New Library Books for December 2018
Take a look in our Photo Gallery at all the wonderful NEW LIBRARY BOOKS catalogued for you to enjoy checking out in DECEMBER!!
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 DECEMBER ~
Take a LOOK in our Photo Gallery
at the wonderful NEW LIBRARY BOOKS catalogued for you
to enjoy checking out in December!!
Here are some of my favorites!!
ENJOY 😉
HAPPY READING 🙂
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DECEMBER REMINDERS…
* Monday, December 3 – Fall Sports Assembly (Parents WELCOME)
Advent Paraliturgy – 9am in the church led by Gr 5 & 6
* Tuesday, December 4 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
* Monday, December 10 – Second Advent Paraliturgy 9am in church led by Gr 3 & 4
* Monday, December 17 – Third Advent Paraliturgy 9am in church led by Gr 7
* Thursday, December 20 – Christmas Concert
(Matinee is at 1pm/Evening show is at 6:30pm)
* Friday, December 21 – Pancake Breakfast with Santa
Green/Red Colour Day – $2 on this day towards Holy Childhood Association
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!
(12 noon Dismissal)
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JANUARY REMINDERS…
* Monday, January 7, 2019 – School Re-Opens
