D97 Library News
March 2018
Spring is in the Air
Thank you for visiting our monthly newsletter for all teachers, parents, and community members of District 97. Each month, D97 teacher librarians collaborate to bring you useful information, and highlight some of the things our students are learning in our libraries.
We love to hear from you! This month's collaborating teacher librarian:
Carolyn Frame cframe@op97.org- Lincoln
Dates to Note
March is Women's History Month!
3/1 Purim Begins at sunset. This is a time of feasting and merrymaking for people of the Jewish faith. They give gifts to one another and help those who are less fortunate than themselves.
3/2 Read Across America Day celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday. Which book is your favorite?
3/14 Celebrate math on Pi Day. Eat Pie. Play with math. Memorize 10 or even 100 digits of Pi.
3/15 The Ides of March. Julius Caesar famously said, "Beware the Ides of March."
3/15-4/2 March Madness. College basketball fans- who do you think will win?
3/17 It's St. Patrick's Day! What special tradition happens to the Chicago River?
3/20 Vernal Equinox. It's the official first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.
3/23 National Puppy Day. Are you a dog or a cat person?
3/30 Good Friday. This is the day that Christians believe Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected on Easter Sunday.
3/30 Passover begins at sundown. Passover is the celebration of the freeing of the Jews from Egyptian rule about 3,000 years ago.
Celebrate the Month with Books!
Women Making a Difference in Science
An Irish Tale
The Winner of the Newberry Award
Don't Forget About D97's Wonderful Database Addition
- The D97 Teacher Librarians have subscribed to Kids InfoBits as our own research database.
- Kids Infobits contains full-text entries from encyclopedias and books, as well as from magazine and newspapers.
- These are updated frequently, so it is already possible to read a news story from January 2018 using Kids Infobits. Try it!
- Students should be able to access it at school without a password. The password for all to use at home is learn (same as our subscription to Britannica School Encyclopedia and Britannica Images)