May News from the LMC
This month we have been talking about the organization of the library with our kindergarten and first grade friends. Where to find fiction verses non-fiction books and what is the difference. We have also talked about the Caldecott Award which is given to the best illustrated book of the year.
With the second and third grade friends we have been getting more into reading good novels, just listening to them and making the pictures in our heads from the wonderful vocabulary used by the authors. We have also learned a bit more about where to look online to find answers quickly when researching a topic. If you have internet at home, please be aware of the Badgerlink site which is free for use to those of us who live in Wisconsin. It has Britannica Encyclopedia online which is a wonderful resource for your children, along with other good databases for newspapers and journals. Also, we talked about how using Google Directory, instead of just Google. It really helps your child narrow down the search to good usable sites when looking up a topic.
Please also be aware that if you have internet at home, you can get to the LMC web pages for your school. I have good websites on these pages for students and parents. Also, you are now also able to access our library catalog to see what titles we have available at school from your home computer. Go to the district website, click Technology, and look for Destiny from home. That will bring up a screen that gives you the choice of schools, and when you click on your school you can look for titles.
If you have any questions about any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact me. As always, keep your children reading! When you do it with them you are giving them a gift of your time and helping them progress in their own journey with reading.
Annette
