New Library Books for October 2018
Take a look in our Library Photo Gallery at the new SPOOK-TACULAR Halloween books catalogued for you to check out now in October!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN 😉
Mrs. Bond
Librarian/Resource/Vice-Principal
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
Mrs. Morena
Library Technician/Cataloguer
“A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams, and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.”
-Laura Pardie Salas
Welcome to the Library
Upcoming Events
Online Resources
Informational Sources:
Vancouver Public Library
ABC Life Literacy
Reference Guides:
Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Dynamo Dictionary
Our Library Magazines:
Sports Illustrated Kids
ChickaDee/Chirp/Owl Kids
SPCA BC
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic
Popular Science
Online/Internet Safety and Etiquette:
Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Kids in the Know
Cyber Tip
How to Avoid Plagiarism
Kid-Friendly Search Engines and Directories:
Read – Write – Think
This is an awesome website for supplementing your Language Arts writing unit in any grade. The site is free and includes lesson plans/ideas, student interactives, and handouts for students. Check it out!
Looking for good webquests with up to date links? Well this is the site for you. With loads of Webquests in nearly every subject area for nearly every grade level, this is a very useful technological based resourse.
Important Announcements
Our Lady of Sorrows School Library is an inviting and positive place for students to come and develop a love of reading, as well as develop skills for identifying, locating and evaluating varied informational sources.
Through a collaborative effort between the teacher-librarian, the classroom teachers and the Library Technician, an effective school library program has been created to promote avid readers and information literate citizens.
The program provides instruction in the areas of curriculum support, information literacy and literature appreciation.
~ NEW BOOKS FOR OCTOBER ~
There’s 56 fabulous NEW LIBRARY BOOKS catalogued for you to enjoy checking out
in October!!
Take a look in our PHOTO GALLERY at ALL the great books 😉
Here are some of my favorites!
HAPPY READING 🙂
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*Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – Book Checkout for Grades K, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (every Wednesday)
*Friday, October 12, 2018 – Book Checkout for Grades 1, 2 & 3 (every Friday afternoon)
* Friday, October 19, 2018 – Pro-D Day…NO SCHOOL 😉
* Friday, October 26, 2018 – HALLOWEEN BASH
*October 1-30, 2018 – Read-a-thon
Keep a list of books and pages you read THIS month…for a chance to win a prize!
Please refer to notice that was sent home with students for further details.
Reminder, ALL reading records need to be in by November 1 by 3:00 pm to be eligible for prizes.
* Wednesday, October 31, 2018 – COLOR DAY & Read-a-thon ends today!
