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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Season's Readings!

 
These students are helping their classmates qualify for the Ashaway School "Rooster Games"!
 
Some of our fourth graders helped me spread some good cheer by participating in my "Share a Book" program.  Thanks to their help, I had ELEVEN more copies of the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (RICBA) nominees available for students to read over winter break.  This is how the program works:
  • The student can order one or more copies of the books and get a 20-30% discount from the standard cover price.  (By placing a larger order, I can get a better price.)
  • The book is barcoded and be given a library book jacket to help protect it.
  • If the student would like, I place a bookplate inside which reads:  “This book is on loan to the library by [student’s name] until the 2016 Rooster Games!”
  • The student who bought the book can check it out first.
  • Then, the book is checked out to other fourth graders.
  • When the Rooster Games are over, the book is given back to the student who ordered it...to keep!
It was a blast handing out the extra copies of the books today.  It brought me a lot of joy to hear the students' enthusiastic responses when I asked who wanted to borrow one!  The "hold" list for these titles are really long, so they truly acted as though they had been given a gift!  The books are in such high demand because I challenged the students to read at least 5 of these books in order to participate in our year-end Rooster Games.  (Click here to learn more about them!)

A great big THANK YOU goes out to the students who were willing to share their books with their classmates.  The other students and I really appreciate it!

See you at the Rooster Games!