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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Packing- Week 1

The tables and chairs are gone and are replaced with lots of orange bookcases, and right now, we are busy collecting and shelving books.  While we are beginning a big project which can be a little daunting, today, I was touched to realized that library does mean a lot to our Ponder students.  I had at least three students stop me today and tell me how sad they were about missing library time.  I hate to hear that my students are sad, but my heart is warmed by the fact that students are not just missing me.  The big thing is that they are missing books and stories.  So, parents and teachers, please, in my absence, keep reading to our students!

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Time to pack!

This week will be our last week of library classes before the move!  While I'm going to miss having story time with our students during the next couple of weeks, I know that our students are going to keep on reading by exploring our online resources.  What's great is that these ebooks are free and accessible through the Ponder Library webpage.

Check it out! 
    (Ha! Ha!  That's my library humor coming out).


If you need help, please feel free to e-mail me (Mrs. Campbell) at dyanncampbell@misdmail.org.  While I'm unable to post online the usernames and passwords, I am able to send you the username and password for these programs if your student attends Alice Ponder.







Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Michael Anthony Steele visits Ponder

Thank you, PTA for making it possible for Alice Ponder students to visit with author and screen writer, Mr. Michael Anthony Steele.

We learned about Mr. Steele's career as a writer from working on Barney to Wishbone to Night at the  Museum.  Writers are important, and we can be better writers by reading.  Also, Mr. Steele talked about believing in four important words.  Ask your students to share with you those four important words.

If you would like to learn more about Mr Steele or ask him a question, you can go to his website at www.michaelanthonysteele.com .

Monday, October 27, 2014

Pumpkins!

We've got pumpkins in the library!  We are off to a great start for this year's Pumpkin Book Character contest with over 30 entries.  Below are just two of the fabulous pumpkins that our students have decorated for our contest this year.





Pinkalicious












                            Olaf

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Book Character Pumpkins



Don't forget to decorate a pumpkin as your favorite book character.  We'll have them set out this week in the library and vote for our favorite pumpkin.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Deer, Raccoons, & Skunks

Fiction and Nonfiction

Most of the time in the library, we read a lot of fictional stories together, but this week, we read a nonfiction book about deer.  The students loved the photographs and learning facts about deer.  Did you know that deer can swim?  We didn't, but we do now!  

While the book was amazing, the best part came at the end of story time when we opened the trunk that the Texas Wildlife Agency sent to us.  We had three pelts that we got to touch and discuss.  Now, that was a real experience!  Fiction is fun, but nonfiction can be awesome.



Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Scholastic Book Fair is Here!




The Scholastic Book Fair is at Ponder this week!
Please stop by and visit us.
Monday, Sept. 29 - Thursday, October 2nd:  7:30 - 3:00
Friday, October 3rd:  7:30 - 11:30

On Thursday, October 2nd, we'll be open during our Math & Literacy Night from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

If you are unable to visit the book fair in person, we have the book fair online as well.
It is really easy.  
1)  Click Here
2)  Order your books
3)  The books are delivered to your school and sent home with your student.



Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Constitution Day and Bilingual Author

Learning about the Constitution is FUN when you are learning with others!  That was definitely true for our 3rd and 4th graders.  On Tuesday, they participated in a virtual program provided by the Fort Worth National Archives. The best part was that it was an interactive event where we could hear students at different schools in Texas answering Constitution trivia, and they could hear us!
The Constitution. Web. Sept. 2014.

For PK - 2nd grade, we had a bilingual author, Mr. Michael Hodge, visit our school.  He shared his Bilingual Benny books with us.  These books are all about Benny, a cute koala bear that are written in English and Spanish.  If you missed out on ordering these books, they are still on sale until Sept. 24th.  Order forms went out today!


Sunday, September 14, 2014

September in the Library

We are Ready to Read!

This month, classes are visiting our the library.  It is an exciting time as we learn where our favorite books are located and how we can borrow books from the library. Parents, ask your child about our school library and the stories that they are hearing.  Here are some books that we've been reading.  



PreK and Kinder--We learned about being a good library friend from Mr. Wiggles.  We hug our books and treat them like a baby.  You wouldn't want to drop a book or a baby!




1st--We learned how we can take care of books from a hedgehog named Marion. We would never get our books wet, eat around them, or take leave them outside.  If we damage a book, we take them to our librarian to fix.








2nd--We learned how animals should not wear clothes or borrow library books!  We don't want to be like the animals and damage books because a whale would get them wet, an eel would get ink on it, and 
a raccoon would tear the book up.



3rd--The Shelf Elf, Skoobs, taught us library manners.
We use quiet voices, walking feet, and, shelf markers!





4th--We learned from The Library Dragon that while there are rules in the library, the library is a fun place to hear stories and find books.  We also learned that there are a lot of words an author can use instead of repeatedly saying "fire." Ask your child about all the words and phrases that we found that are associated with the word "fire."  Each week, we need to bring both books back to the library, but we can always recheck out books!