Your Cubs library is excited to announce the next phase of its Online Public Access Catalog! Parents and students can now search for books in the library anytime, anywhere by connecting to the external library Follett Destiny access link http://follett.cedarpark.org. As the months progress we will introduce more news about this exciting system and what it has to offer our school community!
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Student Book Reviews Wanted
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The Cubs Library is meant as a reading and writing showcase for all Cub students and staff and parents. Kids ALWAYS want to know what other kids are reading. The recommendations from one student to another are one of the top reasons students will choose a book to read.
If you read a book you like, please write your review and then you can give it to me in person at school, give to your teacher who will give it to me or send it to me via the comment box at the end of this post. I will read your review, and if it fits the blog guidelines, I will post it on the blog with a picture of the book cover. Your name will be included at the end of the post and will only include your first name and grade. If you are a kindergarten student or a sixth grader or someone in-between, you are all urged to write a book review. They don’t have to be long. A few sentences is often all a review needs. If you read a brand new book, please tell us all about it! Happy Blogging! Mrs. Kalbfleisch
Welcome to the Cubs Library!
Welcome back for a new year of really great reading!!! Check here to see the latest titles added to the Cubs Library. Write a book review, comment on a review, or stay in touch with the fun activites happening at our library!
Mrs. Kalbfleisch
“The Best Book I Ever Read” poster winner!
Congratulations to Rachel Gunawan, finalist from our school for Sno-Isles Libraries “The Best Book I Ever Read” contest for third graders! Rachel’s poster will be displayed in the children’s area of the Lynnwood Public Library along with other poster winners from local elementary schools in our area. She will enjoy an after-hours art show and awards ceremony at the Lynnwood Public Library with special guest speaker, Margaret Read MacDonald!
Book Club Begins!
Fifth grade book club began today! Last year Kaitlin, fifth grade extra-ordinaire, introduced the Cubs Library to its first ever book club! This years fifth graders are continuing the book club by meeting every other Monday during lunch. They have chosen Escape from the Island of Aquarius by Frank Peretti as their first book talk. Welcome!
Fifth Grade Girls Book Club
The Fifth Grade Girls Book Club read “The Light Princess” by George MacDonald. Here are their comments:
I liked the introduction~ Abigail
My favorite part is when the girls is swimming in the water because I liked to swim ~ Emma
She did things princesses don’t do ~ Abigail
She was random!
She laughed a lot!
No gravity!
The Book Club has chosen “Tale of Despereaux” by Kate DiCamillio for their next discussion.
The 3 Little Dassies by Jan Brett
“This fall I’ll be visiting 23 cities and towns on tour for THE 3 LITTLE DASSIES. I’ll be giving a book talk and an illustration at each signing. I hope that you can come I would love to meet you and tell you a few more tidbits about my new book.”
Meet Jan Brett at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on Thursday, October 21st, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
September Library Curriculum
September is just about wrapped up and we are off and running in the library! Here’s what we’ve been doing.
Kindergarten- We learned how to enter the library calm and safe. We are using our check-out sticks to help keep our library shelves orderly. We are learning our computer check-out numbers and listening to stories! We enjoyed Boomer Goes to School and A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee which were introduced through Sno-Isle Tumblebooks Kids Site.
First Grade- We learned how to enter the library calm and safe. We are remembering how to use our check-out sites. We also enjoyed Tumblebooks Kids Site and we read Bats at the Beach via the Document Camera.
Second Grade- We are now checking out TWO books! One book is a book of our choice, the other is for the required month genre chapter book report. The chapter book does not need to be returned to the library until the book report is finished in class. The choice book needs to return to the library on library day (Monday’s). Second graders are, for the first time, invited to participate in the “Great Gumball Challenge”. For each chapter book a student reads, a gumball tracker is filled out and a gumball is added to the giant gumball machine! At the end of December the class who has the most gumballs will receive ALL the gumball’s from the gumball machine!
Third Grade- We are enojoying Clementine by Sara Pennypacker as our read-aloud. The “Great Gumball Challenge” is in full swing! The library has introduced “The Cubs Library” blog! We learned how to blog through a power-point presentation.
Fourth Grade- We are enjoying The Aurora-County All-Stars by Debora Wiles. We looked at The Cubs Library blog and watched the power-point presentation on how to blog. We know our blog guideline and we are ready to blog! Our first blog comment and book reviews have been added by fourth graders!
Fifth Grade- The suspense is almost too much as we read Candle Man by Glenn Dakin! We brushed up on our history knowledge through a “How Well Do You Know Your Government” trivia game. The Cubs Library blog and blog guidelines were introduced.
Sixth Grade- A special privilege was given to this responsible sixth grade class. These students are allowed to do their own book check-out. We are reading Candle Man as our read-aloud. We made our brains think with government trivia and learned how to blog.
Book Club Starting!
The first Book Club for fifth grade girls was held today. Their President is Kaitlin and they have chosen “The Light Princess” by George MacDonald as their book topic. They will meet twice a month in the school libray. We will look forward to their Book Review!
Reading Program
The Great Gumball Challenge!
Guess who’s turning thirty? Our library! This year our school library is turning thirty years old! In honor of students who “chews” to read as an everyday activity, this years reading program is excited to present “The Great Gumball Challenge”!!!
Beginning the first week of October students in grades 2 through 6 will show off their reading skills by filling out a gumball tracker each time they complete a book. Watch the gumball machine fill up as students add gumballs for each book they finish. Find out the January 27th which class gathered and received the most gum!!! Join us as we celebrate thirty years of reading!!!