Fall Back Into Reading In The Meadow

Welcome back to our Mountain Meadow Library.  Did you get some good summer reading in?  I would love to hear what new titles you read and fell in love with.  

We have added some great new titles to the library over the summer, thanks to some great student recommendations. Here are a few...

Our 2020 OBOB (Battle of the Books) titles have been added and eagerly waiting to be read.  

Here are a few reminders for the 2019-20 school year:

  

Spring Dino-mite Book Fair

When:  Thursday, April 11th-
             Thursday, April 18th
Time:    Before and After School
             Open During Student Conferences
Where: WildWoods Gym

Please remember to check out the new E-Wallet option for payment.  

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=molallariveracademy1

A Busy Week!

Thank you to Michelle Nelson-Schmidt and her inspiring message of perseverance this week.  Our students were encouraged to keep working hard after their dreams and doing what "lights" them up.  We had some great insights and reflections afterwards and many aspiring to be authors and illustrators just like Michelle.    

Both our OBOB teams competed this Saturday in our regional county tournament.  Each team battled hard.  Our 3rd-5th grade team learned about the intensity of the competition and learned that perseverance is hard work.  We hope to use what we learned in our losses to make us stronger for the next time.  

Our 6th-8th team made it into the Sweet 16 round and came close to moving on.  I am proud of the hard work that both these teams put into this competition but prouder still of the way they encouraged and congratulated their opponents.  

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt Visit!

We are looking forward to meeting a special author and illustrator, Michelle Nelson-Schmidt, this coming Tuesday, March 5th! She will be hosting an assembly in the Wild Woods Gym from 9AM-9:45AM.  All MRA families are welcome to join us.  

Library classes have read Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster this week and created their "whatif" statements.  In this adorable book, Jonathan James is plagued with the nagging thoughts of "what if..." only to find out in the end that he can overcome those fears by thinking positively.  Our students thought about what fears or anxieties they may have and we made a bulletin board that is displayed in front of the media center.  Please take time to stop by and read these thoughts.  

Order forms for her books will be sent home with your students this week.  We hope to see you on Tuesday!  

Dr. Seuss and Congratulations!

This week we are celebrating the life of Dr. Seuss and his whimsical writings through a Seuss-a-thon!  We are asking students who want to participate to read at least 10 Dr. Seuss books this week.  They will be given a list of books to chose from and after a signature from a parent/guardian they will bring the sheet back to me to receive a poster.  Students will also get a chance to read more Dr. Seuss books on Wednesday with their buddies.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Dr. Seuss-A-Thon Reading List

Can you read 10 or more Dr. Seuss books this week?  Check off the ones you read and come to the library to get your prize!

Battle Off!

This Wednesday, February 20th at 12:15 our 3rd-5th Grade OBOB teams will be battling in front of the whole school to see who will move on to Regionals!  All our eight teams have worked so hard in participating in this year's OBOB.  We will be recognizing every team's hard work. 

In the 6th-8th grade division our A.S.S.K Readers team (Annie B., Shelby G., Kylie B., and Sean M.) will be attending County Regionals on March 9th!  The Reading Spell team put up a great fight and had some close battles!  

Thank you to our teams and their commitment to reading. 

Upcoming Author Visit!!!!

We are excited to announce that MRA will be hosting an author visit on Tuesday, March 5th!  Michelle Nelson-Schmidt is the author and illustrator of Cordelia, Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster, Dog and Mouse, Bob is a Unicorn, and more.  



She will be sharing her inspiring story of overcoming obstacles of doubts and rejection in becoming the author and illustrator she is today.  She brings enthusiasm and passion to students to continue the journey.    

I travel to schools all over the United States reading my books, talking about my journey and encouraging them to follow their dreams – through hard work and perseverance.  

I love that I get to show my children and all the children I meet that life is what you make it—and that persistence and hard work will overcome almost any obstacle. 
                               -Michelle Nelson-Schmidt


Please click on the following links to learn more about Michelle and stay tune for more information.  

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Library Updates

Our 3rd-5th grade OBOB battles will begin this week!  We are excited to begin the double elimination tournament and would love your support.  We will meet in Mr. Dante's room at 11:50.  The 6th-8th grade battles will begin on Jan. 29th.

                 Infinity Readers battling The Wild Readers

The Trillium continue to explore well-known illustrators and will spend time exploring some Chinese American authors.  We read Lon Po Po by Ed Young, a Chinese folktale, similar to our Little Red Ridding Hood and we will continue to look at other folktales from Asia.  

The Huckleberries learned the importance of unlocking information about space efficiently by using text features such as the use of a table of contents, an index, keywords and glossary.  We are reading biographies of influential personal who helped make discoveries in and about space.  A favorite this week was Margaret and the Moon. 

The Clarkia are becoming more aware of how the Dewey decimal system works in the library to organize different subjects.  They have been on book hunts to discover subjects from the 000-900s!  We met Meriwether Lewis' infamous Newfoundland puppy this week in the story of Seaman's Journal.