News..Third Grade Book Club

We will be starting a third grade book club in January 2011. First, we will be reading The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. The story takes place in New York City where a cricket named Chester is found by a little boy named Mario. Mario keeps Chester as his pet, but is only allowed to keep him in the family's newsstand by the subway.

This is a great story to start our book club. We will be creating a group project at the end of each book completed. Look for displays in the Media Center.

What's new for Week of Oct. 4th

PreK and Kindergarten classes are participating in Read for the Record. They will have an introduction to author/illustrator Ezra Jack Keats in their story time in the media center this week. We have a short Power Point which gives a little history about him along with awards he has won over the years. We will be reading A Whistle for Willie for our story time this week.

1st Grade classes will be reading Alpha Betti and discussing how the Easy and Fiction sections are organized author's last name in ABC order.

3rd Grade classes will be reading Karl and Carolina Uncover the Parts of the Book. They explore the different parts of a book while reading this book aloud.

5th grade classes will explore call numbers and lexile levels by viewing a Power Point presentation.

Welcome Back to our Media Center

School is starting soon and it is time to get back to the books. Start your school year off with a great reading book. What's your interest? Fiction, nonfiction, biography or picture books. There are over 13,000 books in our media center collection for students to enjoy. Reading is a wonderful tool used to gain knowledge. So, let's start the school year off with checking our several of our new books which came in over the summer.

Summer Reading

Reading during the summer has proven to increase knowledge, reading skills, and vocabulary skills. Take advantage of the public library in your area. They offer many wonderful summer programs for our students. The Sandy Springs Library is located at 395 Mt. Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. The phone number is 404-303-6130. Their web address is www.afpls.org

For information about lexile levels and how to find a book's lexile level visit the following web addresses.

Lexile level information at http://www.gadoe.org/lexile.aspx

Find-a-Book website at www.lexile.com/findabook

April 19 -23

Kindergarten classes will be reading and looking at how Pop Up books are made.

1st Grade - We will be reading The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens

3rd Grade - will be watching the DVD of How a Nonfiction section is organized with the Devey Decimal System.

What's new this week in our Media Center

Kindergarten - We will be reading The Biggest Test in the Universe by Nancy Poydar.

First & Second Grades - We will working on the skill of ABC order in preparation of testing. We will look at putting words in ABC order by using the 2nd, 3rd or 4th letter in a word if the words begin with the same 1st letter.

What's going on this week in the Media Center

Kindergarten classes - will be reading Dewey There's a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron

First Grade classes will be reviewing Library Information Skills for 1st graders from an activity sheet.

Third Grade classes will be reviewing Library information Skills for 3rd Graders by using an activity sheet.

Read a great book while on Spring Break!

March 22, 2010

Prek, Kindergarten and First Grade Classes...It's time for Spring! Mucha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming


Second Grade Classes will be reading Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

What's new this week

Starting March 15, 2010

Kindergarten classes will be reading The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill.

First Grade is learning the parts of a Computer (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, CPU, Printer) They will complete the activity by identifying these parts by labeling a computer in the Media Center.

Third Grade is working in Internet Skills by learning how to read a web page and getting information from a web page.

What's Going On...March 8, 2010

PreK & K classes will be reading Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson. This is an introduction to Spring as Bear emerges from his den and finds himself very hungry.

1st Grade classes will be learning all the parts of a book. In this lesson we will be discussing author, illustrator, table of contents, title page, cover, spine, publisher, copyright date, and title.

2nd Grade classes will be discussing Folktales and Fairy Tales. We will conclude with an activity sheet.