WELCOME to SS Peter and Paul School Library!
BOOK FAIR: FEBRUARY 6 TH TO FEBRUARY 10TH 8:30 - 2:30 Added hours:
Wednesday, February 8th 4:00pm - 7:00pm
LIBRARY PROCEDURES:
Books should be returned to the library on time and in good condition.
If a student forgets to return his/her book at the scheduled library period, he/she may return the book the following day.
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
The students may celebrate their birthday by selecting a new book in the Library. The student's name will be placed in the front of the book. Please send $15.00 to the Library with the student's name, grade, and date of birthday to join the Birthday book club.
OVER-DUE BOOK/LOST BOOKS
A notice will be sent home if a child has forgotten a book after two library periods. If 2 or more books are over-due, the student may not check-out a book for that week.
Since books have a way of returning to the library after having been lost, they do not have to be replaced until the end of the school year.
September Lessons
Grade 8 How Literature evolved from ancient times through the centuries
Grade 7 Realistic Fiction Genre: Stories take could really happen in Modern Times
Grade 6 Fantasy Genre: The use of magic as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting
Grade 5 Folktales: Stories that have stood the test of time; handed down orally in every culture
Grade 4 Navigating the Library
October Lessons
Grade 8 Analze the Elements of Fiction to show how an author develops a story. (how Setting can be used to move the plot forward, create Mood and provide emotional information to the reader
Grade 7 Judge the quality of Primary & Secondary sources; How to apply the bias Rule to every source
Grade 6 How Mystery Stories engage the reader's higher level thinking skills by synthesising all of the elements into a pattern.
Grade 5 Fairy Tales have evolved from centuries-old stories that have appeared, with variations, in multiple cultures around the world.
Grade 4 Research: U.S. A. Road Trip Identify the aspects of a famous location and recommend the area by formulating an advertisment to encourage tourism to that place
Grade 3 Students read from a Magic School Bus Book that presents scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen. They develop two scientic facts from what they have learned from the story.
November LessonsGrade 8 To analyze the Elements of Fiction
Grade 7
Grade 6 To study the myth, a sacred narrative that explains how the world and h
umankind came to be in their present form, within the field of folklore
Grade 5 To study a fable that features animals mythical creatures, which are given human qualities, and that illustrates a
moral lesson.
Grade 4 Research:
U.S. A. Road Trip Identify the aspects of a famous location and recommend the area by formulating an advertisment to encourage tourism to that place
Grade 3 Students read from a
Magic School Bus Book that presents scientific facts in the form of stories in which fantastic things happen. They develop two scientic facts from what they have learned from the story
December Lessons
Grades 7/8 students are engaged in learning Spanish, using the Rosetts Stone Program, to acquire critical language skills.