The library is busy!!!

In the month of December we have had several units in the library. We have done a Seasons unit with First Grade, Robert Munsch Author Study with Second Grade and a Genre Study with Third Grade. Below are some pictures of the kids in action!!! The library has been a busy place this month!

First Grade Unit: Seasons

Second Grade Unit: Robert Munsch Author Study

Thanksgiving Reading!

The week of Thanksgiving break, the Isbell students were challenged to read 30 minutes a day the entire break! We had 150 students complete this task! Each student received a gift certificate to Jack in the Box for free milk shake. Yummy! They also will have their name proudly displayed in the library windows. Check out some of the pictures of the excited kiddos! 

Happy Veterans Day!

This week we have been learning about Veteran's day. We read The Wall by Eve Bunting and talked about the importance of Veteran's day. The students also go to create cards for the veterans, that I will be delivering the local VFW on Veteran's Day. Check out some of their sweet cards! 

Gobble up a good book!

Come to the Isbell Library and gobble up a good book! Be sure to check out our huge turkey display! 

Meet Mac!

Last Wednesday, we had the privilege of having Mac Barnett come out to Isbell. He spoke with our third, fourth and fifth graders. The kids absolutely loved him! He had them laughing the whole time and got them really interested in reading mysteries! Check out some of the pics below!

Pumpkin Time!

Last Thursday, we had our very first unit in the library for 2012-2013! It was a Kindergarten pumpkin unit and the kids had a blast! Here are some of the pictures that the kids drew in Doodlebuddy, check them out! 

The students read pumpkin stories, created their own life cycle of a pumpkin in Kidpspiration and many other pumpkin activities! If you want to check out the activities that they did you can visit the google site at: https://sites.google.com/site/kinderpumpkinunit/home

Who let the dogs out??

Today the Heart of Texas therapy dogs came to Isbell to read with some lucky kiddos! The kids had such a fun time reading with them, it was so fun to see all of the smiling faces! Below are some pictures that I took of the students reading to the dogs!

Meet Buck, a golden retriever, one of the therapy dogs!

Meet Aki, a shiba inu, another one of the therapy dogs!

Avin from Mrs. Sutherland's class got to read to Aki!

Blake from Mrs.Dwyer's class reading to Aki!

 Clarke from Mrs. Curry's class reading to Aki!

Joseph from Mrs. Greenwood's class reading to Buck!

Brooklyn from Mrs. Scozzafava's class reading to Buck!

Allen from Mrs. Denison's class reading to Buck!

Jace from Mrs. DuBois' class reading to Aki!

Gavin from Mrs. Anderson's class reading to Buck!

Colin from Mrs. Perry's class reading to Buck!

Morgan from Mrs. Ridlehuber's class reading to Buck!

Kiavash from Mrs. Alexander's class reading with Aki!

Isbell According to Humphrey!

Well it's official, the Isbell Library is now a proud owner of a teddy bear hamster. I have decided to name her "Humphrey" after the popular According to Humphrey book series. The kids absolutely love her and flock to her cage every time they are in the library! I have also used this a way to display books about hamsters, which only last 5 minutes! Since I have 5th grade helpers coming in everyday in the library to volunteer, they are the "official" hamster handlers (they also get to clean the cage, but probably don't know that part yet :) Humphrey has been a great addition to the library and it's fun to see how excited the kids get when they see her! Isn't she cute??? 

The Birthday Book Fairy!

At Isbell this year, parents have the option to donate money to the library in honor of their child's birthday. So far, Isbell has raised over $1,000 to spend on birthday books. Each book comes with a personalized label inside the book and the birthday kid gets to be the first one to check it out from the library! The "Birthday Book Fairy" aka (me-Mrs. Beathard) will deliver the book to the birthday kiddos on or close to their birthday. I've been having alot of fun delivering the books to the kiddos. The looks on their faces is priceless!! :) 

Isbell Fall Book Fair!

The book fair is officially here!! Today was the day for the book preview, where the kiddos got to come through the library and find books to buy next week! Here are the book fair hours for next week:

October 8-12

Monday      8:00 -  5:45pm

Tuesday     7:20 -  4:00pm

Wednesday 7:20 - 4:00pm

Thursday    7:20 -  4:00pm

Friday         7:20 -12 noon

Below are some pictures of the decorations that our fabulous book fair volunteers put together!!

There's more.........

Football season is here! Go Cowboys!

When students read a great book, they get to "TWEET" about their book by writing the book info on a bird. Then they will place the bird in the birdcage and the birds will be displayed on the bulletin board. 3 students will get chosen a month to do a book talk on their book tweet on the school announcements. 

These books are out of this world...literally!

Who doesn't love the new song, Call Me Maybe? For this bulletin board, students can use  ipads/itouches to scan the QR codes to see the book trailers for these books of the month!

Books to hoot about!

Wild about books!