Bell View Elementary

We have a tradition at Bell View each Christmas season. We play Christmas Book Bingo. We found a great website, www.dltk-cards.com/bingo, where you can make free bingo cards. We put the names of Christmas books we have in our library on the cards. For prizes we give away inexpensive erasers and of course at the end of the game each child gets a Christmas Bookmark. This year we gave away the cool scratch and sniff bookmarks. The kids really look forward to it each year. It is a fun day in the library. We also make it more challenging to the older kids, if they know the author of the book that we call out they get an extra prize. We play bingo with grades 2-6. Reading the titles of the books for bingo is a bit difficult for the younger ones.

December craziness

Our library has been quite busy with the onset of December holidays. We've decorated our library and also the glass case. We have tried so hard to be "PC"so as not to a fend anyone.
We are working on our Media Modules, thanks to Oakdale and Butler for their input and suggestions.
I will post some pictures when we get them.
Happy holiday's to all
Cathy & Kathy

Bell View Elementary

This year our theme is READING TAKES YOU PLACES! We have displayed maps of Utah, the United States, and the world in our library. We have asked the kids as they travel to bring us back a postcard of the area. We then have the kids share the postcard with the classes, and put a dot on the map of where they have been. The postcard is then displayed on a bulletin board. We also talk a little bit about the place they visited and remind kids that when they read each book has a setting and they can learn about different places all over the world as they read. Some of our children have forgotten to bring a postcard so they just bring a picture of the location that they took with their camera's. One child brought in a picture of himself in front of the Statue of Liberty it was really cool. The kids are enjoying seeing all the dots on the map and sharing their adventures.

Bella Vista's Beehive Book Club

Race to Read

Beehive Books

Utah's most prestigious children's literature competition is in full swing with books nominated in four categories: Picture, Poetry, Informational and Children's Fiction. For a list of all the Beehive Nominees for 2011-12 visit the Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) at http://www.clau.org

How to Become a Member of the Bella Vista Beehive Book Club:

Every student becomes a member of the Beehive Book Club by writing their name on a car and coloring it. Look for the students' vehicles on the "road" wrapping the walls around the library.

"Race to Read" as many Beehive Nominated books for 2011-12 as possible from now until March.

Students visit the library and vote on each Beehive book they read.

Students' votes will be tallied for Bella Vista's winners and turned in to CLAU to be included in the votes for the official Utah competition in the Spring.

Parties, Books and More!

In the Beehive Book Binder in the library, students write their names, teacher's name and grade under the books they have read to become eligible for two potential rewards:

1. Win a Beehive Book! Reading, voting and recording name in the Beehive Book Binder for reading Beehive books makes students eligible for the end of year drawings in each class for the Beehive Winning Book Give Away that will be announced at the Beehive Book Club Party (all students are invited) in the Spring.

2. Help your class win a pizza party. The class that reads the most Beehive books will win a pizza party.

A big THANK YOU goes out to the school administration and PTA for their generous support of our Beehive Book Club!

Parents Get Involved.

Read books with your child or read books before your child does. Discuss the books with your child as they read them to help improve comprehension. There are amazing books nominated this year in every category, but not all Beehive books may be suitable for all ages.