Berta Palacios Library Newsletter
5th Six Weeks 2017-2018
Open House Feb. 26, 2018
Pharr Memorial Public Library
Information given for library cards
Parents sign up for library cards
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Joan Bauer-Author Visit
Students travel by bus
Palacios student audience
Some of the students brought their copy of "Soar"
Soar book copies
Students wait to meet Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer with Palacios students
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Pharr Police Officers invited to read to Palacios students
Officer David Trevino
Reads to first grade class
What Can You Do with a Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla
Officer Irving Segura
reads to first graders
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
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Top 5th Six Weeks AR Readers
Angelina Becerra
Hector Medina
Eduardo Aguilar
Giselle Martinez
2nd Grade
Markell Rodriguez
Sophia Becerra
Jorge Aguirre
3rd Grade
Samantha Barrera Ortiz
Keylly Rodriguez
Eva Rodriguez
4th Grade
Devany Moreno
Jennifer Adame
Siomara Herrera-Santillan
5th Grade
Jose Gallardo
Carlos Lira
Oscar Valencia
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Festiba
March 2, 2018
Award-Winning Author-Angela Cervantes
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
"Twelve-year old Paloma Marquez accompanies her mom on a four-week research fellowship to her father's birth country of Mexico. On her first night in Mexico, Paloma quickly finds herself entangled in a mystery involving an artifact that once belonged to the legendary artist, Frida Kahlo."
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April Poetry Month
ยง110.2. English Language Arts and Reading
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(6) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).----------
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