Our focus this school year will be on good book care when we check out
library books, and learning about different authors.
In the primary classes we will focus on the following authors; Marc
Henkes/ Denise Fleming/ Eric Carle/ Helen Lester/ Patricia Pollacco. In the
upper grades we will focus on Barbara Park/ Erin Hunter/ Kate DiCamillo and
Rick Riordan.
Third grade will learn about history through the American Girl Series. We
have learned about early colonization and the American Revolution with
Felicity, and about Native American traditions with Kaya, We learned about
pioneer families and immigrants with Kirsten, and industrialization in
America with Samantha. This week we will focus on slavery and the
underground railroad with the character Addy.
We will be learning about the different sections of the library and how to
locate books by their call numbers. We will also be learning how to find
books on our computer system with the computerized card catalog.
