Westhampton Beach Elementary School Library Blog

Kindergarten

Kindergartners were welcomed for the first time to the library media center this week!  I taught the students proper book care and library manners.  Students listened to Mr. Wiggle’s Book and I Just Forgot by Mercer Mayer.

Students learned how to use a shelf-marker to  help keep our library shelves neat.  A letter was sent home with your child today explaining library policies and asking you to please share your child’s book with each other!  

First Grade

First graders were welcomed back to the library with the story The Shelf Elf by Miriam Hopkins.  The shelf elf teaches students library etiquette and looks for children with really good library manners.  The first graders met our library mascot, the Shelf Elf, and were told that he hides in a different shelf every week to make sure they are all treating the libary with great care!  Students will be working extra hard to win the golden shelf elf award!

Second Grade

I read The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy to second graders this week.       

Third Grade

Third graders listened to LibraryLil by Steven Kellogg.

Fourth Grade

Fourth graders were asked to finish this sentence: “A good library user knows…”  Many wrote the following: how to use the catalog; the difference between fiction and non-fiction; how to do research in the Virtual Reference Collection; how to use a shelf-marker; when to return your book; how to pick a just right book, etc.   I told the class that we will be learning many new things about books, research, and technology.  Each student was given a folder and I explained how they will be graded: behavior, participation, and skills.

Fifth Grade

Fifth graders were asked to write a list of library rules in order for us to have a successful learning environment.  We discussed them as a class and then each student was given a folder to keep their library projects organized.  I reviewed grading and highlighted the new features of our library catalog, eboard, and the new blog!