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I was SUPER excited to find this fun bulletin board idea on Pinterest this summer, and Mrs. Mitkowski volunteered her time (and scrap booking supplies) to bring it to life! (Thank you, Mrs. M!) I adapted the
original design to create an anti-bullying message of kindness, bravery and sticking up for your friends, and I
love how it turned out!
Inside the library I created a superhero book display to compliment the bulletin board. I ordered a lot of new superhero books for the students to enjoy this year because there never seems to be enough to meet the demand! (The display stretched out across the window sill and completely filled up the wire rack, but I waited too long to take the picture and this is all that was left!)
I love hearing the students' enthusiastic cries when they spot a book that they are
so excited to bring home from the library. Whether it's a book about Spiderman, puppies, dirt bikes, or any one of the books populating our shelves, it's so gratifying to connect a child with book that results in an expression of pure joy.
It's going to be a SUPER year!
:)
In first grade we are reviewing how to take good care of our library books and why it's important to do so. This week I handed out a pile of books that I had selected from the shelves and challenged the students to examine them for evidence of mishandling. To help them "focus" on their task (and to make it more fun!) I gave each student a magnifying glass to use while making their observations. Not only did they stay on task, but they did a remarkable job of identifying problems and predicting what might have caused them. (Plus, they made the connection between this activity and their practice of observing and predicting in science -- yay!)
