Pumpkin Time

     Oh, my.  My goal was to publish at least every month.  July - October.  Only four months, that's not too bad.  :(
      We've been very busy since school started.  Kindergarten has been learning about the different parts of the Library and Library Books.  First Grade and Second Grade have been reviewing Library Procedures, Book Care, and Parts of a Book.  All Grades have just learned/reviewed Author's Purpose.
     Of course, it can't be October without having the BOOK FAIR!  We had our most successful Book Fair EVER, thanks in part to PTA sponsoring a Grandparent Breakfast during the Book Fair.  Thanks to those wonderful Grands that will buy whatever the Grand Kids want, we made $2100 for the Library.  A HUGE THANK YOU to all the volunteers, parents, and students that participated in making this Book Fair so successful.
     A few reminders.....  Like us on FB.  Prairie Grove Primary Library.  Check out our Library Webpage at www.pgtigers.org under Schools, then Libraries.  If you click on Primary Library and the link is broken, just click on HOME, then scroll down through all the school districts until you get to Prairie Grove School District.  Click and you can choose between the four schools.
   

Sum Sum Summer Time

      It's been an interesting Spring/Summer.  The Queen had to go on Medical Leave at the end of the school year and missed most of May.  I was able to make it back for the last 5 days of school.  I'm recovered, but boy, am I behind.  I couldn't have survived without my wonderful Sub, Joell Gish, and Volunteers, Julie Black, Betty Sharp, and Love Madrid.  I really appreciate their holding down the fort while I was out.

     One of my goals this year is to keep up with my Blog, Facebook Page, and Webpage.  Hopefully, I will be posting more often on all three sites and keep everyone informed of what's going on at PGPS Library.

     Also, the State has given School Libraries new Teaching Frameworks for the 2014-15 School Year.  We had the previous ones since 2007, so I have a lot of learning to do before School starts.  If you would like to see these new Frameworks, click here.  You can also look at other subject's frameworks using the navigation on the left hand side of the page.   

      We have new books to start the new school year and I have more on order.  I'm looking forward to a great year of reading with some exciting new titles.  There's always new Magic Tree House, Biscuit, Babymouse, and the ever popular motorcycle books.

     Until next time,

The Queen Speaks.

Turkey Time

     It's been awhile since I've posted, but we have been busy in the Library.  I can't believe it's already  halfway through November.  We had a successful Book Fair in September, raising over $1200 for the Library plus we were able to get a ton of resources with our Scholastic Dollars earned from the Book Fair.  Thanks to everyone for their support.
   

     We've also been adding new books including the Weigl AV books that can be read interactively on a computer, Lego books, Barbie books, and lots of  recommended titles for the K-2 age group.  We are looking forward to a winter season of great reading.

Author Visit

David M. Sargent, Jr. visited our school on Tuesday, May 24. We had a great time listening to him speak and meeting his friends, Tatum, Daphne, Emma and Spike.

Yea! It's May!

Well, almost May. We have voted on our Arkansas Diamond Award books. At our school, Help Me, Mr. Mutt received the most votes with The Wolves are Back as runner-up. At the State Level, The Two Bobbies received the most votes with Help Me, Mr. Mutt as runner-up.
We are starting our Caldecott unit and are reading different Caldecott books.
With almost a month to go, we are looking forward to our Young Author's Conference during the week of May 23. David Sargent will be speaking to our school on May 24 and we will display all of our class and individual books.

Come On, Spring!

It's been an eventful winter with all the snow days, so glad Spring is coming soon. We are reading from the Arkansas Diamond Award list and getting ready to vote for our favorite in April. We also wrapped up the Book Fair and thanks to all the support, we made over $1000 for the Library and had 37 books purchased for classrooms by parents. Thanks to all the volunteers and customers! Couldn't have done it without you.

Thankful for our Books!

We are thankful for so many great books in our Library. I am thankful for those kids (almost all of our students) who take such good care of our books.

We are learning about Tall Tales in the Library this month. We've learned about Pecos Bill and Davy Crockett and how they could do things bigger and better than anyone else. We plan to write our own tall tale soon.

My classes of the month for October were Ms. Quinton, Ms. Chambliss, Ms. Kilgore. I chose my classes of the month based on how well they cleaned up the Library when it was time to leave. This month I'm looking for quiet voices during check-out time.