Smith Elementary Library News
September 2019
Library Learning
Kindergarten will spend the first month of school learning about the library, proper library behavior, book care at school and home, and listening to great stories. Their first check out may not occur until October and for the first semester they check out one book. They will bring home a practice library book to learn responsibility of returning a book. Once they have successfully learned checkout and returns they get two books second semester.
Searching Our Library Catalog of BOOKS!
You can search our Smith Elementary Library Catalog from anywhere you have Internet! Just click on the link below and select Smith Elementary! You can search by Keyword, Title, Author, or Subject. Or you can choose the "Visual" tab and search by Picture!
Smith Elementary Library Catalog
They may also choose not to log in and just search for books.
Recommended Reads
Smith Library Catalog Home Page
Because the new platform is still being tweaked students may prefer the older format. Currently this seems to be the best site to place holds on books. Click on the Catalog tab and they may search here. They can customize their search for keyword, title, author, subject, or series in the traditional platform. The default search is keyword. I have taught them that is the broadest search as it includes anything that mentions their search term. Unless they know the title I've told them to choose a subject search to narrow the choices.
In the coming weeks we will be learning the new platform and discovering all that it has to offer!
Library Check Out Schedule
Tuesday - Heun 5th grade
Wunderlich 4th grade
Thennis 2nd grade
Ferriter-Day 2nd grade
Wednesday - Callahan Montessori
Jacobs 3rd grade
Bartell 1st grade
Marshall 1st grade
Wright Montessori
Thursday - Ramirez 5th grade
Jones 4th grade
Friday - Beaver Montessori
Hasselbach Kindergarten
Richardson Kindergarten
**Kindergarten will start checking out books in October. Watch for a practice checkout book to come home soon!
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Smith Library
Email: tshepherd@helenaschools.org
Location: 2320 5th Avenue, Helena, MT, USA
Phone: (406)324-1527
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SmithSchoolHelena/