This week was the AK kids first visit to the library! A couple of them were in preschool with us, but almost all of them were new to the library. We read a book about visiting the library called A Library Field Trip by Isabel Martin. It is actually about going to a public library, but almost everything applies to our school library!
Our kindergarteners came for the first time, as well, though several of them had been to the library before in preschool or AK. We read The Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell. It is about a boy, Louie, who is trying to tell his story but the reader keeps making a mess of it--peanut butter, fingerprints, orange juice, etc. It's great for the first time they check books out! These kids checked out two books this week!
First graders also read A Perfectly Messed Up Story and then used the Promethean board to sort out some images of ways to treat a book with kindness and respect.
Second graders read a book called Franklin's Flying Book Shop by Jen Campbell. I love this story and the illustrations by Katie Harnett are beautiful! I also showed them some picture from the book My Librarian is a Camel by Margriet Ruurs. It shows how kids get books all around the world--from bookmobiles, boat bookmobiles, or camels delivering books!
Third and fourth graders did a library expectations and procedures scavenger hunt using an app called GooseChase. There were 8 missions for them to complete and each mission had a certain amount of points. Each class split into teams and tried to complete as many missions as possible. The missions included taking a video of a library procedure, finding a stack of books, taking a picture of the new painting, or making origami from an origami book. The kids all had a lot of fun doing this! I think we'll do it again next week, but really focus on finding certain books using their call numbers. We practice this in both 2nd and 3rd grade, but it seemed like kids needed a bit more practice to really master this skill.
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