After School Supper Schedule Your Library Field Trip for October Links 'n Things New and Notable Books Scholastic Go! Review: The Day You Begin Review: Pashmina Contact Us |
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AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 2018 - Librarians and teachers pick the best free websites that are interactive, fun, and educational on a variety of topics. Explore Chicago Collections - A number of Chicago area museums and archives have collaborated to create a single, easy to use portal for primary resources about Chicago and the surrounding areas.
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New and Notable at the Library
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Caitlin Bergan Librarian /School Liaison (Grades K-8) cbergan@mchenrylibrary.org Maria Puga Bilingual Associate Librarian mpuga@mchenrylibrary.org Lesley Jakacki Youth Services Manager ljakacki@mchenrylibrary.org
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McHenry Public Library is proud to be partnering again with the Northern Illinois Food Bank to offer the free After School Supper Program for children age 18 and under. No proof of residency or income is required. Supper will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5:00 while school is in session. While they eat, students can work on homework or enjoy an enriching activity. The food bank provides one boxed supper per child daily on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. Suppers must be eaten in the library's Meeting Room. Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult over age 18 while in the library. Flyers are available for distribution in an English version and a Spanish version. Feel free to contact the Library with any questions.
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Schedule Your Library Field Trip for October!
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Make the Library a Destination this October! We cleared our daytime schedule to accommodate as many school field trips in October as possible! Field trips for grades K-5 last 1 hour. For older grades, other times may be arranged depending on the content to be covered. Half the field trip features a tour - including a close up look at our new automated sorter! The other half is an age appropriate activity: - Storytime - Students participate in a library-themed storytime that will teach student what they can and can’t do in the library. Recommended for grades K-1.
- Librarian for a Day - Students get a taste of the skills needed to work in the library by exploring a set of station activities. Recommended for grades 1-3.
- Booktalks - Get your students excited about books! Librarians will give enticing teasers featuring new books and timeless favorites. Recommended for all ages.
- Research - Give your students a head start on researching for a project, with the librarians’ help! Recommended for grade 3 and up.
Schedule two classes to come at once—one can tour while the other does the activity and then both switch—making for a fun hour-long field trip. Our tours and activities are available in Spanish or in a bilingual format. Just let us know when you schedule. Call us at 815-385-0036, email us, or contact us through our online form, and select "Library Tours - Schools" from the drop-down subject menu.
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Looking for a resources with great information on just about any topic? Try Scholastic Go! Scholastic Go has one search bar to bring back tons of rich information. The reading level of each result is displayed, so that students can select the depth of information that they need. Images, videos, and selected ourside resources are also displayed. Scholastic Go is a general encyclopedia that also allows access to newspapers from all over the world, interactive maps, and nonfiction videos on a variety of topics. It also has a wealth of information on animals, common science topics, and biographies. Discover Scholastic Go for yourself by visiting our website at www.mchenrylibrary.org and going to the "Find It" menu or feel free to contact your school librarian for more details on how to excess this database in your classroom. We always love to hear your feedback on our featured databases or on how this database was used in your classroom.
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Audience: Grades 1-3 The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson will touch you and your students like no other book on your classroom shelf! This is a must read for beginning of the school year storytimes and a perfect companion to class discussions on diversity and the acceptance of individual differences. Woodson’s text and the rich, colorful art of illustrator Rafael Lopez gives children of all ages a connection with the story’s main character Angelina as she enters the new school year as the outsider looking in until she finds her inner strength to share her unique summer experience with the class. Once this happens, a true sense of belonging begins for Angelina as the class embraces her diversity and begins to share and celebrate their own differences. Reviewed by: Mariann
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Pashminaby Nidhi ChananiAudience: Grades 4-7 The graphic novel Pashmina tells the story of Priyanka, nicknamed Pri, whose mother immigrated alone to the US from India just before Pri was born. When a mentor in her life starts to grow more distant, Pri struggles to understand her mother and her Indian heritage and stumbles upon an old stole, a pashmina, of her mother’s that has a touch of magic that shows her some of the wonders of India. A chance arises for Pri to go to India to visit her mother’s sister, and Pri begins to see the country, both the good and the bad, and understand more about her mother and herself. The art is lovely, using black and white to depict the real world and bright color to immerse the reader in the magical world of the pashmina. The story moves along quickly, with a small cast of characters that are all fairly well developed. For someone unfamiliar with India, it could provide a starting point for exploring the culture, while a child of any immigrant could see themselves in Pri’s struggle to identify with the older generation and their culture while being firmly rooted in American culture through school. This is a great graphic novel to hand to students who enjoy graphic memoirs. Reviewed by Caitlin
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