Sheridan Terrace Library
January 2023 News
1,107= The # of books circulated in Dec. (+26 holds placed)
The Top 5 Books Checked Out in Nov.
1. The Book with No Pictures
2. Minecraft Combat Handbook
3. The Day the Crayons Quit
4. Wonder
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
December Birthday and Honor Book Celebrations!
I wanted to thank those of you that purchased a book for the library in honor of your child's birthday or in honor of a teacher! I was able to purchase 11 new books this month! Thank you for your generous donations & helping to get new books into the hands of our students! 💙💛
What we've been learning...
K: We focused on the role of an illustrator. We also focused on wordless books and practiced 'reading' them by examining the pictures and determining how the pictures tell a story
1st: We focused on unique examples of fiction and nonfiction texts.
2nd: We focused on "author's purpose", the reason an author writes a story. We read & analyzed a variety of books to determine which stories were written to persuade, to inform, and to entertain (P.I.E).
3rd: We focused on story elements in fiction texts, primarily focusing on elements of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, & resolution).
4th: We learned how libraries were organized long ago & how this was problematic for the library patrons. Then we learned how Melville Dewey came along and organized all of the books, focusing on the 10 groups he called the hundreds. We played a game to practice identifying the location of nonfiction texts.
Double Book Winners for January:
The students in the following First through Fourth grade classes are permitted to take home TWO books each time they come to library for the month of January (if they'd like). They also earned a chocolate chip cookie scented bookmark. The winners are...
Grade 1: Mrs. Sturgeon
Grade 2: Mrs. Brunetto
Grade 3: Mrs. Gennaccaro
Grade 4: Mrs. Bell
Congratulations! 🍪