Halloween at Butler

We had a Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest and invited students and their families to enter a pumpkin decorated after a book they had read.
Here are some of the amazing entries. Can you guess which books these characters are from?

Oakdale 6th graders are awesome!

QUACK OPEN A GOOD BOOK is our logo this year.

Draper Elementary

In April we celebrated National Library Month. This year the theme was Experiment With a Book, so we talked about scientists. We read Meet Einstein by Mariela the K- 2^nd grade made their own light-catcher. We had flash cards on the wall of pictures of things that scientists would use. We had the students see if they knew what a scientist would use them for and then turn it over to find out if the students were right.  The next book that we talked about was Now & Ben by Gene Barretta. What he had invented and what they are like today.  Each student received a book mark and a reading chart. As soon as the students had finished the chart and brought it back, they received a free paperback book. We were able to gave away 457 books this year. The students had a lot of fun with this theme this year.

Library After School Programs at Butler

Before we sign off for the 2011-2012 school year, we thought we'd share the slide show from our year of after school library programs.  Our goal for these programs was to provide literature based activities that promote a love of reading and the adventure of learning in the library.  We did one per month plus a couple extra and registered anywhere from 25-65 students per program depending on the activity.  Our SCC generously helped fund the programs so they could be free to all students.  These were a ton of fun and a huge hit.  

We've enjoyed everyone's blog posts and got lots of great ideas for next year.  We are always looking for something new to try out.  

Have a great summer!

Ali and Debbie
Butler Elementary

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Sprucewood Golden Shelf Elf Award

Golden Shelf Elf Award

Each week we present a class with the Golden Shelf Elf Award for demonstrating the best observance of our library rules.   The award consists of a “Shelf Elf” to display in their classroom for a week and a brand new book for their classroom library.  (Books are donated from local companies.) Each child is also given a small individual reward of a bookmark or pencil. In the library the teacher’s name and class is posted on the Shelf Elf Award Poster so all can see.

Titanic Sinks at Butler Elementary

Butler Elementary had a lot of fun with the Titanic. That is a paradox!

 To celebrate the 100th Anniversary, we made a huge Titanic bulletin board and asked the students to draw what they could see looking inside a Titanic porthole.

We gathered many Titanic books and left them on tables so the whole school could read them. During library story time, we read a simple version of the Titanic Sinking and then had the children don some props and read the history of six of the people on the Titanic including Captain Smith, Molly Brown, a member of the band, etc.

 There is a great interest in the Titanic which even includes Kindergartners.