Next week, on Thursday, May 24, we will have a used book sale at the library. We are accepting donations—if you’re moving or just need to do a bit of spring cleaning, box up those books you no longer have room for and bring them to the library by Wednesday, May 23. And remember to [...]
Entries Tagged as '2011-2012'
Classics to Read with your Ears on Lit2Go!
May 7th, 2012 · No Comments · General Topics
Lit2Go is a website created and maintained by the University of South Florida. It holds audiobooks on mp3 files that are available for download from the site or through iTunes U. They have recently redesigned their site and it is a pleasure to browse the many different titles available. Titles include many great classics of [...]
IST Library Parent Book Club Choice for May
May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · General Topics
The IST Library-Parent Book Club had another fascinating discussion last week on the book, Away, by Amy Bloom. We all agreed that the main character was both memorable and complex, and her story will stay with us long after we closed the book. Our May selection is a Panda Book Award title for 2012, in [...]
Library Books Go Round and Round
May 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Elementary Topics, General Topics
The grade 2 students are inquiring into the PYP theme, “How we organize ourselves.” As part of their unit, they visited the library to see how our circulation system was organized. They followed a book from the shelf, to the circulation desk, to a library and back again into the library and onto the shelf. [...]
Tags: 2011-2012·grade 2·unit of inquiry
Poem in Your Pocket Day 2012
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · General Topics
What is Poem in Your Pocket Day? It’s a day to enjoy and share poetry. It’s very simple at IST. Carry a poem in your pocket, or take one from the many poetry pockets posted around school today and this week. Read it aloud to a friend, then listen to his or her poem. You [...]
Going on a Poetry Bear Hunt with Michael Rosen
April 17th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Elementary Topics
April is Poetry Month at IST. The Spoken English committee is organizing poetry recitals for the elementary and secondary schools on Friday, 27 April. To help the elementary students prepare for it, our library sessions this week have centered on the elements of an excellent oral performance. Michael Rosen, UK Children’s Poet Laureate from 2007 [...]
What’s the Weather Like in Grade 3?
April 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Elementary Topics
The grade 3 students are inquiring into the PYP transdisciplinary theme How the world works and focusing on how to measure and predict weather. As with every other PYP unit, I have put together a group of links for the third graders to enhance their inquiries. To access the weather links, you will need to [...]
Tags: 2011-2012·grade 3·unit of inquiry
Art and Poetry of Douglas Florian
April 9th, 2012 · 2 Comments · General Topics
I already knew I liked the poet Douglas Florian, but after reading every one of his books in our library collection for the 8-1-1 Challenge, I like his work even more. Douglas Florian is a poet and an artist. Amazon lists 48 titles by him. Of these we have 18 and after this week, it [...]
The IST Librarians’ 8-1-1 Challenge
April 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment · General Topics
As part of our celebrations for Poetry Month, we IST librarians have accepted a challenge posed by Matthew Winner of The Busy Librarian blog to read every single book in a particular section of the library. Since April is Poetry Month we decided we’d try to read every poetry book with the call number 811. [...]
The Goldilocks of All Databases – Just Right for pK-2
April 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Elementary Topics
Students in grades 3 and up at IST learn to use different databases for their research. Many of these databases are for advanced studies in different disciplines and they can be hard to read for the younger elementary students. One happy exception to this is Pebble Go, a database geared specifically to students from kindergarten [...]
