Wilshire Library News
February 2020
WELCOME!
Last Month Highlights
Holocaust Remembrance Week
Students from all grade-levels listened to empathy-building stories and participated in lessons geared towards inclusion, compassion, friendship, and being an upstander.
Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
Let it Snow!
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner
Snowmen at Night is the perfect book for teaching so many things: rhyming, fiction, weather ... This little one is deciding what clothes would be appropriate to wear outside to build a snowman.
Virtual Breakout EDU
Happening this Month
February 3-7: Scholastic Book Fair (days and times below)
February 17: Student Holiday (Presidents Day)
Scholastic Book Fair
Reading for pleasure unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.
Book Fair dates/hours:
Monday/Wednesday/Thursday: 8:00-4:00
Tuesday: 8:00-5:30; The book fair will be re-open following the PTA meeting/performance
Friday: 8:00-11:00
Two NEW shopping options! Book Fair eWallet is a safe and convenient digital payment option for your student to shop the Fair cash-free. If you’re not able to attend the Fair, try our new online shopping. We’ve partnered with the Scholastic Store to offer over 6,000 products that ship directly to home (with free shipping on book-only orders of $25 or more)! Visit our homepage to get started:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/wilshireelementaryschool1
We hope to see you and your family at our Book Fair! Remember, all purchases benefit our school.
JANUARY CIRCULATION STATS
Here are the number of checkouts for the month of December:
Pre K: 82
Kinder: 89
1st Grade: 50
2nd Grade: 275
3rd Grade: 190
4th Grade: 206
5th Grade: 208
Staff: 104
Total: 1,204
Come by the library anytime, to sign up for a library card or learn more about how to check out eBooks on Sora!
Wilshire Elementary School Library
Email: tshing@neisd.net
Website: neisd.net/Page/24993
Location: 6523 Cascade Pl, San Antonio, TX 78218
Phone: 210-407-9404