CONGRATULATIONS PATRIOT READERS!

I am so proud of our students who have earned the opportunity to attend our Patriot Reading Party! We have over 220 students able to attend.  That is a lot of reading! We will be partying it up on January 28th in the gym.  We will have tons of fun games, face painting, and a delicious treat! Thanks to all our PTA parents who are willing to help make this program a success. 

Now kids...don't stop here. We start a whole new semester of reading to earn our next party in May.  Get those January book marks turned in! 

Keep Reading Patriots!

January is National Brain Teasers Month!

January is National Brain Teasers Month! Are you good at solving riddles?  Check out this link for a list of 31 brain teasers.  This is provided by Alexandria.  They are the company that provides our library software, and they are amazing.  Bring in a brain teaser and see if you can stump Mrs. Chavez.  If you can, I'll give you a treat!

Wow! It's Been Too Long!

I can't believe we are already in January of 2019! I am so excited for what the new year will bring.  I hope you find your first reading treasure this year, or find a new reading treasure! I read so many books over the Winter Break.  Check out the Book Talk tab and read the reviews.  We have a lot of fun things planned for January to make reading a resolution you will want to keep this year.  

Patriot Reading Party!

January 28th at 9:30 am

We have so many fun things planned for this party.  I am so proud of the over 200 students that earned the chance to attend.  

January Patriot Reading Bookmarks!

It starts all over you guys! If you turn in January, February, March, and April bookmarks you will be able to attend our next reading party.  It will be our annual water party.  You don't want to miss that, so read those books!

It's Super Bowl time! One of my favorite times of the year.  We will continue our tradition of playing our very own Super Bowl game during library.  Don't worry...we will have some training before the big game! 

Get excited for a great year and read your heart out! 

Sergeant Reckless by Patricia McCormick

This week in library we are reading about an animal war hero, Sergeant Reckless.  This is a great non-fiction picture book about this amazing race horse from the Korean War.  I have loved listening to the students talk about the different animals that have served in our military. We discussed our Veteran heroes and the sacrifices they have made to keep our country free.  I think the kids favorite part was hearing all the things this horse ate, peanut butter sandwiches, lots of chocolate, and even an ice cold Coca-Cola.  This is a fun, yet interesting look into one of our war heroes.  We respect our veterans and this was a great book to read right before Veteran's Day. 

Reading with Rik

I wanted to share a company that I think is amazing for encouraging reading. It is called Reading with Rik.  It is owned by one of our amazing librarians in Alpine School District.  She had put together kits that go with specific books.  These kits contain fun surprises the kids can open at certain chapters in the book.  As they read, it gives them incentive to keep going to get to the next surprise.  As a librarian I see many students that do not possess the stamina to finish a chapter book.  This program is perfect for engaging that type of reader.  We are using one of the Reading With Rik kits right now in our 6th grade lunch bunch.  This would make a great holiday gift for students of all ages.  Let's keep reading! 

Coming Soon! Book Fair is 1 Week Away!

Just letting you guys know that we will be having the Scholastic Book Fair next week.  The schedule is as follows:

The Book Fair will run from Monday, October 1st - Thursday, October 4th!

Monday, Oct. 1st from 1:00-4:00 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 2nd 2:00-7:30 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 3rd 2:00-4:00 pm

Thursday, Oct. 4th 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Money earned from the Book Fair will benefit our school.  Please come and choose some great books from the Enchanted Forest Book Fair!  Thank you for your support!

What Can We Learn from "We Don't Eat Our Classmates"

This week in our 2nd & 3rd grade classes we have read the hilarious book by Ryan T. Higgins, "We Don't Eat Our Classmates".  Did you guys love it?! I thought is was a super funny book with some great advice.  You won't have any friends if you eat your classmates!  I loved our discussion in Mrs. Kohli's class and Miss Walton's class about how picture books can have a deeper meaning, even the books that just seem like ridiculous stories.  

This year in library we will be talking about deeper messages and themes in the books we read (even the silly ones).  We are going to try and see how each book might fit into one or more of our Patriot Pathway values of RESPECT, SELF-MASTERY, COMPASSION, AND RESILIENCE. 

As we talked about this book in Mrs. Kohli's class, Sarah commented that she thought this book taught self-mastery because Penelope knew she shouldn't eat her classmates, and showed control of her body even though it was hard.  What a great deeper thinking comment Sarah! 

If you haven't read "We Don't Eat Our Classmates", you must. It is a laugh out loud, fun book to enjoy!