Continued Gratitude

This week I am grateful for LOVE.  You can't buy it, but you sure can share it and feel it!

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Ivy Loves to Give by Freya Blackwood (PIC B) is one of the sweetest books.  We will be sharing LOVE in the Library this week with Ivy. 

More gratitude

One of the things I'm grateful for this week is my WARM bed.  (I think everyone is =)  This is the story that came to my mind when I thought of my warm bed.  Mine isn't as crowded as this one, thank heavens!

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This story actually has three of the things I'm grateful for this week... my warm bed, rain, and SUNSHINE!  Enjoy!

I am grateful for good friends...

During the month of November, I like to think of one thing I'm grateful for each day (I can think of SO many more, but let's just go with one a day for now =)  I post them on a wall here in our Media Center for all to see.  This week one of the things I am thankful for are good friends (I was blessed with 500 new friends when I came to Riverview =) and that prompted our story this week...

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Norris is a wise bear, and knows how to watch and wait.  He also knows how to share and make new friends... TWO new friends!  Join us this week in the Library as we learn about Norris, Tulip, and Violet.

It's almost halloween... BOO!

This week in the Library, we are singing, I mean READING... no, I mean SINGING!  Yes, singing... The 13 Nights of Halloween!  It is the fun story (song?) sung to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas.  

We LOVE it!  We've had a great time with it, and discovered some seriously great singing talent here at our school in the process =)  Don't forget... choir starts November 1st =)  

The Bookfair is coming!

We are SO excited!  The Scholastic Bookfair is coming to our school!  You can learn all about it by clicking on the link below... it will take you to our very own bookfair website!

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/riverviewotters

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If you can't make it to the book fair, or if Grandparents or other friends and family would like to purchase from the book fair... you can SHOP ONLINE!! You don't even have to leave the comfort of your home =)


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Our online book fair will be active from October 10 - October 21, 2011
Books will be delivered to our school bagged and labeled with the students name and teacher, and will be available for pick up the week following our fairs end date.  (if the above link tells you the online book fair is not available yet, just click on the online Fair school look-up page and click the options for Riverview in Saratoga Springs.  That will also take you to our page.)

TELL EVERYONE!!

This week in the "library"

I everyone!  I sure enjoyed coming to visit your classrooms last week!  Thank you for letting me share a little bit about myself, including one of my favorite stories!

This coming week I will again be visiting your classrooms, as our Media Center isn't quite complete yet.  We do have a move in day of Friday though, and I am SO excited!  Soon YOU can come visit ME in the Media Center =)

This week as I come visit, we will be reading Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson.  I love this story!  It's all about being kind to others and "paying it forward." We will also be paying it forward this year at Riverview and I'm hoping to hear back about your kind deeds so we can post them here on our blog.  I can't wait to see what you do...

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In preparation for visits to our Media Center, I found this great presentation on how to care for library books...

Taking Care of Library Books

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