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Eagle Point Library
4th Quarter Report-2013
Circulation Statistics & Teacher Requests
- Total Checkouts: 3,233 (-1514 or down 32% from last quarter-attributed to no specials during testing week and no-check out the last two weeks of school; however, we are up 5% from fourth quarter last year)
- More information about circulation statistics over the past six years is available here: http://tinyurl.com/kx2jzt8 (Sheet1 is quarterly statistics and Sheet2 is yearly statistics)
- Teacher Book Requests: 12 (same as last quarter)
Library Classes
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
- Literary elements (characters, setting, beginning/middle/end)
- Sequencing
- Parts of a plant & seeds
- Internet safety & cyber bullying
- Elizabeth Raum's Cedric and the Dragon
1st Grade
- Animal groups (bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, mammal)
- Internet safety & cyber bullying
- Elizabeth Raum's Cedric and the Dragon
2nd Grade
- Reference sources
- Thesaurus
- Biographies
- Internet safety & cyberbullying
- Elizabeth Raum's Cedric and the Dragon
3rd Grade
- Animal research project using infohio.org databases (World Book Student & Kids Search) complete with a bibliography
4th Grade
- Media literacy (design own cereal boxes)
- Readers' theater
5th Grade
- Website evaluation
- Poetry
- Figurative language
6th Grade
- Primary/secondary sources (analyzed primary sources from the Challenger Disaster)
- Internet safety & cyber bullying
Right to Read Week: Celebrating Our Heritage and History
- Collaborated with Rossford Public Library to take all 3rd-6th graders on a tour of the local history area
- Hosted guest nonfiction author Elizabeth Raum who shared important information about performing research, quality resources, and fiction/nonfiction
- Encouraged students to participate in special activities all week including a spirit week and a READO bingo card contest
- Thank you to the parents' club for donating $100 to purchase books we gave away to students who participated in the week's activities