Happy return to school, Stone Families!
Welcome back to the school library whose magic can only be rivaled by Hogwarts! Though COVID-19 and remote teaching and learning was challenging, we can't mask our love of books! I am so, so deeply proud of the learning and reading that was accomplished during that time, much of it the kind of growth that is a testament to the strength of character of out students.
In our return this fall, we can look forward to another year of marvelous stories, puppet fun, crafts galore, author and illustrator connections, as well as explorations into award-winning literature, genre, research skills, citation skills and media literacy. We can also look forward to lots of new books, thanks to multiple grants from the Department of Libraries, including plenty of graphic novels that our kids have been clamoring for! Special thanks to Ms. Egger and Ms. Cancel for their assistance in setting up the room after our long hiatus!
Parents! Special Supply Request! To facilitate library crafts (and work in other Essential classes), besides what is on the request list provided by your child's classroom teacher, to ensure limited sharing and virus-free full participation, please make a traveling case or zip lock bag marked with you child's name and room number, containing the following supplies:
Markers
Crayons
Child scissors
3 glue sticks
Also appreciated are baby wipes (just perfect for cleaning up smudgy and sticky craft hands!) and Clorox wipes (can't have enough for library, a room used by friends throughout the school). We will have new protocols to keep everyone safe, including book quarantines, and they will be detailed in library class. Please remember, all children are expected to be masked above the nostrils and below the mouth at all times in the interest of everyone's safety. For your information, I am fully vaccinated.
Book check-out starts midway through second grade and continues through eighth grade. Additionally, all Stone students are expected to have a Chicago Public Library card and give it a work-out! Be sure to say hello to Ms. Amy at our local Northtown Branch and tell her you are Stone family for the royal treatment!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, or just to say hello. More to come, please check back soon in Google Classroom! In the meantime, please check out this excellent comic strip created by a student in our library program last year.
Happy reading, everyone!
