Friday, March 28, 2008
Reading Contest entrant really reads!
Our school winner, and our entrant in the State AISA Reading Contest, read more than 12, 000 pages since the beginning of school! Wow!! Congratulations, Natasha Richardson, sixth grader in Mrs. Parker's class. We are proud of you and are rooting for you to be the state winner as well.
Get your poems ready!
April and National Poetry Month are almost here. Remember that during Young People's Poetry Week, April 14 - 20, we will be celebrating Poem in Your Pocket week with prizes for those people who have poems to read to our mystery poem seekers.
Ben Franklin brings the "Magic of Reading" to LSA
Students enjoyed Ben Franklin's visit to Lee-Scott. He even used our encyclopedias to help us learn about himself. Some of the students took part in electrical "experiments," others answered questions, and all of us learned new information and were encouraged to read for education, to explore, and to help us become experts. Thank you, Ben!Friday, March 14, 2008
April will be busy!
April is a very busy month for our library. The entire month is National School Library Media Month and National Poetry Month with National Library Week April 13 - 19 and Young People's Poetry Week April 14 - 20. We hope everyone will Join the circle of knowledge @ your library during Library Week and every day!
During Poetry Week Thursday, April 17, is national Poem in Your Pocket Day. We are going to extend that day throughout the entire week. If students, teachers, or faculty members have a poem in their pocket and will take it out and read it when asked by a mystery poem seeker, those people will win prizes. So plan now for poems to put in your pockets all week long. We will be reading and listening to poetry during the week, particularly during our W.O.R.D. time on Monday, April 14, and we will probably have some other surprise activities.
For our fifth graders their almanac study will culminate in our World Almania competition and the crowning of a championship team. This is always an exciting library event.
On the last day of April our Spring Book Fair begins. Plan to visit us during any of our special events and especially during the book fair to stock up on books for summer reading.
During Poetry Week Thursday, April 17, is national Poem in Your Pocket Day. We are going to extend that day throughout the entire week. If students, teachers, or faculty members have a poem in their pocket and will take it out and read it when asked by a mystery poem seeker, those people will win prizes. So plan now for poems to put in your pockets all week long. We will be reading and listening to poetry during the week, particularly during our W.O.R.D. time on Monday, April 14, and we will probably have some other surprise activities.
For our fifth graders their almanac study will culminate in our World Almania competition and the crowning of a championship team. This is always an exciting library event.
On the last day of April our Spring Book Fair begins. Plan to visit us during any of our special events and especially during the book fair to stock up on books for summer reading.
Have a great spring break!
Sixth grade students are learning how to evaluate web sites to determine if they are useful for them. Fifth graders are learning about the almanac. Fourth graders have begun learning about the Alabama Virtual Library and how to use it. Author and illustratorTomie dePaola is the author third graders are studying. Kindergarten - second grade students have finished reading for Alabama Emphasis on Reading. Students K - 8 have sent in our votes for favorite books in the Alabama Emphasis on Reading program. We can't wait to see how other students in the state voted. Preschoolers enjoy hearing stories and sharing words beginning with their letter of the week. High schoolers visit the library to work on research and select books. We have been working so hard that we are looking forward to our week of spring break. We hope you all have a happy and safe break.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Read across America Day, March 3, 2008
We had perfect weather for our outside celebration of both Read across America Day and our W.O.R.D. (Warriors Own Reading Day). From 9:30 until 10:00 the entire elementary school and teachers (grades preschool - sixth) read on the playground after forming a big "L S A" to show everyone that LSA supports and encourages reading. Dr. Roberts joined us, and we also had visits from the Cat in the Hat and Thing One and Thing Two.
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