting new series, bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix brings an element of suspense that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Show more Fifth grade is reading Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil. Amazon’s Review: “This book is about a hotel full of animals. And an evil ice maker. And glass eyeballs -- oh, and really old panty hose and Possibly Fake Hair. But mostly, it's about Leon Zeisel and his epic quest to survive fourth grade, despite his teacher, Miss Hagmeyer, and his archenemy, Lumpkin the Pumpkin, a human tank with a deadly dodgeball throw. Luckily, Leon has friends who will stand by him even if his magical plans for rescue and revenge involve ... SPIT!” The lesson we will take from this book will be about how to deal with ever-present bullies in our lives because bullies are everywhere in real-life everyday happenings and in cyber space. This book always opens up wonderful discussions on how we can work together as a team to keep each other safe in an ever-changing world. Sixth grade is reading one of my favorite books ever: Edward’s Eyes by Patricia Maclachlan. This story will force us to face some serious topics: large family life, death of a sibling and organ donation. Patricia Maclachlan leads the readers on a magical journey with Jake who lives in an extraordinary family that celebrates life through the arts. Even extraordinary families go through trying times, but it’s how we come out at the end of those trying times that makes us stronger than we were before. |
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