Kilgore ISD Libraries Update
Volume I Fall 2015
KISD Elementary Libraries
KPS Library
Later, we read Elmer about an elephant who doesn't like being different but realized at the end of the story that being different was a good thing after all. We then made our own Elmer!
We also celebrated International Dot Day and read The Dot and talked about being creative and "making your mark". Each student decorated their own dot and they were displayed in the library.
Pre-K enjoyed looking at the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree and reading the book and learning the song.
Pre-K also enjoyed reading the LLama LLama books about going to school and doing your best!
Also during the 1st six weeks we read Have You Filled Your Bucket Today? Students learned about different ways to be kind and generous and chose a piece of paper from the bucket to talk about.
Our KPS fall book fair was a huge success! Grandparents enjoyed eating lunch with their students and then coming together to the book fair to shop! We had visits from Geronimo Stilton and Clifford the Big Red Dog. We sold more than $16,000 in merchandise and will receive more than $3000 in cash and around $1400 in Scholastic dollars. The money will be used to purchase new books and other needed items for our library and the Scholastic dollars will be used to purchase BookFlix for our campus.
CES Library
After a read aloud of Petunia, we explored proper book care with Dr. Saiva Book and her medical kit for books. Then each student made their own Dr. Saiva Book kit out of paper to keep in their book bag to remind them of how to properly take of their library books.
After a tour of the library and different books' locations, we practiced locating books by having a scavenger hunt. The students had to follow clues left by the library elf on the shelf.
For the last two weeks we have explored tall tales and storytelling. To celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday, we heard a storytelling of The Little Red House and watched a film on Apple Farming. Next we heard a storytelling of the tall tale Apples to Oregon and watched Swamp Angel on Bookflix.
Our bulldog book squad has been chosen. Sixteen third grade students will come to the library one day a week to take care of a shelf they adopted as well as assist the librarian with other activities.
The Kilgore Fire Department will be on campus this week to discuss fire safety with our students. The students will get to participate in a simulation of what to do during a house fire. We will also sign a safety pledge.
Upcoming is our book fair which will be October 26-30.
KIS Library
This year the KIS Library welcomes a new library aide who will work alongside Mrs. Clower in the KIS Library. Jan Bullard comes to us from Stepping Stone Childcare Center. We are very excited to have her as part of our team.
KIS students and teachers are gearing up for Bluebonnet voting. Many students are already checking out and reading books from this year's list and there is one KIS teacher, Mrs. Williams, has been reading some of this year's selections to her entire class. Way to go Mrs. Williams!
International Dot Day at KPS
KPS students made their own dots!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree at KPS
KISD Secondary Libraries
KMS Library
The KMS Library received 219 books from our Books A Million book drive in the month of August. We are thrilled with the response we received. Some will be used in the library and others will be given to teachers for their classroom or used as prizes for students.
During the first weeks of school sixth grade students visited the library for a library orientation and all of the 7th graders were able to come in and check out books as well.
More good news...the KMS Library received a Chromebook cart that is now available for teacher checkout.
The KMS Book Fair is scheduled for the week of October 19-23. They are still in need of volunteers to help this week so please spread the word!
KHS Library
We also implemented new software to catalog and organize our textbooks. The library has played an important role in this process. We have cataloged and barcoded all of our new textbooks and then checked them out to students and teachers. The new textbooks have been completed and we are now focusing on the textbooks we received last year. Everyone has been really pleased with the new system and its ease of use.
We also did a special orientation for our EOC reading classes that focused solely on reading. These students were introduced to our magazines, books, online catalog, electronic books & audiobooks, and were given time at the end of the class to check out books.
Also, during the first six weeks Mrs. Cole presented on plagiarism to all senior English students. This lesson teaches students what plagiarism is, the different ways that people plagiarize, what happens at colleges if you are caught plagiarizing, real world examples of plagiarism in the professional world, and the meaning of fair use. The Kilgore News Herald did an article about KHS and how the library and English teachers work together to help prevent plagiarism from happening at our campus.
We have also worked with dance technique students, robotics students, and music appreciation students on research.
During the next six weeks, we hope to open a MakerSpace area to students before and after school and during lunch. A MakerSpace is a DIY space where people gather to create, invent, and learn. We will keep you updated on this new endeavor.
Kilgore ISD Libraries
Email: scole@kisd.org
Website: http://www.kisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?type=d&uREC_ID=275297&pREC_ID=803140
Location: 301 N Kilgore St, Kilgore, TX, United States
Phone: 903 988 3901
Facebook: facebook.com/KHSLibrary
Twitter: @kdogslibrary