Shopping during breaks and drop-in at recess

Books given to students for achieving their vocabulary goals

Theresa Ermineskin is working with the students to develop a list of Cree words they know by doing a brainstorming group activity with them. Each time they did this she gave them a stamp to work towards an incentive. In the beginning, she only asked for twenty words from them. This was easily achieved so her students started challenging themselves by giving her way more than twenty Cree words. She created an incentive chart and it was filled. On October 24th, she hosted a celebration by providing a Pizza Party for two classes to celebrate their wonderful team effort. The two classes that are celebrating with pizzas are 3J-Erin Josephs class with 102 Cree words and 3/4M-Sandra Mah's class with 111 Cree words. All other classes still get a treat for their great efforts. The library connected by giving books to these two classes for celebrating their goals for learning the Cree words on October 24th at 11:30 am.

DEAR program routine

Preparation for a classroom or school DEAR program involves an introduction to the three principal rules for uninterrupted sustained silent reading.

1. Everyone must read - all students, teachers, teaching assistants, office staff, and administrators - with no exceptions. The emphasis is on reading for pleasure.


2. No interruptions - DEAR is an uninterrupted, silent, independent, and sustained reading activitywithout halt or hindrance. This means no questions, no comments, no taking, no telephone rings, no public-address system announcements, no coming and going, not even the teacher.

3. No reporting - DEAR is a free reading period where the accent is on reading enjoyment. When invited, students may choose to share what they have read, but they are never required to report on their readings.




The teacher may wish to encourage students to share their reading experiences in one or more of the following ways.

1. Keep a journal in response to their reading,

2. Share ideas about the books they are reading at a "peer conference,"

3. Advertise their favourite book and give a reading from the class "author's chair," or
keep a log of the books and number of pages they have read.


Source: From pages 111- 113 from Precision Reading Instructor's Handbook by Rick Freeze

http://schoollibraryservices.blogspot.ca/2012/10/dear-time-4c-class-october-22-at-library.html

Class tour the book fair

 Students browse the range of products available at the book fair - books, activity kits, pencils, highlighters, markers, erasers, posters......and is more than books.

Wish lists for books of our students

Wanted Books campaign

Celebrate birthdays with Book Club

Celebrate birthdays with Book Club

Throughout the school year, children in grades K-5 can celebrate their birthdays with the Birthday Book Club. The Birthday Book Club, co-sponsored by the Hudson Elementary School Libraries and Hudson PTO, is a fun way for parents and children to celebrate both birthdays and reading. As a participant, a child chooses a new book from his/her school library's Birthday Bookshelf, a bookplate with his/her name is placed on the inside cover, and he/she the first student to check out this new library book. During their library period, the child will also be presented with a certificate and a bookmark to keep as a remembrance of this celebration.

Through Oct. 31, any student whose birthday is between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 is invited to enroll. Download an enrollment form from a school's page on www.HudsonPTO.org and return the completed form to a child's teacher with the $15 enrollment fee. Mark envelopes to the attention of the Birthday Book Club, and checks should be made payable to Hudson PTO.