What Is The Job Of A Therapy Dog?

We had the privilege of meeting, Brownie, a therapy dog who made her first visit to the Mountain Meadow Library.  The Trillium class adored Brownie and were excited to show her the ropes in library class.  I am thrilled to say the visit went successfully and we hope to have many more.

 Recent studies at libraries across the nation have found that, "...students who read to dogs have better outcomes than students who read to humans. They experienced a slight gain in reading ability and attitudes toward reading..." study done by Tufts University.

It was heart-warming see the kids gathered around her with their library books in hand taking turns reading.  They felt the freedom to just read without feeling self-conscious.

We continue to learn about the different parts of books and their importance in finding criticial information.  We also had fun looking at Christmas books and getting our spirits ready for the holidays.  

Books are Important Just Like You!

Did you know books have families?  Did you know they have birthdates?  We have an index finger to point to important things like cookies in the grocery store.  Books have indexes to point us to important facts within it's pages.   

This week we looked at the similarities between books and ourselves.  The Trillium learned about how it takes a family to raise a book (author, illustrator, publisher, and designer).  The Huckleberries learned the importance at looking at a book's covers, spine, title page, and copyright page and that they can tell us so much about the book before even reading it.  The Clarkia learned about how a Table of Contents can be just like their organized closets to help find things quickly.  The Alders learned about Bibliographies and the importance of documenting other sources when it is due.  

We had a great week of learning.  

You Did It!

We hit over our mark with over $2.400 in sales for our Book Fair.  Thank you so much for all your support.  Please come by our Mountain Meadow Library soon to check out our new books!   

Scholastic Book Fair Goal

Only two more on-site shopping days left for our book fair!!  If our Book Fair sales are equal to or greater than $2,200 we can receive 50% of our sales in Scholastic Dollars or we can opt to take 25% of the total in cash.  We are in desperate need of higher leveled non-fiction books for our students to have the resources for the many independent and classroom research projects. Please help us reach our goal.  Thank you for all your support!  Remember you can go online to place your orders.  Our online shopping won't close until November 11th.  

Scholastic Book Fair Is Coming Soon!

Coming October 27th-November 4th!

Open:  Before and After School and During Conference Times

We still need volunteers to help with our book fair.  We need two or more volunteers for set up, this Friday the 24th from 2:30PM-4PM.  We also need volunteers to run the fair before and after school and during conference times.  Please see the sign ups in the office.  

Please visit our online bookfair to get an early start.  We would love to supply our teachers with books they need for their classrooms.  Let's see if we can fill their baskets with their wish books.

Please visit our site:
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/molallariveracademy2

Looking For A Good Book?

Do you know where the largest library in the world is?  Do you know how it got started?  Do you know it has approximately 838 miles of bookshelves?

Ask your Clarkia and Alder students.  They should be able to tell you or you can find and read this great book, "Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library" by Barb Rosenstock.  Our favorite quote from the book, 

 "

All that is necessary for a student is access to a library.”

—Thomas Jefferson, 1790 (page 7)

  We discussed the importance of our responsibility in finding information and taking on the challenge of reading books to make a difference in the world.  

This has quickly become a favorite in the library.  B.J. Novak has an unique and humorous ability to create a book that captures the attention of any reader.  I know this one will never stay on our library shelf but will be in the hands of eager readers.  If you get a chance to read it, grab it!  

A Great Research Tool

  

We have a great free resource at our fingertips.  With independent projects, every day mysteries to be solved, and questions to be answered,  it can be overwhelming to find the right research tool.  The Oregon School Library Information System is a free, student-friendly database aimed at helping students with any project.

Please try out this site:
www.oslis.org

Our username is:  Molalla
Our password is:  oslis

Happy Researching!