RIP Ramona the Guinea Pig
We are sad to share that Ramona, one of the library's guinea pigs, passed away peacefully on November 4th. Ramona had a wonderful life as the personal pet of the Caudles, a Zilker family, and then was able to share her squeaks and licks with the Panthers in the library. Ramona is survived by her sister, Beezus.
If you will be home for the winter break and are interested in pet sitting Beezus at your home, please let Mrs. Sharp know! Beezus loves the extra attention!
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Princess in Black Our own Ms. Shapiro was the Princess in Black for the Author Visit. Hooray! | Don't Give Up! Shannon Hale shows 1st and 2nd graders all the rejection letters she received in the mail before her first book was finally published. | Thanks for Coming! Thanks so much to authors Dean and Shannon Hale for visiting with our Panthers! |
Princess in Black
Our own Ms. Shapiro was the Princess in Black for the Author Visit. Hooray!
Don't Give Up!
Shannon Hale shows 1st and 2nd graders all the rejection letters she received in the mail before her first book was finally published.
Thanks for Coming!
Thanks so much to authors Dean and Shannon Hale for visiting with our Panthers!
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Lauren Castillo and 4th Graders 4th graders from Zilker introduced author and illustrator Lauren Castillo at the Texas Book Festival downtown. | Proud to Present 4th graders share their introduction of author/illustrator Lauren Castillo in the Children's Read Me a Story tent | Signed Copies Lauren Castillo signed copies of her beautiful picture books for the Zilker Library! |
Lauren Castillo and 4th Graders
4th graders from Zilker introduced author and illustrator Lauren Castillo at the Texas Book Festival downtown.
Proud to Present
4th graders share their introduction of author/illustrator Lauren Castillo in the Children's Read Me a Story tent
Signed Copies
Lauren Castillo signed copies of her beautiful picture books for the Zilker Library!
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Launching! Students in Mrs. Lugo's class test out their designs with real candy pumpkins | Make It Fly! During the testing and improve part of the design process, students in Ms. Thompson's 4th grade class test out their pumpkin launcher after making changes. | Show and Tell Each design team shared their device and modeled how it worked. They tested for both distance and accuracy. So much fun! |
Launching!
Students in Mrs. Lugo's class test out their designs with real candy pumpkins
Make It Fly!
During the testing and improve part of the design process, students in Ms. Thompson's 4th grade class test out their pumpkin launcher after making changes.
Show and Tell
Each design team shared their device and modeled how it worked. They tested for both distance and accuracy. So much fun!
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Think Like Poets Author, poet, and former Zilker parent Liz Scanlon shared a fantastic poetry workshop with 5th graders to kick off their poetry unit. | Feelings Using a Emily Dickinson poem as a guide, classes rewrote the poem together using the feelings "fear", "anger" and "confusion". | Sharing Talents 5th graders left the poetry workshop feeling inspired and motivated! |
Think Like Poets
Author, poet, and former Zilker parent Liz Scanlon shared a fantastic poetry workshop with 5th graders to kick off their poetry unit.
Feelings
Using a Emily Dickinson poem as a guide, classes rewrote the poem together using the feelings "fear", "anger" and "confusion".
Sharing Talents
5th graders left the poetry workshop feeling inspired and motivated!
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Get Cozy! Two 3rd graders find a cozy spot in the library to curl up with a good book! | Snappy the Turtle Snappy the turtle visited the library for two weeks earlier in November. He was so active and greeted students as they came into the library! | 32 Donated Books! Thanks to the educational crowdsourcing site DonorsChoose.org, the Zilker Library has 32 new STEM (and STEAM) picture books. Hooray! |
Get Cozy!
Two 3rd graders find a cozy spot in the library to curl up with a good book!
Snappy the Turtle
Snappy the turtle visited the library for two weeks earlier in November. He was so active and greeted students as they came into the library!
32 Donated Books!
Thanks to the educational crowdsourcing site DonorsChoose.org, the Zilker Library has 32 new STEM (and STEAM) picture books. Hooray!
Announcing...2017 Scholastic Book Fair Theme!
Just when we thought last year's Book Fair theme couldn't be more fun, Scholastic announced the theme for the Spring...Happy Camper Book Fair! So much fun! We can't wait to deck out the library like a memory making overnight trip to the great outdoors!
So, to kick off the book fair excitement in 2017, there will be a display in the library hallway celebrating two things Zilker loves...READING and GETTING OUTSIDE! Send Mrs. Sharp a picture of you or your family enjoying a good book outdoors between now and January 6th to be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the book fair!
Mark Your Calendars:
Book Fair Set Up: February 8th
Book Fair Preview: February 9th and 10th
Book Fair Shopping: February 13th-17th
Family Night: Thursday, February 16th
Bluebonnet Lunch in January!
The voting for the 2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award winner is just around the corner! 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students who have read at least 5 Bluebonnet Award nominated books by Friday, January 20th will be invited to celebrate with lunch in the library! After lunch, students will vote for their pick of the award winner! Which book will be the Zilker winner?
Bluebonnet lunches will take place on:
Monday, January 23rd and Monday, January 30th
(Stay tuned for more information!)
Becca Sharp, Zilker Librarian