April News
Prairiewood Library Resource Center
Spotlight Books for April
Bad Day at Riverbend - Van Allsburg
Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend.
Tiny Creatures: World of Microbes - Davies
A picture book that explores the different microbes that inhabit the Earth and examines the varied jobs they do.
Counting by 7s - Sloan
Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after she loses her parents.
MAP and PARCC Month!
A is for April and Assessment at Prairiewood! Testing is important because it helps teachers evaluate a student’s needs and progress, the student gauge his or her own level of mastery, and the parent monitor his or her child’s progress.
April 4-15, students will be taking the MAP test in the computer lab, and April 18-29, PARCC testing will be taking place in both the library and computer lab on Chromebooks. Check out these testing tips for before, during and after from Excel in Ed!
Young Author Celebration
YA participants share their manuscripts and snack.
Monarch Madness
First grade students vote for their favorite Monarch book.
Text Features
3rd Graders review nonfiction text features.
Battle of the Books
The battles begin this month! Students will take a first round "quiz" with their team to determine eligibility, and then grade level battles will begin the week of April 18th. Make sure to study the battle notes and practice titles and authors with your team; steal those points!
Got Respect? Assembly
At last month's Got Respect? assembly, students all danced to a choreographed routine to show that they are more alike than different!
Got Respect? Assembly
Event Information
All Library Books Due
Save the date! All library books are due back by Friday, May 6th.
When?
Friday, May 6, 2016, 02:00 PM
Where?
Prairiewood Elementary School, Hercules Road, Woodstock, IL, United States
Prairiewood Library Resource Center
Email: astoxen@wcusd200.org
Location: 3215 Hercules Road, Woodstock, IL, United States
Phone: 815-337-5300
Twitter: @pwe_lrc