What’s happening in the
Oak Street library?
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aughing out loud as Leonardo tried to scare the tuna fish out of Sam. |
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nvestigations as national landmarks, insects and “who did its” were
researched. |
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iking across France, Spain and Portugal with H.A. and Margret Rey. |
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eading, reading, reading. |
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wesome book talks by Oak Street Readers. |
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eaching and striving for the KU Reading goals. |
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oung minds developing a life long skill. |
The Oak Street Elementary Library
strives to ensure that students are efficient and effective users of ideas
and information. Reading is an essential building block for success
in these areas. Children who are read to who read with others and
who read independently will become readers who are able to use and enjoy
ideas and information. Students are always welcome to visit the library
at any time with their teacher's permission to check out a new book or
find needed information.
We have taken off on another exciting year in the Oak
Street Library. We kicked off the year with great new books purchased with
last year’s book fair monies! We were able to add the newest titles to
some of our series books as well as purchase great new titles and series!
Kindergarten has been learning just what a school
library has to offer and how to check out and return those books all by
themselves! We’ve also learned how to take care of our library books.
First grade has been choosing from both nonfiction
and fiction books. Now we are on a “Crazy Fairy Tale Adventure” as we read
the original tale and then an “updated” version. Ask your child about the
ugly truckling.
Second graders have learned about the Kansas
Reading Association Award given in honor of Bill Martin, Jr. They are now
helping me read all this year’s nominees and deciding the criteria for
the best picture book. They will be voting on their favorite.
Third and fourth graders have been introduced
to another Kansas book award, the William Allen White Award. In order to
vote they have to read at least 2 of this year’s nominees. The opportunity
to participate in the KU Reading Program has also been presented with many
students signing up and going for a gold or silver award!
New this year will be lunch time book clubs or
story times for grades 1-4! I did a pilot run last spring with fourth
grade and the kids and I enjoyed it so much I decided to try to expand!
I will be starting with first grade in September.
Every child who wants to will grab their lunch and then join me this month
for a great read aloud and discussion. Each class will have a “special”
day.
Second graders, who want to, will sign up for
a book club in October. They will be reading on their own between lunch
time meetings. This club will be limited to twenty total, 10 participating
one week and 10 the next. If more than 20 sign up I’ll draw names for this
month and then do something again in the spring for those who didn’t get
a chance this fall.
I’m really so fortunate to have been able to
work these opportunities into our school day! I’m not sure who will enjoy
them more…me or the kids! Look for third and fourth grade clubs later this
year.
Accelerated Reader (AR) is used
by Oak Street Elementary as one way to assess and promote reading.
Click on the following links to view our Accelerated Reader Lists.
Accelerated Reader Book/Test
Lists:
(The lists are in PDF - click
here to download free Acrobat Reader Program)
These lists show all the computerized AR tests that are available to
take at Oak Street Elementary.
This does not mean that the Oak Street library has every one of these books.
As hard as we try, there are still some books that are out of print or
that are damaged or lost that prevent us from having all of the following
books.
Please feel free to find these books anywhere - public libraries, bookstores,
bookshelves at home, etc. As long as a student has read the entire
book by the same author, they can take the AR test at Oak Street Elementary
regardless of where they found the book. Please note that the student
must read the entire book. Watching movies or only reading parts
of the book do not count and will result in a lower AR test score.
To find out more about the Accelerated Reader program, go to the Advantage
Learning website at www.advlearn.com.
Helpful links to other internet sites:
| Parent / Teacher Resources
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| Just for Kids!
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| Award Winning Books
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| Other sources of information:
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