Library http://www.kport.org/Library/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:18:15 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss March News

For the next four Tuesdays (March 4, 11, 18, 25),  students are invited to come to the library between 8 – 8:30 a.m. with a book or books (up to three) they are no longer using at home and swap them for  an equal number of different books.  Our goal is to recycle books and keep students enthused about reading.

 

Value of books will not be taken into consideration for this swap.  In other words, students bringing in hardcover books will not necessarily receive a book of equal value. 

Please do not allow your student to bring a book that will be missed at your house.  This swap is strictly to promote a love of reading and a joy of sharing.  Mrs. Hardy and I hope many students will be eager to participate.  It’s a great way to exchange books.

 

DR. SEUSS'S BIRTHDAY 

The National Education Association sponsors “Read Across America” in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday each year.  Our celebration for students in grades K-2 will be held on March 3.  This is always a very special event with community readers sharing some of their favorite books.  I often read at the birthday celebration at Graves Library and Miss Lynda returns the favor here. What a fitting tribute to Dr. Seuss that our two libraries work so well together!  Our students know that “Read Across America” begins in their own community. 

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2008/02/march_news.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2008/02/march_news.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:18:15 -0500 Chickadee Award

We will again participate in The Chickadee Award: A Maine Children’s Choice Picture Book Project. The program encourages children to develop an appreciation for excellence in writing and illustration by examining ten picture books.  The titles have been selected by a panel of teachers, librarians and early literacy professionals.  Each presents a solid story combined with artwork that supports and enhances the text.  Maine students in grades k-4 will have a chance to vote for their favorites before April 1 to determine this year’s winner. 

The nominees for 2008 are:

Aston, Dianna                           An Egg is Quiet

Bunting, Eve                             Pop’s Bridge

Hills, Tad                                  Duck & Goose

Knudsen, Michelle                    Library Lion

Lies, Brian                                Bats at the Beach

McCarthy, Meghan                  Aliens Are Coming

McDonald, Magaret Read        Tunjur! Tunjar! Tunjar!

Sidman, Joyce                          Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow

Van Allsburg, Chris                  Probuditi!

Woodruff, Elvira                       Small Beauties

The Chickadee Award Committee has compiled resources to be used with each of the titles.  Please visit their website:  http://chickadeeaward.org

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2008/01/chickadee_award.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2008/01/chickadee_award.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:30:15 -0500 Bulletin Board of Children's Books  Mr. Chapman's students have created pictures that represent various children's book titles.  See how many of them you can figure out.  Can you find their classifications as well?  Some clues will be posted soon!

 

http://staff.msad71.net/kpt_lab/Library/index.html 

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/11/bulletin_board_of_childrens_bo.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/11/bulletin_board_of_childrens_bo.html Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:58:25 -0500 Answers to Library Quiz OPAC is the acronym for Online Public Access Catalog.  It provides a way to peruse our library’s holdings from any computer with internet access.  It can be launched by the link at the bottom of Consolidated School’s homepage.  Searches can be done by author, title, subject or keyword.  It is an easy way to see what the library has and whether the materials are in at the time of the search.

 

WebPath Express is a subject directory and a service of Follett Software Company.  It provides a pathway from OPAC to educationally sound websites on the internet.  When you select an electronic access tagline from the catalog information, you will leave OPAC to visit these pre-selected websites.  A cover page gives an overview of the contents of the various websites, the URL and the grade levels.  It’s easy to scan the page to find the most pertinent information.  Webpath Express provides another way to navigate a portion of the world wide web.  Please try it!

 

MARVEL is Maine’s virtual library.  It is an online resource of magazines, newspapers and reference books accessible from any internet-connected computer.  Some features of interest to our students include: Britannic Online School Edition, EBSCO Animals,  NoveList  K-8 and Primary Search/Middle Search Plus—full text and abstracts of articles from a wide range of magazines and pamphlets.  MARVEL is available on all school computers.  To use it from home requires creating an account with a password.  The address is:

www.maine.gov/marvel

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/10/answers_to_library_quiz.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/10/answers_to_library_quiz.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:30:12 -0500 NEW BOOKS The first shipment of books for the 2007-08 school year has arrived.  Some favorite characters have made return appearances in a few early chapter books.  There are new books about Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, Mercy Watson by Cynthia DiCamillo, Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows, and Clementine by Sara Pennypacker.

 

Is My Dog a Wolf? and Is My Cat a Tiger? are among some of the new non-fiction titles. These two books compare our domestic pets with their relatives in the wild.  Crisp photographs throughout make these choices especially enticing.  Other non-fiction selections include:  When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the Earth, The Jumbo Story of Outdoor Art, and Just for Elephants.

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/09/new_books.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/09/new_books.html Fall 2007 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:24:54 -0500 Library Quiz  

What is OPAC?

What is WebPath Express?

What is Marvel?

 

(The answers will be posted soon.) 

 

 


]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/09/library_quiz.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2007/09/library_quiz.html Fall 2007 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:14:37 -0500 Author Visit Cynthia Furlong Reynolds presented A Writer’s Toolbox to students in grades 4 -5.  She reminded each of us that we have all the resources we need to be writers: imagination, curiosity, observation, language and time.  She emphasized the editing process, noting that she spends about 95 minutes editing for each 5 minutes of writing. Integrating Reynolds’ ideas with the district’s Step Up to Writing curriculum provides a strong writing foundation for our students.  The toolboxes are ready to go!

]]> http://www.kport.org/Library/2006/10/author_visit.html http://www.kport.org/Library/2006/10/author_visit.html Fall 2006 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:12:35 -0500