Trillium's Squash

Our Trillium students have the big job of watching over our squash and gourds in our Roots Garden.  In the past couple of weeks they have taken some close observations to determine what makes our squash happy. 

 This week we read a great story about Sophia who loved her squash so much that she named it Bernice and took her everywhere, including the library.  She was dismayed to find out her squash was turning spotted and getting squishy.  What is Sophia to do with a squash she loves? 
She finds out Bernice holds a great surprise...




Will our squash have surprises for us?  

Great Reads

In our library classes this week, we read some great books on book care, how to find a "right-fit" book, and what it looks like to read a book.

Molly, the librarian gets a little mixed up and brings her bookmobile to the zoo.  The animals jump on the chance to read while Molly explains how to best treat books which inspires the animals to create and organize their own zoobrary.  This story mimics a Dr. Seuss style of writing and the students loved it.  

This funny and creative book explains that bringing a circus to the library may not work as well as Magnolia thought it may.   In the end she finds it much more fun to find a book to ignite imaginations for her audiences.  

This clever book by Kate Messner tells a story within a story with the intention of showing readers the best way to share and read a story.

A Look At Our First Week

Our class time in library and computer this week was spent touring and getting reacquainted with our revised media center.  We learned where our seasonal, non-fiction, chapter, theme, holiday, everybody, and biography books are kept.

 We hope to begin our book checkouts this week.  We have over 150 new titles added this summer to our collection.  Please remember to help your student bring back their library books on their library day.

Welcome Letter to 2017-18 School Year

Welcome to MRA’s Mountain Meadow Media Center

September 5, 2017

Dear MRA Families,

I would like to welcome you and your students to a new school year!  It was exciting to see how many student participated in our scholastic summer reading program.  We read for a combined 23,202 minutes!  I am looking forward to creating an environment for a passion and love for books and resources.   I encourage you to come and wander around our newly revised media center.  We did some moving of walls and shelves this summer and created more spaces for students to delve deeper into books.  

I am excited to see that our library collection has grown and is growing.  With that in mind I want to make sure that we continue to respect the gifts of books we have been given.  The students will be challenged to understand that our media center is a special collection of resources and requires care from all users.  We will be focusing on how to locate and access many different digital/print resources.  They will be using the information they gather in their classroom and personal projects.   I hope you will partner with me in helping our students become responsible learners.  

The students (K-8thth) will have a media center time each week and will be allowed to check out 1-4 books depending on age and responsibility shown.   They have two weeks to read and enjoy their books.  After that time if they have not returned their overdue books they will not be able to check out another until those are returned.  If a book becomes lost or damaged (accidents happen) please let me know.   Then a fee will be issued to replace the book unless we can come to another agreement.

Library/Media Times

Trillium:  Mondays 1:30-2pm

Huckleberry South:  Tuesdays 1:30-2pm

Huckleberry North:  Fridays 1-1:30pm

South Clarkia:  Mondays and Tues. 8:30-8:50am

North Clarkia:  Thur. and Fri.  8:30-8:50am

Alder West:  Mon and Thurs. 2-2:45pm

Alder East:  Tues. and Fri. 2-2:45pm

Cedars: Will use as needed

I am looking forward to a great year and thank you for your support.  Let me know if you have any questions.  iquinlan@mra-k8.com

Happy Reading!

New Fiction Books Added This Year!

Our New Non-Fiction Books

Our New Everybody Books