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Searching school library catalog from home Click below to see a video demonstration on how to access the school library catalog from home. How Do I Search the School Library Catalog? Author Audrey Penn Visiting South School  Repeat New York Times bestselling author Audrey Penn will visit South School on Wednesday, April 7th. Mrs. Penn has written many well-loved books about Chester the Raccoon including The Kissing Hand, A Pocket Full of Kisses and A Kiss Goodbye. She also penned the Blackbeard trilogy of mysteries, Sassafras, A.D.D. not B.A.D. and many other great books. Mrs. Penn has offered to sign books for South School children. Interested parents may purchase her books at Books on Vernon, the Book Stall or other fine booksellers. Please fill out the book signing form sent home in your child's backpack, place it inside the book and send it backpack express to Nancy Bearwald - South School Library. If you have more that one child purchasing a book, please fill out a separate form for each child. Books must be to Nancy Bearwald no later that Tuesday, April 6th. If you need an additional form, you may download one by clicking here. Audrey Penn book signing form To learn more about this author take a look at Audrey Penn's webpage. MONARCH ELECTION! During library classes last week all students voted electronically for their book choice to win the Monarch Book Award. The votes were tallied and the South School winners are: 1st Place - Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt 2nd Place - The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst 3rd Place - A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch. The state winner will be announced at the end of March. The Monarch Award is presented annually to the author and/or illustrator of the book voted as a favorite by students in kindergarten through grade three throughout the state of Illinois. Participating schools or public libraries will cast their votes in late Februray. The Monarch is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association. It was fun reading these wonderful books together. More... 2010 Caldecott Awards Announced This year's Caldecott winner is:  "The Lion & the Mouse" illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney Nearly wordless retelling of Aesop’s classic fable. Two Caldecott Honor Books are: "All the World" illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton "Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors" illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman Click Caldecott Award to learn more about this year's winners. Library Program All students at South School have library class one time per week. In addition to this weekly class, all students have access to the Library Learning Center throughout the day as their schedule allows. In kindergarten, the children follow their 15 minute library class with a half hour computer lab experience. First and second graders have a longer library class in which literature and library skills are introduced. In first grade, students become familiar with parts of a book, how to use an index, glossary and table of contents. In addition, they are introduced to different book genre's and the concept that books are organized and have specific locations in a library collection. In second grade the Dewey Decimal System is introduced and students learn how to search for books on the electronic computer catalog and locate their selections in the collection. Many activities are planned throughout the year to reinforce these skills and enable students to become independent library users. Internet Safety will be added to the curriculum in grades K-2. The children will be taught about safe uses of the internet and will learn what information is appropriate to share online. Throughout the year lessons and activities will be shared on this topic and additional resources will be shared with parents to use at home. In addition, each child will bring home a South School Internet Safety Pledge to sign, along with their parent. You may access Internet Safety Parent Resources from the LLC page or by clicking here. All families may access the online Library catalog from home by clicking here. When are my child's library books due? Library books are checked out for one week. During each library class, the children return and check out books. Your child will be sent home with a laminated reminder notice of their library day. Please post this in your home where you and your child can see it. The library class schedule for this year is as follows: Kindergarten: Mrs. Cohen PM - Friday Ms. Karas, AM - Monday Ms. Karas, PM - Monday Ms. Schultz, PM - Monday Ms. Schultz, AM - Tuesday Mrs. Steck, PM - Monday Mrs. Steck, AM - Tuesday 1st Grade: Mr. Ferguson - Wednesday Ms. Kooi - Wednesday Mrs. Krakowsky - Thursday Mr. Oberlander - Tuesday Ms. O'Neill - Thursday Mrs. Smith - Tuesday Mrs. Wagner - Thursday 2nd Grade: Mrs. Cimino - Wednesday Mrs. Holaday - Tuesday Ms. Leavitt - Friday Ms. Leeds - Friday Ms. Miller - Monday Ms. Rose - Monday Ms. Unger - Friday THE MONARCH AWARD OF ILLINOIS; K-3 CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD The Monarch Award is presented annually to the author and/or illustrator of the book voted as a favorite by students in kindergarten through grade three throughout the state of Illinois. Participating schools or public libraries will cast their votes in late February. The Monarch is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association. The purposes of the Monarch Award are: to encourage children and adults to read children�s books for personal enjoyment. to help children become familiar with books, authors and illustrators. to encourage children to read critically. to develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children. to promote cooperation among agencies providing educational and library service to children. During library class all students at South will read together from the list of twenty nominated books. In late February each student will vote electronically for their favorite book. These votes will be sent to Springfield to be tallied and a state winner will be announced in late March. Click the more link for a list of the 2009 - 2010 nominees. More... Library Volunteers  Parent library volunteers are an integral part of the South School Library Learning Center program. Thank you in advance for the many hours you dedicate to our program. Click on more to view and download the monthly LLC volunteer calendar, schedule and contact information. More... |