As you can see, I'm still excited about our new SMART Board. If you stop by the library during Open House you can see our wonderful library and a PowerPoint with photos of each library class. I love to see our students and to meet everyone. Kindergarten families are especially welcome because I may not have yet met your family members. Hope to see you!



Here's another slide from the PowerPoint with one of our 4th grade classes. The photos will also be in the hallway display case. Don't we love seeing pictures of our children!

Mrs. Reiser-Jones,
Librarian

We're in Full Swing!

It feels good to be back in the "full swing" of school days and to move on beyond review and routines. This week we began the Library Helpers that some 4th graders like to do as an extra program

In the first photo you will see two hard-working boys from Ms. Miceli's class. These students came as Library Helpers yesterday afternoon and they stacked chairs, made deliveries to classrooms, and turned off computers for the evening. You'll see another photo below of them proudly showing their Library Helper badges.

As noted last week, all students in Grades 1-4 have now borrowed a book at least once. Kindergarten students will begin this routine later in October. I hope you read the Library Information sheet that went home with everyone. It lists their library class day plus important information about our library. However, it seems I forgot to update this year's sheet to include this blog that I began last year. Oh well, if you're reading this, you obviously found it!


Here's the other photo of our Library Helpers from Ms. Miceli's class. They wanted their picture taken in front of our new SMART Board. Don't they look great?

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Reiser-Jones

Welcome Back!

Wow! We have a new SMART Board! After wanting one for some time, we're really using this new tool for learning. I'm learning, too, as I try to figure out all the features for teachers to enrich their work on this interactive whiteboard.

The photo here shows some of the students from classes that were able to view President Obama's speech today. It was videostreamed via www.whitehouse.gov and we watched it on the big SMART Board screen. You can also see the TV in this photo that was tuned to C-SPAN. Since live videostreaming can have bandwidth problems, I wanted to make sure we were able to watch the speech somehow in case our live feed failed us - but it didn't!

Library classes are off to a great start. Most classes in Grades 1-4 have begun borrowing books. However, the Labor Day holiday and a couple of fire drills means that some students haven't borrowed yet. Rest assured that everyone in these grades should be bringing home a book this week. Kindergarten students will be having their first checkout later in the fall as we are working on routines and getting to know each other.

It's great to see our students back. Stay tuned for more blogging from our library!

Mrs. Reiser-Jones, Librarian