Library Love - Bring Favorite Book by Wed, Dec 18

We really enjoy our monthly library field trips.  It is so much fun to catch the bus and use the public library's resources to check out books and build our reading fluency and comprehension.  The last few months have been filled with extra fun as Mr. Luis has joined us and we have had the opportunity to travel to the library with our 1/2 friends.

Kindergartners have been learning to use the library in a variety of ways.  They have…
•  been encouraged to look to librarians for help in finding books.  
•  been checking out books from both the fiction picture book section and the non-fiction section, too.
•  utilized the "Books on CD" section of the library to check out books to listen to fluent readers in helping them build their own fluency.
•  found the "Holidays Section" of the library to check out books about Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannuakh, and more.
and
•  enjoyed our monthly opportunities to participate in ICPL's Preschool / Kindergarten story time.

With Mr. Luis's visit, Kindergarteners learned about bilingual books and where to find Spanish stories.  When traveling with our 1/2 friends, it is amazing to see the library and literacy growth that grows over time thanks to our monthly visits.  While Kindergarteners look for picture books and enjoy story time, 1/2 friends use online catalogs to look up and find non-fiction texts to help with research projects back at school.  I am amazed at the 1/2 students' ability to find appropriate texts to use for research.  This can be done due to the library building blocks that are built in Kindergarten.  Not only are our monthly library trips fun, but they are incredibly educational, fulfilling and important, too!

Story Time Fun!

As a reminder, books from our December field trip are due Thursday, January 2nd.  Please note, your child may have checked out a holiday book with a seven-day loan limit on it.  If so, these books are due next Wednesday, January 18th.

In addition, to our fun at the library Kindergarteners continue to build their love for reading at school.  Willowwind friends of all ages are sharing their favorite books with one another.  Please have your child bring in their favorite book by THIS Wednesday, December 18th.  In the coming weeks, we will display all Willowwind friends' favorite books and share them with school mates.  This book can be the same favorite book from our classroom share a few months back or it can be a different one.  Please be sure your child's name is in the book.