The Red Cedar Book Award Club is up and running!

We had our first official meeting for the Red Cedar Book Award Club this past Tuesday. In our group we have 35 enthusiastic students from grades 4 to 7. We meet every Tuesday, in the library, during the last block of the day.

We will be sharing and discussing our ideas on which books we think are the best and why and we will finish by voting for the best books. All of the votes will be tallied from students across B.C. and in April the winner of the Red Cedar Book Award will be announced.

There is a selection of 13 novels to be read and a selection of  13 non-fiction books to be read. In order to get the opportunity to vote, the students must read at least 5 books from either section.  They are welcome to read 5 books from both sections and of course welcome to read more than 5 books from either section.

We would like to thank our Parent Advisory Council for purchasing the books for this program. We greatly appreciate it! 

Novembre: C'est le mois de l'album!

Est-ce que vous saviez que le mois de novembre est le mois de l'album? Picture books offer wonderful stories and amazing illustrations. Lequel est ton préféré? J'en ai beaucoup! But, one that I love is Chalk by Bill Thomson. It is a wordless picture book and the illustrations are incredible.

Watch and listen to the interview with Bill Thomson below. Leave me a comment about your favourite picture book. Why is it your favourite? Bonne lecture! Mme Hunter

Animal Projects by the Grade 1 Class

La classe de Mme Jenkin

Nous sommes très contents que vous veniez écouter nos projets de recherche sur les animaux.




Thanks for listening to our voicethreads! Click on the bottom arrow to find your child's project.

Teachers and students: Are you wondering how to correctly use images and video in your projects?

Not all images and video can be used in your school projects. Some have strict copyright protection. It is best to use material designated under Creative Commons that the creators have decided to share with the public. This short video by Rodd Lucier explains how to do this.





If you are doing a search on Google Images, make sure that you specify that you would only like to see Creative Commons material for your subject.

Go to advanced search and choose the section entitled "Date, usage rights, etc". Then choose "free to use share or modify". This will give you images that you can use in your projects. You will still need to credit the creator, but you will not be breaking copyright. Try out this type of search.

Bonne journée!

Mme Hunter

Battle of the Books

We've already started to get ready for our Battle of the Books competition. First step: read the books!

If you are not familiar with Battle of the Books it runs like this: Students read the books on the list for their grade level. There are three levels: grade 3/4, grade 5, and grade 6/7. Each level has 12 books to read.  I recommend reading books from these lists even if you do not plan on participating in the Battle of the Books. These lists make it easy to choose good books to read. You can find a list of the books HERE.

After you have read all of the books, you start practicing questions and answers based on the books. We will start practicing in the new year. The competition first takes place at the school level. Then there is the Zone level and finally the District level. You compete as a team of three students.

We had our first meeting on Monday, November 7th. We sat around in small groups, eating Timbits and discussing our favourite books on the list so far. Lots of fun! We meet every Monday at lunch to talk about our favourite books on the Battle lists so far, and to record what books we have read.

Students who have finished reading 5 books by December 12th will be invited to a pizza party which will take place in the library on December 14th.

Some of the Battle Books are in my "LibraryThing" on my right sidebar. Click on a cover that look interesting to you. If you then click on the "LibraryThing" link on the bottom right hand side, and you will see a review for that book.

Bonne journée!

Mme Hunter

Looking for a book to read?

If you are looking for a book to read and don't have any ideas, try this website. You can do a simple search and enter your age and a few key words, or search in a genre (mystery, fantasy, humour, historical fiction etc.) Another interesting way to find a book is to decide what personality you are. Click on "Books for Boys" or "Books for Girls" and follow the instructions.
 

When you have a list, check to see if our school library has any of the books by clicking on the library search button on the right side-bar of this blog.

 Bonne journée!

Mme Hunter

Did you know that you can access resources from home?

When you are at home, you can find out what resources we have in the library. Click on the keyboard key to the right, with "Library Search" on it, and it will take you to this page.

If you would like to access World Book Online or the EBSCO databases from home, go to the Online Resources page at the top of the blog. Click on the icon and then you will need to enter a password. You can get the password from Mme Hunter. You may remember it from having worked with her in the library.

Bonne journée!

Mme Hunter