Shabonee Library News!
Week of September 26th
Sneak Peek: Upcoming Author Visit!
Author Liesl Shurliff is visiting Shabonee School on November 3rd! Read about Liesl on her website.
Liesl will be presenting about her books and process as a professional writer.
Liesl will be signing books for students on the day of her visit. You can use this order form to order books.
3rd & 4th Grade Continue Focus on Genre
This week, we are continuing to investigate and answer the questions, "What are the different genres?" and "How would we describe the different genres?"
In small groups, students have been assigned to a genre and are using their tasting booklets to compare and analyze their observations of book samples from last week. Students are working together to write generalizations about the genres, based on their notes. We have been making some very interesting conclusions about the genres! Some highlights of these student-written discoveries will be highlighted in next week's newsletter.
5th Grade - Evaluating Websites
Most 5th grade students are familiar with using Google. It's important for students to know how to use Google by evaluating the sources they find in a search. We are starting a unit on using specific criteria in evaluating websites. Students will practice these skills by looking at websites and looking for evidence that shows the website should or should not be considered reliable. This is a fun unit, that may have some "surprises" along the way. Look out for some fun highlights in the next newsletter!
The Shabonee Library
Ms. Parker, librarian
Ms. Chernoff, library assistant
Email: parker.d@nb27.org
Website: http://shabonee.nb27.org/shabonee-library/
Phone: 847-498-4970