thank you!

Thank you, Mr. Cole! We SO enjoyed your visit! We hung "stink-bomb beadle" and "dragon-freak" up in our Media Center...thank you for helping us stretch our imaginations to create them.

Mrs. Haymond & Mr. Cole

author visit!

We SOOOO love author visits! We have a fun one coming next week...

Thursday, September 17th
8:30 am & 2:30 pm
Auditorium

We are SOOOOOO excited!

The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters

Frank L. Cole is the author of "The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters," the book we will be reading in our library with the 3-6th graders. Frank will be visiting our school next week, Thursday, September 17! We are so excited to have him visit us and talk to us about literacy, and Hashbrown! You can find out more about Hashbrown at www.hashbrownwinters.com, and more about Frank from his blog www.franklewiscole.blogspot.com.

Here is the "blurb" from the back of the book...

"Hashbrown Winters and his treehouse club of buddies are well known around Pordunce Elementary, especially after Hashbrown's seminar last year on how to give the best show and tell performances...er, presentations. But when Hashbrown accidentally crosses Hambone Oxcart, the death dealer of Pordunce, he'll need more than just the support of his friends to survive Hambone's wrath.

Join Hashbrown, Snow Cone, Whiz, and the rest of the gang in Frank L. Cole's hilarious debut novel of the trials and tragedies of fifth grade life. The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters will keep kids and parents alike laughing out loud, groaning in sympathy, and turning pages until well past bedtime."

sound good? it is! i'm excited to start it next week, here in our library!

library lingo

Our "Library Lingo" word for August was renew - to check out the same book for an additional week. We will continue to work on what renewing means, but we have a new word for September....

Check-in

It seems like a very simple word, simple definition, but some of us get mixed up between check-in and check-out. Check-in is when we return a book to the library that we have had checked out. So, think of it this way...when a book comes IN to the library you are checking it IN. When you go out of the library be sure your books are checked OUT. Does that help? I hope so. If we think of the library as a "hotel" for books...we check them in for a vacation on the shelves, then we check them out to go home. Maybe that will help as well.

Hope your first few weeks of school are going great, and you are learning many new and wonderful things! Keep reading!

first day of school!

How was your first day back to school?? Mine was fabulous! I can't believe we are back already, summer just flew by.

Our library days begin next week! We will be doing our library orientation, reviewing our

"Media Center Manners"

- be quiet
- be respectful
- be responsible

We will talk about what each of those entails, and MORE!

Class library days are:

Monday
Mrs. Black - kindergarten
Miss Brockbank - 3rd grade

Tuesday
Mrs. Sumsion - kindergarten am/pm
Mrs. Hoyt - 6th grade
Mr. Olson - 5th grade
Mrs. Hutchison - 2nd grade

Wednesday
Mr. Wyatt - 6th grade
Mrs. Anderson - 4th grade
Mrs. Fehlberg - 3rd grade
Miss Taylor - 2nd grade

Thursday
Mr. Leeper - 4th grade
Mr. Jacob - 6th grade
Mrs. Louw - 5th grade
Ms. Grandstaff - 1st grade
Mrs. Redford - 2nd grade

Friday
Miss Bailey - 1st grade
Mrs. Dent - 4th grade
Mrs. Dowdle - 3rd grade
Mrs. Stevens - 1st grade

Please remember that each time your class comes to the library, you need to bring your library books with you, even if you are not finished with them. We can renew* them if you need more time to finish.

* renew - to check the same book out for an additional week.

See you next week!

SCHOOL!!

Oh my gosh! Has your summer flown by as fast as mine?? It's CRAZY! School starts next week!

I hope you are getting ready, because I am here in the library. We have a new theme this year...

"POP" into reading!

Can you guess what we will be collecting for every "just right book" that we read? Yup, popcorn kernals! I'm SOOOOOO excited! This is going to be a GRRRRRREAT year! It's a great YEAR to be a cougar!

See you soon! Oh, and don't forget back to school night...Tuesday, August 18th from 4:00 until 6:00.

"POP" into the library for a good book! ...we are "bursting" with good books!

August idea list

August 1 - Camp in your backyard & tell scary stories.
August 2 - Eat dinner together, talk about life, books, and family.

August 3 - IT'S LIBRARY DAY! Visit the Cascade Media Center, open from 12:00 - 2:00 pm.
August 4 - Watch a favorite movie together. Write down your favorite lines.
August 5 - Write and illustrate a story about a favorite animal.
August 6 - Visit your adopted grandparent. Share your animal stories.
August 7 - With your family, plan and prepare for a fun family activity.
August 8 - Help your family with the fun family activity you all planned.
August 9 - Let your family see you reading.

August 10 - IT'S OUR LAST LIBRARY DAY! Visit the Cascade Media Center, open from 12:00 - 2:00 pm. Please return all books. Thanks for coming this summer!
August 11 - Go on a hike, draw pictures of plants, discover what they are.
August 12 - School shop. Decorate your pencil box or notebook.
August 13 - Start telling a familiar story. Have someone in your family tell the ending.
August 14 - Get together with your friends. Talk about the books you've read.
August 15 - Visit your adopted grandparent.
August 16 - Eat dinner together, talk about life, books, and family.

August 17 - Write a note to your new teacher.
August 18 - Make a simple craft for your new teacher.
August 19 - Read a bedtime story together, relax, and get a good nights rest.
August 20 - BACK TO SCHOOL!!