The Scholastic Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!!!! The book fair is when Sutton's library turns into a bookstore where you and your children can purchase top-quality, current books to add to your home libraries. In addition, you will also find school supplies and posters. The book fair funds our library so that we can purchase new books and materials for our students and teachers. You may veiw some of the items that we will have in our book fair at this link:
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/sutton
This year, we have added an online portion to the book fair! You may shop online from November 11 - 21 from an expanded selection of books from preschool through adults. Your orders will be shipped to our school for FREE! Our school will get credit for your online orders. To shop in our online book fair, visit this link:
http://www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs/2910040
We are also participating in Scholastic's One for Books program where we ask for donations of $1.00 or change that will go toward purchasing books that will be given away through various projects in the school. Scholastic will match your donation with free books to national non-profit organizations dedicated to helping kids and families in need.
I look forward to seeing you at the book fair!!
Sutton Elementary School Library Media Center
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
AR News
The first nine weeks ended the Friday before fall break and I am happy to report that just over 57% of our students met their quarterly AR goal!! The AR wall is full of smilling faces of those students who made their goal. At tomorrow's assembly, these students will be entered in a drawing for a $5.00 gift certificate to Sutton's fall Scholastic book fair, which will be held November 15-18. One student will be drawn from each grade level for a gift certificate!
This week begins the second nine weeks and each student will be working on meeting a new AR goal. As a reminder, here is the second quarter AR goal for each grade level:
This week begins the second nine weeks and each student will be working on meeting a new AR goal. As a reminder, here is the second quarter AR goal for each grade level:
K - 5 points
1st - 12.5 points
2nd - 20 points
3rd - 20 points
4th - 20 points
Please encourage your student to meet or exceed their quarterly goal!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is an annual award for the best book as chosen by the students of Kentucky. All Kentucky public and private schools and public libraries may participate in the program. Sutton’s library participates in the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards each year. Students may checkout and read the nominated books and rate them on ballots that are provided in the library media center. Our ballots will be tallied in March and submitted to the Kentucky Bluegrass Association where they will be added to the totals from across our state.
Here is a link to the 2012 Kindergarten-2nd grade Master List:
Here is a link to the 2012 3rd-5th grade Master List:
Friday, September 9, 2011
2011 Caldecott and Newbery Medals
This week in library classes we have learned about the Caldecott and Newbery medals, which are awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
The Caldecott Medal is named after Randolph Caldecott who was a nineteenth-century illustrator. It is awarded each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The winning book will have a gold foil seal on the cover and the honor books (runners up) will have a silver foil seal on the cover.
The 2011 Caldecott winner is A Sick Day for Amos McGee, which is illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by Philip C. Stead. Amos McGee is a zoo keeper who takes good care of his animal friends. One day, Amos is too sick to go to work, and his animal friends return the favor by taking good care of him!
The Caldecott Honor Book (silver medal) was awarded to Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein. This humorous book is about a daddy chicken, who is trying to put his young daughter to sleep by reading her a bedtime story. The very energetic little chicken gets so involved in the bedtime stories of Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little, that she cannot help interrupting them. Daddy finally asks the daughter to tell HIM a story!
Also winning a 2011 Caldecott Honor Book medal is Dave the Potter, illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Laban Carrick. This is a biography about a slave named Dave, an artist, poet, and potter who lived in South Carolina in the 1800s. The text has a lyrical quality and the beautiful illustrations show how Dave took clay from the ground and turned it into beautiful, useful pottery. This book also won the Coretta Scott King Award.
The Newbery Medal is named for an eighteenth-century bookseller named John Newbery. It is awarded each year to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
This year’s winner is Moon Over Manifest, by Claire Vanderpool. The setting of this book is Manifest, Kansas in the summer of 1936. Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is sent to Manifest on a train to live with her father’s friend while her father works a railroad job. Abilene finds a cigar box full of mementos and old letters, which send her on a spy hunt!
One of 2011’s Newbery Honor Books is Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm. Turtle is an eleven-year-old girl who lives during the depression. Her mother gets a job as a housekeeper for a lady who doesn’t like kids, so Turtle is sent to Key West, Florida to stay with relatives who she has never met. Turtle tries hard to come out of her shell in this strange place of hot weather, boisterous cousins, and buried treasure.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Golden Shelf Elf Award
I am giving a new award at the end of each quarter in library class. The award is called the Golden Shelf Elf Award and it is based upon the book entitled, The Shelf Elf, by Jackie Mims Hopkins. Each class may earn points for following the library rules. At the end of each quarter, points will be added up, and the students in the class with the most points will win a prize!
This week students were able to view book trailers for some of our new library books and will be able to begin checking out the new books next week!
This week students were able to view book trailers for some of our new library books and will be able to begin checking out the new books next week!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Welcome to a New School Year!!
The library media center has gotten off to a great start! Students have been busy learning about library rules, book care, and the Accelerated Reader Program.
Library Rules:
Book Care Rules:
Accelerated Reader Program:
The theme of this year's Accelerated Reader Program is "Bee a Reader!!!" A few new incentives have been added to this year's program, which is outlined in the yellow flyer that was included in your registration folder. If you need an additional copy, you may pick one up in the literature rack right inside of Sutton's front door.
A letter was sent home to parents/guardians last week concerning your child's logon information for the Renaissance Home Connect website. This is the website where you can access your child's Accelerated Reader information. It shows what tests they have taken, the score of their last test, their total points, and their average.
Here is a link to Renaissance Home Connect website:
Another website that you may find beneficial in the AR program is AR BookFinder. On this website you can search for books that have an AR test written for them. This if very helpful for books that you have at home or that you may want to check out at the public library to see if they are AR books, their reading level, and their point value.
Here is a link to the AR BookFinder website:
Library Rules:
- Be Considerate of Others
- Inside Voice
- Wait Your Turn
- Hands to Yourself
- Walk Only
- Clean Up After Yourself
- Handle With Care
- Check Out ALL Books
- Return Books on TIME
Book Care Rules:
- Keep books away from all food.
- Keep books away from all liquids.
- Keep books in a safe place, away from pets or smaller brothers and sisters.
- Keep books away from all pens, pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, glue, gluesticks, tape etc.
- Read books with clean hands.
- Do not pick labels off of books. If a label comes off, bring it to Mrs. Rouse so she can reattach it.
- Mark your place in books with a bookmark or slip of paper - never "dogear" the page.
- If you accidentally rip a page, bring the book and any pieces of the page to Mrs. Rouse to repair with special book tape. Never try to repair the book at home.
Accelerated Reader Program:
The theme of this year's Accelerated Reader Program is "Bee a Reader!!!" A few new incentives have been added to this year's program, which is outlined in the yellow flyer that was included in your registration folder. If you need an additional copy, you may pick one up in the literature rack right inside of Sutton's front door.
A letter was sent home to parents/guardians last week concerning your child's logon information for the Renaissance Home Connect website. This is the website where you can access your child's Accelerated Reader information. It shows what tests they have taken, the score of their last test, their total points, and their average.
Here is a link to Renaissance Home Connect website:
Another website that you may find beneficial in the AR program is AR BookFinder. On this website you can search for books that have an AR test written for them. This if very helpful for books that you have at home or that you may want to check out at the public library to see if they are AR books, their reading level, and their point value.
Here is a link to the AR BookFinder website:
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