Granger Family Library
Granger Family Library News
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Library Visits
Posted January 30
Your child will visit the Library twice weekly, and during those visits we'll present topics chosen to nurture the love of literature or to support research skills. Our goal is to sustain your child's excitement for books and reading, AND to prepare her or him to find and use information. To give you just a taste of our weekly lessons, I've prepared a list of of topics we'll cover during your child's years in Lower School.
Title,
Author,
Copyright,
Five Finger Rule
And books "just right."
Ordering
The ABCs,
Science Fiction
And Fantasy.
Tales of folks
And tales of fairies,
Thesauruses,
And dictionaries.
Dewey's decimals,
And their subject classes,
Maps and globes
And at-a-lases.
Letter writing,
And Rebus stories,
Book reviews
And news reporting.
Illustrations
And The Caldecott,
Characters and settings
And lots of plots.
Biographies-
The 92s,
Fact and Fiction
And Points of view.
Glossaries
And contents tables,
Indexes
And myths and fables.
Parts of books,
Their proper care,
Puppet play
And poetry share.
Tall tales, por quois
And Women's History,
Series and sequels
Of Horror or Mystery.
Beginning-Middle-End
And story retelling,
Comparing, contrasting,
Predicting, foretelling.
Olympics
And the USA
And gathering information.
Journaling
And diaries,
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Summer 2007 Reading Lists
Posted May 10
Click on the links below to download summer reading lists:
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Potomac Students Review Books on Amazon
Posted April 26
After listening to new picture books, library classes offered comments for book reviews to be posted on Amazon.Com. Students shared opinions of the story, determined the appropriate audience, rated the books using 1-5 stars, and were careful NOT to give away the ending. Check out their snappy summaries.
Larabee by Keith Luthardt, Kindergarten student
A Particular Cow by Mem Fox, Grade 1 Student
The Copy Crocs by David Bedford, Grade 2 Student
The Mixed-Up Rooster by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Grade 3 Student
Lower School students visit the library twice weekly for storytime and lessons such as identifying genre, information gathering, and book illustration. Online catalog stations provide easy access to a collection of over 17,000 items, including fiction, nonfiction, red dot specials, paperback, and parent materials.