Oak Elementary Library!
Home of the Ram Readers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Librarian: Mrs. Danna Caudill
Welcome to
Oak Elementary Library!
Home of the Ram Readers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Librarian: Mrs. Danna Caudill
Library Information:
Open Check Out Schedule:
7:45 a.m. till 8:30 a.m. daily
Students are able to visit the library each morning to return and check out new books, pay late book fines, or take AR tests.
Our Author Visit
from
Mrs. Ronda Friend
http://www.rondafriend.com
was a big success!
We had a great day!!!
Check out this link to the article in the Commercial Appeal Newspaper to read all about our special day at Oak!
http://commercialappeal.com/news/2007/nov/16/character-03/
Battle of the Books
Reading List
2008
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink
The Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop
The Cricket In Times Square George Seldon
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary
Freckle Juice Judy Blume
Holes Louis Sachar
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
The Shoeshine Girl Clyde Robert Bulla
A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner
The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
“Battle of the Books”
The Battle of the Books is a reading competition for 4th and 5th grade students. Students who would like to participate need to read the books from the reading list above. The reading tournament is played in May and is similar to playing the game show Jeopardy! Stay tuned for more information in your library classes!!!!!
Adopt-A-Book Program
Adopt a library book this year for a special person or celebration. Watch for an occasional newsletter to be sent home for upcoming Adopt-a-book information. Some special events or occasions you might like to Adopt-a-Book for might be:
*Birthdays
*Holidays
*Teacher Appreciation
*In Honor Of...
*In Memory Of...
*New Baby
*Thank You
*Special Friend
*Mother’s/Father’s Day
*Grandparent’s Day
LIBRARY REWARDS:
We have a citizenship party each nine weeks for the class with the best class citizenship in the library. Each time a class visits the library they have a chance to be awarded a class citizenship drawing certificate to be entered in the drawing contest at the end of each nine week grading period. In order to earn the “class certificate” the students must work together to follow the Oak Library expectations! WAY TO GO OAK RAM READERS!!!
*Accelerated Reading Books*
We have many AR books for all reading levels available for check out in the library. We also have a list of our AR books posted at the Bartlett Public Library for your information. We encourage all of our students to read AR books and take AR quizzes to test their reading comprehension.
AR Reading Wall
Students will earn points for the AR books they read and get their names on the reading wall! The wall is updated with new names each month.
Writer’s Round-Up Corner
The Writer’s Round-Up Corner features selected children’s authors in the library. This enables the students to become more familiar with the authors of their favorite books. Some of the authors that will be featured are: Jan Brett, Marc Brown, Matt Christopher, John Erickson, Beverly Cleary, Michael Shoulders, Bob Barner and Ralph Massiello.
Attention Parents, Grandparents and Volunteers......
We need your help in the library. Due to the budget cuts for all Shelby County Schools, we have lost our library assistant. If you would like to volunteer to help shelve books or do clerical work in the library, please let us know. We would love to have your help!!!!
Thank You!
Oak Book Fair
The Oak Book Fair is in February. We have awesome “Book Fair Moms” who plan for this BIG event year round. Mrs. Judy Bowen is our chairperson for this big school wide event. We appreciate all the time and effort she dedicates to our school library program.
The money raised during our Book Fair will be used for purchasing new books, AR tests, audio visual materials and new technology for the library.
Favorite Book Web sites:
Arthur Books
Clifford
Hank the Cowdog
Magic School Bus
Favorite Author Web sites:
Ralph Masiello
“Ickybugman”
Bob Barner
Jan Brett
Michael Shoulders
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